Frontiers of Data Science for Government:Ideas, Practices, and Projections

15-16 September 2016 University of Cambridge

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AboutDataforPolicyInitiativeLaunchedattheinauguralconferencethatwashostedbytheUniversityofCambridgein2015,DataforPolicyhasbeenestablishedasanindependentinitiativetopromoteinterdisciplinaryandcross-sectorialdiscussionontheuseofDataScienceresearchtoenhancegovernmentoperationsandpolicy-making.Theinauguralconference“Policy-makingintheBigDataEra:OpportunitiesandChallenges”hostedtop-levelpresentationsfromUKandEUgovernmentbodies,prestigiousnationalandinternationaluniversities,non-profitinstitutions,andmajorindustrialstakeholders.Wearegratefultothefollowingprestigiousinstitutionsforsupportingthisinitiative:

• UniversityofCambridge–ComputerLaboratory,CentreforScienceandPolicy,CambridgeBigDataStrategicResearchInitiative,DigitalHumanitiesNetwork,CambridgePublicPolicyInitiative

• EuropeanCommission• AlanTuringInstitute• ImperialCollegeLondon–DataScienceInstitute• LondonSchoolofEconomics&PoliticalSciences–Departmentof

Methodology• UniversityCollegeLondon–DepartmentofComputerScience,UCLPublic

Policy,TheBartlett–UCLFacultyoftheBuiltEnvironment• UniversityofOxford–OxfordInternetInstitute• OfficeforNationalStatistics• RoyalStatisticalSociety• NewYorkUniversity–TheGovLab,OpenGovernanceResearchExchange• LeidenUniversity–CentreforInnovation• TechnopolisGroup

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DataforPolicy2016ConferenceDataScienceisemergingasakeyinterdisciplinaryresearchfieldtoaddressmajorcontemporarychallengesacrosssectors.Particularfocusonthegovernmentsectoroffershugepotentialstoadvancecitizenservicesandcollectivedecision-makingprocesses.Toreflectthediversityofskillsandknowledgerequiredtotacklechallengesinthisdomain,theconferenceoffersanopendiscussionforumforallstakeholders.DataforPolicy2016invitedindividualand/orgroupsubmissionsfromallrelevantdisciplinesandapplicationdomains.Topicscoveredincludedbutwerenotlimitedtothefollowing:Government&Policy:Digitaleragovernanceandcitizenservices,publicdemandvs.governmentresponse,usingdatainthepolicyprocess,opensourceandopendatamovements,policylaboratories,citizenexpertiseforgovernment,publicopinionandparticipationindemocraticprocesses,distributeddatabasesanddatastreams,informationandevidenceinpolicycontext,casestudiesandbestpractices.PolicyforData&Management:Datacollection,storage,andaccess;psychology/behaviourofdecision;privacy,trust,publicrights,freespeech,ethicsandlaw;datasecurity/ownership/linkage;provenance,curation,expiration;private/publicsector/non-profitcollaborationandpartnership,etc.DataAnalysis:Computationalproceduresfordatacollection,storage,andaccess;large-scaledataprocessing,dealingwithbiased/imperfect/uncertaindata,humaninteractionwithdata,statistical/computationalmodels,technicalchallenges,communicatingresults,visualisation,etc.Methodologies:Qualitative/quantitative/mixedmethods,gapsintheoryandpractice,secondarydataanalysis,webscraping,randomisedcontrolledtrials,sentimentanalysis,Bayesianapproachesandgraphicalmodels,biologicallyinspiredmodels,real-timeandhistoricaldataprocessing,simulationandmodeling,smallareaestimation,correlation&causalitybasedmodels,andotherrelevantmethods.DataSources:Governmentadministrativedata,officialstatistics,commercialandnon-profitdata,user-generatedwebcontent(blogs,wikis,discussionforums,posts,chats,tweets,podcasting,pins,digitalimages,video,audiofiles,advertisements,etc.),searchenginedata,datagatheredbyconnectedpeopleanddevices(e.g.wearabletechnology,mobiledevices,InternetofThings),trackingdata(includingGPS/geolocationdata,trafficandothertransportsensordata,CCTVimagesetc.,),satelliteandaerialimagery,andotherrelevantdatasources.Policy/ApplicationDomains:Security,health,cities,publicadministration,economy,scienceandinnovation,finance,energy,environment,socialpolicyareas(education,migration,etc.)andotherrelevantdomains.

