Data for Climate Action (D4CA)
Data for Climate Action called upon researchers to harness dataprovided by the multinational banking company BBVA, the global telecommunications provider Orange, Waze, and others for climate-related activities.
2015
Explore 104 projects in the Data Science For Social Good category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
Data for Climate Action called upon researchers to harness dataprovided by the multinational banking company BBVA, the global telecommunications provider Orange, Waze, and others for climate-related activities.
Providing a web‑based platform and related tools for researchers to authenticate, upload, validate, harmonize, and release cancer genomic and associated clinical data into the NCI Genomic Data Commons
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and the Case School of Engineering, two of Case Western Reserve University's top schools, have developed a Certificate in Data Sciences for Social Impact.
Future Cities Catapult has developed a City Data Sharing Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, approaches and resources for local authorities sharing non-personal data.
Connecting Museums and Communities
Measurement Lab is seeking three Research Fellows to expand Internet performance research beyond the measurement and optimization for bandwidth. Fellows will utilize M-Lab’s longitudinal, open dataset and/or platform to identify under-recognized Internet performance metrics that can be used to improve end user performance.
Preteckt studies vehicle data from buses to predict system failures at least 48 hours before the Check Engine light is activated and the bus must be removed from service. Preteckt’s insights have the potential to reduce time spent on maintenance, prevent service disruptions and reduce fleet costs.
The Center for New Data is a non-profit using big data to build a stronger democracy.
We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.