The Providence School Census System

Divine Eros and Divine Providence in Proclus’ Educational System

Beauty, Providence and the Biophilia Hypothesis

In recent years, there has been a renewal of interest in the spiritual significance of the natural world. This development is evident for instance in certain strands of the environmental movement, and in the growing interest in the religions of indigenous peoples. In this article, I consider one important attempt to give the natural world such significance in terms of the framework of tradition...

Reputation System for Decentralized Population Census

We describe a framework and techniques for running decentralized census processes that enable observers to independently verify governmental data. Census is a process impacting important issues such as the representation of a community in the Congress and the amount of funding that it gets from a central government. Correct census is essential for detecting vote stuffing. Reliable census data c...

The Microdata Analysis System at the U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census Bureau has the responsibility to release high quality data products while maintaining the confidentiality promised to all respondents under Title 13 of the U.S. Code. This paper describes a Microdata Analysis System (MAS) that is currently under development, which will allow users to receive certain statistical analyses of Census Bureau data. such as crosstabulations and regress...

The Irish Statistical System and the emerging Census opportunity

This paper looks at the evolving National Data Infrastructure in Ireland and describes developments to date before considering the emerging Census opportunity. The National Data Infrastructure concept is influenced by the ideas of Svein Nordbotten first introduced in the 1960s and by the representation of three pillars or linked registers (persons, business and property) presented by Lars Thyge...