The document discusses how new technologies are enabling the analysis of real-time data generated from mobile phones and other digital sources. This data, known as "digital exhaust," contains signals that can reveal information about human behavior, economic activity, and emerging vulnerabilities. The United Nations has launched an initiative called Global Pulse that aims to harness real-time data analysis to better protect vulnerable populations and inform crisis response. Several examples are provided that demonstrate how real-time analysis of communication data from mobile phones has provided insights into human behavior and economic conditions in different parts of the world.
BENGTSSON-Big Data in the Service of Humanitarian OperationsUN Global Pulse
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/unicef-virtualworkshop
Dr. Linus Bengtsson - a clinical epidemiologist – discussed his work with mobile phone networks to effectively track population movements following the Haiti Earthquake. The data collected assisted the more efficient distribution of humanitarian relief to populations in need. His new organization, Flowminder, based in Stolkholm Sweden, is establishing a global clearinghouse for aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating anonymized mobile phone location data to NGOs and relief agencies during disaster relief and reconstruction efforts.
USC Annenberg Journalism Director's Forum - Future of Mobile News and Journal...THE SWARM
This document discusses the current state and future predictions of mobile technology and its impact on news organizations. It explores how mobile is changing how news is distributed through new channels like messaging and social media. It also examines opportunities for newsgathering using data and user-generated content. The document predicts that in the future, mobile web apps may challenge app stores, multi-screen experiences will become more common, games will be used to drive user behavior and collect valuable data, location-based checking in could create new competitors to companies like Google and Facebook, and ambient computing using location awareness will become normal.
For this class we looked at how social media can empower communities such as dissenters in oppressed societies, not-for-profits, disaster responses and in medicine.
The slide deck for my presentation to the AAHPM Board of Directors and Exec Staff about the rapid trend of social media. Tried to put it into a historical perspective and did not spend a lot of time explaining tweets etc. Focused on the power of networks, and stuff from Clay Shirky, Malcolm Gladwell, etc. Please contact if you would like a further explanation.
Cell phones and accessible social media for emergencySaran Rai
Cellular phones and internet technologies play an important role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. During emergencies, these technologies allow authorities and responders to communicate with affected communities to coordinate response efforts and disseminate warnings and information. Technologies like SMS, apps, social media, and GPS on cell phones help locate victims, report disasters, and facilitate donations for relief efforts. Recent disasters like earthquakes in Haiti and Japan demonstrated how cellular networks and internet tools supported response and recovery when other systems failed.
Social media has become an important tool for emergency situations by allowing for crowdsourcing of information. It allows the public to report damage, safety issues, traffic conditions, and other useful information to first responders. Various government agencies and organizations have started using social media to provide public information during emergencies and disasters. However, there are also challenges around verifying information from social media and dealing with legal and privacy issues. Overall, social media has great potential to enhance situational awareness during emergencies when used effectively.
The document discusses how the digital landscape has changed with the digital revolution. It notes that digital technologies have allowed more information to be widely accessible, but this has also led to the proliferation of misinformation. While digital technologies have benefited many, there remains a digital divide where not all populations have access or ability to use digital tools. The abundance of information from various sources on the internet has made it difficult for people to determine what is truthful news versus propaganda or unverified opinions.
Social media refers to online technologies and practices that allow people to share opinions, information, and build relationships. It involves a combination of technology, telecommunications, and social interaction. Social media is different from traditional forms of communication like newspapers and television in that it is cheap, accessible, and enables almost anyone to publish content. Some key trends in social media include the loss of centralized control over communication, fewer gatekeepers, fragmented conversations across many platforms, pull-based communication where people access information directly, and less predictable forms of journalism with more opinion. Social media is growing rapidly in India with over 92 million accounts and 50 million on Twitter alone.
BENGTSSON-Big Data in the Service of Humanitarian OperationsUN Global Pulse
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/unicef-virtualworkshop
Dr. Linus Bengtsson - a clinical epidemiologist – discussed his work with mobile phone networks to effectively track population movements following the Haiti Earthquake. The data collected assisted the more efficient distribution of humanitarian relief to populations in need. His new organization, Flowminder, based in Stolkholm Sweden, is establishing a global clearinghouse for aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating anonymized mobile phone location data to NGOs and relief agencies during disaster relief and reconstruction efforts.
USC Annenberg Journalism Director's Forum - Future of Mobile News and Journal...THE SWARM
This document discusses the current state and future predictions of mobile technology and its impact on news organizations. It explores how mobile is changing how news is distributed through new channels like messaging and social media. It also examines opportunities for newsgathering using data and user-generated content. The document predicts that in the future, mobile web apps may challenge app stores, multi-screen experiences will become more common, games will be used to drive user behavior and collect valuable data, location-based checking in could create new competitors to companies like Google and Facebook, and ambient computing using location awareness will become normal.
For this class we looked at how social media can empower communities such as dissenters in oppressed societies, not-for-profits, disaster responses and in medicine.
The slide deck for my presentation to the AAHPM Board of Directors and Exec Staff about the rapid trend of social media. Tried to put it into a historical perspective and did not spend a lot of time explaining tweets etc. Focused on the power of networks, and stuff from Clay Shirky, Malcolm Gladwell, etc. Please contact if you would like a further explanation.
Cell phones and accessible social media for emergencySaran Rai
Cellular phones and internet technologies play an important role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. During emergencies, these technologies allow authorities and responders to communicate with affected communities to coordinate response efforts and disseminate warnings and information. Technologies like SMS, apps, social media, and GPS on cell phones help locate victims, report disasters, and facilitate donations for relief efforts. Recent disasters like earthquakes in Haiti and Japan demonstrated how cellular networks and internet tools supported response and recovery when other systems failed.
Social media has become an important tool for emergency situations by allowing for crowdsourcing of information. It allows the public to report damage, safety issues, traffic conditions, and other useful information to first responders. Various government agencies and organizations have started using social media to provide public information during emergencies and disasters. However, there are also challenges around verifying information from social media and dealing with legal and privacy issues. Overall, social media has great potential to enhance situational awareness during emergencies when used effectively.
The document discusses how the digital landscape has changed with the digital revolution. It notes that digital technologies have allowed more information to be widely accessible, but this has also led to the proliferation of misinformation. While digital technologies have benefited many, there remains a digital divide where not all populations have access or ability to use digital tools. The abundance of information from various sources on the internet has made it difficult for people to determine what is truthful news versus propaganda or unverified opinions.
Social media refers to online technologies and practices that allow people to share opinions, information, and build relationships. It involves a combination of technology, telecommunications, and social interaction. Social media is different from traditional forms of communication like newspapers and television in that it is cheap, accessible, and enables almost anyone to publish content. Some key trends in social media include the loss of centralized control over communication, fewer gatekeepers, fragmented conversations across many platforms, pull-based communication where people access information directly, and less predictable forms of journalism with more opinion. Social media is growing rapidly in India with over 92 million accounts and 50 million on Twitter alone.
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, will describe the new media ecology and how “networked individuals” get, share and create information. This new environment has disrupted the old models of public relations and requires a new understanding of how information is passed through social media and networks and how influence is reconfigured when everyone is a publisher and a broadcaster.
The document discusses the role and limitations of social media in revolutions. It argues that while social media allows greater awareness and advocacy, it has limitations for organization, mobilization, and direct action. Anonymous social media accounts can spread misinformation. Successful movements require strong on-the-ground organization and leadership rather than just online activism. The impact of social media depends on pre-existing social conditions and unity toward a common goal.
The document summarizes key findings from a Pew Internet Project report on the impact of digital technologies on public relations and health communication. It outlines three digital revolutions: 1) broadband internet, 2) mobile connectivity, and 3) social networking. These changes have led to more health information seeking online, through search and social platforms. For public relations, it means more sources of information and audiences to reach, but also less control over messaging and more demands for transparency. Health apps and social platforms now facilitate monitoring, support and even amateur contributions to research.
Rita chemaly-presentation-social-media-week-beirut traditional news media ver...Rita Chemaly
Rita Chemaly presented on the contradictory results of traditional news media's online presence and the implications for democracy. She discussed how traditional media have expanded their online content through websites, videos, and forums. Social networks have also simplified tools for users to share information, engage with audiences through mobile messaging, and reach younger people. However, social media can also lead to polarization and imitation rather than active participation. The online presence of traditional media both broadens reach but risks reinforcing existing views rather than enhancing democracy.
1) Big societal forces are pushing society toward networked individualism, including weaker group boundaries, suburbanization, media fragmentation, and rising personal autonomy.
2) Three major technological revolutions - the internet/broadband revolution, wireless connectivity revolution, and social networking revolution - are making news and information more pervasive, portable, personal, and participatory.
3) Social networks now play an important role at every stage of how people encounter and share news and information, changing the news dissemination and sharing environment.
In this presentation I consider the nature of current state of "crowdsourcing" designs, and pose that the management of information can be a potent form of collaborative participation with "civic media."
"Civic media is any form of communication that strengthens the social bonds within a community or creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents. Civic media goes beyond news gathering and reporting." - http://civic.mit.edu/
I base my thoughts on experiences with http://haiti.ushahidi.com.
Source is on github: http://github.com/unthinkingly/ICCM-2010-Presentation
Social media played a key role in the Arab Spring uprisings by allowing information and protests to spread rapidly. The traditional model of media controlled by authoritarian leaders was disrupted as social media gave citizens a way to instantly share news, comments, and help organize events. This helped accelerate the "domino effect" as protests and acts of self-immolation were publicized, inspiring more demonstrations across other countries in the region. An estimated 40 million people in the Arab world were using the internet by 2009, with millions on Facebook, highlighting social media's potential to facilitate grassroots organization during the uprisings.
Moogfest 2014 keynote Conscious-Technology, The Millennium Project, and an In...Jerome Glenn
We are merging with technology. We will become “Conscious-Technology” beings.
Google Glass, Internet of Things, heart pacemakers, the works! Voice recognition and voice synthesis with artificial intelligence imbedded through the built environment will make inanimate objects seem conscious. We will import advance tech in and on our bodies and export our consciousness to technology. These imports/export will seem to merge into a continuum of consciousness and technology. The quality of this merger will depend on how well we can blend our mystic-self with our technocratic self, as individuals and as a species. By mystic I simply mean one whose primary focus is improving life by enhancing consciousness; by technocrat I simply mean one whose primary focus for improving life is with new technologies and policies. We are all part mystic and part technocrat, but we tend to be more of one than the other. Seeking harmony, balance, synergy between the two seems right to me. Like the musician, instrument, and music merge in a great performance.
Merging the attitudes of the mystic toward life with the technocratic’s knowledge of life makes life work and be worthwhile.