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OrganisersAdvisoryCommittee:Prof.JeanBacon,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridgeProf.KennethBenoit,DepartmentofMethodology,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceDr.DavidCleevely,CentreforScienceandPolicy,UniversityofCambridgeProf.JonCrowcroft,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridgeProf.AnthonyFinkelstein,ChiefScientificAdvisor,GovernmentOfficeforScience,UKProf.EnricoGiovannini,Co-Chair,UNDataRevolutionGroup&UniversityofRome“TorVergata”,ItalyProf.DavidHand,WintonCapitalManagementandImperialCollegeProf.JonathanHaskel,DataScienceInstitute,ImperialCollegeLondonProf.DavidHowarth,DepartmentofPoliticsandInternationalStudies,UniversityofCambridgeProf.HelenMargetts,OxfordInternetInstitute,UniversityofOxfordProf.BethNoveck,TheGovLab,NewYorkUniversity&MITMediaLab,USMr.BillOates,ChiefDataScientist,OfficeforNationalStatistics,UKProf.RobProcter,DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofWarwickProf.GraemeReid,UniversityCollegeLondonProf.JohnShawe-Taylor,DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityCollegeLondonProf.PeterSmith,ESRCAdministrativeDataResearchCentreforEnglandandUniversityofSouthamptonProf.JohnTaysom,UniversityCollegeLondon,UniversityofCambridge,HarvardUniversityProf.PhilipTreleaven,DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityCollegeLondonProf.PatrickWolfe,DeputyDirector,TheAlanTuringInstitute,UKProf.SirDavidWallace,UniversityofCambridgeMr.GlenWatson,Director-General,OfficeforNationalStatistics,UKProf.RobinWilliams,SchoolofSocialandPoliticalScience,UniversityofEdinburghProf.DerekWyatt,Chair,RoyalTrinityHospice;NHSInnovationsSouthEast,UKExecutiveCommittee:Dr.ZeynepEngin,ChiefOrganiser,DataforPolicy2016;UniversityCollegeLondon;UniversityofCambridgeDr.AnilBharath,DataScienceInstitute&Dept.ofBioengineering,ImperialCollegeLondonDr.BilalGokpinar,SchoolofManagement,UniversityCollegeLondonDr.PrabhatAgarwal,EuropeanCommissionProgrammeCommittee:Dr.AnneAlexander,DigitalHumanitiesNetwork,UniversityofCambridge,UKMr.DanielCastro,Director,CentreforDataInnovation,USProf.GabrielleDemange,ParisSchoolofEconomics,FranceDr.SuleymanDemirsoy,Director,LondonInnovationSociety,UKDr.Yves-AlexandredeMontjoye,HarvardUniversity,US

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Dr.ClareDyer-Smith,CambridgeBigDataSRI,UniversityofCambridgeDr.RayidGhani,CentreforDataScienceandPublicPolicy,UniversityofChicago,USDr.EllaMcPherson,DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofCambridgeProf.EricMeyer,OxfordInternetInstitute,UniversityofOxfordDr.SlavaMichaylov,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityCollegeLondonAssoc.Prof.SuzyMoat,WarwickBusinessSchool,UniversityofWarwickDr.RichardMortier,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridgeMr.WillMoy,Director,FullFact,UKDr.MircoMusolesi,DepartmentofGeography,UniversityCollegeLondonAssoc.Prof.TobiasPreis,WarwickBusinessSchool,UniversityofWarwickDr.MartijnPoel,TechnopolisGroupDr.AlisonPowell,MediaandCommunications,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceDr.CharlotteSausman,CambridgePublicPolicySRI,UniversityofCambridgeProf.RalphSchroder,OxfordInternetInstitute,UniversityofOxfordDrs.GideonShimshon,Director,CentreforInnovation,LeidenUniversity,NetherlandsDr.JatinderSingh,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridgeDr.OliviaStevenson,UCLPublicPolicyDr.MesutTastan,DepartmentofFinance,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceMs.BarbaraUbaldi,TheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD)Ms.DianaVlad-Calcic,EuropeanCommissionDr.IndrėŽliobaitė,Uni.ofHelsinki,AaltoUni.,HelsinkiInst.forInformationTechnology(HIIT),Finland

