Twas in Action
An event organised by TWAS Young Affiliates and supported by the Elsevier Foundation brought big data lessons to a new generation of researchers
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Twas in Action
A first-of-its-kind event is planting the seeds for critical data-analysis expertise in Africa.
Twas in Action
Organizations from around the world joined the Science International initiative for open access to publicly funded "big data" sets.
Twas in Action
Big data has enormous potential to benefit human communities. But two African data experts say that scientists, policymakers and the public must work together to achieve that potential.
Twas in Action
How can less-developed countries take advantage of the data revolution and prevent another digital divide?
Twas in Action
The role of big data in developing countries will be the focus of the TWAS roundtable at Trieste Next on 23 September.
Twas in Action
Science International 2015, launches a campaign for "Open Data in a Big Data World" at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. The campaign is supported by ICSU, ISSC, IAP and TWAS.
Twas in Action
TWAS and IAP have joined a new coalition that plans to address a range of important issues – starting with the big data revolution.