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SUMMARY:Policy-making implications of the data revolution - Speaker to be 
 confirmed
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CONTACT:Louise Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:The amount of data accessible to researchers and decisions-mak
 ers has increased\, and continues to increase\, in ways that were scarcely
  imaginable a generation ago. \n\nMost of this growth is related to digita
 l computing and communications\, which contributes in at least three ways:
 \n\n    *  it allows much more data to be collected than was possible with
  “pencil and paper” recording\, either by assisting the observer (data
  entry direct to computer) or by replacing the need for a human observer (
 interviewer\, etc) at all (eg telemetry\; web-based questionnaires)\;\n   
  * it facilitates the distribution of data\;\n    * digital communications
  themselves generate new data\, about linkages\, communications\, transact
 ions\, etc.\n\nTo read more and to book onto the event please go to - http
 ://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/events/policy-making-implications-of-the-dat
 a-revolution/\n\nTimings are:\n\n11am Registration\n11.30 Intro and sessio
 n 1: (2 x speakers and 20mins debate)\n12.30 Lunch and session 2: demos/el
 evator pitches – lots of interaction time\n1.30 Session 3: (2 x speakers
  and 20mins debate)\n2.30 Tea and end by 3pm.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce 
 Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 OWA
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