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Alicante pone el foco en la Inteligencia Artificial
El viernes 23 de nov. se celebrará eI II Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Artificial. Expertos y empresas innovadoras analizarán el impacto social, empresarial, jurídico y ético de la IA.
Noviembre 2019 | Summa Innova
Industria 4.0, ciberseguridad, y startups protagonizarán en el BEC el 'Basque Industry 4.0'
En Basque Industry 4.0 se dará una mirada al futuro de la tecnología y la investigación. La ponencia principal la ocupará Nuria Oliver, Chief Data Scientist en Data-Pop Alliance.
Octubre 2019 | El Diario Vasco
Alicante, centro del debate sobre el futuro de la Inteligencia Artificial
¿En qué punto nos encontramos? ¿Hacia dónde avanza la IA? ¿Y en España? Todas esas cuestiones estarán en el aire el próximo 18 de noviembre durante el II Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Artificial.
Octubre 2019 | El Independiente
Los datos sobre humanos son (casi) sobrehumanos, por su enorme utilidad | Nuria Oliver
El mundo del 'big data' se adhiere a nuestro comportamiento de tal manera que ha surgido una nueva rama del saber: las ciencias sociales computacionales.
Junio 2019 | Vodafone Empresas
Can tracking people through phone-call data improve lives?
Researchers have analysed anonymized phone records of tens of millions of people in low-income countries. Critics question whether the benefits outweigh the risks.
May 2019 | Amy Maxmen | Nature
Iniciativa global discute como Big Data pode ajudar o bem comum no Brasil
O evento tem como objetivo conscientizar sobre o potencial do uso de Big Data para a construção de políticas públicas e soluções para problemas sociais.
Maio 2019 | Folha de S. Paulo
Data Collaboration for the Common Good. Enabling Trust and Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships | Insight Report
Our open-sourced project OPAL is cited as a platform created "to serve
as a decentralized means of accessing private-sector data globally."
April 2019 | Wold Economic Forum
A New Take On Privacy By Design, p. 32
A project launched in Senegal and Colombia aims to prove it’s possible to securely
and ethically extract private sector data forthe public good.
February 2019 | Les Echos - The Innovator
Nos données peuvent-elles servir l'intérêt général?
De plus en plus de voix s'élèvent pour demander que les données collectées par les entreprises privées soient mises au service de la collectivité.
Janvier 2019 | Jaques Henno | Les Echos
How to use data for decision-making without exposing the data? | Emmanuel Letouzé
Dr. Emmanuel Letouzé (Director of Data-Pop Alliance) talks about how data can provide valuable insights for policies and decision-making.
December 2018 | UNESCO IPDCtalks
CiuDATA Segura: un mapa de datos hacia la paz, p. 68
En su avance para combatir la inseguridad, Medellín sabe cuándo, dónde y cómo suceden los hechos violentos. Con la inclusión de una cuarta respuesta, el porqué, se crearán políticas públicas más oportunas para brindar mayor bienestar social.
Diciembre 2018 | Revista LINK
Q&A: Big Data to help society when it’s industrialised
Big data is limited to pilots and case studies and cannot yet be industrialised, holding back efforts to use it for social good, says Emmanuel Letouze.
November 2018 | Anita Makri | SciDevNet
Big Data, también para mejorar el mundo
Es el llamado big data social, que no es otra cosa que, a partir de una ingente recopilación de datos y su adecuado análisis, puede utilizarse para construir un mundo mejor.
Diciembre 2018 | Diario Responsable
What leaders can learn from Facebook's data debacle
For Facebook, a great responsibility comes with having 2.1 billion users across the globe, according to Emmanuel Letouzé, director of the Data Pop Alliance.
April 2018 | Ama Marston | CNN
UN Launches Initiatives to Unleash Big Data for Sustainable Development
Announcement of the launch of a training program with UNSSC and Data-Pop Alliance, a partnership of the UNSD and Esri, and DPA's 12-point plan on privacy and governance
January 2018 | Delia Paul | The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Mettre le Big Data privé au service du bien public
Le projet Open Algorithm vise à utiliser les données d'entreprises privées pour des actions de développement.
Décembre 2016 | Benoît Gorges | Les Echos
Another Side Of Big Data: Big Data For Social Good
Letouze’ research and work focuses on Big Data’s application and implications in areas including poverty and inequality, crime, climate change, human rights, and economic and ecological fragility.
September 2016 | Randy Bean | Forbes
Open algorithms: A new paradigm for using private data for social good
Few data collected are actually used to improve people's lives or in the design of better public policies. How can we turn this around, ensuring that information is used in a privacy-conscientious and inclusive way?
July 2016 | Emmanuel Letouzé and Thomas Roca | Devex
Building Literacy for the Data Generation
Emmanuel Letouzé talks the 'data generation', digital trends, data literacy, and how "one need not become a 'data scientist' to have a voice in the age of data.
December 2015 | The MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland on taking action with big data
Alex "Sandy" Pentland, Academic Director for MIT Media Lab of Data-Pop Alliance, is a pioneer in organizational engineering, mobile information systems and computational social science.
October 2015 | Catherine Lawson | WIRED
Democratizing Big Data Starts with Dialogue: Q&A with Emmanuel Letouzé
The Data-Pop Alliance director and co-founder discusses how the understanding of the relationship between Big Data and human rights is evolving.
July 2015 | The MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
Big data to create new ecosystem of decision-makers
Big data is not data, but rather a new ecosystem with a variety of stakeholders, skill sets and mentalities — one with the potential to fundamentally change societies much in same the way the Internet has.
May 2015 | Kelli Rogers | Devex
Interview with Emmanuel Letouzé, Data-Pop Alliance on Big Data and Human Rights – A Complex Affair
We discuss the founding story of Data-Pop Alliance, the applications and implications of Big Data on Human Rights and the need for penetration of Data Literacy.
April 2015 | Anmol Rajpurohit | KDnuggets
Data for Development
UC Berkeley demographer (and cartoonist) Emmanuel Letouzé seeks to reduce the gap in statistical data available about populations in developing nations.
April 2015 | Joy Neumeyer | Berkeley Social Matrix
Off the map
Rich countries are deluged with data; developing ones are suffering from drought. In Africa fewer than half of births are recorded; some countries have not taken a census in decades. The self-built slums that ring many Latin American cities are poorly mapped.
November 2014 | The Economist
Cell-Phone Data Might Help Predict Ebola’s Spread
Mobility data from an African mobile-phone carrier could help researchers recommend where to focus health-care efforts.
August 2014 | David Talbot | MIT Technology Review
Big Data for Development: Facts and Figures
What is big data, and could it transform development policy? Emmanuel Letouzé takes a close look at this emerging field.
April 2014| Emmanuel Letouzé | SciDev
How Big Data can Transform Society for the Better
The digital traces we leave behind each day reveal more about us than we know. This could become a privacy nightmare—or it could be the foundation of a healthier, more prosperous world.
October 2013 | Alex Pentland | Scientific American
Reinventing society in the wake of big data
With Big Data we can now begin to actually look at the details of social interaction and how those play out, and are no longer limited to averages like market indices or election results.
2012 | Edge