Etiqueta: data economy
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EU initiatives to unlock the value of data
Data and AI are becoming increasingly important for the economy. Even though predictions about the size of future data and AI markets differ [1,2,3,4], they are meant to act as tailwinds to propel economic growth in the coming decades [5]. AI sits on top of the value of data, both personal and non-personal. However, due…
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AI to Regulate AI
Executive Summary Data and data-driven services are having a profound impact on the economy. Most countries have long been regulating personal data protection, and the EU recently approved regulations to address the failures of data and digital service markets, such as competition, quality of system design, monitoring of high-risk AI systems, service interoperability, or the…
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Talk at ETSIT UPM
Very happy and honored to come back to ETSIT UPM! I was invited to share my thoughts on the data economy with students of their Master in Telecommunication Engineering tomorrow, last December 5th at 3 pm. After my PhD thesis on the topic, we had a mind-boggling session discussing the ecosystem of entities trading data over…
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Upcoming Talk at Plamadiso
Very honored and happy to be giving a talk together with Alba Ribera Martínez at Plamadiso (Platforms, Markets, and the Digital Society). Thanks very much to the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, and particularly to Dr. Volker Stocker for the invitation. We will present our recent blog post titled «Data Marketplaces and the Data…
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DMs & DGA: a Business Perspective
A pleasure working with Alba Ribera Martínez on this text about Data Marketplaces and the Data Governance Act: A Business Model Perspective, which was published in Kluwer Competition Law Blog. The Data Governance Act sets up a harmonised framework for the development of trustworthy data intermediation services in the Union to enable a competitive environment…
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A Retrospective Look at the Future of the Data Economy
Once my doctoral thesis has been finalised, it is worth reflecting on where the data economy is heading to and what future works may be worth developing based on the findings and conclusions of my PhD. During the defense, I was asked several specific questions about this, and I am leaving here some thoughts on…
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A successful thesis defense involves many people
Enrolling in a Computer Science PhD means riding a roller coaster of hard work, disappointment and joy, of illusion and delusion, of designing, coding, analysing, writing, presenting… Doing it after more than 20 years’ experience in the industry may be described by many people as a pure act of insanity. Starting it three months before…
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A first casual rehearsal before my dissertation
A first casual warm up presentation before my dissertation next Wednesday at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Campus Leganés (Sala de vídeo 3.S1.08, Rey Pastor Building) next May 10th at 11AM. Thanks to IMDEA Networks for a very nice venue and my colleagues Tianyue Chu, Devriş Işler, and Elisa Cabana for attending my talk and…
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Extended Report – A Survey of DMs and their business models
An extended version of our survey of data marketplaces is out! Data is becoming an indispensable production factor for the modern economy, matching or exceeding in importance traditional factors such as land, infrastructure, labor and capital. As part of this, a wide range of applications in different sectors require huge amounts of information to feed…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 