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ConferenceProgrammeThursday,15September201609:30–10:00 Arrivals&Registration10:00–10:20 Welcome&Introductions(Room–LT1)

AndyHopper,ProfessorofComputerTechnologyandHeadofDepartment,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridgeZeynepEngin,ChiefOrganiser,DataforPolicy2016;SeniorResearchAssociate,UrbanDynamicsLab,UCL;PolicyFellow,CentreforScienceandPolicy,UniversityofCambridge

10:20–11:20 OpeningPlenarySession(Room–LT1)

“BigDataAnalyticsandEUPolicy-making–hugepotential,significantchallenges"MaiveRute,DeputyDirector-GeneralofJointResearchCentre,EuropeanCommission“PlatformGovernmentandaDataScienceforPolicy-making?”HelenMargetts,DirectoroftheOxfordInternetInstitute,UniversityofOxford“AlgorithmicRegulation:UsingBlockchainsmartcontracttechnologytorevolutioniseFinancialRegulation”PhilipTreleaven,ProfessorofComputingandDirectoroftheFinancialComputingCentre,UniversityCollegeLondon

Chair:JonCrowcroft,MarconiProfessorofCommunicationsSystems,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridge;TheAlanTuringInstitute11:20–11:40 Break11:40–12:40 ParallelSession1Session1a:PolicyProcessI(Room–LT1)Chair:SirDavidWallace,UniversityofCambridge

[67]“HazeGazer:ACrisisAnalysisandVisualizationTooltoBetterInformPeatlandFireandHazeManagement”–DervalUsher,GeorgeHodge,ImaduddinAminandJongGunLee;UNPulseLabJakarta,Indonesia

[95]“ScienceforpolicyintheBigDataera”–PanayotisChristidis,EuropeanCommission,JointResearchCentre,Spain

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[103]“PolicyCompass-ProsperityIndicator-basedAccountablePolicyAnalysisandEvaluationviaOpenDataExploitation”–SotiriosKoussouris,NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens,Greece;PanagiotisKokkinakos,Greece;OuraniaMarkaki,NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens,Greece;FabianKirstein,FraunhoferFOKUS,Germany;YuryGlikman,FraunhoferFOKUS,Germany;HabinLee,BrunelUniversityLondon,UK.

Session1b:MethodsI(Room–LT2)Chair:KennethBenoit,HeadoftheDepartmentofMethodology,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalSciences

[18]“Themodelissimple,untilprovenotherwise–howtocopeinaneverchangingworld”–AnitaFaul,UniversityofCambridge,UK[34]“Earlydetectionofpropertiesatriskofblightusingspatiotemporaldata”–EduardoBlancasReyes,JenniferHelsby,KatharinaRasch,TaliaKaufmann,PaulvanderBoor,LaurenHaynesandRayidGhani,UniversityofChicago,USA[56]“AsystematicapproachtoSystemicRisk”–AntoanetaSergueiva,UniversityCollegeLondonandBankofEngland;DavidBholat,BankofEngland,UK

[101]“Thefutureofhuman-machinedecision-making”–ClaireCraig,TheRoyalSociety;SusannahOdell,TheRoyalSociety;RichardSandford,GO-Science,UK

Session1c:Data-DrivenPolicy:ExperimentationversusRegulation?(Room–FW26)OrganisedbyTheGovLabatNewYorkUniversityandtheCentreforInnovationatLeidenUniversityModerator:GideonShimshon,Director,CentreforInnovation,LeidenUniversityDebaters:

SarahGiest,AssistantProfessor,TheInstituteofPublicAdministration,LeidenUniversityAndrewYoung,AssociateDirectorofResearch,TheGovLab,NewYorkUniversityYves-AlexandredeMontjoye,ResearchScientistattheMITMediaLabTBC

