Meet X-Road: Estonian official software platform for data exchange between public and private sector institutions

Meet X-Road: Estonian official software platform for data exchange between public and private sector institutions

X-Road is a software framework that enables direct secure data exchange over internet between state and private organizations (hereafter “members”). It is the Estonian official software platform for data exchange between public and private sector institutions and enterprises. X-Road members can act as data clients or data providers or both. Data service providers make their

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Extract a feature vector for any image with PyTorch

Extract a feature vector for any image with PyTorch

By Christian Safka, Data Scientist at STACC In this tutorial we will convert images to vectors, and test the quality of our vectors with cosine similarity. The full project can be found here. What is a feature vector? What I am calling a ‘feature vector’ is simply a list of numbers taken from the output

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Tasks for a data scientist

Tasks for a data scientist

You have to solve two data science tasks and send the results for evaluation. Tools: Python + Jupyter notebook + libraries on your choice MS Word or Google Sheets The results must be sent as two files: Rmarkdown | Jupyter notebook file with code and comments MS Word file (can be converted also from Google

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STACC is looking for a Software Tester

STACC is looking for a Software Tester

As our customer base and teams are expanding, we are looking for an addition to our team. As a software tester, you are involved in the quality assurance of software development and deployment. This is a position where you can leverage your technical and business problem-solving skills to help ensure that the product quality is

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A vacant position for a Senior Data Scientist

A vacant position for a Senior Data Scientist

As our customer base and teams are expanding, we are looking for an addition to our team. This is a great career move for you if you are passionate about developing machine learning models and innovating use of data. As Senior Data Scientist, you will work with the team to implement data science solutions that

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STACC is now a positively evaluated research and development institution

STACC is now a positively evaluated research and development institution

This week, the list of positively evaluated research and development institutions was officially approved with the signature of the Minister of Education and Research, Mailis Reps. STACC is one of the institutions receiving a positive evaluation. Regular evaluation is an external evaluation, which assesses the level of the R&D institution in the field compared to

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Looking for a Sales Manager to complement our team

Looking for a Sales Manager to complement our team

You are just the right candidate if you’re systematic, results-oriented, a good communicator and taking the initiative, your aspirations are high and you are ready to make an effort on their behalf. Your roll: Participating in the renewal of sales and marketing strategy Writing sales scripts for STACC’s services and products Visiting fairs and organizing

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A vacant job for a Data Wizard!

A vacant job for a Data Wizard!

We are looking for a Data Wizard who will be dealing with Estonian healthcare data at STACC. Where? Tartu, Ülikooli 2 When? As soon as possible Requirements: Good Python writing and Python packet management skills Sense of responsibility Enthusiasm for personal and team growth Good if you know and have used before Python packets: pandas,

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Marlon Dumas was awarded the National Research Award

Marlon Dumas was awarded the National Research Award

On February 9, the Government of Estonia approved this year’s laureates of the National Research Award. The award in the field of technical sciences was awarded to STACC’s head of strategic development area, Marlon Dumas for his research on “Foundations of Process Mining”. Dumas’ research is focused on using event logs for optimizing business processes.

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Garage48 Open & Big Data 2016

Garage48 Open & Big Data 2016

Garage48 (https://www.garage48.org/) is an international series of weekend hackathons that aims to promote entrepreneurship and startup culture. Garage48 Open & Big Data 2016 (https://www.garage48.org/events/openbigdata) took place in Tartu with STACC scientists Irene Teinemaa and Anna Leontjeva mentoring teams on data science and our CEO Kristjan Eljand advising on the business side. STACC wishes to congratulate

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