Stories
Below is a collection of inspiring / empowering / feel-good articles we have stumbled across where people or organisations are using data for good causes. We hope they inspire you to think about how you are/could be utilising your data or at the very least make you hopeful for the future!
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AUSTLANG provides an insight into the different indigenous languages used in Australia
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. AUSTLANG provides information ...
COVID-19 Resources
As with many of the global challenges we work to tackle every day, the Coronavirus Disease-2019, or COVID-19, requires collective action and a coordinated response. It can't be contained by any one country, organization, or person....
Indigenous knowledge linked to pollution data
By Dr Scott Chambers Scientists who study the atmosphere often use seasonal averages in their studies of pollution, because seasonal variability acts as a driver of changes in pollution. Dr Scott Chambers, a member of ANSTO’s expert radon team, was...
Machine learning meets African agriculture
By Nilesh Bell-Gorsia – Executive Producer, Google Developer Studio n 2016, a crop-destroying caterpillar, Fall Armyworm (FAW) was first detected in Africa. The crop pest has since devastated agriculture by infecting millions of corn fields, w...
Using Data & AI in the Service of Community Health Workers
By Caitlin Augustin, Director of Product, DataKind To drive sector-wide change, DataKind is looking to use data science, machine learning, and AI in the service of Community Health Workers (CHW) who provide life-saving primary healthcare to communi...
ABS data release to aid post-Covid recovery
By Shahida Sweeney, FST Media The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released new Covid-19 online datasets to help government and industry prepare for post-pandemic recovery. The data, available from May, offers a snapshot of Australia’s he...
Google AI’s killer (whale) app
The Salish Sea, which extends from British Columbia to Washington State in the U.S., was once home to hundreds of killer whales, also known as orcas. Now, the population of Southern Resident Killer Whales, a subgroup of orcas, is struggling to surviv...
Saving the Bees with Big Data Analytics and AI
Over three-quarters of food production around the world depends on the actions of natural pollinators (mainly bees); but also, that pollinators are dying out at an alarming rate, around 30% per year. This is jeopardizing our food supply (that’s $6...
Responsible Use of Digital Data to Combat COVID-19
Large-scale collection of data could help curb the COVID-19 pandemic, but it should not neglect privacy and public trust. Best practices should be identified to maintain responsible data-collection and data-processing standards at a global scale....
BeesCount is Crowdsourcing Photos of Bees for World Bee Day 20 May
BeesCount is #crowdsourcing photos of #bees and other #pollinators for our Global Pollinator Map. Download the #beescount app and start uploading photos! Upload those pics in your photo library too!...
10 big data science challenges facing humanitarian organizations
Big data refers to the astonishing amount of information that is created as a by-product of the growing digitization of our lives – our use of mobile phones, social networks, search engines, online payment methods, apps, and so on....
The African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi
The African Drone and Data Academy: The African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) aims to be a centre of excellence that will dually equip young people in Malawi and the African region with necessary 21st-century skills while strengthening the drone eco...
