American University is participating in the #VoicesDMV On the Table (OTT), a community discussion supported by the Greater Washington Community Foundation:

https://www.thecommunityfoundation.org/voicesdmv 

This Thursday, 1 October 2020 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, Faculty Director of the Internet Governance Lab, and Professor of Information Technology & Analytics and International Communication and Development at American University, will host a virtual On The Table discussion on community data science and the use of open data and open source software to facilitate community decision making and data analytics. 

This discussion will highlight the explosion in open data and how community members can harness open data and open source software to facilitate community data analytics. The discussion will include an overview of the types of open data and text based data sources that are available to community members, as well as an overview of the open source software langage R, the RStudio integrated development environment, and a range of relevant R packages. 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://american.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-2upjsiG90Mr6LP1q-lRQxmM4QF4ue1 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.