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#ComputerScientist Amateur #Pianist Ex @Meta (@Facebook) @Stanford, @ColomboUni, @ABRSM Alum https://t.co/VE1e4AWKhV
Jun 13, 2021 5 tweets 8 min read
1/ Following up, I built a system that scans the #COVID19SL press-releases published on the @infodprtsl website (dgi.gov.lk) for structured information - like statistics, isolated areas etc.

Output is at github.com/nuuuwan/nopdf_… and is updated every few hours.

2/ The output contains,
- Copies of the original press-releases (JPEGs)
- Plain text, from #OCR
- Structured information as JSON
- A summary structured information in #Markdown

(All updated every few hours)

E.g. here's the output for the press-release published today (June 13):
Jun 11, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
In this tutorial, we will build some graphs that will give a data-driven description of #COVID19SL situation. End-to-end, it should take you less than 10 minutes.

#SriLanka @ThePSF @matplotlib @JHUSystems @HPBSriLanka

nuwans.medium.com/analyzing-covi… ImageImageImageImage cc: @Rumindahg @Minimalneg @ruvanw @sanjiva @VeriteResearch
Nov 20, 2019 6 tweets 15 min read
"There has been some controversy over various maps depicting the results of the 2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election."

#PresPollSL2019 #PresPollSL #lka #SriLanka
@ruvanw @sanjiva @asokao @NCdeMel

medium.com/on-politics/th… @ruvanw @sanjiva @asokao @NCdeMel At the end of the day, only one map actually matters.

#PresPollSL2019 #PresPollSL #lka #SriLanka
@ruvanw @sanjiva @asokao @NCdeMel

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