Author: Bryan Paul Robert Reviewed by: Mahindhar Chellamani Introduction A key requirement of a data exchange is good platform performance. Deciding what is good performance is usually determined by the data characteristics and query statistics. Serving a hundred small JSON documents per second may be considered slow, while serving a hundred 5-minute-long video files per […]

Author: Rashmi TDr Haritha Kallamadi Have you ever wanted to query an online application but felt sceptical about sharing your personal data? How can confidential data be given to a third party for analysis without worrying about its privacy implications? How do multiple competing organisations collaborate on a joint task without revealing their private data? […]

Author: Pranav Doshetty,Senior Software Engineer A data exchange platform such as IUDX or ADeX curates datasets from various vendors based on how reliable, relevant and accurate the datasets are. A byproduct of this process is that the data that’s hosted on the platform ends up being quite valuable. One of the ways to realise this […]

Author: Abhilash Venkatesh We relate privacy and understand it more in the context of physical privacy, where one or more people want to be isolated from the rest of society to think freely, act, and not be judged. What does privacy mean in the context of information technology and data? Let’s take an example: A […]

Author: Hari Dilip Kumar Many of the keystone applications running a “smart” city will require data sharing between parties with heterogenous interests. As an example, let’s imagine an “intelligent” transport management system (ITMS) that might optimise end-to-end transit times, measure and mitigate air pollution, manage city-wide transport carbon emissions, minimize traffic congestion and signal waiting […]

Author: Akshat Sharma The world has become increasingly digital and a very high volume of data is being generated and consumed of late. It is therefore important that the data owners are able to identify whether the dataset they have is a High Value Dataset (HVD) or not. This blog is therefore an attempt to provide a template […]

Authors: Novoneel Chakraborty, YLT Fellow – IUDX Program Unit, IISc Jyotirmoy Dutta, Specialist Scientist – Centre for Society and Policy, IISc In the previous post, we explored the reasons that a Data Quality Assessment (DQA) framework is important for a data exchange platform such as IUDX. We looked at how such a DQA framework/tool would […]

Author: Ravi Shekhar One of the fundamental responsibilities of the government is to provide services and benefits to its citizens. These services and benefits may be welfare-centric schemes like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), regulatory services abiding by the law, statutory services, and consumer utility services such as water supply, electricity, and other basic amenities. In […]

Authors: Novoneel Chakraborty, YLT FellowJyotirmoy Dutta, Senior Research Fellow The global economy is ever-increasingly reliant on the data that drives it and the ecosystem surrounding data is rapidly growing in size and scope. Data is used to frame and enact policies, drive better governance, run businesses and perform data science. India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) […]

India is the land of many charms offering tourists a bit of every experience. A kaleidoscope of traditions, culture, and vibrant geographies, the country is among the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Tourism is an important foreign exchange earner for India and is seen as a major tool to bring about socio-economic development […]

Integrated Command and Control Centres or ICCCs are integral to the execution of smart city projects under the Smart Cities Mission. They are envisaged to be the brain for city operation, exception handling, and disaster management. They are also meant to act as a decision support system for the city administration to respond to real-time events. […]

Accelerating Application Development using the IUDX Sandbox By: Rakshit Ramesh and Jyotirmoy Dutta The India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) has been designed to provide an efficient and seamless exchange of data generated by smart cities via open and standardised interfaces. IUDX helps to avoid the data exchange bottlenecks that arise due to the proprietary and […]