INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESSnet BIG DATA PROJECT

Galya Stateva

Abstract: This information is intended to acquaint the reader with the basic and specific objectives of ESSnet ‘Big Data’ Project, as well as the content of the work packages in it. The main objective of the project is to prepare the European Statistical System for integration of sources of ‘Big Data’ in the process of producing official statistics. The National Statistical Institute is an active partner in WP2 work packages ‘Extracting information from the Internet for enterprise characteristics (web scraping)’, WP8 ‘Methodology for collecting, processing and analysis of Big Data’ and WP9 ‘Dissemination and promotion of project results’.
In February 2017 in Sofia, within the project framework, will be organized a final seminar, where the NSI will host and participate actively in its organization and conduct.

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Date published: 2016-03-23