Next Step after OGD: Government’s Big Data Scientist

Open Government Data (OGD) Initiatives have been important steps helping to give broader access to administrative data.

But there was some disappointment because OGD didn’t bring up the mass of apps many hoped. And meanwhile big discussions about using Big Data emerged.

Now the US make a step forward going for a Big Data Initiative: President Obama just nominated a Chief Data Scientist in his Office, DJ Patil.

https://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/18/white-house-names-dr-dj-patil-first-us-chief-data-scientist

‘Patil’s new role will involve the application of big data to all government areas, but particularly healthcare policy.’ (Source)

It’s high time to demystify

Data, Big Data, Data Scientist, Data Mining …. Statistics. And next: Linked Open Data?

Look at this semantically rich clearing process by Diego Kuonen. It’s worth while!

 

A Statistician's View on Big Data and Data Science (Version 2) from Prof. Dr. Diego Kuonen

 

See also: https://blogstats.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/big-data-open-data-and-official-statistics/