From big data to humanitarian in the loop algorithms
This op-ed was initially published in the UNHCR year in review 2017. The Data Revolution is no longer a new topic but a reality trying to catch up with the
22 January 2018
Crimson Hexagon
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Crimson Hexagon"
These Are the Winners of the Data for Climate Action Challenge
This Press Release was first published on Business Wire on 29 November, 2017. Global Pulse, the United Nations innovation initiative on big data and data science, and Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC)
29 November 2017
Volcanic Eruptions in Indonesia: Searching for Fallout on Twitter
Does real-time feedback from citizens have a role to play in tracking volcanic eruption-related emergencies in Indonesia? With approximately five million people in Indonesia vulnerable to the often devastating aftermath
19 October 2015
Big Data for Development in Action: the Global Pulse Project Series
The Global Pulse Project Series showcases data innovation projects carried out with our partners across the network of Pulse Labs in New York, Jakarta and Kampala. The projects have been
10 July 2015
Identifying trends around workplace discrimination using social media
When we sit down with colleagues from different parts of the UN, we tend to start by explaining the kinds of insights that can be drawn from analysis of big
6 June 2014
Can social media analytics provide insights relevant for communicable diseases control in Indonesia?
CASE STUDY: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) What is MERS CoV? Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that was first
20 May 2014
Pulse Lab Jakarta Official Launching
(1 October – Jakarta) What can Tweets tell us about inflation? Are internet searches reliable predictors of disease outbreak? And can mobile phone data tell us about whether public
2 October 2012
Discovering Global Socio Economic Trends Hidden in Big Data
This guest blog post was produced by Giselle Lopez and Wayne St. Amand of Crimson Hexagon. Global Pulse worked with Crimson Hexagon on a project exploring Twitter and Perceptions
15 July 2012
Open Innovation at the UN: an interview with a Global Pulse data scientist
In late 2011, Global Pulse completed a series of collaborative research projects exploring the utility of various new, digital data sources to answer traditional development related questions (“proof of concept”).
30 June 2012
