Data nerd. @AdaLovelaceInst, @healx, ex @MastodonC and @DataKindUK. Likes coffee, running, sleeping a lot.
Hackney, London
Joined June 2008
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The kind of thing that organizations claim they want: accountability.
The kind of thing that organizations do:
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As a...
– Google Maps user
I want to...
– receive a monthly email highlighting the 2 supermarkets and the local field that have I visited this month
So that...
– I can reminisce about the highlights of my month
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Absolutely Dehenna. The way Boris encouraged everyone to make plans, offering them repeated assurances we were steadfast even as the evidence it was a terrible idea stacked up, only to cancel the insane project at the last minute leaving everyone caught short. Masterful.
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Happy to announce our funding news today. techcrunch.com/2020/12/16/op…
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We're so grateful to our co-founder @duncan3ross and can't say thank you enough for his hard work as Chair over the past years!
He told us about his experiences and fond memories, as well as his thoughts about the future of #DataForGood
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Tom wanted a reminder of local Covid rates before going to town. So I wrote a script to fetch the latest case rate in the area from GOV.UK, and display it live.
Behold SCAREDI-PI: the Simple Covid Ambient Reporting E-ink DIsplay for Pi github.com/annapowellsmith/s…
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Today is my last ever @DataKindUK board meeting - thank you to everyone who has been involved in this amazing journey, especially the 105 social organisations we’ve worked with, and the 1000s of data science volunteers... – at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
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‘Brexit deal never made sense’ says man who negotiated it, signed it, prevented MPs from scrutinising it, campaigned for it and won a general election on the back of it:
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Sir David Norgrove has today replied to @MattHancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding the Government’s COVID-19 testing data ow.ly/pw4c50zWpO8
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The @AdaLovelaceInst was set up to ask important questions of new digital technology. This important report sets out the key challenges for getting tech solutions to COVID-19 right. Essential reading.
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Data & AI will not be effective against #COVID19 unless government addresses technical limitations, barriers to effective deployment & social impacts.
Today, we publish a rapid evidence review & our recommendations.
adalovelaceinstitute.org/cov…
#COVIDTech #DataEthics #AIEthics
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What will the first pandemic of the digital age mean for data governance? @carlykind_ points to flaws this high-stakes stress testing of societal institutions might reveal in finance, health, immigration & data governance ecosystems. #COVID19 #dataethics adalovelaceinstitute.org/wha…
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Data is bringing huge benefits in the fight against Covid-19: symptom tracking, contact tracing and advanced data analytics... But we must remain vigilant about #NHS plans to collaborate with tech giant #Palantir. #coronavirusuk #dataethics adalovelaceinstitute.org/dat…
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We are deeply aware that many of you are engaged with life-affecting considerations. We hope it is reassuring to know that the strategic thinking that ensures technological advances align with societal wellbeing continues unabated. Read our strategy [👇Thread & link] #AIEthics
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We are looking for a new chair for @AdaLovelaceInst to work with our Director @carlykind_ and a board including me, @HelenMargetts @azeem @fhr @johnthornhillft @ChrisToddWMP to help make data and AI work for the public good
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Happy birthday to the late Sister Mary Keller, who helped develop #Basic & in 1965 was the first woman to earn a PhD in computer science in the US: bit.ly/2M5v8LQ (@mentalfloss photo: Wikimedia)
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Very excited to announce 14 new affiliates to our network @PublicDigitalHQ. Welcome to
@abisola @allafarce @EmilyTav @emmagasson @fhr @georgesheldrake @m_a_upson @pixels42 @rogeroldham @simonterrington @cuica @steiny @davinasirisena & Michael Cornford.
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