David Corliss recommends making JSM 2021 the event that will help you tell your own Data for Good story and offers suggestions for sessions and search terms to get involved.
Capture-recapture
Data for Good Tech: Cool Science for Hot Projects
One of the great aspects of data for good is that the technology never stands still. For some ideas and inspiration, David Corliss outlines a few examples of where Data for Good tech is leading the way.
Cavell Brownie
Cavell Brownie was born in Jamaica and earned her PhD from Cornell University in 1973. She mentored female junior faculty and African-American students at North Carolina State University, meeting them regularly to discuss research and educational issues. In fact, NC State established a faculty award in her name to encourage faculty to emulate her generous mentoring.
Parmesan or Pretzel? WSS Helps Demonstrate ‘Counting America’
Several mathematical societies were on hand to celebrate the second annual African–American History Program Free Family Day at the Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington, DC. Using a large bowl filled with Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers the group demonstrated a capture-recapture study to simulate a lake populated with fish.