The document describes the Cascais Data Science for Social Good Europe Summer Fellowship 2017 program. The fellowship trains data scientists over 12 weeks to use data to help solve social problems for organizations. It has placed 183 fellows from 50 countries over 5 years on 40 projects. In 2017, there were 6 projects with 16 fellows analyzing tourism data in Tuscany, Italy to help sustainable tourism and visitor flow management. The goal is to seed a community using data-driven decision making to create social impact.

1. Cascais Data Science for Social Good Europe
Summer Fellowship 2017
dssg.uchicago.edu/europe @DSSG_Europe

3. Train the next generation of
data scientists who care
about and understand how
to solve social problems.
Train social-good-related
organizations to better use
data to make better
decisions.
Seed a community of people
and organizations working
together to make an impact.

4. 5 years - 40 projects
183 Fellows - 50 countries - 3500 Candidates
12 weeks (June-August) – residential
2018 – DSSG Global – 10 programs worldwide

5. 2017 – 6 projects
16 Fellows - 900 Candidates

6. 2017 FELLOWS 2017 STUDENTS

7. STAFF and ORGANIZERS SUPPORT NETWORK

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14. What should be done?

15. Data Driven Decision Making
Sustainable
tourism
InterventionsUnderstandingFacts - Analysis
Data

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22. Distributing visitors

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Data
ecosystem
Modeling insights Workflow integration Adoption
Capability building
Change management
Source
of value1 2 3 4 5
AdoptionSource of value Modeling insights
▪ Advanced statistical
analysis to drive
business insights
▪ Codified heuristics
dispersed in the
organization to
enhance analytics
Data ecosystem
▪ Management of
large pools of
internal and
external data
▪ External strategic
partnerships
▪ Developed frontline and
management
capabilities
▪ Proactive change
management and
tracking of adoption with
performance indicators
Workflow integration
▪ Easy-to-use user
interface built in the
platform
▪ Redesigned
processes to embed
rules in the workflow
▪ Clear articulation of
the business needs
for advanced
analytics and
assessment of
expected impact
FROM DATA TO IMPACTS

26. https://dssg.uchicago.edu/project/sustainabletourismtuscany/

27. Cascais Data Science for Social Good Europe
Summer Fellowship 2017
dssg.uchicago.edu/europe @DSSG_Europe

30. 5 years, 183 Fellows, 3500 Applicants, 50
Countries
Background Over 50 countries
Computer Science, Statistics, Math,
Applied Math, Sociology, Economics,
Public Policy, Political Science,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Public
Health, Psychology, Engineering,
BioStatistics, Geography, Business,
Neuroscience, …

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