Promoting the use of open data for data science projects (Open Data Day)

PTF Layla Guyot presented a session at Open Data Day in March 2024, hosted by the Austin Public Library. This event was part of International Open Data Day, which celebrates open government data with events hosted around the globe. Guyot presented about promoting the use of a local open data portal for data science projects with her collaborator, former student/current UGCA Dustyn Ransom.

The event was organized by Open Austin, which addresses local social and civic challenges through creative uses of technology. 

Read the event description below, or learn more about International Open Data Day on their website.

Local governments like the City of Austin produce masses of data, which are available to the public and free to use.

At Open Data Day Austin, local residents will collaborate to explore the resources available to us, identify data sets of interest, and construct tools and visualizations around that data. Activities will include learning sessions as well as hands-on hacking.

The event is free, open to the public, with advance registration requested. Whether you are already knowledgable about open data or want to learn more about it, you'll find something of interest at Open Data Day Austin. Bring your laptop and be prepared to hack on data.

This event is part of International Open Data Day, which celebrates open government data with events hosted around the globe.

Agenda

• Welcoming remarks -- Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool, Austin City Council
• Opening remarks -- Liani Lye, Executive Director, Open Austin
• "The Austin commitment to open data" -- Kamran Karimi, Communications and Technology Management, City of Austin
• "How the Austin open data portal works" -- Brad McCarty, Communications and Technology Management, City of Austin
• "How Austin uses open data internally" -- Prakhar Bajpai, Innovation Office, City of Austin
• "Promoting the use of open data for data science projects" -- Dr. Layla Guyot & Dustyn Ransom, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, UT Austin
• "Introduction to data tools: a Tableau tutorial" -- Paul Vonder Haar, Open Austin
• Data hacking breakout sessions

The breakout session topics will be crowd-sourced from participants.