Arts, media, and music technologies can be designed and used from a mystic attitude. Experiencing performances of such technologies should enhance our consciousness. From such enhanced consciousness new technologies can be conceived. And so on to become a more aesthetic future conscious-technology civilization.
The explosive, accelerating growth of knowledge in a rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent world gives us so much to know about so many things that it seems impossible to keep up. At the same time, we are flooded with so much trivial news that serious attention to serious issues gets little interest, and too much time is wasted going through useless information.
The relationship between these sentences is addition. The second sentence provides an example to support the claim made in the first sentence about the influence of mass media.
ICTs for humanitarian aid: Some enduring challengesguestddc221f
ICTs for humanitarian aid face some enduring challenges. While response efforts have improved from Nargis to Haiti, issues remain around coordination, data scattering, sustained support over the long term, and ensuring affected communities have resilient technologies to give them voice. There is also an overdue need for improved data sharing across agencies to help with disaster identification, preparation and mitigation. Business engagement and past reports provide recommendations, but they risk being overlooked due to limited attention spans and competing interests.
This document discusses how innovative technology use can engage students and communities. It provides examples of how social media is changing civic engagement and how mobile phones and mapping applications ("mashups") are empowering people. The document encourages imagining new uses of technology and provides ideas like live webinars, idea sharing, and crowdsourcing. It advocates exploring emerging technologies to support civic engagement in higher education.
The document discusses the role of social media during the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011. It argues that social media accelerated the "domino effect" of protests spreading between countries by allowing people to instantly share information, comment on events, and organize protests more quickly. Key statistics show the rapid growth of internet and social media users in Arab countries leading up to 2011. While past revolutions relied on owned media controlled by authoritarian regimes, new models of communication on social media empowered citizens to spread information outside of state control and coordinate protests that ultimately led to regime changes across the Arab world.
The document discusses the potential future use of microchipping humans and raises ethical concerns. It argues that implanting microchips could allow constant monitoring of people's movements and private data, infringing on their privacy and potentially leading to their information being hacked or misused. Major health issues could also arise from the radio waves emitted by the chips. The document draws parallels to the dystopian surveillance state depicted in the novel 1984, and asserts that the level of control microchipping could enable could result in tyranny if misused by authorities.
Aging Population and the Internet of Caring Thingsnicola palmarini
A subset of the presentation given by Susann Keohane & Nicola Palmarini at the SXSW 2016.
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP48742
People are living longer. By 2040 there will be more elderly people than children for the first time in history. Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 today and every day for the next 15 years. This is creating a societal crisis as many countries face the challenge of supporting an aging population. Accessible technology has a profound purpose. It reinvents the relationship between computers and humans and levels the playing field so that all people have equal access to the information they need for work and life. Accessible technology will create the most positive impact on an aging person’s quality of life.
How i learned to stop worrying and love big data machinesAnthony Behan
Presentation delivered to CorkCon 2016, an IBM Internal Conference on Ideas and Creativity. This presentation summarises my research on politics and big data, on technology and the state, and on the automation of government. Is it technics out of control? Or are we on the threshold of a great new age?
This document discusses seniors and their use of technology and the internet. It finds that while seniors were once late adopters of technology, internet and broadband use among seniors is steadily increasing. However, rates are still below the national average. Seniors are now divided into those who use and see benefits of technology, and those who do not. Barriers to adoption among seniors include physical challenges, skeptical attitudes, and difficulties learning. Efforts are needed to make technology and the internet more senior-friendly.
The digital divide refers to differences in access to technology between groups. It can be caused by urban vs rural locations, wealth, and a country's level of development. Improving infrastructure and technology sharing initiatives could help reduce the divide by improving access.
This document summarizes a meeting of researchers and hackers convened to discuss changes and trends in micro-messaging and social media, and their potential impact on social change. Key trends identified include the growth of micro-messaging as a tool for discovery, journalism, and flash mobilization. With hundreds of millions or billions of users, micro-messaging could enable new forms of problem-solving, disruptions, and data fracturing. The group discussed these trends and their implications, and identified technology roadblocks like incompatibility and fragmented data that need addressing to realize future possibilities of enhanced connectivity and mobilization.
The document discusses the evolution and impact of the internet over time through various quotes from experts and observers. It touches on early skepticism of the internet followed by its rise in popularity. Various impacts are discussed such as empowerment, social and economic changes, new forms of communication, and both benefits and concerns around areas like privacy, distraction, and surveillance. Overall it presents a wide range of perspectives on both the promises and challenges of the emerging internet.
UN Global Pulse: Big Data for a Better World (Strata Conf NYC)UN Global Pulse
Presentation by UN Global Pulse at the Strata Big Data conference in New York, October 2012. http://strataconf.com/stratany2012/public/schedule/detail/24956
When the Global Pulse initiative was launched by the UN Secretary-General in late 2009, its mission to use real-time and other non- traditional data sources in development and humanitarian action was groundbreaking. 2014 was a landmark year for embracing the importance of data analysis in achieving sustainable development. Throughout the year, the "Post-2015 data revolution" agenda was taken-up in governments, public sector and civil society organisations.
Over the past year, Pulse Labs in New York, Jakarta and Indonesia have supported the growth of a thriving community of practice, redefined the data innovation landscape and demonstrated how real-time data can play a role in supporting decision-makers and shaping public service delivery. With 25 joint data innovation projects implemented over the year, in partnership with 25 UN & Govt innovation project partners, 30 private sector collaborators and academics from 26 institutions, Global Pulse is contrbuting to a body of evidence that demonstrates how big data analysis can complement traditional approaches to development planning and monitoring.
Global Pulse's Annual Report 2014 highlights big data innovation projects carried out over the past year, and new milestones in the evolution of a "big data for development" ecosystem.
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, will describe the new media ecology and how “networked individuals” get, share and create information. This new environment has disrupted the old models of public relations and requires a new understanding of how information is passed through social media and networks and how influence is reconfigured when everyone is a publisher and a broadcaster.
The document discusses the role and limitations of social media in revolutions. It argues that while social media allows greater awareness and advocacy, it has limitations for organization, mobilization, and direct action. Anonymous social media accounts can spread misinformation. Successful movements require strong on-the-ground organization and leadership rather than just online activism. The impact of social media depends on pre-existing social conditions and unity toward a common goal.
The document summarizes key findings from a Pew Internet Project report on the impact of digital technologies on public relations and health communication. It outlines three digital revolutions: 1) broadband internet, 2) mobile connectivity, and 3) social networking. These changes have led to more health information seeking online, through search and social platforms. For public relations, it means more sources of information and audiences to reach, but also less control over messaging and more demands for transparency. Health apps and social platforms now facilitate monitoring, support and even amateur contributions to research.
Rita chemaly-presentation-social-media-week-beirut traditional news media ver...Rita Chemaly
Rita Chemaly presented on the contradictory results of traditional news media's online presence and the implications for democracy. She discussed how traditional media have expanded their online content through websites, videos, and forums. Social networks have also simplified tools for users to share information, engage with audiences through mobile messaging, and reach younger people. However, social media can also lead to polarization and imitation rather than active participation. The online presence of traditional media both broadens reach but risks reinforcing existing views rather than enhancing democracy.
1) Big societal forces are pushing society toward networked individualism, including weaker group boundaries, suburbanization, media fragmentation, and rising personal autonomy.
2) Three major technological revolutions - the internet/broadband revolution, wireless connectivity revolution, and social networking revolution - are making news and information more pervasive, portable, personal, and participatory.
3) Social networks now play an important role at every stage of how people encounter and share news and information, changing the news dissemination and sharing environment.
In this presentation I consider the nature of current state of "crowdsourcing" designs, and pose that the management of information can be a potent form of collaborative participation with "civic media."
"Civic media is any form of communication that strengthens the social bonds within a community or creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents. Civic media goes beyond news gathering and reporting." - http://civic.mit.edu/
I base my thoughts on experiences with http://haiti.ushahidi.com.
Source is on github: http://github.com/unthinkingly/ICCM-2010-Presentation
Social media played a key role in the Arab Spring uprisings by allowing information and protests to spread rapidly. The traditional model of media controlled by authoritarian leaders was disrupted as social media gave citizens a way to instantly share news, comments, and help organize events. This helped accelerate the "domino effect" as protests and acts of self-immolation were publicized, inspiring more demonstrations across other countries in the region. An estimated 40 million people in the Arab world were using the internet by 2009, with millions on Facebook, highlighting social media's potential to facilitate grassroots organization during the uprisings.
Moogfest 2014 keynote Conscious-Technology, The Millennium Project, and an In...Jerome Glenn
We are merging with technology. We will become “Conscious-Technology” beings.
Google Glass, Internet of Things, heart pacemakers, the works! Voice recognition and voice synthesis with artificial intelligence imbedded through the built environment will make inanimate objects seem conscious. We will import advance tech in and on our bodies and export our consciousness to technology. These imports/export will seem to merge into a continuum of consciousness and technology. The quality of this merger will depend on how well we can blend our mystic-self with our technocratic self, as individuals and as a species. By mystic I simply mean one whose primary focus is improving life by enhancing consciousness; by technocrat I simply mean one whose primary focus for improving life is with new technologies and policies. We are all part mystic and part technocrat, but we tend to be more of one than the other. Seeking harmony, balance, synergy between the two seems right to me. Like the musician, instrument, and music merge in a great performance.
Merging the attitudes of the mystic toward life with the technocratic’s knowledge of life makes life work and be worthwhile.
Arts, media, and music technologies can be designed and used from a mystic attitude. Experiencing performances of such technologies should enhance our consciousness. From such enhanced consciousness new technologies can be conceived. And so on to become a more aesthetic future conscious-technology civilization.
The explosive, accelerating growth of knowledge in a rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent world gives us so much to know about so many things that it seems impossible to keep up. At the same time, we are flooded with so much trivial news that serious attention to serious issues gets little interest, and too much time is wasted going through useless information.
The relationship between these sentences is addition. The second sentence provides an example to support the claim made in the first sentence about the influence of mass media.
ICTs for humanitarian aid: Some enduring challengesguestddc221f
ICTs for humanitarian aid face some enduring challenges. While response efforts have improved from Nargis to Haiti, issues remain around coordination, data scattering, sustained support over the long term, and ensuring affected communities have resilient technologies to give them voice. There is also an overdue need for improved data sharing across agencies to help with disaster identification, preparation and mitigation. Business engagement and past reports provide recommendations, but they risk being overlooked due to limited attention spans and competing interests.
