November 16, 2020

November 19^th | 7:30pm | zoom reservations

Emmanuel Letouzé

Director & Co-Founder of the Data-Pop Alliance

Making Data Matter: Human AI for Human Development (and Democracy)

Please join us for Emmanuel Letouzé’s presentation and discussion how Data-Pop Alliance and its partners are using Big Data to promote inclusive and sustainable development in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, Lebanon, and Senegal. Data Pop Alliance founding members include the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, MIT Connection Science and London’s ODI and later Sweden’s Flowminder Foundation Data-Pop Alliance partners & projects include Colombia’s Big Data Strategy and OPAL (Open Algorithms for better decisions) Project. Professor Frank Hsu (Computer Science) Erick Rengifo (CIPS) Dr. Marcelo LaFleur (UN DESA) and Prof. Alfredo Cuecuecha (UPAEP Puebla Mexico) will open the discussion following the presentation.

Please make your Zoom reservation here. You will receive a link by email, please use this link to join us, and please share this invitation with others; all are welcome. Questions? Please contact Jeffrey Yozwiak jyozwiak@fordham.edu or Darryl McLeod or Alfredo Cuecuecha UPAEP or Norma Fuentes-Mayorga at CCNY-LALS

Projects: Using Data to Shed Light on the Shadow Pandemic of Domestic Violence in MexicoSummary by Ivette Yáñez Soria, Marie-Helen Cymorek, Valentin Kruspel, Zinnya del Villar #Data4good & @GIZ_Data_Lab see “Mundos Paralelos [Parallel Worlds]” Big Data and Inequality in Mexico City by Oxfam México and Data-Pop Alliance analyzes inequality among the inhabitants of Mexico City from an spatial perspective, using human mobility data provided by Cuebiq’s Data for Good program. (see cover below) *GIZ is a German development agency)

Data-Pop Alliance is also fighting the Pandemic with the Global South COVID Recovery Plan and C-19 Global South Observatory). DPA’s partners include the Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, UN ESCWA, GIZ*, the Vodafone Institute, Oxfam México and many other international stakeholders. Its projects are underway in Africa and MENA, LatAm & Caribbean and in Asia. For more information please visit the Data-pop Alliance website and read their 2019-20 annual report and see DPA’s opportunities page, recent openings include: Data Analyst Intern, based in Tunisia, Jordan or Lebanon. Read the full Terms of Reference and how to apply here. Research and Content Intern, based in Latin America. Read the full Terms of Reference and how to apply here. Research and Content Intern, based in MENA or SSA. Read the full Terms of Reference and how to apply here.