Rolls-Royce has formed Emer2gent, an alliance of data analytics experts from IBM, Google Cloud, among others, to find ways to support businesses and governments from the economic impacts of COVID-19.
Early alliance members are Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, IBM, Google Cloud, The Data City, Truata, Rolls-Royce and ODI Leeds. The alliance will be facilitated and co-ordinated by innovation specialists, Whitespace.
Members bring all the key elements of open innovation; data publication, licensing, privacy, security; data analytics capability; and collaborative infrastructure, to kick off its early work and grow its membership. Emer2gent has set up a website for members to register their interest at Emer2gent.org.
Emer2gent will combine economic, business, travel and retail data sets with behaviour and sentiment data, to provide new insights into – and practical applications to support – the recovery from COVID-19. This work will be done with a focus on privacy and security, using industry best practices for data sharing and robust governance.
Emer2gent models will help get people and businesses back to work as soon as possible by identifying lead indicators of economic recovery cycles.
Caroline Gorski, Global Director, R2 Data Labs, the Rolls-Royce data innovation catalyst which started the alliance, said: “People, businesses and governments have changed the way they spend, move, communicate and travel because of COVID-19 and we can use that insight, along with other data, to provide the basis for identifying what new insights and trends may emerge.”