12:40–13:40 Lunch&PosterSession

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PosterPresentations

[8]“Determinantsofe-governanceadoptionpracticeinPublicAdministrationofSubSaharanAfrica:EvidencefromCameroon”–SoazicEliseWangSonne,UnitedNationsUniversity-MERIT,Netherlands[10]“ExactandApproximateMethodsforPublicPayments:Whogetswhatanyway?”–CharlesRahal,UniversityofBirmingham,UK

[11]“Governance,theCommonsandIoT:AnAgricultureusecaseofDataforPolicy”–HarrisMoysiadisandNikosZotos,FutureIntelligence,Greece

[12]“ResurgenceofMarxinModernDay,ElectronicJournalism”–AniruddhaSaha,SchoolofCommunication,ManipalUniversity,India[17]“InformaticsinOutofHoursSecondaryCareServiceDelivery:MethodsandApplicationstoInformHealthCarePolicyandManagement”–IkerPerez,MichaelBrown,JamesPinchin,SarahMartindale,SarahSharples,DominickShaw,UniversityofNottingham;JohnBlakey,LiverpoolSchoolofTropicalMedicine,UK[19]“Workinghardorhardlyworking:EvaluatingNewLabour'sactivelabourmarketpolicy,1997–2010”–PeterHill,UniversityofWarwick,UK

[25]“Developingasociotechnicalimaginary:Theroleofpublicsinthefutureofnewformsofdata”– EmilyRempel,JulieBarnettandHannahDurrant,UniversityofBath,UK

[32]“Linkingforesightwithsimulationaspartofanalgorithmicimpactassessmenttoolkitfordecision-making,machinelearningalgorithmsinthepublicsector”–MichaelVeale,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK[33]“Youcan’tuseDataforPolicyw/oAnalyticsLiterateLeaders”–RichardLee,IMECS,LLC,USA[36]“EvaluatingtheImpactofArts-ledPolicyontheGentrificationinLondonUsingSpatio-temporalBigData”–XiaoZhou,DesislavaHristova,andCeciliaMascolo,UniversityofCambridge;AnastasiosNoulas,UniversityofLancaster,UK

[58]“Whenthechipscomeout:isourpublicinterestresearchinfrastructurefitforthefuture?”–JenPersson,defenddigitalme,UK[60]“GeneratingPolicyInsightsfromMicro-Narratives”,ChiaraAmato,AndreasKarmhus,ElenaCoraMagrini,CharlieMealings,BenjaminVigreux,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK[69]“ForecastinghousingmarketswithSearchkeywords:Amethodological‘horserace’”–DonaldStevensandFranzFuerst,UniversityofCambridge,UK[72]“DiscoveryofcomplexanomalouspatternsofsexualviolenceinElSalvador”–MariaDe-ArteagaandArturDubrawski,CarnegieMellonUniversity,USA

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[77]“DataforSciencePolicy:ASWOTAnalysis”–ArnaudVaganay,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalSciences,UK[78]“Thedatascience“pet”solution:Assessingsolutionacceptabilityandchangingproblemdefinitions”–KimberlyGardnerandEricLindquist,BoiseStateUniversity,USA[80]“InformationDiffusionandEconomicDevelopment”–ChristopherSmith-ClarkeandLiciaCapra,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK[88]“Researchdirectionsforharvestingcross-sectorialcorrelationstowardsimprovedpolicymaking”–NikolaosDimitriouandAnastasiosDrosou,CERTH/ITI,Greece;NikolaosSarris,ATC,Greece;AthanasiosKonstantinidis,ICL,UnitedKingdom;DimitriosTzovaras,CERTH/ITI,Greece[96]“Data-DrivenDiscussions:ASocialPlatformforOpenDatatodiscussandvisualizefromheterogeneousdatasources”–GennaroCordasco,SecondaUniversitàdiNapoli;RenatoDeDonato,DelfinaMalandrino,PinaPalmieri,AndreaPetta,DonatoPirozzi,VittorioScarano,LuigiSerra,CarmineSpagnuoloandLucaVicidomini,DipartimentodiInformatica,UniversitàdegliStudidiSalerno,Italy[104]“MassReplicationofPolicyEvaluationThroughCitizen-LedRandomizedTrials”-J.NathanMatias,MITMediaLabCenterforCivicMedia,US

