Kildare student honoured at Central Statistics Office (CSO) Awards Ceremony

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) hosted an Awards Ceremony for students from around the country who took part in  competitions throughout the year.

Winners of the Award for the Best Use of CSO Open Data at BTYSTE 2024

Addison Carey from Celbridge, Co. Kildare is 15 and in third year in Celbridge Community School.

Her winning project involved using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to explore the link between factors influencing the cost of living in Ireland and the subsequent development of interactive heatmaps.

She said: “It feels amazing to have won this award, and I am very proud that all of my hard work went towards winning it.” Addison would love to study computer science in the future and hopefully pursue a career in that area. She received a silver medal and a trophy.

About the Award for the Best Use of CSO Open Data:

The Award for the Best Use of CSO Open Data at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition is now in its tenth year. This competition aims to encourage young people to use open data. Open data is data that can be accessed, used, or shared. Governments, businesses, and individuals can use open data to bring about social, economic, and environmental benefits.

The award is for the most innovative use, or potential use, of CSO data, whether it is in statistical analyses, processes or outputs, a piece of research, a visualisation, or a data map, the development of a device, a software application, or the use of CSO data in any other innovative way.