A Brazen Expose on Big Data in the Government Sector
A few weeks back, I was contacted by Tamsin Rutter of The Guardian’s Public Leaders Network. She asked me if I would like to participate in Guardian’s online debate about big data in the government sector. Given my experience with this, I was more than happy to oblige. There were about 10 experts present and […]
Columbia Professor Uses Statistics and Data Science to Solve Global Water Resource Problems
Dr. Upmanu Lall, Director of Columbia Water Center, is using complex statistics and a solid understanding of climate, agriculture, commerce, engineering, technology, and politics to solve some of the world’s most urgent water resource problems. His deep understanding of the economic, governmental and social systems affecting water usage and consumption patterns allows him to solve water […]
The Long-term Value Proposition of Adding Operational and Sensor Data Analysis to Your Analytics Toolbox
No matter what type of analytics you do, or if you’re working with structured or unstructured data, one thing is for certain… The data analytics space is moving quickly, very quickly. If your efforts to keep current make you feel like you’re shooting at a moving target, you are not alone. We’ve all heard of […]
Typhoon Yolanda Crisis Response Powered by Pure Collaboration
In 2013, I was part of the Standby Task Force Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Activation. We worked on this activation from Thursday November 7th to Monday November 11th. Standby Task Force was activated by UN OCHA through the Digital Humanitarian Network. We utilized MicroMappers, a new crowdsourcing, social data processing tool that has recently been developed by Patrick Meier and QCRI. The final maps were generated as […]