13:40–14:40 KeynoteLecture1(Room–LT1)“DataforPolicy:aMythoraMust?”EnricoGiovannini,Co-Chair,UNDataRevolutionGroup,UniversityofRome‘TorVergata’Chair:AndrewBlake,ExecutiveDirector,TheAlanTuringInstitute14:45–15:45 ParallelSession2Session2a:OfficialStatistics(Room–LT1)Chair:DavidJohnson,InterimHeadoftheDataScienceCampus,OfficeforNationalStatistics

[15]“DataScienceandPublicPolicy:AChangingLandscapefortheUSFederalGovernment”–DanGaylin,NORCattheUniversityofChicago,USA[16]“OntheEvolutionoftheUnitedKingdomPriceDistributions”–KimHuynh,BankofCanada,Canada;BaChu,CarletonUniversity,Canada;DavidJacho-Chavez,EmoryUniversity,USA;OleksiyKryvtsov,BankofCanada,Canada

[51]“RoleofDatascienceinofficialstatistics(ONS)”–IvaSpakulova,OfficeforNationalStatistics,UK

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[90]“BigDataasaSourceforOfficialStatistics:AssessmentofUsingMobilePhoneDataforPopulation”–FernandoReis,Eurostat,Luxembourg;FreddydeMeersman,Proximus,Belgium;MarcDebusschere,StatisticsBelgium,Belgium;AlbrechtWirthmann,EuropeanCommission–Eurostat,Luxembourg

Session2b:Health&Wellbeing(Room–LT2)Chair:DerekWyatt,Chair,RoyalTrinityHospice;NHSInnovationsSouthEast,UK

[4]“Fragilestatesandcitizendataanalytics:gatheringvoicesandmappingbeliefsforUNICEF”–ClaudiaAbreuLopes,Africa'sVoicesFoundation;SharathSrinivasan,CentreofGovernanceandHumanRights,UniversityofCambridge,UK

[26]“MeasuringOrganizationalPerformancefromCustomerReviews:ThecaseofNationalHealthServiceinEngland”–RadoslawKowalski,SlavaMikhaylovandMarcEsteve;UniversityCollegeLondon,UK[45]“HistoricalAnalysisofPolicyandEconomicInfluenceonNationalSubjectiveWellbeingUsing”–ThomasHills,EugenioProtoandDanielSgroi;UniversityofWarwick,UK

Session2c:DataforLandGovernancePolicyMaking(Room–FW26)Chair:DenysNizalova,KyivSchoolofEconomics,Ukraine

[41a]“PublicPoliciesforCreationofLandRecordsBigData”–SachinGarg,SchoolofPolicy,Government&InternationalAffairs,GeorgeMasonUniversity,USA

[41b]“MonitoringtheLandGovernance:caseofUkraine”–DenysNizalova,KaterynaIvinskaa,KlausDeiningerb,SergiyKubakha,OlegNiviyevskiya;KyivSchoolofEconomics,Ukraine;WorldBank,USA

15:45–16:05 Break16:05–17:05 ParallelSession3Session3a:OpenData(Room–LT1)Chair:PeterSmith,ProfessorofSocialStatistics,ESRCAdministrativeDataResearchCentreforEnglandandUniversityofSouthampton

[24]“Towardsopenmetadataandgovernance”–MandyChessell,IBM,UK[31]“Crowdsourcingthecollectionandanalysisofdataoncompanies’Environmental,SocialandGovernanceperformance–WikiRate.org”–RichardMills,UniversityofCambridge,UK

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[86]“APolicyOrientedMethodologyforthePublishingandMaintanenceofOpenGovernmentData”–AndreaMaurinoandCarloBatini,UniversitàdegliStudidiMilano,Bicocca,Italy;GianluigiViscusi,ÉcolePolytechniqueFédéraledeLausanne,Switzerland

