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THE SWISS DATA CUSTODIAN, PART 2: HOW TO ENHANCE BOTH DATA SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY
In a previous article, we talked about today’s data economy and the problems that arise from it. We presented the Swiss Data Custodian (SDC) — a new project from the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) — which is meant to protect the rights of individuals and...
THE SWISS DATA CUSTODIAN, PART I: A NECESSARY CONCEPT IN THE FIELD OF DATA PRIVACY
The digital self: a new dimension of the human being The human nature, though its meanings have varied across history and fields, is assumed to have at least two dimensions: the material body and the mind. Over the decades, many efforts involving data about...
IMPROVING SPECIES BIODIVERSITY ANALYSES AND CITIZEN SCIENCE FEEDBACK THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING
Biodiversity analyses in an Era of global changes In order to conserve and manage biodiversity, we need an improved understanding of essential biodiversity drivers and improved predictions of resulting biodiversity patterns in space and time. Patterns and processes...
“CLIMATE IS WHAT YOU EXPECT, WEATHER IS WHAT YOU GET”
What factors are driving changes in climate and how can we reduce the uncertainties? Weather, the short-term conditions of the atmosphere, is not climate; but climate, the “envelope” or distribution of weather over time and space, influences the weather. If we want to...
HOW TO GENERATE AUDIO USING TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATIONS?
If I were to ask you to think about the most beautiful scenery you have ever seen, you would probably build in your mind an image of your experience. If you took a picture of that moment, you would probably agree that it represents your memory well. The reason is...
ACE-DATA: ANTARCTIC CIRCUMNAVIGATION EXPEDITION – DELIVERING ADDED VALUE TO ANTARCTICA
Understanding the complexity of the Earth systems and our climate is important to be able to make predictions about how they may change in the future. To do this, scientists use models which describe the relevant processes. Measurements taken in the field or in...