[okfn-br] The Data Science for Social Good 2013 Summer Fellowship

Quarta Março 20 05:13:36 UTC 2013

The Data Science for Social Good <http://bitly.com/datascifellows> 2013
Summer Fellowship will train grad students as data scientists that can
tackle pressing problems health, education, energy, cities, and more.****

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Fellows will build high-impact analytics tools for the government agencies
and non-profits. They'll be mentored by experienced data scientists -
including former Obama campaign
staffers<http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/>
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housed in Chicago, and connected to jobs at the end of the summer. ****

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The fellowship is by the University of Chicago's Computation Institute.
Applications are due April 1st.****

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Visit bitly.com/datascifellows for more info. Reach out at
@datascifellows<http://twitter.com/datascifellows>
 or datasciencefellowship em ci.uchicago.edu.****

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Rayid Ghani <https://twitter.com/rayidghani>, a Computation Institute
fellow and former chief scientist for the Obama 2012 campaign, is leading
the program. Eric Schmidt <https://twitter.com/ericschmidt> of Google and Jake
Porway <https://twitter.com/jakeporway> of DataKind are advisors.****

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