Three dedicated ASA members have organized a unique contest for Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month designed to engage high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
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Stats4Good: UN International Computing Centre Supports Global D4G Projects
The United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) is an agency with global scope that provides data solutions for United Nations (UN) programs and initiatives. In addition to providing data services and infrastructure for UN organizations and initiatives, UNICC organizes hackathons and other events with participation from teams worldwide.
Peace-Work: Crowd-Sourcing Statistical Volunteering for the Greater Good
Peace-Work is an all-volunteer cooperative of statisticians, data scientists, and other researchers applying analytics to issues in issue-driven advocacy and social justice.
Data for Good Has Growing Need for Project Leaders
2018 was a banner year for Data for Good, full of important projects and new opportunities. It also started developing growing pains.
Stats4Good: Data for Good Researchers Respond to Hurricanes
Data for Good researchers perform vital roles in mining social media, mapping, geospatial analysis, resource optimization, and other analytic functions, partnering with organizations that put boots on the ground to provide critically important information, logistical support, and guidance for hands-on relief efforts. Crowdsourcing can play an important role in bringing together many resources in a short time in response to a crisis. As a result, many organizations now sponsor hackathons and data dives and create applications to collect crowdsourced information from people in affected areas.