
How do I become a Data Scientist?
I often get asked by people who are coming to the end of their Masters degree or PhD, or who are looking to change career direction; '"How can I become
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I often get asked by people who are coming to the end of their Masters degree or PhD, or who are looking to change career direction; '"How can I become
Pulse Lab Kampala -like the other labs in New York and Jakarta – operates as a data innovation lab to bring together experts from the public sector, academia and private
In my role as a data scientist at Global Pulse, working in the field of big data for public good, it's important for me to exchange ideas with the academic
Global Pulse’s network of Pulse Labs serve as regional hubs for big data Research & Development (R&D): developing public sector capacity for utilizing digital data sources and real-time analysis techniques
Global Pulse recently hosted an information session for United Nations colleagues to discuss and demonstrate the opportunities presented by Big Data and real-time analysis for global development and humanitarian efforts.
The conversation around Data Philanthropy – a term which describes a new form of partnership in which private sector companies share data for public benefit – has advanced on four distinct but
The winners of the Data for Development challenge – an international research challenge using a massive anonymized dataset provided by telecommunications company Orange – were announced at the NetMob 2013
For the first time, a big mobile telephony database has been anonymized and opened up to the international scientific community with research teams at some of the world’s best academic
Last week, Global Pulse collaborated with UNICEF on a workshop about the utilization of big data to enhance programme planning and monitoring. More than 120 UNICEF staff from 12