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Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
Training Students to do Good with DataData Science for Social Good Fellowship
Rayid GhaniUniversity of Chicago
550 Applicants from 34 countries ~200 Universities
36 fellowsComputer ScientistsStatisticiansEconomistsPublic Policy(and other computational and quantitative fields)
CMUU. of Chicago HarvardU. Of Wisconsin Madison UT AustinMITYaleITAMColumbiaNorthwestern
UIC
StanfordTechnionU of AlabamaGeorgia TechCambridgeUC IrvineU of MarylandU of MichiganStanfordWPI
The Eric & Wendy Schmidt
Data Science for Social GoodSummer Fellowship 2013
Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
By the Numbers
38 Fellows
6 Mentors
12 Projects
12 Weeks
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The Ideal Student
Making an Impact with Data
Computer Science &
ProgrammingStatistics &
Machine Learning
Econometrics & Social Science
Methods
DatabasesExperimental Design
Communication
Common Sense
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What do they need training in?
Tools• Python• R• DBs• SQL• MapReduce• Tableau, D3,
ggplot
Methods• Statistics• Machine
Learning• Econometrics• Experimental
Design• Social Sciences
Problem Solving Skills• Understanding• Mapping• Evaluation
Metrics
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Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
The Eric & Wendy Schmidt
Data Science for Social GoodSummer Fellowship 2013
Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
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The Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship 2013
Rayid Ghani@rayidghani
Rayid [email protected]
For more information on the summer fellowshiphttp://dssg.uchicago.edu
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