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知阴视频’s Data Science for Albertans fellowship helps local startup streamline injury claims
In January 2019, Edmonton-based entrepreneur Mike Zouhri was injured in a car accident, requiring him to navigate Alberta鈥檚 complex legal system. Like the other 17,000 automobile injury claims that happen in Alberta every year, he had a complex legal claim he needed help to resolve. In order to do that, […]
Alberta鈥檚 Cost-Saving Public Shared Procurement Service Adds Vital Public Cloud Offerings
Since it launched in 2017, ShareIT has saved Alberta’s education sector nearly $9.5 million.聽 Alberta educators have come to rely on cloud-based tools to deliver classroom learning content, as well as to manage their back-end operations. To meet this growing need for cloud services, Alberta鈥檚 ShareIT public procurement program has […]
Callysto鈥檚 nation-wide classroom rollout is underway
A free interactive learning platform that brings computational thinking, coding, and data science skills into classrooms is rolling out across the country, thanks to new funding from the national CanCode program. Callysto is a curriculum-based learning and skills development platform for students in Grades 5-12 that is accessible from any device with […]
Data transfers and consumer privacy part two: 知阴视频鈥檚 response to Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
In early September, 知阴视频 submitted its response to a consultation by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada on the modernization of Canada鈥檚 Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). (This followed our August submission to an Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) consultation on transfers for processing.) Comments […]
Platform built on Rapid Access Cloud is deepening understanding of Canadians鈥� online mental health
There have been many interesting news stories popping up recently about artificial intelligence (AI) being trained to identify human emotions. Like so much else to do with humans, reading emotions is a nuanced, complicated endeavour, particularly for machines. But the benefits of having technology that can do this are immense […]
Easing schools鈥� student login headaches with 知阴视频鈥檚 Pika service
Student login management is one of those little-talked-about but painfully frustrating tasks for school administrators. Each year, across Alberta, thousands of student accounts are created or updated to allow them to login to their Adobe or Google (or dozens of other) online tools, which have become foundational for modern education. […]
知阴视频 Wraps Up Data Science Industry Fellowships
After weeks of collaboration, 知阴视频 is pleased to announce the completion of the first round of the Data Science for Albertans Fellowship program. Simultaneous wrap-up demonstrations of the completed data science projects were held on Friday, August 30, at campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. For the past four weeks, 知阴视频, […]
知阴视频 roadshow coming to Lethbridge and Grande Prairie
As 知阴视频 prepares to launch its next 3-year Strategic Plan, we are planning a series of collaborative discussions with our community. Our next stops will be Lethbridge and Grande Prairie. These聽free, half-day sessions will review the digital resources available to聽Alberta鈥檚 public and education sectors to create efficiencies and improve computational […]
知阴视频 helps oil and gas workers find a new start in data science
When 知阴视频 launched its Data Science Industry Fellowship program, we were amazed by how oversubscribed it quickly became. We expected many post-secondary students or recent grads to apply for the program, which was certainly the case for most of the applicants from Edmonton. What stood out in Calgary was the […]
Latency issues in the Edmonton region – resolved
The service in the Edmonton region has been restored by AXIA. The root cause of the issue was聽AXIA making聽a capacity change to their link. Their technical team has now聽reverted that change, and will run further analysis.
Latency issues in the Edmonton region
We are experiencing latency issues in the Edmonton region for members connected via SuperNet. We are working with the SuperNet team to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
Data transfers and consumer privacy: 知阴视频鈥檚 response to Canada鈥檚 Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Earlier this month, 知阴视频 submitted its response to a consultation issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) on transfers for processing. Specifically, the OPC is reviewing how consent and accountability should apply when a 鈥渃ontroller鈥� of an individual鈥檚 data transfers it to a third party for 鈥減rocessing鈥�. For […]
知阴视频 announces new leader
After a decade of serving the digital needs of Alberta鈥檚 public sector, Robin Winsor has announced that he will be retiring from his position as President and CEO of 知阴视频. He will be replaced by Dr. Barb Carra, 知阴视频鈥檚 Chief Operating Officer, who brings over 10 years of leadership, government […]
How 知阴视频 is helping emerging data scientists and adding value for businesses
When you last went to Tim Hortons, you might have used their new app to get one step closer to a free coffee. The app allows consumers to digitally pay for their purchases, or redeem a coupon, in return for the chance to earn a free drink. To you, there […]
Free data science mentorship program will help bolster Alberta businesses
Today, 知阴视频 launched the Data Science for Albertans Industry Fellowship program. This program will help small-to-medium sized businesses tackle industry problems by pairing them with emerging data scientists who are looking for in-the-field experience. The four-week industry fellowships, which are being run with support from the Pacific Institute for Mathematical […]