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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. agriculture CIMSANS climate change CSR food security Gerald Nelson open data open source SocialCoding4Good'

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cakeā€”Put the Human Factor Forward

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Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. Automating data exploration frees time to focus on higher-level analysis and interpretation of results. Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. What do ā€œSemantic Analysisā€ and ā€œNatural Language Processingā€ mean, and how do they make the Social Actions API better?

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. His areas of expertise include policy analysis and development, group facilitation, benefits enrollment, and workforce development.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesnā€™t work.

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Hackathons Aim to Improve Aid Distribution and Coordination in Haiti

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I jumped at the chance to participate, as I have a background in humanitarian emergency analysis and am a self-proclaimed geek. During the camps, groups and leaders quickly self-identified and immersed themselves in solving humanitarian relief problems like coordinating relief workers and negotiating language barriers.

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