By Caitlin Augustin, Director of Product, DataKind It’s been a busy nine months here at DataKind. We’ve been heads down, working towards a standing body of work where we’ll manage thoughtful, thematically-linked cohorts of DataCorps projects, called DataKind Impact Practices . To drive sector-wide change, DataKind is looking to use …
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By Jake Porway, Founder & Executive Director At DataKind, we’re on the precipice of a significant strategic shift . Over the last seven years, our intrepid community of data scientists have generously donated their time and skills to complete over 300 projects with social good partners through our DataCorps and …
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Hi DataKinders! As many of you know, we announced a search for a new President position for DataKind to lead the organization through its next phase of growth. The goals for that hire were twofold. First, we needed someone who would design and execute a strategy for providing DataKind’s data …
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DataKind has teamed up with Microsoft to use data for good yet again, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! At DataKind, our mission is to harness the power of data science and AI in the service of humanity. Similarly, Microsoft believes that AI, when designed and used responsibly , can …
By DataKind DC DataKind DC held its first citizen science DataDive last month. Citizen Science is the public contributing to the scientific process, usually by helping with data collection. More than 50 data scientists showed up over the weekend (April 27-28, 2019) to help organizations collate, visualize, and analyze data …
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By DataKind UK At the beginning of 2019, we surveyed members of the DataKind UK community on their attitudes towards the responsible use of data science and AI. We uncovered a range of differing views and levels of optimism from DataKinders. Asking people to list the words they associated with …
Sharing Our Views on Ethics: DataKind UK Releases Survey Results from Community Read More »
Hi DataKinders! As many of you know, this is a momentous year for DataKind . We received a major grant from The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to continue DataKind’s mission to harness the power of data science and AI in the service of humanity. As …
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We’re thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of the DataKind team, Russatta Buford, DataKind’s Chief Operating Officer! As we set out to scale our impact and set DataKind up to support the data science for social good ecosystem in the long run, Russatta will be a critical member …
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By Christine Henry, Head of Ethics Committee, DataKind UK How can a charity identify key ethical principles against which they can assess the ethical impacts of digital/data projects; and how can they communicate this with their tech partners when developing digital/data projects? DataKind UK was tasked with these questions by …
Guest post from DataKind San Francisco. Consider the daily shower: a private space, some soap and hot water, and peace of mind. It’s a daily ritual for the more fortunate of us, but an unaffordable luxury to those who live on the streets of San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. …
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