This document discusses how innovative technology use can engage students and communities. It provides examples of how social media is changing civic engagement and how mobile phones and mapping applications ("mashups") are empowering people. The document encourages imagining new uses of technology and provides ideas like live webinars, idea sharing, and crowdsourcing. It advocates exploring emerging technologies to support civic engagement in higher education.
The document discusses the role of social media during the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011. It argues that social media accelerated the "domino effect" of protests spreading between countries by allowing people to instantly share information, comment on events, and organize protests more quickly. Key statistics show the rapid growth of internet and social media users in Arab countries leading up to 2011. While past revolutions relied on owned media controlled by authoritarian regimes, new models of communication on social media empowered citizens to spread information outside of state control and coordinate protests that ultimately led to regime changes across the Arab world.
The document discusses the potential future use of microchipping humans and raises ethical concerns. It argues that implanting microchips could allow constant monitoring of people's movements and private data, infringing on their privacy and potentially leading to their information being hacked or misused. Major health issues could also arise from the radio waves emitted by the chips. The document draws parallels to the dystopian surveillance state depicted in the novel 1984, and asserts that the level of control microchipping could enable could result in tyranny if misused by authorities.
Aging Population and the Internet of Caring Thingsnicola palmarini
A subset of the presentation given by Susann Keohane & Nicola Palmarini at the SXSW 2016.
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP48742
People are living longer. By 2040 there will be more elderly people than children for the first time in history. Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 today and every day for the next 15 years. This is creating a societal crisis as many countries face the challenge of supporting an aging population. Accessible technology has a profound purpose. It reinvents the relationship between computers and humans and levels the playing field so that all people have equal access to the information they need for work and life. Accessible technology will create the most positive impact on an aging person’s quality of life.
How i learned to stop worrying and love big data machinesAnthony Behan
Presentation delivered to CorkCon 2016, an IBM Internal Conference on Ideas and Creativity. This presentation summarises my research on politics and big data, on technology and the state, and on the automation of government. Is it technics out of control? Or are we on the threshold of a great new age?
This document discusses seniors and their use of technology and the internet. It finds that while seniors were once late adopters of technology, internet and broadband use among seniors is steadily increasing. However, rates are still below the national average. Seniors are now divided into those who use and see benefits of technology, and those who do not. Barriers to adoption among seniors include physical challenges, skeptical attitudes, and difficulties learning. Efforts are needed to make technology and the internet more senior-friendly.
The digital divide refers to differences in access to technology between groups. It can be caused by urban vs rural locations, wealth, and a country's level of development. Improving infrastructure and technology sharing initiatives could help reduce the divide by improving access.
This document summarizes a meeting of researchers and hackers convened to discuss changes and trends in micro-messaging and social media, and their potential impact on social change. Key trends identified include the growth of micro-messaging as a tool for discovery, journalism, and flash mobilization. With hundreds of millions or billions of users, micro-messaging could enable new forms of problem-solving, disruptions, and data fracturing. The group discussed these trends and their implications, and identified technology roadblocks like incompatibility and fragmented data that need addressing to realize future possibilities of enhanced connectivity and mobilization.
The document discusses the evolution and impact of the internet over time through various quotes from experts and observers. It touches on early skepticism of the internet followed by its rise in popularity. Various impacts are discussed such as empowerment, social and economic changes, new forms of communication, and both benefits and concerns around areas like privacy, distraction, and surveillance. Overall it presents a wide range of perspectives on both the promises and challenges of the emerging internet.
UN Global Pulse: Big Data for a Better World (Strata Conf NYC)UN Global Pulse
Presentation by UN Global Pulse at the Strata Big Data conference in New York, October 2012. http://strataconf.com/stratany2012/public/schedule/detail/24956
When the Global Pulse initiative was launched by the UN Secretary-General in late 2009, its mission to use real-time and other non- traditional data sources in development and humanitarian action was groundbreaking. 2014 was a landmark year for embracing the importance of data analysis in achieving sustainable development. Throughout the year, the "Post-2015 data revolution" agenda was taken-up in governments, public sector and civil society organisations.
Over the past year, Pulse Labs in New York, Jakarta and Indonesia have supported the growth of a thriving community of practice, redefined the data innovation landscape and demonstrated how real-time data can play a role in supporting decision-makers and shaping public service delivery. With 25 joint data innovation projects implemented over the year, in partnership with 25 UN & Govt innovation project partners, 30 private sector collaborators and academics from 26 institutions, Global Pulse is contrbuting to a body of evidence that demonstrates how big data analysis can complement traditional approaches to development planning and monitoring.
Global Pulse's Annual Report 2014 highlights big data innovation projects carried out over the past year, and new milestones in the evolution of a "big data for development" ecosystem.
Presentation from the official launch event for Pulse Lab Jakarta, held in Indonesia on 1 October 2012. Presentation includes a background on "Big Data for Development," a showcase of Pulse Lab Jakarta's initial social media analysis research results, and roadmap for the Lab. http://www.unglobalpulse.org/PLJLaunch
This is developed to provide real-time analytic from collected customers' online activities data in e-commerce and finance.
It's delivering very adaptive use scenarios to mktg managers and campaign planners with clear & useful customer insights thru basic & advanced analysis.
GAUL: Microfinance Data What is it, how can I get it and what can it tell me?UN Global Pulse
The document discusses microfinance data and its sources. Microfinance serves over 140 million poor clients globally through business investments and basic needs loans. Microfinance data comes from internal financial institution systems and external reporting, though it can be difficult to obtain. Aggregate microfinance data helps understand industry trends and identify supply and demand gaps. Risk indicators and outside data provide context to interpret credit growth and savings trends. The Microfinance Information Exchange is a nonprofit that partners with industry leaders to collect, analyze and disseminate microfinance data.
"Big Data for Development: Opportunities & Challenges” - UN Global PulseUN Global Pulse
Presentation from UN Global Pulse event to launch a new white paper "BIg Data for Development: Challenges and Opportunities" on July 10, 2012 event at UN Headquarters.
Details, and webcast, of the event can be found at: http://unglobalpulse.org/bd4dwebcast
Translator Gator is a new language game to support research initiatives in Indonesia. Players can earn phone credit by translating words between English and six common Indonesian languages. The database of keywords generated by the game will be used by researchers on topics ranging from computational social science to public policy.
Big Data, Social Networks & Human Behavior (Jukka-Pekka Onnela)UN Global Pulse
Presentation by Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard University's School of Public Health. Presented at roundtable on "BIg Data for Development" hosted by Global Pulse, an innovation initiative of the United Nations (www.unglobalpulse.org).
Big Data for Development: Opportunities and Challenges, Summary SlidedeckUN Global Pulse
Summary points from UN Global Pulse White Paper "Big Data for Development: Opportunities & Challenges." See: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/BigDataforDevelopment
By analyzing CDRs from mobile phone networks, researchers were able to:
1. Map population migration patterns during disasters like the 2010 Haiti earthquake, providing more accurate estimates of displacement than other methods.
2. Study regional travel patterns in Kenya to map the spread of malaria and identify hotspots for prevention efforts. Analyzing CDRs also showed how "imported" malaria infections spread to other areas.
3. Measure the effectiveness of government mandates in reducing mobility during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in Mexico, allowing a better response to the epidemic.
This primer - or "Big Data 101" specifically for the international development and humanitarian communities - explains the concepts behind using Big Data for social good in easy-to-understand language. Published by the United Nations' Global Pulse initiative, which is exploring how new, digital data sources and real-time analytics technologies can help policymakers understand human well-being and emerging vulnerabilities in real-time. www.unglobalpulse.org
Integrating big data into the monitoring and evaluation of development progra...UN Global Pulse
This report provides guidelines for evaluators, evaluation and programme managers, policy makers
and funding agencies on how to take advantage of the rapidly emerging field of big data in the design
and implementation of systems for monitoring and evaluating development programmes.
The report is organized in two parts. Part I: Development evaluation in the age of big data reviews the data revolution and discusses the promise, and challenges this offers for strengthening development monitoring and evaluation. Part II: Guidelines for integrating big data into the monitoring and evaluation frameworks of development programmes focuses on what a big data inclusive M&E system would look like.
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
1) In 2009, leaders needed real-time data to respond to the global economic crisis, but traditional household statistics take years to collect and are outdated for crisis response.
2) New sources of digital data from mobile phone usage, online searches, social media, and other services have the potential to close this information gap and act as "sensors" to detect how vulnerable groups are being impacted in real-time.
3) UN Global Pulse is developing an innovative framework to integrate these new alternative data sources with traditional indicators for real-time crisis monitoring and response at both national and global levels while ensuring privacy, security, and sovereignty.
5 Reasons Our Children Are About To Miss Out On The Greatest Opportunity In T...iBridge Hub
5 REASONS our Children are about to miss out on the Greatest opportunity in the world.
This presentation was inspired by code.org, codeacademy.org. It highlights why we all should learn to code and the benefits of coding in this 21st Century and beyond.
We now use more information in our day-to-day life than before. The volume of information available through radio, television, internet, books, newspapers, and magazines has enlarged manifold, both in developed and developing countries. Increased flows of information between parties, individuals as well as organizations, have made interactions information-intensive. The unprecedented advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) have transformed societies in both developed and developing countries in ways that were unimaginable not so long ago. The way we conduct our personal lives, the way we build and maintain interpersonal relationships, and the way we engage in production and distribution activities have undergone changes that have long-run implications for the society in general and for the economy in particular.
Social Media Management in Crisis CommunicationDavid Vicent
Presentation from David VIcent, Relational Marketeer about the main importance nowadays of social media in crisis Communication. UNWTO Themis Capacity programme, North Africa and Middle East Countries.
A glimpse into the world of Gen Z - an 8 page Gen Z Manifesto that summarizes the upcoming book, The Gen Z Effect: The Six Forces Shaping the Future of Business, available 11/11/14 at bookstores everywhere. Written by Dan Keldsen and Thomas Koulopoulos.
Who is Gen Z? What makes them tick? What is an accident of birth, and a purposeful decision?
Are YOU Gen Z?
The Future of Technological Innovation in a COVID Pandemic SocietyMario Rance
As we are amid finding the vaccine to the virus, how did we cope to resolve it? Did we learn from other pandemics in the past? How modern technology help the 20th century overcome this crisis? Are these technologies more effective than the basics (quarantine and lockdowns)? How did Philippines could have responded more effectively? How technology innovation evolved in this time of pandemic?
This document summarizes a paper that examines how over-reliance on mass media like the internet and television can negatively impact cognition and independent critical thinking in young people. It traces the origins of mass media integration in people's lives to the rise of globalization and the internet in the 1990s. The constant stream of information from mass media overwhelms the brain's ability to process and store information in long-term memory, resulting in less knowledge retention and conceptual understanding. While mass media provides a vast amount of information, it does not significantly contribute to cognitive abilities or independent thinking according to research.
