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How Are We Solving Inequality with AI?

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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... Read more

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

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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 through a twist of fate that rather than living the life that brought you... Read more

Three Ways Researchers are Using Data Science for Good

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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

Where’s Humanity’s Algorithm to Solve Poverty?

Business + Management Data Science for Good MITposted by Brandon Dey, ODSC October 3, 2018

What if I told you a tool exists to make you infinitely more resourceful — MacGyver or Horatio Alger level resourceful — so your earnings potential ratchets way up; the tool recommends what you should do today, tomorrow, or three years from now to achieve your... 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

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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

Kind Data Science, with Emma Prest from DataKind – 29m

Conferences Data Science for Good Tech Updates Data Science for Goodposted by Diego Arenas, ODSC September 23, 2017

Bio Emma handles the day-to-day operations of DataKind UK, supporting the influx of volunteers and building understanding about what data science can do in the charitable sector. Emma sits on the Editorial Advisory Committee at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. She was previously a programme coordinator... Read more