The Latest News and Information from the Center for Data Innovation
- 10 Bits: The Data News Hotlistby Mitalee Pasricha on June 27, 2025 at 6:02 pm
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers June 23, 2025 to June 29, 2025 and includes articles on using a guide to personalize shopping and deploying smart waste…
- Visualizing Turbulence in Relation to Climate Changeby Mitalee Pasricha on June 27, 2025 at 5:01 pm
The Washington Post has created an interactive map visualizing how climate change may worsen turbulence on U.S. flight routes. Drawing on data from FlightRadar24 and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),…
- Tracking Temporary Migration in Senegalby Mitalee Pasricha on June 26, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have created a dataset of mobile phone records from Senegal, covering 2013 to 2015, to track short-term internal migration across the country. The dataset captures…
- 5 Q’s with Willem Westra, Vice President of ThinkCyteby David Kertai on June 25, 2025 at 12:19 pm
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Willem Westra, PhD, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at ThinkCyte, a Japan-based company using AI to advance biological research and…
- UK Industrial Strategy Signals Renewed Focus on Innovation, Digital Skills, and Pro-Growth Regulationby Ayesha Bhatti on June 23, 2025 at 3:17 pm
LONDON—In response to the UK government’s release of its new Industrial Strategy and the accompanying Digital and Technologies Sector Plan, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Ayesha Bhatti, head…
- German State Prioritizes Politics Over Practical Technology Solutionsby Matthew Kilcoyne on June 20, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, has announced plans to abandon Microsoft’s productivity suite for open-source alternatives by mid-2025, framing the decision as a reduction in both digital dependencies and costs. But…
- 10 Bits: The Data News Hotlistby Mitalee Pasricha on June 20, 2025 at 5:50 pm
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers June 15, 2025 to June 22, 2025 and includes articles on detecting melanoma using AI and playing badminton with a robot. …
- 5 Q’s with Matthew Drinkwater, Director of the Fashion Innovation Agencyby David Kertai on June 20, 2025 at 3:16 pm
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Matthew Drinkwater, director of the Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA), a center in the London College of Fashion, a public art university, that…
- Identifying Ocean Oil Spillsby Mitalee Pasricha on June 18, 2025 at 6:58 pm
Researchers at Nanjing University have created a global dataset of satellite images to improve how image recognition models detect oil pollution on the ocean’s surface. The dataset includes over 200,000…
- Mapping Drought in Mexicoby Mitalee Pasricha on June 18, 2025 at 6:57 pm
The data journalism outlet Serendipia has created a heatmap tracking the progression of drought across Mexican states from 2003 to 2025. Using government data from the Mexico Drought Monitor, the…
- State Data-Driven Pricing Bans Would Backfire on Consumersby Eli Clemens on June 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm
State lawmakers across the United States are taking aim at the practice of using personal data to algorithmically tailor prices to different consumers. Unfortunately, their proposed state bills conflate data-driven…
- 10 Bits: The Data News Hotlistby Mitalee Pasricha on June 13, 2025 at 6:38 pm
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers June 7th 2025 to June 14th, 2025 and includes articles on tracking professional golf games with AI and exploring the mining…
- UK Spending Review’s Modest Tech Investment Falls Short of Innovation Ambitionsby Matthew Kilcoyne on June 12, 2025 at 6:23 pm
LONDON—Following the release of the UK Government’s Spending Review 2025, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Policy Analyst Matthew Kilcoyne: The UK government’s Spending Review outlines…
- Tracking Land Movementby Mitalee Pasricha on June 12, 2025 at 5:28 pm
NASA and the Alaska Satellite Facility have released a new dataset that shows how the ground across North America has shifted over time—rising, sinking, or cracking due to earthquakes, volcanoes,…
- Mapping Warming Ocean Temperaturesby Mitalee Pasricha on June 12, 2025 at 5:27 pm
The New York Times has created a visualization showing how marine heat waves have intensified since 2000. Using NOAA satellite data, the graphic highlights the monthly share of the global…
- 5 Q’s with Alon Chen, CEO of Tastewiseby David Kertai on June 12, 2025 at 2:17 pm
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Alon Chen, CEO of Tastewise, an Israel-based company using an AI-powered platform to analyze food and beverage trends and in real-time. Chen…
- Government Stands Firm on AI and Copyright as Much Needed Data Bill Passesby Ayesha Bhatti on June 11, 2025 at 9:57 pm
LONDON—Following the passage of the Data Use and Access Bill, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Ayesha Bhatti, head of digital policy for the UK and…
- Comments to the European Commission on Its Apply AI Strategyby Ayesha Bhatti on June 6, 2025 at 4:23 pm
The Center for Data Innovation submitted these comments in response to the European Commission’s consultation on its “Apply AI Strategy”—a blueprint for the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in EU…
- Comments to the European Commission on Its Future Cloud and AI Policiesby Ayesha Bhatti on June 6, 2025 at 4:23 pm
The Center for Data Innovation submitted these comments in response to the European Commission’s consultation on its future cloud and AI policies in the EU, which forms preparatory work for…
- 10 Bits: The Data News Hotlistby Mitalee Pasricha on June 6, 2025 at 3:34 pm
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers May 31st, 2025 to June 6th, 2025 and includes articles on using AI to navigate foggy waters and refining access to…
