Big Data in Astronomy: A tool for Social Innovation Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/big-data-in-astronomy-a-tool-for-social-innovation/ Astronomy for a better world! Thu, 10 May 2018 07:53:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Big Data in Astronomy: A tool for Social Innovation Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/big-data-in-astronomy-a-tool-for-social-innovation/ 32 32 Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-barista/ Thu, 10 May 2018 07:53:23 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17346 The result of social innovation is all around us. There are signs that social innovations are becoming more and more important. We are submerged by a tsunami of Big Data and data driven innovations. Big Data have been put into practice to help solve social problems. However, small emerging countries in this field are always [...]

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]]> Update: Workshop https://astro4dev.org/update-workshop/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:19:58 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16697 Big Data in Astronomy: A potential tool for Social Innovation ( BARiStA ), is a workshop that has been granted partial funding from the IAU-OAD. Other sponsors and partners: ● We have successfully got endorsement from the Square Kilometre Array South Africa project. ● The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) will provide staff support who [...]

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]]> Workshop Announcement https://astro4dev.org/workshop-announcement/ Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:54:19 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16055 We are pleased to announce that the registration for the Big Data in Astronomy: A Potential Tool For Social Innovation (BArIStA)​ workshop running from the​ 7 – 11 August 2017 (Flic en Flac, Mauritius) is now open. This international Joint Exchange Development Initiative (JEDI) workshop is partially funded by the task force on Astronomy for Universities and [...]

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]]> Overview of Project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-barista/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 08:12:16 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=15836 The result of social innovation is all around us. There are signs that social innovations are becoming more and more important. We are submerged by a tsunami of Big Data and data driven innovations. Big Data have been put into practice to help solve social problems. However, small emerging countries in this field are always [...]

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