Millennials have grown up in a digital world and are the first true "digital natives". Social media is deeply ingrained in their lives and how they connect with friends. The document discusses how millennials use various social media platforms much more than older generations as their primary means of social connection. It also explores how social media is still evolving, with new platforms focusing more on integrating the online social world with real-world physical locations and interactions. Millennials strongly identify being digital as the biggest difference between their generation and previous ones.
The document discusses strategies for combating the spread of fake news through critical thinking and normalizing social nonconformity. It defines key terms like fake news, misinformation, and conformity. It also provides tips for identifying fake news such as checking the author, sources, grammar/style, and using fact checkers. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of thinking critically before sharing news online to avoid spreading misinformation.
Future of data - An initial perspective - Stephan Shakespeare, CEO and Co-Fou...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of data by Stephan Shakespeare, CEO and Co-Founder, YouGov. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Presentation to National Academy of Science workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media. I argued that the citizen science model, in which volunteers contribute to substantive scientific research, is a great model for how to involve the general public in making accurate, actionable social media posts (Twitter, Twitvid, Facebook) that first responders can use to direct their efforts in a disaster.
Ecco lo studio di Ipsos Mori "Global Trends 2014". Uno studio sulle tendenze attuali in tema di comportamenti e preferenze dei cittadini e dei consumatori, ma anche un tentativo di capire cosa accadrà in futuro. 16mila interviste, 20 paesi in tutto il mondo. Brand, salute e benessere, società, attivismo politico, comportamenti dei consumatori, annunci pubblicitari e advertising e molto altro.
Mass media has both positive and negative influences on society. Positively, it allows widespread communication of information and events. However, it can also distort or sensationalize information, and influence public opinion. The media promotes unrealistic ideals of beauty, wealth and success that impact teenagers. It also exposes youth to excessive advertising of junk food. While media coverage can raise awareness of issues, it also thrives on conflict and drama over long-term solutions. Overall, mass media is a powerful force that should be consumed carefully and critically by the public.
This document discusses how information technology can help address sustainability challenges posed by the Anthropocene era and planetary boundaries. It describes how supernetworks, small world networks, and collective intelligence enabled by new communication technologies are building resilience through phenomena like early warning systems for disease outbreaks. However, these benefits are not guaranteed - positive outcomes require active work to develop the web for collaborative problem solving rather than just spreading junk. Collaboration between scientific and technological communities could help transform information flows into a global force for resilience.
This article discusses predictions for the future of technology and cyber risk. It suggests that technological growth and human evolution will continue exponentially, with human systems interacting more closely with technology through devices like nanobots interfacing with the brain. Major predictions for 2030-2050 include widespread driverless transportation, smart grids addressing climate change, and computers ordering household items based on behaviors. The article also notes challenges around regulating the internet to balance innovation, privacy, and human rights.
The document discusses macro trends that will shape society and consumer needs in the near future. It analyzes trends like an aging population, increased connectivity, health and wellness, and the rise of Asia. The key trends highlighted are expected to increase demands for transparency, social responsibility, and emotionally connecting products and services. Companies are advised to understand both rational and emotional consumer mindsets to create relevant offerings through intelligent technologies, interactive platforms, and empathetic encounters.
In this end of year report we highlight some of the key trend narratives and events that we think will be shaping the consumer landscape in the coming year as well as signposting the global economic outlook. We also review some of the biggest and most significant trend shifts and insights from 2013, identifying what happened across areas such as retail, technology and finance. Find out more about us at futurefoundation.net
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Step 2: Due Diligence Questionnaire for Prospective PartnersUN Global Pulse
UN Global Pulse has developed a two-part Due Diligence Tool for Working with Prospective Technology Partners. The questionnaire should be filled out by the prospective partner prior to any commitment to collaborate.
Step 1: Due Diligence Checklist for Prospective Partners UN Global Pulse
UN Global Pulse has developed a two-part Due Diligence Tool for Working with Prospective Technology Partners. The checklist should be completed by the UN organization and encourages research about the corporate and social nature of the prospective partner, including their data related practices, prior to any commitment to collaborate.
Using Data and New Technology for Peacemaking, Preventive Diplomacy, and Peac...UN Global Pulse
This guide offers an overview of e-analytics in the context of peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. It presents a summary of e-analytics tools as well as examples from the peace and security field. It includes a data project planning matrix that aims to help facilitate and motivate data-driven analysis. Part of the guide is a glossary on basic terminology related to new technologies.
In 2016-2017, Pulse Lab Kampala worked with various UN agencies and development partners in Uganda and the region to test, explore and develop 17 innovation projects. The Lab also furthered the development of tools and technologies that leverage data sources from radio content, social media, mobile phones and satellite imagery, and created technology toolkits. These toolkits can enhance decision-making by providing real-time situational awareness for project and policy implementation.
The 2018 Annual Report details exploratory research conducted by the Pulse Labs and presents solutions that were mainstreamed with partners.
It summarized the adoption of the first UN Principles for Personal Data Protection and Privacy, and showcases Global Pulse's contributions to develop standards and national strategies for the ethical and privacy protective use of big data and artificial intelligence.
Finally, the report highlights Global Pulse's engagement with the data innovation ecosystem through capacity building, collaborative research, and responsible data partnerships.
Risks, Harms and Benefits Assessment Tool (Updated as of Jan 2019)UN Global Pulse
The Data Innovation Risk Assessment Tool is an initial assessment of potential risks for data use that includes seven guiding checkpoints to understand: the "Data Type" involved in the data analytics process, the "Risks and Harms" of data use, the mode and legitimacy of "Data Access", the "Data Use", the adequacy of "Data Security", the adequate level of "Communication and Transparency" and the due diligence on engagement of "Third Parties". The Assessment contains guiding comments for each checkpoint and its questions are grounded in the key international data privacy and data protection principles and concepts such as Purpose Specification, Purpose Compatibility, Data Minimization, Consent Legitimacy, Lawfulness and Fairness of data access and use.
2015 was an eventful year for Pulse Lab Jakarta. The broader data innovation ecosystem within which the Lab operates has grown from a specialist network to include a broader range of public, social, and private sector actors who are interested in exploring insights from new data sources as well as learning how data innovation can complement existing datasets and operations. This report provides an overview of the work of Pulse Lab Jakarta in 2015, including the foundation blocks that will lead to an impactful 2016.
Embracing Innovation: How a Social Lab can Support the Innovation Agenda in S...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta extended their support to UNDP Sri Lanka through a scoping mission to assess Sri Lanka's readiness to establish an Innovation Lab. This report presents the findings and outlines the suggested approaches for creating an innovation lab, and how to expand it in the years following its inception.
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of existing communities, increasing their capacity to work together and building awareness of the potential of the data created by this work. It aims to help citizens identify and articulate their own problems using the supplementing data in their communities.
Navigating the Terrain: A Toolkit for Conceptualising Service Design ProjectsUN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta participated in a service design initiative to develop a citizen-centric public transportation service in Makassar, Indonesia. Following the initiative, which was undertaken along with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bursa Pengetahuan Kawasan Timur Indonesia (BaKTI), we chronicled our learnings on taking an idea from a design sprint to a ready-to-test prototype. Contextualised to help inform stakeholders working with or within the public sector, this resulting toolkit is useful for developing and delivering similar services.
Experimenting with Big Data and AI to Support Peace and SecurityUN Global Pulse
UN Global Pulse is working with partners to explore how data from social media and radio shows can inform peace and security efforts in Africa. The methodology, case studies, and tools developed as part of these efforts are detailed in this report.
Banking on Fintech: Financial inclusion for micro enterprises in IndonesiaUN Global Pulse
The Banking on Fintech: Financial Inclusion for Micro Enterprises
in Indonesia research was conducted by Pulse Lab Jakarta,
with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(DFAT) Australia and the Indonesia Fintech Association (AFTECH). It presents successful practices from early adopters and attempts to translate them into opportunities for other unbanked populations.
Pulse Lab Jakarta, in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia, developed ‘Haze Gazer,’ a crisis analysis tool that provides real-time situational information from various data sources to enhance disaster management efforts. The prototype uses advanced data analysis of sources including: satellite imagery, information on population density and distribution from government databases, citizen-generated data and real-time data from social media. The capability afforded by the tool can
enhance disaster risk management efforts to protect vulnerable populations as well as the environment.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, “Haze Gazer: A crisis analysis tool,” Tool Series, no. 2, 2016.
Building Proxy Indicators of National Wellbeing with Postal Data - Project Ov...UN Global Pulse
This study investigated using data from international postal flows and other global networks as proxy indicators for national socioeconomic metrics. Electronic postal records from 2010-2014 involving 187 countries were analyzed. Connectivity measures from these networks were strongly correlated with indicators like GDP, HDI, and poverty rate. Combining these network data into a multiplex model further improved correlations and generated multidimensional connectivity indicators. This demonstrated new approaches for approximating standard socioeconomic benchmarks in a global, real-time manner using alternative data sources like postal and digital network flows.
Sex Disaggregation of Social Media Posts - Tool OverviewUN Global Pulse
Global Pulse collaborated with Data2X and the University of Leiden to develop and prototype a tool to infer the sex of users. The tool automates the process of looking up public information from Twitter profiles, in particular the user name and profile picture. Using open source software, the tool analyses user names from a built-in database of predefined names (from sources such as official statistics) that contain gender information.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Sex-Disaggregation of Social Media Posts,' Big Data Tools Series, no. 3, 2016
Using Big data Analytics for Improved Public Transport UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta collaborated with Jakarta Smart City on a project to enhance transport planning and operational decision-making through real-time data analytics. Using data from TransJakarta – the city’s rapid bus transit system – buses and passenger stations, the project mapped origin-destination trends and identified bottleneck locations, information which can be used to identify whether new routes are needed. The project also explored the possibility of using real-time data to determine passenger-waiting times in order to enhance the efficiency of the bus dispatching system.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, ‘Using Big Data Analytics for Improved
Public Transport,’ Project Series, no. 25, 2017.
Pulse Lab Jakarta developed Translator Gator, a people-powered language game that creates dictionaries for recognising sustainable development-related conversations in Indonesia. The game builds taxonomies, i.e. sets of relevant keywords, by incentivising players to translate words from English into different Indonesian languages, including Bahasa Indonesia, Jawa, Sunda, Minang, Bugis and Melayu.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Translator Gator: Crowdsourcing
Translation of Development Keywords in Indonesia’, Tool
Series no. 4, 2017.
