grant - semanticweb.com http://semanticweb.com The Voice of Semantic Web Business Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Glasgow Wins Grant to Become One of UK’s First Smart Cities

Jane Wakefield of the BBC reports that Glasgow has been awarded a £24 million grant by the British government to make it one of the UK’s first smart cities. She writes, “[Glasgow] will use the money on projects to demonstrate how a city of the future might work. They will include better services for Glaswegians, with real-time information about traffic and apps to check that buses and trains are on time. The council will also create an app for reporting issues such as potholes and missing bin collections. Other services promised by the council include linking up the CCTV cameras across the city with its traffic management unit in order to identify traffic incidents faster.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/glasgow-wins-grant-to-become-one-of-uks-first-smart-cities_b35027#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/glasgow-wins-grant-to-become-one-of-uks-first-smart-cities_b35027 http://semanticweb.com/?p=35027 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:00:26 +0000 New Grant to Promote Open Data in Developing Countries Jose M. Alonso reports, “The Web Foundation is announcing a new grant, awarded by the Ford Foundation, to demonstrate and accelerate the global adoption of Open Data.  Within the scope of this grant, the Web Foundation will continue to contribute to raising global awareness of the feasibility and benefits of Open Data in developing countries.  There will be a special focus on Indonesia.  This effort is expected to last until the end of June, 2013.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/new-grant-to-promote-open-data-in-developing-countries_b31880#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/new-grant-to-promote-open-data-in-developing-countries_b31880 http://semanticweb.com/?p=31880 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:00:29 +0000 OKF Receives Grant for Open Economics Working Group OKF recently announced that  “ the Open Knowledge Foundation in partnership with the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for the development of an Open Economics Working Group. The aim of the working group is to encourage more active and efficient collaboration between scholars and the dissemination of economic results to the wider society.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/okf-receives-grant-for-open-economics-working-group_b26932#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/okf-receives-grant-for-open-economics-working-group_b26932 http://semanticweb.com/?p=26932 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:30:22 +0000 News360 Joins the Microsoft BizSpark One Program News360 has received some good news of its own: the startup has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Skolkovo Foundation and has also been selected to join the prestigious Microsoft BizSpark One program. According to the article, the company “has been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark One program, identifying a small number of high-potential startups from among more than 45,000 BizSpark program participants in 100 countries. BizSpark One participants demonstrate a strong potential to succeed, shape the industry’s future and enhance the overall value of Microsoft products and services for end users.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/news360-joins-the-microsoft-bizspark-one-program_b24708#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/news360-joins-the-microsoft-bizspark-one-program_b24708 http://semanticweb.com/?p=24708 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:00:07 +0000 Are News Organizations Trying to Reinvent the Wheel? A new article by Kevin Anderson asks the question, does journalism really need another open-source CMS? Anderson writes in response to the Knight Foundation’s choice of giving a $975,000 grant to the Texas Tribune and Bay Citizen: “The goal is to create a nimble open-source content management system. I guess WordPress or Drupal, just to name two open-source content management systems, didn’t fit the bill.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/are-news-organizations-trying-to-reinvent-the-wheel_b18361#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/are-news-organizations-trying-to-reinvent-the-wheel_b18361 https://semanticweb.com/?p=18361 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:00:55 +0000 Bringing Semantic Technologies to the Ocean A pair of data scientists from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is joining forces with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to make use of a $2 million grant and see what they can learn about our oceans.

Peter Fox, one of the scientists commented, “A massive amount of data about the oceans is gathered every single day by sensors, cameras, sonar, and other technologies. Maybe three percent of that information is ever even looked at again. Any other valuable knowledge is essentially lost. … What we are doing through this collaboration is integrating and enhancing this data so that it can be more easily consumed and used by other scientists and the public.”

Through this project WHOI expects to learn important information regarding the current and future health of our oceans. Rensselaer’s data technologies might also help uncover “discoveries on everything from underwater geological activity to the impacts of glacial melting.”

Image: Courtesy Flickr/ Mr. Thomas

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