By Jake Porway, Founder & Executive Director, DataKind Hello DataKind friends to the most sci-fi of all years, 2020! Last year, we saw AI continue its downswing into ill repute. It’s hard to separate bad AI behavior from the negative views of the big tech companies and billionaires that work …
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We’re incredibly excited to announce that Afua Bruce has joined us as DataKind’s Chief Program Officer! As a member of the Executive Team, Afua will lead all of our programs, including our global project portfolio, our new Impact Practice model for tackling sector-wide challenges, our Center of Excellence for ensuring …
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Artificial intelligence (AI), when designed and used responsibly, can help tackle big societal challenges and bring benefits to cities and communities in areas such as sustainability, education, transportation, and housing. However, for too many of the organizations with deep expertise in civic issues and deep connections in their communities, the …
Happy New Year data do-gooders! We can’t believe 2020 marks eight years since the DataKind community first came together. In just seven short years, we’ve built a global chapter network across New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Bangalore, Singapore, and the United Kingdom of more than 20,000 data scientists, AI …
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We’re hiring for several new roles at DataKind! This has been a truly exciting year, one of transformation and growth. As you know, along with our global network of pro bono data scientists, we’ve been on a journey to help social organizations apply their data to predictive analytics, machine learning …
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Image above — Construction and development permits for the city of Miami, FL. The Code for Miami project developed machine learning models that were able to predict how long a given permit was likely to remain in review by the city. We can’t believe it’s been just a few weeks …
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 …