Big Data for Financial Inclusion, Examining the Customer Journey - Project Ov...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta collaborated with the UNCDF Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) programme to undertake an
analysis of financial services usage, particularly among women in the ASEAN region. The project analysed customer savings and loan data from four Financial Service Providers (FSPs) in Cambodia to understand the factors that affect savings and loans mobilisation, as well as how usage of these products explains economic issues in Cambodia.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Big Data for Financial Inclusion, Examining The Customer Journey', Project Series, no. 27, 2017.
Understanding Perceptions of Migrants and Refugees with Social Media - Projec...UN Global Pulse
This project used data from Twitter to monitor protection issues and the safe access to asylum of migrants and refugees in Europe. In collaboration with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Global Pulse created taxonomies that were used to explore interactions among refugees and between them and service providers, as well as xenophobic sentiment of host communities towards the displaced populations. Specifically, the study focused on how refugees and migrants were perceived in reaction to a series of terrorist attacks that took place in Europe in 2016. The results were used to develop a standardized information product to improve UNHCR’s ability to monitor and analyse relevant social media feeds in near real-time.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, “Understanding Movement and Perceptions of Migrants and Refugees with Social Media,” Project Series, no. 28, 2017.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
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Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
2. In November 2011 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York,
the General Assembly was briefed on the progress of Global Pulse, a
UN innovation initiative harnessing real-time data and new technolo-
gies to protect vulnerable populations.
This book is a record of that event and presents 1) emerging tech-
niques in information technology that make Global Pulse possible, 2)
preparatory work in Indonesia and Uganda for launch of the first Pulse
Labs, 3) the results of five research projects to test concepts underly-
ing the application of real-time data and global development and 4)
the roadmap for UN Global Pulse.
1
3. The recent waves of global shocks – food, fuel, and financial – have
revealed a wide gap between the onset of a global crisis and the avail-
ability of actionable information that allows leaders to make decisions
in time to minimize the effects of these crisis.
Knowing the “how, where and when” of a crisis while it is still un-
folding—particularly in regards to how people are coping with its ef-
fects—informs efforts to increase resilience to global shocks and pro-
tect hard-won development gains.
Today, with the explosion of information and communication technol-
ogies, particularly mobile phone-based services, communities world-
wide are generating real-time data in ever-increasing volumes. These
new “data trails,” combined with our traditional data sources, hold
tremendous promise for helping us listen for the early signs of social
and economic stress.
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4. H.E. Mr.
BAN KI-MOON
Secretary-General of the United Nations
I
n 2009, at the height of the global
economic crisis, it was clear that we
OUR INABILITY The private sector is analyzing this new
data to understand its customers in real-
were seeing something new: impacts TO UNDERSTAND time. The United Nations must do the
of the crisis were flowing across bor- THE IMPACTS OF A same for its constituents: people around
ders at unprecedented velocity.
CRISIS WHILE THERE the world who are losing jobs, getting sick
and having difficulty feeding themselves
In today’s volatile and interconnected IS STILL TIME TO and their families. Much of this data con-
world, when crises emerge in one part of ADJUST OUR POLICIES tains signals that are relevant to develop-
the world, they have the potential to rever-
berate quickly around the globe and inflict
AND PROGRAMMES ment. We must use it to tell us what is
happening, while it is happening.
immediate suffering on the poorest and THREATENS TO REVERSE
most vulnerable populations. It is as if so- YEARS OF HARD-WON Today you will hear about the exciting
cioeconomic crises can now move almost
with the speed of natural disasters.
DEVELOPMENT GAINS. work that the Global Pulse team has been
doing in analyzing new data and building
new technologies. You will learn about the
The irony is that we are actually swimming
Yet at a time when our need for policy team’s roadmap for the year ahead, as
in an ocean of real-time information. The
agility has never been greater, our tradi- they begin implementing Global Pulse at
explosion in access to mobile phones and
tional 20th-century tools for tracking in- the country level in Uganda and Indone-
digital services means that people every-
ternational development simply cannot sia.
where are contributing vast amounts of
keep up. Too often, by the time we have
information to the global knowledge ware-
hard evidence of what is happening at
house. Moreover, they are doing so for
the household level, the harm has already
free, just by communicating, buying and
been done.
selling goods and going about their daily
lives.
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5. The idea behind this initiative is simple:
once we know what signals to listen for,
THE TIME HAS COME FOR
we will be able to “take the pulse” of vul- US TO BRING THE WORK
nerable communities. This rapid feedback OF THE UNITED NATIONS
will help us understand where people and
communities are in trouble, how they are
FULLY INTO THE DIGITAL
coping with global shocks, and how to re- AGE.
spond while there is still time to prevent
harm.
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6. Mr.
PETER HIRSHBERG
Annenberg Center on Communication, Leadership & Policy
Dr.
ANDREAS WEIGEND
Stanford University
PETER HIRSHBERG:
It is a hallmark of today’s digital world that Over a billion times a day when we publish
mankind generates vast amounts of data. to a blog or social network, we signal our
Everywhere, all the time. opinions, our sentiments, and send clues
that social scientists couldn’t imagine a
These are signals, which have the poten- decade ago.
tial for unprecedented insight into our be-
havior, economics, our health and wellbe- Also today, there will be more than 300
ing. million credit card transactions — each is
an economic signal.
On this day, there will be as many search-
es on the Internet as people on earth. And
each of these creates a signal of our inten-
tion and interest.
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7. THE MOST PROLIFIC We humans will send about 10 billion text messages today alone.
HUMAN SIGNALING Every mobile phone sends a location signal which helps paint a picture about how
DEVICE IS PROBABLY people move, how cities grow, about economic activity, the quality of life.
THE MOBILE PHONE. In 2011 we will generate more data than all of mankind has since the beginning of his-
THERE ARE 5 BILLION tory.
ON THE PLANET, AND 4
BILLION OF THOSE ARE IN Properly analyzed, these signals can help detect an economic crisis in its early stages,
or the outset of an epidemic, before it becomes an epidemic.
DEVELOPING NATIONS.
That is why mankind’s data is a core global resource, which is at once inexhaustible and
pervasive.
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8. ANDREAS WEIGEND:
L
et’s talk a little about the data that
is generated by these signals. You
might say, that data is the new oil.
Like oil it needs to be refined to
create value. Like oil, an ecosystem has
grown up around it. But unlike oil, data
does not get used up. We don’t have to
worry that we will run out of data!
We can distinguish two kinds of data: so-
cial data – data which people share on so-
cial networks and online – and observed
– or transactional – data.
An example of social data would be peo-
ple’s geo-location, or when people share
how they feel about something. It has be-
come trivially easy for nearly anyone in the
world to express anything that they want,
and to distribute it to their friends, on
Facebook for example, or publish it to the
world, on Twitter or a blog.
The other kind of data is observed data.
That is, transactional data, objective data.
Examples range from the level of the
floods in Thailand today, to credit card
transactions, international money flows
or the records kept by the phone calls we
make.
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9. PETER: Speaking of phone calls, here is
what massive, simultaneous human be-
havior looks like. These are visualizations WHEN YOU MARRY
of anonymized telecommunications data MOBILE PHONE AND
over a city map.
LOCATION DATA WITH
The map shows Rome in the year 2006, CITIES, YOU GET A REAL
during the World Cup finals between Italy TIME SENSE FOR HUMAN
and France. The SENSEable City Lab at
MIT, in partnership with Telecom Italia, BEHAVIOR AND HOW IT
have anonymously mapped text messages CHANGES OVER TIME.
and calls from Rome that day during the
tournament. It was the first time we were
able to watch human behavior at scale, in
real-time, through phone call data.
As the game ends, and as the first 15
minute overtime period begins, the calls
begin to spike. Then during the second
15 minute overtime, when Zidane gets the
red card, Italy goes crazy - and we can
actually see the volume of calls and mes-
sages spike across the city!
Real Time Rome, SENSEable City Lab, MIT
The peaks and valleys in these maps of
Rome depict the real-time telephone and
text communication across the city during
the 2006 World Cup competition. These
telecommunication spikes are also indica-
tors of human emotion and excitement.
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10. WE CALL THESE SIGNALS “DIGITAL EXHAUST.”
THEY ARE A BYPRODUCT OF OUR LIVES.
ANDREAS: The marginal cost of creating the time scales of reporting data. In other
this data is zero, and during the last ten words, the timescales of observing data
years we have moved from a data poor en- were much slower than the timescales of
vironment to a data rich environment. the underlying process itself.
This means we’ve created an ecosystem We are no longer limited by the timescale
where people can create value from this of observing reported data. We now can
data. Why do we care? Well, it’s about see the world in real time.
making decisions. Let me give you a very
simple example: Traffic. We now have real The important thing about this is that it
time traffic data. With this, we can deter- allows for experimentation.
mine know how long it takes to get home
from here, allowing you to make better Last century was the century of the physi-
decisions and cities to be run more effec- cal sciences, where physicists did experi-
tively. ments and measured the outcome. This
century is the century of social sciences.
Let’s go back now, and look at the con- Where we can run experiments in the real
cept of ‘real time’. In the past, many deci- world, and where we have the instruments
sions were made complicated because of that can measure the outcome in real
time.
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11. COMMUNICATION USAGE PATTERNS
CAN REVEAL SOCIAL AND TRADE
BEHAVIOR IN REAL TIME AT ALMOST
NO MARGINAL COST.
PETER: Here is an example of what that not London or a global business hub.
type of real-time measurement can reveal When the cost of a call to the Dominican
about New York. Republic for an hour is less than the cost
of a subway trip, the economics change
Researchers from SENSEable City Lab, the way people raise their kids; and inter-
MIT mapped all the telephone and in- nationally change behavior.
ternet connections from New York to the
rest of the world. The data paints a vivid NYC TOP CALL DESTINATIONS SO OFTEN, WE ASSUME
picture of global connections, of a global by minutes
pulse. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 11.7% THAT TECHNOLOGY IS
But what is even more interesting is if we
MEXICO 9.1% FOR WEALTHY NATIONS.
UNITED KINGDOM 7.5%
go underneath the surface of the data, and CANADA 7.0%
HOWEVER, IF YOU
start looking at the stories the information GUATEMALA 5.5% LOOK AT WHERE IT CAN
paints about commerce flow, about emi-
gration and about how families maintain
ECUADOR 5.3% MAKE THE BIGGEST
relationships. JAMAICA 3.3% DIFFERENCE, AND
INDIA 3.0% WHERE ITS GROWING
GERMANY 2.5%
It turns out the number one place New
Yorkers call is the Dominican Republic, PHILIPPINES 2.4%
THE FASTEST, ITS IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
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12. Effluent cellphone data can save lives PETER: The United Nations has already cited Africa as having the
and prevent data blindness at a time greatest rate of mobile phone growth in the world and it’s also
when it’s most critical. where some of the most exciting work is going on to understand
these signals, and shed light on economic development.
