This course focuses on applying data science for effecting positive change via nonprofits, NGOs, and other altruistic means.
Data for Good: Using Data Science in Nonprofits and NGOs
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Data science isn't just for capitalists
- How data is used everyday
- Oversight to data use
- Machine learning and data science overview
- Challenge: Define machine learning
- Solution: Define machine learning
- Application for data for good
- Problems that can be solved
- Research applications
- Decision applications
- Challenge: Decision example
- Solution: Decision example
- Open source analytics
- Open source presentation
- Challenge: Set up a mock project
- Solution: Set up a mock project
- Data for good groups
- World discussions
- Challenge: Finding a challenge
- Solution: Finding a challenge
- The next steps for using data for good
Taught by
Martin Kemka
