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A brief introduction to machine learning and 3 ways to make it useful for social impact organizations
When social sector organizations think about data, the conversation often begins and ends with measuring impact. Here are some ways that social impact organizations can move beyond thinking about measuring impact and start using machine learning to transform how they operate.
Meet the winners of the N+1 Fish, N+2 Fish challenge
See how DrivenData's top modelers managed to predict length, species, and count from videos of fish captured on fishing vessels.
Benchmark for Pover-T Test - Predicting Poverty
We're launching a new competition to predict poverty. In this post, we'll show you how to get started!
Bridging the AI application gap
The focus of the Concept to Clinic challenge is to make AI advances useful — not just for data scientists interested in cutting-edge methods, but for clinicians working on the front lines of lung cancer detection and the patients they serve.
Interview with Concept to Clinic panelist Dr. Jason Hostetter
We interview Concept to Clinic panelist Dr. Jason Hostetter
Interview with Concept to Clinic contributor Serhiy Shekhovtsov (@Serhiy-Shekhovtsov)
We interview Concept to Clinic challenge contributor Serhiy Shekhovtsov (@Serhiy-Shekhovtsov)
Hidden Signals Challenge: can you help identify biothreats in real time?
Can you help identify biothreats in real time? Submit a concept by 12/4/17!
Pri-matrix Factorization - Benchmark
How about some deep learning to identify wild animals in camera traps? Here's a benchmark post to get contributors started in our newest challenge.
How the Concept to Clinic challenge uses Docker for reproducibility and orchestration
Ensuring easy setup of the application stack and efficient segmentation of the various components of the Concept to Clinic challenge is precisely where Docker excels, especially when used with Docker Compose, its tool for declaring and orchestrating multiple services. In this post, we'll dive into some background on Docker and explain how we're using it in the Concept to Clinic challenge.
Interview with Concept to Clinic contributor Willi Gierke (@WGierke)
We had an e-chat to learn more about prolific Concept to Clinic challenge contributor Willi Gierke (@WGierke)
Random walk of the penguins
The goal of this data science competition was to reach out to the data science community to build a model that predicts penguin populations.
Now live: a new kind of data challenge
Just this week we launched a new $100,000 challenge where competition-tested algorithms are just the beginning.
Random Walk of the Penguins - Benchmark
Penguins are so adorable! Here's our first pass at predicting penguin populations in Antarctica.
DengAI: Predicting Disease Spread - Benchmark
We're launching a new competition to forecast the spread of dengue.
Why Elections Are a Terrible Showcase for Data Science
The 2016 election was a bad showcase for the powers of data science.
America's Next Top (Statistical) Model - Benchmark
We're launching a new competition for forecasting the 2016 presidential election.
Meet the winners of the safe aging challenge
See how DrivenData's Top Modelers managed to predict activities from sensor data
SciPy 2016: "Data Science is Software" tutorial
Video footage of Peter and Isaac from their pilgrimage to SciPy 2016
Visualizing a Future for Fog Nets
Meet the folks who used their data visualization and modeling skills to help Dar Si Hamd!
There's no place like $HOME
We're launching a new competition for safe aging at home generously sponsored by AARP Foundation
Building the best naïve bees classifier!
These are the people who were best able to distinguish honeybees from bumblebees and how they did it.
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