In the aftermath of the Haitian earth-
quake it was an analysis of cell phone Over the past several years, researcher Dr. Nathan Eagle, and his
data that showed where the popula- associates from Harvard and MIT, have analyzed millions of phone
tion had dispersed to; vital informa- records - all anonymously - in Kenya and Rwanda, and compared
tion to aid workers. them to survey data.
And when there was a cholera out- They’ve learned that the pattern with which a person purchases
break some months later, these tech- mobile phone time - or “tops up” their credits - and in which de-
niques were so well rehearsed, that nominations has proven to be a remarkably accurate surrogate for
within 12 hours, researchers from the economic health in a population. They found that people who top
Karolinska Institute in Sweden, knew up in lots of small increments are generally less well-off economi-
where in the country people in that cally than those who spend a similar amount all at once.
area were dispersing to and could
identify which areas might get an out- By gathering information across a country it’s possible to see vil-
break next. lage by village, city by city, week by week, the economic well being
of a population. Which means that by looking at digital exhaust,
an economist in the DRC, or Indonesia, or Ghana, can measure the
effect of an intervention. Or work with a policy maker to recom-
mend one.
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13. 1 Higher economic
1 1 10 wellbeing
1
1 10
1
1
1 1
1 Lower economic
wellbeing
1 1 1
1
1 1 1
1 1
1
Can mobile phone usage patterns can reveal the eco- mobile phone time and their economic well being. If
nomic health of a population in real time? two people purchase the same amount of time in a
month, the person who makes many smaller transac-
The way in which a population uses mobile phones tions generally faces greater cash-flow issues and is
reveals many patterns of human behavior across less well off than someone who can afford a single
time and location: how we move about, how often we larger transaction. Because this data is available in
communicate, how we pay for service and when. Dr. real time it can act as a powerful complement to tra-
Nathan Eagle and his associates found a strong cor- ditional means of economic reporting.
relation between how a person tops-up (purchases)
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14. DIGITAL DATA CAN BE REMARKABLY
POWERFUL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AND
IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
PETER: Let’s consider Haiti again. After the This happens not only in emergency situ- ANDREAS: Indeed, community is impor-
earthquake, it was data from hundreds of ations. Today, anyone can contribute to tant, and sharing is important. And in
individuals that literally rebuilt the map of the knowledge of the world by fixing or an- fact, all the data that people share can
that country. Through community mapping notating something digitally. This kind of also create an extremely powerful detec-
and mobile phone data, primary roads and bottom-up citizen energy leads to the type tion system.
then eventually smaller residential streets of innovation we see in San Francisco, or
and camps of displaced people during the Singapore, or even in the slums of Nai- Health officials often need to make deci-
emergency were mapped on Open Street robi. In the slum of Kibera, it was citizens sions under pressure and with minimal ac-
Maps. This was a tremendous example of that created the first ever map of their own cess to data. Let us take a recent example
people sharing data, and working together. community, and then started adding infor- from Germany, where there was an e-coli
mation to it; valuable information that can outbreak a couple of months ago.
help organizations and officials make bet-
ter decisions. And this act of engagement,
built a greater community.
In Kibera, citizens use open source
technology technology to create the most
detailed map ever of this dense and im-
poverished neighborhood. Then, the map
becomes basis of a system to collect news,
community and crime information.
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15. June 2011: E-coli Outbreak in Germany
EpidemicIQ, a San Francisco startup, produced a visualization What you see is that:
that shows how data from both news sources and from thousands
of blogs revealed the outbreak, in real-time. 1) the community data was more timely, and
The visualization reveals – with relatively high granularity – that 2) the community data is of a much higher granularity than the
the outbreaks were clustered in northern Germany. At the bot- official information that came with delays and low reporting gran-
tom of the graph, the red curve shows the number of outbreaks ularity.
as reported by official health agencies. The green curve depicts
EpidemicIQ outbreak estimates gathered from blogs and other
online news sources.
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16. SOMETIMES WE GET JADED BY
THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT, BUT THESE SIGNALS,
AND THE DATA THEY PRODUCE
CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE FASTEST
GROWING PHENOMENA ON EARTH
TODAY.
ANDREAS: PETER: So great is the production of this As an observer from the private sector and
data, that many are calling it a revolution, from Silicon Valley where we often imag-
A word about privacy: we have in- equal in import to the industrial revolu- ine what our technologies might do, this is
vented something extremely power- tion. a moment of great hope and expectation
ful. And as with anything powerful it as we watch the United Nations share with
is not black or white. It is our respon- Which is why work that the United Na- its many member states these new capa-
sibility to communicate trade-offs so tions is doing in this area is so timely and bilities for all mankind.
we can use these tools responsibly important. You’re bringing together two
and preserve people’s rights. cultures: the tools and systems to capture
and analyze these signals at scale, and
the human insights, the response mecha-
nisms and government processes that will
lead to better decisions.
It is not an understatement to say that
this is the century, and this is the moment
when connection happened on earth! And
the UN is providing the leadership in
learning how to apply these in crisis iden-
tification, to development and to health.
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17. IN 1995, THERE WERE ABOUT 50 MILLION
WEB USERS, THINK OF THAT AS THE SIZE
OF THE MOON. TODAY, WE JUST PASSED
THROUGH 4.3 BILLION WEB ADDRESSES.
COMPARED TO THE MOON, THAT IS ABOUT
THE SIZE OF THE EARTH. AND IN 15 YEARS
THERE ARE FORECAST TO BE APPROXIMATELY
A TRILLION DEVICES AND OBJECTS, ALL
EMITTING SIGNALS, TELLING STORIES, AND
HELPING US ENGINEER A BETTER WORLD. THIS
TRILLION NODE “INTERNET OF THINGS” WILL
DWARF TODAY’S INTERNET. BY COMPARISON,
THAT’S THE SIZE OF JUPITER.
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18. Mr.
ROBERT KIRKPATRICK
Director, Global Pulse
G
lobal Pulse envisions a future in Soon they begin calling agricultural hot Yet these digital signals are hard to ignore.
which governments harness the lines in increased numbers, looking to They suggest that something is happen-
power of real-time data to make sell livestock at a time of year when no ing to a vulnerable community. Something
development decisions. Before we one sells livestock. Later still, they begin we need to know more about. At the very
tell you how Global Pulse is working to receiving mobile money transfers from least, wherever these signals appear, is
deliver on this vision, let me first set the subscribers in urban areas. Eventually, where you need to conduct your next as-
stage with a scenario that informs our ef- phones purchased in the rural area start sessment, to get the hard evidence you
forts at Global Pulse. showing up in a nearby city. need for action.
Imagine that it is 2009, at the height of Any one of these digital signals, observed The data we need is out there, and Global
the global economic crisis. Food and fuel in isolation, might mean nothing at all. Pulse is actively working to learn how we
prices have risen sharply this year, and Yet together, they tell an unfolding tale can use it for development. Even the data
rains are late in coming. of a population struggling to make ends that is publicly available has tremendous
meet, selling their assets, reaching out to potential to help us take the pulse of vul-
How might the crisis unfold in the real- friends and family for help, and finally, nerable communities.
time data collected by a mobile phone migrating for work.
company in sub-Saharan Africa? We have analyzed public data on blogs, on
Remember that at this point, we are look- social networks, and messaging services
Suddenly, in a rural part of the country, ing at anomalies in collective behavior. such as Twitter. There are real signals in
mobile phone subscribers who usually put We still do not know what is causing the there. We have found that some of what
$7 credit on their phones every month changes. Have the crops failed? Are peo- people share is remarkably similar to the
shift to adding 50 cents every few days. A ple falling ill? Before we can act, we need data we collect through household sur-
month later, they begin defaulting on mo- more information. veys. They talk about searching for work
bile phone repayments of the microloans and not finding it. They talk about getting
they worked hard to qualify for.
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19. sick, and they list their symptoms. They Lastly, at Global Pulse, we recognize that
talk about what they pay for food and fuel, protection of the vulnerable must include
and about how they are struggling to get protection of their privacy.
by with less income than before.
So we are collaborating with privacy ex-
Across the globe, millions of people are perts around the world to develop guide-
sharing information relevant to develop- lines for safely analyzing and using this
ment. Real-time data presents us with op- real-time data.
portunities we could never have imagined
even a few years ago. When working at the country level, Global
Pulse will use data only in accordance
GLOBAL PULSE SEES IN with national privacy laws, and we have al-
ready adopted a internal policy of working
THESE OPPORTUNITIES only with aggregated data that contains no
THE PROMISE OF A personally identifiable information.
FUTURE IN WHICH
DEVELOPMENT IS BOTH
MORE AGILE AND MORE
RESILIENT.
Yet these opportunities also raise impor-
tant questions:
What signals do vulnerable communities
leave behind in real-time data?
What tools can help us catch those signals
early, and how do we separate signal from
noise?
How can we use this data to protect vul-
nerable communities from harm, while
also protecting individual privacy?
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20. Ms.
MAKENA WALKER
Partnerships Advisor, Global Pulse
A
t Global Pulse, we recognize that Pulse Labs are physical spaces for open In addition, labs will work with the private
the only way to test innovative innovation. sector, to develop ways to safely share and
ideas and research is through a analyze data.
hands-on approach, using local In these spaces, new tools and approaches
expertise. for using real time data will be researched, Pulse labs bring together government, the
develop, tested and scaled. United Nations Country Team, academia,
and the private sector.
PULSE LABS ARE A Pulse Lab New York will serve as a hub for
NETWORK OF COUNTRY- sharing learning and experiences amongst By connecting government to networks of
LEVEL INNOVATION labs and partners. technical resources, labs can complement
and enhance existing monitoring systems.
CENTERS, ESTABLISHED In the Pulse Lab facilities, new indicators In this way, labs are not establishing a par-
IN PARTNERSHIP in real time data will be found, that com- allel structure.
WITH MEMBER STATE plement the indicators that governments
already track. Once identified, tested and
GOVERNMENTS. verified, the most robust indicators dis-
covered could be monitored on an ongo-
ing basis to contribute to government and
United Nations programmes at the coun-
try level.
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21. IN 2011, GLOBAL PULSE
ANNOUNCED THAT THE
GOVERNMENTS OF
INDONESIA AND UGANDA GOVERNMENT UNITED
NATIONS
WILL HOST THE FIRST
PULSE LABS, IN ASIA AND
AFRICA. BOTH LABS WILL
OPEN IN 2012.
