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Internet of Things with Game Changers, Presented by SAP

Internet of Things with Game Changers, Presented by SAP

Tuesday at 7 AM Pacific /10 AM Eastern

January 7th 2016: Digital and Data Makeover: Social Benefits Programs

The buzz: Do good. Which high school students are most at risk of dropping out? What city buildings pose a high lead poisoning risk? Which at-risk expectant mothers will most benefit from visiting nurses and home health aides? Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is training data scientists to tackle important problems like these. What are the opportunities, challenges, and prospects for the digital and data transformation of social benefits programs? The experts speak: Joe Walsh, University of Chicago: “I can't swim, and I actually hate sand” (Chrissy Teigen). Rayid Ghani, Harris School of P

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Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh is a data scientist at The University of Chicago Center for Data Science and Public Policy and senior policy analyst for Community Technical Resources. He has had several years of experience helping academics, nonprofits, federal and state agencies, and companies of all sizes use quantitative tools to answer questions and make informed decisions about health care, transportation, education, and politics.
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Rayid Ghani

Rayid Ghani is the Director of the Center for Data Science & Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a Senior Fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy and the Computation Institute. Rayid is a reformed computer scientist, and wanna-be social scientist, but mostly just wants to increase the use of data-driven approaches in solving large social challenges.
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Doug Freud

Doug Freud is an executive with over 25 years of experience in solving business problems implementing Predictive Analytics and Data Mining with Big Data. Doug started at SPSS (now IBM), and focused on using statistical technique to solve sales, marketing, and public sector challenges. In the late 1990’s, he fully embraced implementing Machine Learning and Text Mining based solutions.
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https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2373/internet-of-things-with-game-changers-presented-by-sap Internet of Things with Game Changers, Presented by SAP https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2373/internet-of-things-with-game-changers-presented-by-sap The buzz: Do good. Which high school students are most at risk of dropping out? What city buildings pose a high lead poisoning risk? Which at-risk expectant mothers will most benefit from visiting nurses and home health aides? Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is training data scientists to tackle important problems like these. What are the opportunities, challenges, and prospects for the digital and data transformation of social benefits programs? The experts speak: Joe Walsh, University of Chicago: “I can't swim, and I actually hate sand” (Chrissy Teigen). Rayid Ghani, Harris School of Public Policy: “Brain: Has it ever occurred to you, Pinklet, that your scarf is constricting the bloodflow to your head?” Pinky: “Yes! And it keeps my neck all cozy-warm” (Pinky and The Brain). Doug Freud, SAP: “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so” (Mark Twain). Join us for Digital and Data Makeover: Social Benefits Programs. VoiceAmerica | Talk Radio | Online Talk Radio studio@voiceamerica.com false DD/MM/YYYY Add to Calendar
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