Data Science for Good Archives

Generating Neural Networks to Detect Alzheimer’s

Business + Management Conferences Data Science for Good Healthcare Healthcare neural networkds West 2018posted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC August 5, 2019

This post discusses how neural networks can help detect Alzheimer’s. 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... Read more

Three Ways Researchers are Using Data Science for Good

Data Science for Good conservation Data Science for Good Machine Learning mobile money ODSC West solar energyposted by Paxtyn Merten October 23, 2018

Data experts have long identified marginalization and narrow-minded problem solving as some of the biggest challenges facing data science. When large technology enterprises only seek solutions to problems they face within their company and their communities, it exacerbates inequalities. But companies, nonprofits, and individuals across the... Read more

Tech Company Karaoke Cancer Fundraiser Coming to Boston November 6

Data Science for Goodposted by ODSC Team October 18, 2018

Tech Tackles Cancer’s Company Karaoke Showdown is on November 6th at the Lansdowne pub and we are excited to be supporting the cause by raffling off tickets to the event. TTC is a non-profit started by the data science team behind Hack/Reduce in 2013 as a way to... Read more

The Potential of Communities and Machine Learning for Good

Data Science for Good Data Science for Good Machine Learningposted by Rudradeb Mitra September 21, 2018

For any technology to be successful, it needs to move from the early adopter market segment to the majority, i.e., crossing the chasm. Up until now, machine learning has been primarily in the hype phase and adoption has been mostly driven by the early adopters and innovators.... Read more

Meet ODSC Grant Award Recipient Michael Hayes of CancerAI – the Non-Profit Using AI to Fight Cancer

Data Science for Good Tech Updates cancer ai Data Science for Good Interview odsc grantposted by Alex Landa, ODSC August 15, 2018

The term “data science for good” has been appearing on LinkedIn feeds, Twitter timelines, and RSS feeds for me a little more than usual recently. This is not a complaint by any means; rather, it’s refreshing to see that many data scientists and others involved in... Read more

Brandon Rohrer, Data Scientist at Facebook, on Best Practices in Data Science for Good at ODSC East 2018

Key Takeaways about using Data Science for Good: Facebook is working hard on ways to use data science for good to solve big problems. Using data generated by the ‘safety check’ and ‘community help’ functions on the platform, Brandon Rohrer and his team have helped create... Read more

Startup Watch: Accelerating Drug Development with BenevolentAI

Business + Management Data Science for Good Healthcareposted by Alex Amari June 26, 2018

Making new drugs is hard. Really hard. A 2014 study from Tufts University’s Center for the Study of Drug Development placed the cost of bringing a new prescription drug to market from R&D to clinical trials to regulatory approval at $2.6 billion. Facing high production costs... Read more

Announcing The ODSC Grant – Supporting the Startup and Data Science Community

Announcements Conferences Data Science for Good Tech Updatesposted by ODSC Team April 30, 2018

ODSC hosts one of the largest communities of data scientist and AI experts. We are constantly looking for ways to give back to that community via free meetups, scholarship tickets, and other initiatives. ODSC is delighted to announce a new community give-back initiative, the ODSC Grant.... Read more

Data Science for Good, Part 3

Data Science for Good Tech Updatesposted by Diego Arenas, ODSC April 10, 2018

Data Science for Good, Part 2

Data Science for Good Tech Updates Data analysis|Data Science for Good|Government|Open Data Science|Open Sourceposted by Diego Arenas, ODSC March 1, 2018

Introduction This is the second of a three-article series about Data Science for Good. This article introduces people, organizations, and projects that use data science for good. The first article explained what the idea of data science is about and how you can get involved in... Read more