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An In-Depth Look at the “Why” and “How” of Diversity in Data Science

Data Science for Good Featured Post Opinion Bias diversityposted by Ava Burcham, ODSC October 10, 2019

Ask anyone for a list of “buzzwords” and diversity is bound to show up high on the list. As a society, we’ve been discussing it for years; even the tech and data science industries come under scrutiny. In this article, we’ll dive deep into what diversity really means, why... Read more

Machine Learning Model Fairness in Practice

Conferences Data Science for Good Modeling ODSC Speaker fairness fairness in machine learning Machine Learningposted by Jakub Czakon September 13, 2019

Editor’s Note: See Jakub’s talk about Machine Learning “Model Fairness in Practice” at ODSC West 2019 In the last few years, the interest around fairness in machine learning has been gaining a lot of momentum. Rightfully so: our models are becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives,... Read more

How AI Is Revolutionizing Medicine

Accelerate AI Data Science for Good Healthcare ai in medicine Healthcareposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 10, 2019

There isn’t a field AI won’t touch, but one exciting trend is AI for medicine. It turns out — medical professionals have similar problems as data scientists, lots of tedious tasks, not enough time to get to higher-order ones. AI could change that. Medicine’s need for diligence and detail... Read more

How Are We Solving Inequality with AI?

Accelerate AI Agriculture Automotive Data Science for Good Education Featured Post Government Media Opinion AI Data Science for Good inequality solving inequality with aiposted by Ava Burcham, ODSC September 6, 2019

When people talk about artificial intelligence, they often praise it as an unemotional, efficient task manager, and, to an extent, that’s what it is. But when we think about it in bigger terms than Siri or Alexa, we can see real ways people are solving inequality with AI. In... Read more

Using AI to Combat Deepfakes and Fake News

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AI is constantly in the news these days, identifying prospects for the technology doing both good and bad. One topic that’s generating a lot of buzz is the use of AI for creating “deepfakes,” a term originally coined in 2017. Deepfakes uses neural networks to combine and superimpose existing... Read more

Telling Human Stories with Data

Conferences Data Science for Good Data Visualization Modeling ODSC Speaker Europe 2019posted by Alan Rutter August 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: Be sure to attend Alan’s talk on this idea of telling human stories with data at ODSC Europe this November 19 – 22 in London! Register now for “Bringing Data to the Masses Through Visualization.” If you’re reading this and you’re part of the ODSC community, the... Read more

The Interplay of Experimentation and ML to Aid in Repayment of Micro-Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conferences Data Science for Good Machine Learning Modeling ODSC Speaker Data Science for Good microloans MLposted by Brianna Schuyler August 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: Brianna is speaking at ODSC West 2019 and ODSC Europe 2019, see her talk “The Interplay of Experimentation and ML to Aid in Repayment of Micro-Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa” there Imagine that through a twist of fate, rather than living the life that brought you to reading this... Read more

4 Examples of Businesses Solving Problems with AI

Accelerate AI Conferences Data Science for Good ODSC Speaker ai for good West 2018posted by Ava Burcham, ODSC August 7, 2019

In her talk at ODSC West 2018, “Reality Check: How Businesses are using Human in the Loop Processes to Drive Real Value,” Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger, the VP of Product at Figure Eight, explains how companies can begin solving creating value and solving problems with AI. [Related Article: Problem Solving... Read more

Watch: Using Data For Good

Conferences Data Science for Good Tech Updates east 2018posted by ODSC Team August 6, 2019

With Crisis Response and Disaster Maps, Facebook is providing real-time support to disaster response and aid providers—trying to use data for good. In this video from ODSC East 2018, Brandon Rohrer shares some examples of the information provided, the processing, algorithms and visualization methods behind it, and how the... Read more

Generating Neural Networks to Detect Alzheimer’s

Accelerate AI Conferences Data Science for Good Healthcare Healthcare neural networkds West 2018posted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC August 5, 2019

AI is showing so much promise in the medical field. It’s an excellent example of how AI combines with human intelligence to create a “super brain” capable of predicting disease, uncovering patterns, and testing solutions for persistent problems. Precision Medicine is a medical nonprofit using this super combination of... Read more