PRIVATE SECTOR FOUNDATIONS
AND CORPORATIONS AND NGOs
OPEN SOURCE LOCAL
TECHNOLOGISTS ENTREPRENEURS
COMMUNITY
ACADEMIA
GROUPS
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22. Long-term benefits: Short-term benefits: Principles of Pulse Labs
LABS CONTRIBUTE TO A In the more immediate term, Pulse Labs
allow local government institutions and
Labs will be different in every country
because they will be designed in the way
BETTER UNDERSTANDING United Nations partners to: that best serves a country’s specific needs
OF CHANGES IN Identify critical information gaps - and priorities.
A POPULATIONS’ and time lag - in understanding the
needs of vulnerable populations Labs will derive their value from being col-
WELLBEING. THIS COULD Gain access to new sources of real- laborative and multi-disciplinary, as this
HELP THE PUBLIC time information allows government to access diverse and
SECTOR TO MORE Gain the tools needed for real-time
information analysis
new sets of expertise.
EFFECTIVELY TARGET Analyze digital data Partnerships with private sector data pro-
SCARCE RESOURCES, Discover real time proxy indicators viders will also be established. For exam-
AND ACT WHEN THERE Develop local capacity to understand,
and use new data-sources and tech-
ple, working with mobile service providers
would allow the Pulse Labs to be a broker
IS STILL TIME TO nologies of new sources of information that could
PREVENT DEVELOPMENT Demonstrate regional and global lead- point to emerging vulnerabilities within a
REVERSALS. ership in innovation. population.
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24. INDONESIA
PULSE LAB
Why is real time
data important?
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25. BEATE TRANKMANN
UNDP COUNTRY DIRECTOR, INDONESIA
“Indonesia already has response systems in
place. What they don’t have is the real time
data that informs the mitigation strategies
to crises. Informing timely responses— that
is where the Global Pulse initiative can
make a very important contribution.”
EL-MOSTAFA BENLAMLIH
UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR,
INDONESIA
“Global Pulse will bring a new kind of ap-
proach to making surveys and tracking
vulnerability using social media, informa-
tion technology and usng mobile phones.
And this is very important, because up un-
til now, government can track these vulner-
abilities, but it has not been on a real time
basis.”
JACQUI DE LACEY
HEAD OF AUSAID, INDONESIA
“Indonesia is the perfect place for a Pulse
Lab. First, there are 110 million people that
live on less than $2 a day. So even minor
shocks can have catastrophic impacts here.
DR. LUKITA DINARSYAH TUWO
VICE MINISTER, STATE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL Second, the Indonesian government is re-
ally committed to improving the lives of
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, INDONESIA the poor and making them more resilient
“The nature of today’s crisis are changing. Crisis have become to shock.
more complex and often intersect with local emergencies,
which compound the impact on the poor and the vulnerable. Third, Indonesia has one of the highest up-
The data that we have is very much behind; I believe if we takes of new media anywhere in the world,
know where and what household is impacted we can quickly so there is a rich source of data and infor-
design a policy response to the affected household. This type mation for the pulse lab to draw on.
of high-frequency data becomes very important to protect
the population from the adverse impact of global crisis.” The policy environment here is really recep-
tive to new ideas and new information.”
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26. UGANDA
PULSE LAB
An emerging
technology hub.
25
27. Uganda is an emerging technology
hub in the region and has built a grow-
ing community of technology users
and innovators. Kampala has been se-
lected as the first Pulse Lab in Africa.
Here are the words of team members
and leaders in Uganda as they antici-
pate the new levels of insight and so-
lutions from Pulse Lab Uganda 2012
PETER WAKABI WAISA
MANAGER ICT / NATIONAL PLANNING
AUTHORITY, UGANDA
“There are sources of data that we haven’t
been able to reach, but with your mecha-
nisms we will be able to reach them. So each
problem can be looked at from different
perspectives, and that allows the solution
to be much better than normally it would
be”
MICHAEL NIYITEGEKA
HEAD OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS,
DR. RUHAKANA RUGUNDA MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF
COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS TECH-
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMERCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, UGANDA NOLOGY, UGANDA
“We have brilliant students whose ability
“The government of Uganda and the civil society would like to conceptualize is largely constrained by
to take maximum advantage of Pulse Lab Uganda to get the local environment. Working with the
real-time information in dealing with problems that affect UN Global Pulse facility... you can identify
the ordinary people in our country. We will be able to... Take the small quality students... even members
appropriate measures and even preventive measures so that of staff who have the competency to bring
we can deliver better services for our people.” value to the Pulse lab.”
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28. Ms.
ZAZIE SCHAFER
Deputy Director, Global Pulse
O
ver the past year, the Global Pulse And second, the data sources available
team has been working with part- were often too aggregated, or too old, to
ners from UN Agencies, academia give us detailed insights.
and the private sector on some ini-
tial research projects. THIS IS WHERE WE
First we looked back at the global eco- BELIEVE THAT DIGITAL
nomic crisis, as we wanted to get a better SIGNALS COULD HELP. Summary of Findings
understanding of how it actually played These research projects show that it
out in peoples’ lives. To explore this hypothesis, Global Pulse is possible to:
teamed up with data experts from the pri- Conduct simultaneous rapid
For that, we partnered with research teams vate sector and academic institutions to global mobile surveys at massive
from 11 UN agencies to look at the crisis conduct 5 research projects. scale;
through the lens of 8 different sectors in Gain insight into food price infla-
38 countries. tion, day-by-day;
Reveal emerging trends in news
The findings painted a diverse picture and during fast changing crises;
two high level themes stood out: Use social media for a deeper
understanding of unemployment;
First, and not surprisingly, it is really dif- and
ficult to establish causalities between Leverage Twitter as a real time
global shocks and local impacts. indicator of public concerns.
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30. RESEARCH PROJECT 1
Taking a Global Snapshot of
Wellbeing through Mobile Phones
RESEARCH PARTNER: JANA
Survey taking is a fundamental tool of We started simple. In August of this year, This exercise illustrated the feasibility of
governments and the United Nations, we began a mobile survey around the utilizing mobile phones as a lightweight
and our first research project tested new globe asking a few questions related to tool for governments and UN agencies
ways to undertake surveys more rapidly people’s well-being. to ask a few targeted questions before
and with less expense. And not just in a designing more complex and expensive
single country, but simultaneously across
the world.
OVER 3 MONTHS, WE household surveys.
RECEIVED ALMOST DR NATHAN EAGLE, JANA
The tool for these new global surveys? Mo- 90,000 ANSWERS FROM “My hope is that this is very complemen-
bile phones. A powerful platform to collect
data with a reach, speed and economy of
OVER 8,000 VOLUNTEER tary to what people are already doing, and
already doing well. Being able to get a
scale that was unimaginable even a few RESPONDENTS IN 30 handle on the pulse of their citizens is an
years ago. COUNTRIES. important thing and it is something that a
lot of governments take very seriously and
For this research project, we collaborated We asked questions like “were you sick do reasonably well. My hope is that with
with Jana, a company with a mobile phone last week?”, “How many days did you work this new set of data, these new insights,
data collection network that reaches more last week?” and more subjectively, “how this new window into the behavior of the
than 2.1 billion people in more than 70 did you feel last week?”. aggregate population, it will let them do
countries. their job even better.”
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32. RESEARCH PROJECT 2
Tracking Commodity Prices by
Monitoring Online Prices
RESEARCH PARTNER: PRICE STATS
Now, let us look at a different type of data:
online prices of bread. We wanted to find
ONLINE BREAD PRICES This allows us to identify spikes in food
prices when they happen. And it helps us
out whether online commodity prices cor- DO INDEED FOLLOW track inflationary trends earlier and with
relate with actual price changes on the A SIMILAR TREND AS much greater granularity.
street. OFFICIAL PRICES FOR PILAR IGLESIAS, PRICE STATS
If they do, this could help policy makers BREAD. THE DIFFERENCE “It’s interesting because, although in the
gain important insights into food price in- IS THAT ONLINE PRICES developing world, it’s true that the number
flation, day-by-day, not month-by-month. CAN BE OBTAINED DAILY of online transaction is not as large, a lot
of retailers use online websites as a way to
For this research, Global Pulse partnered WHILST CONSUMER promote their offline prices so it’s a great
with Price Stats, an economics and tech- PRICE INDICES IN advertising mechanism and just looking at
nology company that each day tracks the
prices of 5 million products advertised
MOST COUNTRIES ARE those retailers, we can have a lot of infor-
mation about their offline prices. So you
online. ONLY PUBLISHED ON A don’t need to have a lot of ecommerce
MONTHLY BASIS. going on what you need is to have a lot
We looked at the daily price of bread in 6 of retailers that offer retail information in
Latin American countries over the last two their websites.”
years. And what we found was interesting.
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33. URUGUAY
1.4
1.2
Uruguay Bread
Index
(daily data)
1.0
Uruguay
Bread & Cereals CPI
(monthly data)
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10
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11
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ov
ch
uly
ov
1N
1N
ar
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1J
1J
A strong correlation was found between
1M
1M
the Uruguay Bread Index as generated
from online prices, and the official Uru-
guay Bread & Cereals CPI. The difference
is, that the online prices can be tracked
daily, while the CPI is a monthly report.
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34. RESEARCH PROJECT 3
Mining News for
Emerging Trends
RESEARCH PARTNER: COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE OF PARIS
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF Through tracking emerging news trends
online, we analyzed how Francophone
This allowed us not only to track these
issues over time, but also to show their
ONLINE NEWS ARTICLES media reported on food security issues location.
ARE GENERATED AROUND over the past 8 years, using the following
THE WORLD EVERY DAY - method: For example, this graphic represents how
the global economic crisis unfolded. You
FAR MORE THAN ANY OF First we identified a set of key words and can see that as it gained momentum, cov-
US HAVE TIME TO READ phrases related to food security. erage shifted from a focus on humanitar-
ian issues to food price volatility. Then it
Our next research project explored wheth- We then retrieved 20,000 related articles changed to social unrest. Interestingly,
er we can track important thematic shifts published between 2004 and 2011. The children’s vulnerability has been a topic of
in global attention through mining media contents of these articles were analyzed interest throughout the crisis.
articles. and organized in thematic clusters, which
can be traced back to specific news ar-
For this, we partnered with a consortium ticles or aggregated in a big picture rep-
of French research centers and universi- resentation.
ties led by the Complex Systems Institute
of Paris Ile-de-France.
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35. This visualization shows the prevalence of
different topics in the news. Interestingly,
children's vulnerability, is a topic of inter-
est throughout the economic crisis.
