This is the story of how we made sure that tracking local school holidays in Python becomes possible for data scientists, using workalendar (code example below). But let’s start at the beginning: When we write models that interpret and forecast meter data, we often encounter demand patterns that change drastically during holiday periods. When this…
We believe open source software is a corner-stone of modern IT, and we’re proud that this month, we were able to contribute. Here, we describe how much work is behind such a simple bugfix. We use many libraries every day, one of them being Pandas, the popular data analysis / manipulation library for Python. With…
This news probably isn’t exciting to you, but we believe it should be: A microgrids industry is about to emerge, and it’s not just hospitals and military facilities. Big players like Schneider Electric are preparing to roll out a microgrid service offering applicable to buildings with an electrical load under 5 MW – this represents…
We’re improving drinking water distribution with data, together with MeterInsight and Brabant Water N.V. ! We’ll be using smart algorithms on sensor data in real time to detect consumption anomalies and provide informative historical reports.
The Humanitarian Action Challenge – a joint effort by HumanityX, The Hague Humanity Hub, and ImpactCity – ran from October through December 2018. It encouraged multi-disciplinary partnerships to deliver innovative technology-driven solutions to some of the most pressing problems faced by the humanitarian community today. Social enterprise PNGK and tech company Seita joined hands to address one of the challenges. In their guest contribution below, they talk about their experience.
Software is a peculiar thing. It is made by engineers, but how to estimate costs and how to understand the end product is very different from other engineering sectors. This difference comes from the level of complexity that comes with even reasonably-sized software. The digital age just began. It might be a while until we can estimate and understand software projects, if ever.
