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DSSG 2022 Kicks off at Carnegie Mellon University
After a COVID break for a couple of years, the Data Science for Social Good Fellowship is back, in its new home, at Carnegie Melon University. We're excited to kick [...]
COVID-19 Response Policies: Uses of Data and Implications for Equity
COVID-19 Response Policies: Uses of Data and Implications for Equity Carly Jones, Nick Chan, Tobi Jegede, Emily Reece, Kit Rodolfa, Rayid Ghani (Carnegie Mellon University) INTRODUCTION Over the past [...]
Top 10 ways your Machine Learning models may have leakage
Top 10 ways your Machine Learning models may have leakage Rayid Ghani, Joe Walsh, Joan Wang If you've ever worked on a real-world machine learning problem, you've probably introduced (and [...]
Data Science for Social Good Adds UK Locations, Opens 2019 Applications
Data Science for Social Good Adds UK Locations, Opens 2019 Applications Now seeking students, staff and project partners for program’s seventh year The 2019 edition of the Data Science for [...]
Improving Workplace Safety in Chile through Proactive Inspections
Improving Workplace Safety in Chile through Proactive InspectionsEvery year, thousands of Chileans are killed or injured in work-related accidents. This was recently brought to light during the 2010 Copiapó mining accident. [...]
Improving Traffic Safety in Jakarta Through Video Analysis
João Caldeira, Alex Fout, Aniket Kesari, Raesetje Sefala UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that this project team won a Highlighted Paper Award at the AI For Social Good NIPS2018 [...]
Tackling Tenant Harassment in New York City: A Data-Driven Approach
Jerica Copeny, Samantha Fu, Rebecca Johnson, and Teng Ye Tackling Tenant Harassment in New York City: A Data-Driven Approach This summer, our team of Data Science for Social Good fellows [...]
Data Science for Social Good Announces 2018 Projects in Chicago and Lisbon
2018 Data Science for Social Good Goes Global, Tackling Diabetes, Tenant Harassment, Unemployment, and More Fellows in Chicago and Portugal adapt data science and AI approaches for projects with non-profits [...]
Human Lessons Learned Implementing Early Intervention Systems in Charlotte and Nashville
Human Lessons Learned Implementing Early Intervention Systems in Charlotte and Nashville This is the third in our three-part series “Lessons Learned Deploying Early Intervention Systems.” The first part (you can [...]
Tech Lessons Learned Implementing Early Intervention Systems in Charlotte and Nashville
Tech Lessons Learned Implementing Early Intervention Systems in Charlotte and Nashville This is the second in our three-part series “Lessons Learned Deploying Early Intervention Systems.” The first part (you can [...]