[106]“Sharingmorewidely:dataattheheartofevidence,policyandtransformationatDefra”–VanessaPilley,StefanJanusz,FarhanaAmin,FrancescaGauntlett,SteveWilkinson,KathleenCameron,GaryKass,MikeRose,JonathanHicks,EmilyMilesandIanBoyd;DepartmentforEnvironmentFood&RuralAffairs(Defra),UK

Session3b:SessionorganisedbytheBankofEngland(Room–LT2)Chair:GabrielleDemange,Directeurd'EtudesatEHESS;AssociateChair,ParisSchoolofEconomics,France

[100a]“GaugingmarketdynamicsusingEMIRtraderepositorydata:ThecaseoftheSwissfrancde-pegging”–OlgaCielinska,AndreasJoseph,UjwalShreyas,JohnTannerandMichalisVasios,BankofEngland,UK[100b]“Newsandnarrativesinfinancialsystems:Exploitingbigdataforsystemicriskassessment”–RickardNyman,UniversityCollegeLondon;DavidGregory,BankofEngland;SujitKapadia,BankofEngland;PaulOrmerod,UniversityCollegeLondon;DavidTuckett,UniversityCollegeLondon;RobertSmith,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK

[100c]“HistoryDependenceintheHousingMarket”–PhilippeBracke,BankofEngland;SilvanaTenreyro,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalSciences,UK

Session3c:UrbanDataI(Room–FW26)Chair:DavidHowarth,ProfessorofLawandPublicPolicy,DepartmentofPoliticsandInternationalStudies,UniversityofCambridge

[27]“Onlinespacesforurbancitizen-sourcing:AcomparisonofUScivicengagementapps”–SarahGiest,LeidenUniversity,Netherlands;AnsgarKoene,NottinghamUniversity,UK;ElviraPerezVallejos,NottinghamUniversity,UK;OlliPitkänen,HelsinkiInstituteforInformationTechnology,Finland;andMattiaFosci,Gada,UK[68]“Bigdatavisions:towardsthedevelopmentoflow-carbonroadtransportpolicies”–ElenaPaffumi, EuropeanCommissionJRCInstituteforEnergyandTransport,Italy;MicheleDeGennaro,AustrianInstituteofTechnologyG.m.b.H.,Austria;GiorgioMartini,EuropeanCommissionJRCInstituteforEnergyandTransport,Italy

[74]“BoostingTechInnovationEcosystemsinCities,Aframeworkforgrowthandsustainabilityofurbantechinnovationecosystems”–NgaNguyen,WorldBank,Netherlands;VictorMulasandXinQian,WorldBank,USA

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[105]“UseofEmergingDatatoImprovePassengerVehicleSafety,Emissions,andMobilityPolicy”–HScottMatthews,PaulFischbeck,andChrisHendrickson,CarnegieMellonUniversity;DanaPeck,USDepartmentofTransportation,USA

17:05–19:00 ConferenceReception**Pleasecontinuetothenextpageforthesecondday’sprogramme**

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Friday,16September201609:15–09:30 Tea&Coffee09:30–10:30 ParallelSession4Session4a:MethodsII(Room–LT1)Chair:RayidGhani,DirectoroftheCenterforDataScienceandPublicPolicy,UniversityofChicago

[28]“Rankingsondata:thetwo-sidedsetting”–GabrielleDemange,ParisSchoolofEconomics-PSE-EHESS,France[37]“Theroleofmixedmethodsdataincausalinference:ExamplesfromthreeAustraliantrials”–NicholasBiddle,AustralianNationalUniversity,Australia

[54]“AssessingtheEffectivenessofEUConditionalityinDrivingChangeinStrategyProcessesandStrategies:Applicationoftextanalyticsforpolicyanalysis”–RiohBurke-DerbyandAlfioPuglisi,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK;AlexanderKleibrink,EuropeanCommissionJointResearchCentre,Spain;SlavaMikhaylov,UniversityCollegeLondon,UK[75]“DronesandData:UAVsasinstrumentofgatheringdataanditsimpactonintelligence”–ClemensBinderandIsabellaRebasso,AustrianInstituteforInternationalAffairs,Austria

Session4b:Bigdataforscienceandinnovationpolicy(Room–LT2)OrganisedbyTechnopolisGroupChair:CristinaRosemberg,TechnopolisGroup

