Trump Media 5th Least Trusted as he issues Fake News Awards. Macron, Bayeux Tapestry and Channel Bridge. Big Data Science CETC Event.

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President Trump ha published his list of the 'The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards' which, unremarkably features some of the more respected news outlets in the US as determined from a survey of 8,728 consumers of 28 media outlets, conducted by the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute. Interestingly, that service list Trump as the 5th least trusted media outlet. 

I'd missed the fact that two days ago, the majority of the U.S. National Park Service board resigned, basically because they were ignored by the Trump administration, despite asking for meetings, Reuters reported. The feeling is that the term for most of the Obama selected experts was running out in May and that the Trump administration was just waiting out till then to install their own nominees.

President Macron has visited the UK, bringing the promise of the real Bayeux Tapestry to follow for display here in 2022 for a while. On the one hand, Macron reiterated that the UK could only have access to the EU financial markets if it pays for it. On the other, Boris discussed the possibility of a  22-mile bridge across the Channel with the President, who replied: "I agree, let's do it.".

Finished writing a report on the review of a manuscript today, just in time for tonights CETC (Cambridge Enterprise and Technology Club) event on Data Science/Big Data. Daniela Florea from Geo Strategies talked about a variety of projects. Her analogy for big data was Gold. You need Miners to dig and collect the data, Refiners to clean it up and Jewelers to create beautiful results. Interesting correlation found when looking at Romania's consumer demographics - Catholicism correlated with purchases of women's shoes!

Dr Soodamani Ramalingam, Senior lecturer in Microelectronics and intelligent systems group at the The University of Hertfordshire, gave a whirlwind tour of a variety of topics, ranging from face recognition, Automatic Number Plate Recognition, Intelligent Transport Systems and combating farmer suicide in India.

Tim Valdor-Hogg, IT Services at Queen Mary University London, illustrated two key points. The first used ancestry data collection from local records and graveyards to demonstrate that often the issue was getting consistent data collection and entry. The second example showed how local data on traffic and infrastructure in Epping could be used to provide evidence to persuade local councils to make informed decisions.