Using Julia for Dissemination of Information About the General Election in Puerto Rico

Nov 6, 2020·
José Bayoán Santiago Calderón
José Bayoán Santiago Calderón
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Abstract
This presentation discusses extracting election ballot information from PDF sources with OCR and demonstrates the Julia ecosystem for APIs, browser automation, I/O, and database workflows relevant to civic information dissemination.
Date
Nov 6, 2020 3:20 PM — 3:30 PM
Event
Location

Virtual (Zoom)

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José Bayoán Santiago Calderón
Authors
Senior Research Economist

Dr. Santiago Calderón is a senior research economist in the national economic accounts research group at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Before joining the federal statistical system, he had years of experience in the private sector as a research scientist at various companies. Bayoán also held academic appointments with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia, where he started his career in public service.

His research has centered on improving decision-making. His transdisciplinary research approach has enabled him to routinely collaborate across disciplines and develop a diverse set of domain knowledge and methodological toolset. He also participates in various open-source software communities (e.g., JuliaLang) and civic activism (e.g., Code4PR, Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Accion).