Dear Jana, thanks for your response.<br><br>I am visiting Belgrade previously that week in any case, so it would great to extend the stay and give a presentation. <br><br>I would prefer 26.4. but any day during the conference is ok.<br>
<br>kind regards<br>Leo Lahti,<br>Finland/Netherlands<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Jana Katić <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jana.katic@shareconference.net">jana.katic@shareconference.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Leo, <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span>Sorry for the delay with the conference info.</span></div>
<div>we would love if you still wanna come to Belgrade, and give the presentation on Share conference</div>
<div><div>Due to 'Share' duration ( 26 - 28th April ), most of participants are expected to be in Belgrade from 25 to 29th April.</div><div>you can tell us, if you prefer any date?</div><div> <br>
<br>If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me!</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>best</div><div><br></div><div>Jana <div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Leo Lahti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leo.lahti@iki.fi" target="_blank">leo.lahti@iki.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Share organizers,<br>
<br>
I saw your call for lectures/presentations at<br>
<a href="http://www.shareconference.net/en/participate" target="_blank">http://www.shareconference.net/en/participate</a><br>
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We have been recently developing an open source algorithmic toolkit to<br>
facilitate fluent programmatic access to open government data sets,<br>
including retrieval, preprocessing, analysis, visualization and other<br>
relevant features. The toolkit is based on R statistical programming<br>
language and it allows efficient integration of data sets and analysis<br>
tools from various sources. The project is aimed to enhance the<br>
government openness and transparency and it was awarded the first<br>
prize in the national Apps4Finland competition in Finland November,<br>
2011 (<a href="http://apps4finland.fi/fi/en" target="_blank">http://apps4finland.fi/fi/en</a>). The main developers include three<br>
young computational scientist from Finland. The project website is<br>
currently only in Finnish but are planning to include an English<br>
summary in the close future: <a href="http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org/" target="_blank">http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org/</a><br>
<br>
Our project is focused on open government data in Finland, but we<br>
would be willing to share our experiences with others working on<br>
related topics. We also hope that the project would provide<br>
inspiration for launching similar initiatives in other countries.<br>
Therefore, we would be willing to give a presentation of the project<br>
at Share conference if there is a chance. I attach below the<br>
information you have asked for lecture/presentation proposals.<br>
<br>
Thanks for arranging the inspiring and topical event - we will be<br>
looking forward to hearing from You.<br>
<br>
<br>
Title: soRvi - Algorithmic toolkit for open government data in Finland<br>
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Abstract: Increasing amounts of data regarding socio-economical<br>
factors and democratic decision-making are available in<br>
machine-readable format in the public domain. However, the lack of<br>
programmatic tools for accessing and analyzing such data poses a<br>
significant limitation to utilizing the full potential of these<br>
information sources. Moreover, customization of the tools for the<br>
local needs within each country or region is essential. The recently<br>
introduced toolkit (soRvi: <a href="http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org/" target="_blank">http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org/</a>)<br>
provides an example of such project in Finland. The project provides<br>
open source tools to support fluent programmatic access to open<br>
government data in Finland, including tools for retrieval,<br>
preprocessing, analysis, visualization, and other relevant tasks. The<br>
toolkit is based on R statistical programming language and it allows<br>
efficient integration of data sets and professional computational<br>
tools from versatile sources. The project is aimed to enhance the<br>
government openness and transparency and it was awarded the first<br>
prize in the national Apps4Finland competition in Finland November,<br>
2011 (<a href="http://apps4finland.fi/fi/en" target="_blank">http://apps4finland.fi/fi/en</a>). We hope that sharing our<br>
experiences could provide inspiration for launching similar<br>
initiatives in other countries, and help to setup a cross-border<br>
network of similar, community-driven projects.<br>
<br>
Short biography: The volunteer-driven project is aimed to enhance the<br>
government openness and transparency and it was awarded the first<br>
prize in the national Apps4Finland competition in Finland November,<br>
2011. The main developers include three young computational scientist<br>
from Finland: Leo Lahti (D.Sc.), Juuso Parkkinen (M.Sc.Tech), and<br>
Joona Lehtomäki (M.Sc.), with backgrounds in computational biology,<br>
social networks models, and ecological analysis. The lecturer at Share<br>
conference, Leo Lahti (<a href="http://www.iki.fi/Leo.Lahti" target="_blank">http://www.iki.fi/Leo.Lahti</a>) has received a<br>
doctoral degree in bioinformatics from the Dpt. Information and<br>
Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland, and B.Sc. in practical<br>
philosophy at the Faculty of Political Science, University of<br>
Helsinki, Finland, and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in<br>
Wageningen University, Netherlands.<br>
<br>
kind regards,<br>
Leo Lahti,<br>
<a href="http://www.iki.fi/Leo.Lahti/Contact" target="_blank">http://www.iki.fi/Leo.Lahti/Contact</a><br>
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