By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Taipei City Government on Tuesday announced a two-year collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and seven universities to increase the number of databases available for big data research by academics and to nurture the development of big data professionals. The city is the first government in Asia to join the AWA Public Data Set program, a centralized repository of public data sets that can be integrated into AWS cloud-based applications, allowing the public access to innovative analysis on AWS cloud-based applications or other tools, the Taipei Department of Information Technology said. “Big data analysis and application is a global trend, and it is the government’s responsibility to take the lead in driving the development of the data economy,” Taipei Deputy Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮) said. While three of the schools are in the Taipei area — National Taiwan University, National Taipei University and the University of Taipei — National Tsing Hua University is in Hsinchu, Feng Chia University is in Taichung, National Cheng Kung University is in Tainan and National Dong Hwa University is in Hualien County. National Taipei University vice president Lin Jia-chuan (林嘉 ?)

Source: Taipei Times March 07, 2018 15:56 UTC