The Financial Crisis
Humanitarian Issues Food Price Volatility Social Unrest Children’s Vulnerability
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36. RESEARCH PROJECT 4
Understanding Unemployment through
the Lens of Social Media
RESEARCH PARTNER: SAS INSTITUTE
In our next research project, we investi- We compared the mood expressed in these What this initial research shows is that on-
gated what online forums and blogs could conversations with official unemployment line conversations could potentially enrich
tell us about unemployment. statistics. In Ireland, we found that fluc- official unemployment statistics.
tuations in the anxiety score mirrored fluc-
We explored two questions: tuations in the unemployment rate. I-SAH HSIEH, SAS INSTITUTE
“Researchers have developed a way to
CAN ONLINE Interestingly, the changes in the anxiety
score preceded changes in the unemploy-
take something qualitative like social me-
dia and quantify or score it based upon
CONVERSATIONS PROVIDE ment rate. the topics discussed and the feelings ex-
AN EARLY INDICATOR OF pressed in those topics. And once some-
IMPENDING JOB LOSSES, In the US, the same was true for conversa-
tions expressing feelings of anger.
thing is quantified, we can use the same
universe of statistics tools that are provid-
AND CAN THEY HELP ed to national statistics offices to analyze
POLICY MAKERS ENRICH Our analysis also revealed that people millions of data points.”
THEIR UNDERSTANDING talk extensively about the impacts of job
losses.
OF HOW COMMUNITIES
COPE? In Ireland, we noticed an increase in the
number of conversations about affordabil-
For this research project, Global Pulse ity of housing several months after a rise
partnered with the SAS Institute. in the unemployment rate.
We started with online conversations in In the US, people talk about transporta-
Ireland and the US, where we knew people tion: losing their car, having to downgrade
were posting frequently about unemploy- to a smaller car or relying more on public
ment. transportation.
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37. ONLINE DISCUSSIONS & UNEMPLOYMENT
IRELAND
Increase in confusion
expressed
in online discussions Increase in cancellations
Increase in anxiety expressed of travel bookings
in online discussions
?
5 MONTHS 3 MONTHS 3 MONTHS
BEFORE BEFORE LATER
Online discussions in Ireland showed
an increase in anxiety, 5 months before
unemployment; an increase in confusion,
3 months before unemployment; and an
increase in cancellation of travel 3 months
after unemployment.
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38. RESEARCH PROJECT 5
Twitter as a Barometer of Food
Security Perception in Indonesia
RESEARCH PARTNER: CRIMSON HEXAGON
The final project looked at whether Twit- When we looked at tweets specifically
ter could provide real-time insights into about rice, we in fact found that these
issues that people are concerned about. conversations closely mirror official food
And it turns out, if you want to study Twit-
ter, there is no better place to do this than
Indonesia, whose residents tweet nearly 1
and a half million times a day.
For this research project, Global Pulse 500,000
partnered with Crimson Hexagon, a com-
pany that analyses social media. 400,000
300,000
We wanted to know whether people tweet
about food. And yes! Indonesians clearly
200,000
use Twitter to talk about food.
100,000
We found more than 14 million tweets re-
lated to food over the past 16 months and
the number of tweets can be correlated JULY 2010 NOVEMBER 2010 MARCH 2010 JULY 2011 OCTOBER 2011
with real events.
The number of tweets per week that are
For instance, you see an increase in peo- related to food in Indonesia.
ple talking about food at the beginning of
Ramadan, followed by a dip at the end.
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39. inflation statistics. 18,000
TWEETS ABOUT THE PRICE OF RICE
16,000
MEGAN COSTELLO, CRIMSON HEXAGON 14,000
“So I think what we’re really hoping to 12,000
learn is if there’s an additional strategy we of rice
Tweets about the price 10,000
can employ to get some insight into what 8,000
might be causing pressure or stress on 6,000
people in their daily lives in a way that’s 4,000
more real-time it’s not next quarter when
the economic indicators come out it this
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1
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afternoon or tomorrow.”
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When analyzing Indonesian tweets about
rice, a strong correlation was found
between the number of tweets and the
fluctuations of rice price according to of-
ficial food inflation statistics.
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41. ROBERT KIRKPATRICK: Long after a full-blown crisis emerges, So at Global Pulse, we began to ask, what
A
experts usually look back and admit that if you could find a way to increase the
long with research into data, there were already warning signs emerging chances that these experts became aware
Global Pulse is also working with early on. Yet the signals were weak, and of each other’s hunches much sooner than
technology experts to make sure the evidence was fragmentary. they do today? All over the world, people
that government have the tools use social networks to stay up to date with
they need to harness real-time data. In Months in advance, development experts each other.
assembling a toolkit for use in our Pulse in different disciplines often have a hunch
Labs, however, we found a few gaps. Not — a professional instinct — that some- We wondered, could we use social net-
all of the required tools exist. Here, we thing is happening, and they quietly begin works to connect experts working on re-
saw an opportunity to innovate. to collect evidence. One notices subtle lated hunches, and create a safe space
changes in weather patterns. Another where they could share related evidence
As you know, we live in a complex world starts tracking migration flows. Another long before they are willing to take it pub-
filled with weak signals. Long before a cri- sees certain words and themes appearing lic?
sis emerges, there are signals that begin in news stories. Another sees changes in
to appear in the background noise. Over how people use their phones. If we could connect the people and the
time, these signals grow in strength, until data sooner, it could help us understand
the hard evidence is visible to all, and the But at this point, none of the experts has what is happening while there is still time
alarm is sounded publicly. Unfortunately, more than a few pieces of the puzzle, so to prevent harm. It’s not an analytical
by this point, it’s usually too late to act, no one is willing to sound the alarm pub- challenge. It’s a social networking chal-
and the harm has already been done. licly. And more often that not, they aren’t lenge.
even aware that one another are beginning
Yet there’s another story here, and it’s one to converge on a common hypothesis.
that caught our attention at Global Pulse.
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42. WE HAVE BEGUN
BUILDING A NEW STAGE 1: CREATE A NEW HUNCH +
TECHNOLOGY TOOL
CALLED HUNCHWORKS -
A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR
FORMING HYPOTHESES
AND MAKING EVIDENCE-
BASED DECISIONS.
HunchWorks allows experts in govern-
ment, UN agencies, and academia to
monitor streams of data for digital signals,
create hypotheses, share them privately
with informal networks of colleagues,
gather sufficient evidence for verification,
and recommend a course of action to de-
cision-makers. STAGE 2: SHARE WITHIN
TRUSTED NETWORKS
In December of 2010, we brought together
more than 100 international development
and technology experts in to understand
what kind of tool was actually needed, and
what building blocks were already avail-
able.
Then we worked with professional technol-
ogy designers who volunteered their time
on nights and weekends to help us create
a blueprint for HunchWorks. They created
more than 300 pages of exciting designs.
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43. STAGE 3: VERIFY
Today, the basic prototype of HunchWorks
is being built. These screenshots will give
you an idea of how it works: Stage 1 is to
create a new hunch. It is possible to asso-
ciate a hunch with one or more locations,
and to attach different kinds of evidence,
such as data, news articles, or photos.
In Stage 2, you can chose who to share a
hunch with. Most of the experts we have
consulted with told us that in the early
days, they want to keep hunches private,
visible only to a few trusted colleagues.
The HunchWorks system allows for that.
In Stage 3, you can see comments that
colleagues have shared about your hunch,
and see an overview of the evidence asso-
ciated with a hunch. Different experts can
STAGE 4: TAKE ACTION share their levels of confidence in individ-
ual pieces, giving any individual hunch an
overall confidence score.
Finally, in Stage 4, you are presented with
the option to package up the evidence and
generate a report.
If you are interested in learning more about
our progress on HunchWorks, information
is available on the Global Pulse website.
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44. ROADMAP & CONCLUSIONS
After reviewing how we are approaching with cutting-edge data mining experts. ing Framework, a set of guidelines on new
Global Pulse’s mission, and what the proj- indicators, analytical techniques, tool and
ect has accomplished over the past year, Pulse Lab New York. Our New York Pulse processes that any government may begin
let us now turn to a review of our top pri- Lab will continue to function as the hub adopting into standard practice.
orities for 2012 and 2013. of the Pulse Lab Network, providing coun-
try-level Pulse Labs with foundational Technology
Pulse Labs tools and methods they may build upon Hunchworks. In January
Pulse Lab Network. In and developing strategic partnerships with of 2012, Global Pulse will
2012, Pulse Lab Kampala private sector and academia. make the first version of
and Pulse Lab Uganda will HunchWorks available for
open their doors. With your The Long View. Pulse Labs are a bridge on testing by a limited num-
support, we will open two our journey to a more agile form of inter- ber of experts in govern- TECHNOLOGY
more Pulse Labs in 2013. national development. In the years ahead, ment, UN agencies, and
PULSE LABS Global Pulse will measure success by the academia. A public version will be avail-
The Pulse Lab Network will volume of innovation it fosters and by the able for testing in August. HunchWorks
be ramping up research efforts significant- velocity at which those innovations are ad- will be used by the Labs as a core tool in
ly over the next two years. opted into practice. their toolkit for analyzing real-time data.
Impact Monitoring 2.0. To facilitate this Research
research, with the support of the MDG Real-Time Monitoring
Fund, Global Pulse will be establishing a Framework. By the end of
new fund in 2012, called Impact Monitor- 2013, Global Pulse will
ing 2.0. This fund is an innovative mech- publish the first version
anism for joint research that will match of its Real-Time Monitor-
interested governments and UN agencies RESEARCH
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45. Data Access organizations to begin establishing these
Finally, at the beginning of today’s pre- public/private data-sharing partnerships.
sentation, you heard Mr. Hirshberg and The potential here is enormous. Can you
Dr. Weigend describe real-time data as a imagine a world in which public and pri-
core global resource. Yet one challenge vate sector join forces to create a public
we face is that much of this data is not commons of real-time data, to accelerate
accessible. It is collected by companies international development and strengthen
that use it to competitive advantage, and our collective resilience to shocks?
it isn’t shared publicly.
You have now heard about how Global
So Global Pulse has begun engaging with Pulse is working to achieve its vision. It
private sector companies about an idea has been our great pleasure to demon-
we call “data philanthropy.” Data philan- strate to you how compelling the potential
thropy means that private sector compa- is for new data to transform our work. We
nies share analysis of their data to support look forward to engaging with you, espe-
international development. The compa- cially in the establishment of our network
nies we have spoken with are willing and of Pulse Labs, in the months and years
interested. ahead.
In 2012, Global Pulse will begin assem-
bling a consortium of private sector com-
panies, universities, and and international
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