Center for Data Innovation
ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation formulates and promotes pragmatic public policies designed to maximize the benefits of data-driven innovation in the public and private sectors. It educates policymakers and the public about the opportunities and challenges associated with data, as well as technology trends such as open data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. For more, get the Center’s weekly emails and visit datainnovation.org.
Featured Publications
How AI Can Improve K-12 Education in the United States
Personalized learning powered by AI provides a unique opportunity to close learning gaps between students in lower-income schools and those in wealthier ones, as well as improve educational outcomes for all students.
How the EU Can Unlock the Private Sector’s Human-Mobility Data for Social Good
Private firms face a number of challenges that limit their willingness and ability to share mobility data. The government’s role should be to coordinate the behavior of individuals, companies, and researchers toward social good.
More Than Meets The AI: The Hidden Costs of a European Software Law
The EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) in its current form will touch upon a much wider section of the EU’s economy and society than the European Commission publicly states or likely even envisages.
Improving Consumer Welfare With Data Portability
Data portability requirements should be carefully designed to avoid imposing unnecessary costs on organizations, exposing proprietary information, or undermining consumer privacy.
Events
September 13, 2022
Should the EU Regulate General-Purpose AI Systems?
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a discussion on the proposed amendments to the EU’s AI Act for general-purpose systems and its implications for AI development, innovation, and deployment in the EU and beyond.
June 29, 2022
What Will Be the Impact of the UK’s Online Safety Bill on Encryption and Anonymity Online?
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a discussion on the Online Safety Bill, its implications for encryption and anonymity, and how policymakers can balance online safety with competing goals.
May 25, 2022
What’s Next for the AI Act: Perspectives from Across Europe
May 24, 2022
How Can AI Improve Educational Outcomes in the United States?
April 20, 2022
How Can the EU Encourage the Private Sector to Share Mobility Data for Social Good?
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More From the Center
March 23, 2022|Events
Book Talk on “Human-Centered AI” With Ben Shneiderman
Watch ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation for a conversation with Ben Shneiderman, whose new book calls for a “human-centered” perspective on AI, as opposed to a “technology-centered” focus, so as to better serve human needs.
January 14, 2022|Publications
Comments to OSTP on Biometric Technologies and Identity Verification, Individual Identification, and Inference of Attributes
Responding to an RFI on the use of biometric technologies, ITIF argued the government can help address and mitigate risks through independent public testing; performance standards; and more diverse training and evaluation datasets.
December 8, 2021|Events
The Next Wave of Data Portability
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a discussion about the ways lawmakers and regulators can optimize data portability provisions, avoid pitfalls, and foster a new wave of data-driven innovation.
November 22, 2021|Publications
The Value of Personalized Advertising in Europe
Banning personalized ads would threaten about €6 billion of income for the European app economy—a sector that employs 1.5 million people in the EU.
November 18, 2021|Events
How Will Online Advertising Work In A World Without Cookies?
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a panel discussion about how online ads work, what data they use, how they deliver value for advertisers and consumers, and what kinds of technological developments are changing the nature of targeted online advertising.
November 16, 2021|Events
Who Should Enforce the Digital Services Act?
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a panel to discuss the ins and outs of Article 22, its purpose, its flaws, and whether it is fit for purpose in the digital age. The outputs of the discussion will be fed back to the Minister for Digital and Culture as part of the Government’s formal consultation for the new National Data Strategy.
November 2, 2021|Events
Trends and Impact of Online Advertising in the EU
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a panel discussion exploring how European businesses use digital advertising to generate growth, the structure of Europe’s market for online ads, and the contributions of targeted ads to the EU’s digital transformation.
