- How AI can help solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges – and why we might fail - Feb 12, 2019.
AI represents a step change in humanity’s ability to rise to its greatest challenges. We explore three areas in which AI can contribute to the UN’s Global Goals - and why we could fall short.
AI, Finance, Healthcare, Innovation, Social Good, United Nations
- Beyond Refuge: Natural Language Understanding Engineer [Remote Position] - Sep 25, 2018.
Beyond Refuge is seeking a Natural Language Understanding Engineer passionate about social change and getting involved on a leadership level with a startup-like idea within an innovative, agile nonprofit.
Engineer, NLP, United Nations
- When Data Science Is Not Enough: Deriving Signal from Maritime Observations - Jul 28, 2017.
We examine the limits of "data science-first" thinking - letting technical skills drive the analysis, and only later adding domain understanding.
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Crime, Data Science, Fishing, Ocean, United Nations
- United Nations University: Data Science Lead - May 25, 2017.
Seeking a candidate to play a central role in a fully funded, multimillion-dollar project to rapidly accelerate the global creation, exchange, and uptake of knowledge about modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and child labour – and how to fight them successfully.
Data Scientist, New York City, NY, United Nations
- Climate Change Denial and CO2 Emissions – What is the Connection? - Mar 17, 2017.
We examine the connection between Climate Change Denial and CO2 emissions and find a strong correlation - countries with higher CO2 emissions/capita also have higher percentage of climate skeptics.
Climate Change, Science, United Nations
- Interview: UN/WDC “Data For Climate Action” Challenge – What Data Scientists Need to Know - Mar 13, 2017.
We ask UN Global Pulse Director about the 'Data For Climate Action' Challenge, the best sources of climate data, examples of using data for climate mitigation and climate adaptation, and resources for convincing climate change skeptics.
Climate Change, Competition, Mobility, Politics, United Nations
- “Data For Climate Action” Challenge – call for research proposals - Mar 13, 2017.
The challenge is to harness data science and big data from the private sector to fight climate change. Data scientists, researchers, and innovators - submit proposals at DataForClimateAction.org by 10 April 2017.
Climate Change, Cloud Computing, Competition, United Nations
- OpenText Data Digest Oct 23: World Statistics Day - Oct 26, 2015.
This week we look at 3 top entries in the UN competition based around eight Millennium Development Goals to see how well they stack up against the data visualizations you are working on.
Data Visualization, OpenText, Statistics, United Nations
- Exclusive Interview: Big Data and Data Science at UN - Sep 16, 2015.
We interview the UN Chief Information Technology Officer about how Big Data and Data Science can help solve world's problem. Check Unite Ideas crowdsourcing platform for data analytics challenges where you can help.
Challenge, Crowdsourcing, Text Analytics, United Nations
- Interview: Emmanuel Letouzé, Data-Pop Alliance on the Role of Big Data in Economic Development - Apr 23, 2015.
We discuss the emerging Big Data ecosystem, its key players, and the severe consequences of inadequate statistical capabilities across many African nations.
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Africa, Data-Pop Alliance, Economics, ecosystem, Emmanuel Letouze, United Nations