[42]“BuildinganinnovationdataanalyticsplatformforWelshGovernment:Earlyfindingsfromanongoingproject”–JuanMateos-Garcia,JamesGardinerandJenRae,Nesta,UK

[108]“Theimpactofpublicsupportforinnovationonfirmleveloutcomes:usingdatalinkingforpolicyevaluation”–MikeKing,NationalPhysicalLaboratory;DanHodges,InnovateUK

Discussant:IanViney,UKMedicalResearchCouncil

Session4c:Workshop–NetworkofInnovators(Room–FW26)OrganisedbyTheGovLab,NewYorkUniversity [93]

BethNoveck,TheJerryHultinGlobalNetworkProfessor,TandonSchoolofEngineering;Co-FounderandDirectorofTheGovLab,NewYorkUniversity

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AndrewYoung,AssociateDirectorofResearch,TheGovLab,NewYorkUniversity

10:30–10:50 Break10:50–11:50 KeynoteLecture2(Room–LT1)“BigDataandtheSocialSciences:CanAccuracyandPrivacyCo-Exist?”JimWaldo,GordonMcKayProfessorofthePracticeofComputerScienceandtheChiefTechnologyOfficer,SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences,HarvardUniversityChair:AnthonyFinklestein,ChiefScientificAdviserforNationalSecuritytoHMGovernment;ProfessorofSoftwareSystemsEngineering,TheAlanTuringInstitute11:50–12:10 StudentPosterFinalists–3minpresentations(Room–LT1)Chair:AnilBaharath,DataScienceInstitute&DepartmentofBioengineering,ImperialCollegeLondon12:10–13:10 Lunch&PosterSession13:10–14:10 ParallelSession5Session5a:UrbanDataII(Room–LT1)Chair:MichailSkaliotis,HeadofTaskForce-BigDataatEUROSTAT,EuropeanCommission

[44]“Policyrecommendationstopromotetheuseofdigitalsocialinnovationandopendataforbetteraddressingthemobilityrequirementsofpeoplewithdisabilities”–LouiseFrancis,UniversityCollegeLondon;MireiaFerri,EstrellaDura,andMaiteFerrandoPolibienestarResearchInstitute,UniversityofValencia,Spain[64]“UrbanPlanningforActiveandHealthyPublicSpaceswithUser-GeneratedBigData”–LoesvanRenswouw,FontysUniversityofAppliedSciences,SchoolofSportStudies;SanderBogers,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology;StevenVos,FontysUniversityofAppliedSciences,SchoolofSportStudies,Netherlands[87]“Findingoptimalsitesforfreeschoolsusingpublicsectordata”–DanHeron,CabinetOffice,UK

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Session5b:Politics(Room–LT2)Chair:SlavaMikhaylov,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityCollegeLondon

[7]“ReadingBetweentheLines:PredictionofPoliticalViolenceUsingNewspaperText”–MuellerHannes,IAE(CSIC),BarcelonaGSE,Spain;ChristopherRauh,UniversityofCambridge,INETInstitute,UK[40]“ThehorizontalizationofEUaffairsinnationalparliaments:AdynamicautomatedcontentanalysisofplenarydebatesinTheNetherlandsandtheUK”–RikdeRuiterandJelmerSchalk,Leidenuniversity,Netherlands[48]“Newandimprovedindicatorsfor‘fragilestates’?”–IsabelRochadeSiqueira,IRI/PUC-Rio,Brazil[52]“Data-DrivenInnovationforNGO’s:HowtodefineandmobilisetheDataRevolutionforSustainableDevelopment?”–ThomasBaar,AikateriniDeligianniandChristophJohannStettina,LeidenUniversity,Netherlands

Session5c:Bigdataintheonlineeconomy(Room–FW26)OrganisedbyEuropeanCommissionChair:TBC

[29]“TaxationonDataandprivacyprotection”–FrancisBloch,PSE-Paris1;GabrielleDemange,PSE-EHESS,France[61]“FinancialdatafortheGoodSociety:aninnovativedata-scienceapproachforBigDataregulatoryreporting”–HaraldStieber,EuropeanCommission,DGFISMA,Belgium;PrabhatAgarwal,EuropeanCommission,DGCONNECT,Belgium;PetrosKavassalis,UniversityoftheAegean,Greece;KeithSaxton,KSStrategic;FrancisGross,EuropeanCentralBank,DGStatistics,Germany

