Big Data Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/big-data/ Astronomy for a better world! Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:51:30 +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 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/big-data/ 32 32 Big Data Mini-School and Hackathon in Mauritius https://astro4dev.org/data-science-mini-school-and-hackathon-in-mauritius/ Wed, 11 May 2022 08:50:24 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24847 DARA Big Data, in conjunction with the University of Mauritius (UOM), IAU OAD and IDIA, are organising a Big Data School and Hackathon event, from June 21-24 on campus at the UOM. The event will feature presentations from industry experts, tutorials in data science and machine learning and a sentiment analysis hackathon where participants can [...]

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]]> Hacking vulnerable people as massive particles https://astro4dev.org/hacking-vulnerable-people-as-massive-particles-2/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 07:28:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25653 The post Hacking vulnerable people as massive particles appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Development on an online platform for Assessment of COVID-19 spread for planning and implementation of timely intervention https://astro4dev.org/development-on-an-online-platform-for-assessment-of-covid-19-spread-for-planning-and-implementation-of-timely-intervention-2/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 18:48:02 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25484 The post Development on an online platform for Assessment of COVID-19 spread for planning and implementation of timely intervention appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Big Data in Astronomy: A tool for Social Innovation https://astro4dev.org/big-data-in-astronomy-a-tool-for-social-innovation-2/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:53:10 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25554 The post Big Data in Astronomy: A tool for Social Innovation appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Registration Open for Africa Women in Data Science Event #IWD2022 https://astro4dev.org/registration-open-for-africa-women-in-data-science-event-iwd2022/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:40:59 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24282 The OAD and its partners are organizing the “Africa Women in Data Science” event from 8-10 March 2022, which coincides with International Women’s Day. The event is organized by DARA Big Data (Development in Africa through Radio Astronomy) supported by Newton Fund, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Inter-University Institute For Data Intensive Astronomy [...]

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]]> Astronomy Data Analysis Virtual Lectures https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-data-analysis-virtual-lectures/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:32:01 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23966 ‘Astronomy from archival data’ introduced important concepts in astronomy, data analysis and methods to students through online sessions from 1 August-29 November 2020. The aim was to support students during a time of disruptions to education caused by COVID-19. Students were introduced to virtual observatory tools and programming techniques. From 927 registrations, more than 100 [...]

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