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The big data hype has been gaining momentum over the past several years. Although a lot of it is hype and buzzwords, what is undeniable is that the use of data to improve decision-making can improve a lot of organizations. Despite this potential, most of the examples we hear about the use of data is in the corporate world, especially in finance, internet search, and advertising. In this talk, I’ll talk about the potential of using data for social good. I’ll give several examples from the Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship at the University of Chicago that highlight how data science can be used to solve large-scale problems with social impact in areas such as education, healthcare, sustainability, community development, and disaster relief. I’ll highlight some of the projects related to education and discuss how data scientists have the potential some of these most challenging problems.

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Rayid Ghani@rayidghani

Using Data for Social Good

Rayid GhaniUniversity of Chicago & Edgeflip

Rayid Ghani@rayidghani

By the Numbers

48Fellows

8 Mentors

12 Projects

12 Weeks

550 Applicants from 34 countries ~200 Universities

36 fellowsComputer ScientistsStatisticiansEconomistsPublic Policy(and other computational and quantitative fields)

CMUU. of Chicago HarvardU. Of Wisconsin Madison UT AustinMITYaleITAMColumbiaNorthwestern

UIC

StanfordTechnionU of AlabamaGeorgia TechCambridgeUC IrvineU of MarylandU of MichiganStanfordWPI

The Eric & Wendy Schmidt

Data Science for Social GoodSummer Fellowship 2013

Rayid Ghani@rayidghani

The Eric & Wendy Schmidt

Data Science for Social GoodSummer Fellowship 2013

6

Cook County Land BankA Zillow for Vacant & Abandoned Properties

7

Improving Public Transit PlanningA Step Forward in Solving the Crowding Problem

Brandon Willard

Research Consultant

Booth School of Business

Walter Dempsey

StatisticsUniversity of

Chicago

Andrés Akle Carranza

Applied MathInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Jordan Bates

Computer Science

Arizona State University

David Sekora

Computer Science

University of Chicago

8

Measuring Impacts on Children’s Health and Development

Evaluating HomeVisitation Programs

9

Code Blue PredictionUsing EMR Data

10

Machine Suggestions for Report Reviewing

Smarter Crisis Crowdsourcing

11

Targeting students at risk of not going to college

The Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship 2013

Rayid Ghani@rayidghani

Rayid Ghanirayid@uchicago.edu

For more information on the summer fellowshiphttp://dssg.uchicago.edu

Let’s work on problems that matter!

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