Survey of Utility and IPP Plans for 2021
VIA is gathering input for a benchmark report of data analytics initiatives. Read on to take the survey.
TAC™ White Paper Release: Balancing Data Owner Protection and Analyst Flexibility
VIA has released a new 10-page white paper that provides a comprehensive overview and code examples of TAC™’s current data privacy and security features.
Reversing the Curse: The 80 / 20 Split In AI Projects
Most AI projects spend 80% of time cleaning data and only 20% analyzing it. VIA has been investing heavily in using our own AI and software development skills to reverse this ratio.
Let’s TAC™ About It: Verified Templates: Balancing Security and Flexibility
For the tenth installment of the series, we will discuss how TAC™ contracts can control what kinds of queries an authorized analyst can ask of the data.
VIA Sponsoring and Participating in McGill Physics Hackathon for Second Year
VIA is proud to share that for the second consecutive year, we will be sponsoring and participating in the McGill Physics Hackathon. This year's event is entirely virtual and will take place on November 7-8. We will have various live and recorded workshops, two mini-coding challenges (with some fantastic prizes), a virtual booth to answer questions, mentors to support participants, and a judge of the final project presentations. Follow our social media accounts @solvewithvia for more details on days/times of VIA's participation.
Let’s TAC™ About It: What's a Smart Contract?
For the ninth installment of the series, we will discuss how TAC™ uses smart contracts to govern data and analysis workflows.
Meet the Team: Natalie Winger, Data Specialist
Meet Natalie Winger, Data Specialist at VIA. Natalie talks about her experience joining VIA entirely remote and the funniest memory at VIA so far (spoiler: it includes a cat!).
Let’s TAC™ About It: 15/15
15/15 is a specific example of the k-anonymity privacy-preserving analytics feature that VIA recently released.
Transformative Experiences at GDAC™ Virtual Mini-Series Session #2
Nearly 30 participants shared their strategy and asset management experience for substation transformers at the 90-minute session.
Let’s TAC™ About It: Ease of Use Upgrade
The latest release of VIA’s TAC™ platform is a leap forward in terms of simplicity and ease of use for users performing analysis on private data.
AFWERX Announces VIA Among Top Teams Selected to exhibit at EngageSpace (September 29-30) The Premier Event for the Space Industry
VIA has been selected as one of the 178 top participating teams from The AFWERX Space Challenge initiative to exhibit at EngageSpace, a virtual two-day event on September 29-30.
How VIA TAC™-kles Sensor Data
Many utilities are concerned about the responsibility that comes with sensor datasets. As a result, the data gets trapped. VIA’s software platform, TAC™ was designed to address these issues in power sector data.
VIA’s TAC™ Platform Used by Competing Analysts at Swiss Energy Hackathon to Analyze Private Data
The Energy Data Hackdays 2020 hackathon in Switzerland this past weekend marked the first time TAC™ was used by multiple independent third-party analysts in a highly competitive and time-compressed environment.
Second Installment of GDAC™ Virtual Mini-Series Includes Member Panel Discussion
With the success of its first session, VIA is thrilled to host the second installment of its GDAC™ Virtual Mini-Series on September 30, 2020 at 8:30pm ET. This session will feature presentations from VIA on new GDAC™ portal functionality and a founding member panel discussion on topics like GDAC™'s daily value and solving tomorrow's challenges with GDAC™.
Let’s TAC™ About It: Homomorphic Encryption Algorithms on TAC™ (HEAT)
VIA has implemented homomorphic encryption (HE), which is cryptography that holds the promise of allowing computations on data while it remains encrypted.