Bronson Analytics was thrilled to be a sponsor of the 2022 Information is Beautiful Awards. The IIB Awards celebrate excellence and beauty in data visualization, infographics, interactives, and information art since 2012. Each year, thousands of visualizations are submitted to the Awards and reviewed by a panel of qualified judges based on topic and [...]
AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services' global event of the year - and for the first time, it's coming to Ottawa. On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 join Canadian AWS leaders to watch the livestream of CEO Adam Selipsky's keynote speech. Be the first to learn about AWS' 2023 service launches, hear new announcements, and meet [...]
Governments across the world have been shifting towards the digitization of services through cloud, automation, and digitalization. Particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for governments to be more digitally accessible has been increasing. However, this sort of transition is rarely simple and smooth. According to Forbes, this evolution will lead to [...]
Scam calls are a "major scourge" in telecommunication. Regulators have been more vigilant in addressing illegal call centres and robocalls. On November 1st, regulators from Canada, Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong, and the United States had an in-person 'Combating Scam Communications' meeting hosted by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The meeting was a chance for [...]
From both a personal and business standpoint, human use and dependency on artificial intelligence has been increasing. This article by Forbes suggests that, although useful, we should be cautious when putting our full trust into these systems. It is still "up in the air' if these systems are fed accurate data, kept up to [...]
The ninth edition of Beer & Analytics was hosted in Ottawa at the Lansdowne Horticulture Building on October 11th, 2022. Attendees enjoyed beer from Broadhead, Dominion City, and Flora Hall amidst live music from Peter Voith. A great post-Thanksgiving celebration with friends and colleagues filled with great networking conversations and insightful discoveries at vendor booths.We welcomed [...]
The use of technology, data, and automated systems is an ongoing challenge when it comes to the rights and privacies of citizens. In the United States, many technological systems have proven to be "unsafe, ineffective, or biased". Important progress with automated systems must not be a tradeoff to civil liberties, democratic values, or [...]
The first ever Toronto edition of Beer & Analytics took place on September 14th, 2022 at High Park Brewery. Thank you to everyone who came out to the event!We welcomed presentations from Sahar Nezami of the Bank of Canada, Tamara Augsten from the City of Toronto, Phil Cormier of Bronson, and Brad Welch from Alteryx. [...]
French tax authorities are using Artificial Intelligence software to detect thousands of undeclared private swimming pools in French homes, totalling close to $10 million in additional tax revenue. The system was developed by Google and Capgemini and can identify pools from aerial images and cross-check them with land registry data bases. Any home modifications, [...]
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Canadians are increasingly engaging with the government through online means. Resultantly, Canadians are needing and expecting accessible digital options to deliver programs and services. With Canada's "Digital Ambition," the government has committed to "better serving Canadians in a digital age" through providing modern, integrated systems and a [...]