[102]“LivingLabResearchasIntermediation”–JamesStewart,EwanKleinandCatherineMcGill,UniversityofEdinburgh,UKDiscussant:DanielCastro,Director,CentreforDataInnovation,US

14:15–15:15 ParallelSession6Session6a:Economy(Room–LT1)Chair:BarbaraUbaldi,TheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD)

[35]“Diverseusesofgovernmentcontractingdatatoimprovespendingofpublicfunds”–MihályFazekasandÁgnesCzibik,UniversityofCambridge,UK[49]“Usingnewdatatoansweroldquestionsontheextractiveindustries”–DavidMihalyiandDavidManley,NaturalResourceGovernanceInstitute,UK

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[76]“CompetitiveIntensityandCorruptionRisksintheHungarianPublicProcurement2009-2015”–IstvanJanosTothandMiklosHajdu, CorruptionResearchCenterBudapest,Hungary

Session6b:MethodsIII(Room–LT2)Chair:DavidMair,HeadofUnit,ScienceAdvicetoPolicy,EuropeanCommissionJointResearchCentre

[22]“ReviewingtheworldwidetrendsofNationalGeoportals”–JoepCrompvoets,BrunoBrouckerandGeertBouckaert,KULeuven-PublicManagementInstitute,Belgium

[98]“ProxyErrorswithPolicyConsequences:AgriculturalProductivity”–CarolineLeighAnderson,UniversityofWashingtonEvansSchool;TravisReynolds,ColbyCollege;PierreBiscaye,EvansSchoolofPublicPolicy&Governance;JoshuaMerfeld,UniversityofWashington,USA

[107]“DevelopingasemanticlegalresearchinterfacefortheOECDServicesTradeRestrictivenessIndex”–FrédéricGonzales,SébastienMiroudotandThierryVebr,OrganisationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment(OECD),France

Session6c:PolicyProcessII(Room–FW26)Chair:DanielCastro,Director,CentreforDataInnovation,US

[6]“Privacy‐conscientioususeofmobilephonedata”–Yves-AlexandredeMontjoye,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,USA[47]“TheNextStepinData-DrivenPolicy:TensionsintheAirandProgressontheGround”–RalphSchroeder,OxfordInternetInstitute,UK;MartijnPoel,Technopolis,Netherlands;DianaVladCalcic,EuropeanCommission,Belgium;JeromeTreperman,Technopolis,Germany;ArthurThomas,OxfordInternetInstitute,UK;JoostvanBarneveld,Technopolis,Netherlands[81]“HumanitarianDataResponsibility:DistributedRisk-HolisticGovernance”–JohanBernardBerens,LeidenUniversity,Netherlands;LucyBernholz,PACS,StanfordUniversity,USA;NathanielRaymond,HarvardHumanitarianInitiative,USA;GideonShimshon,CentreforInnovation,LeidenUniversity,Netherlands;StefaanVerhulst,TheGovernanceLaboratory,NewYorkUniversity,USA[83]“Developmentofanengagementframeworkfordatascienceanditsuseinpolicy”–MichelleBrookandAnthonyZacharzewski,TheDemocraticSociety,UK

15:15–15:35 Break

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15:35–16:35 ClosingPlenarySession

"TranslatingRigorousEvidenceintoPoliciesthatBenefitthePoor”QuentinPalfrey,ExecutiveDirector,J-PALNorthAmerica,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)“AData-drivenPublicSectorforSustainableandInclusiveGovernance”BarbaraUbaldi,TheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD)“Doingpracticaldatascienceforsocialgoodandpublicpolicy”RayidGhani,DirectoroftheCenterforDataScienceandPublicPolicy,UniversityofChicago

Chair:JeanBacon,ProfessorEmeritaofDistributedSystems,ComputerLaboratory,UniversityofCambridge16:35–16:50 Awards&FinalRemarks16:50 End

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