open source ecosystem for open government data

­> Borrow approaches from other fields(bioinformatics, climatology, economics, ecology, physics)

similar data formats, related analytical challenges !

rOpenGovR/Github ecosystem for Open Government Data

seamless integration of open data, algorithms and applications

Open Goverment Data Open Analysis Tools

1. Data Access

2. Data Analysis

Topic model for Finnish parliament debates

Data: Helsingin Sanomat

Euro crisis highlighted

Finland (sorvi):males vs. females

Russia (rustfare):infant mortality

Poland (smarterpoland):pulmonary clinics

http://andrewgelman.com/2009/03/03/how_went_the_20/

US elections(Gelman's blog)

New tools, new opportunities­> promoting collaboration between computational & socialscientist through simplified access to data and analysis tools

Presidential elections ­ similar data in many countries

rOpenGov projects:

Welcome to join: ropengov.github.io

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