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Workshop: AI For Social Good (AISG)

How to Volunteer as an AI Researcher

William High

2019 Keynote
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Workshop: AI For Social Good (AISG)

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Abstract

Over the past six years, Will High has volunteered his expertise as a data scientist to various nonprofits and civic causes. He's contributed to work on homelessness, improving charter schools and optimizing water distribution. Will will talk about his experience doing pro-bono work with DataKind, a global nonprofit based in New York that connects leading social change organizations with data science talent to collaborate on cutting-edge analytics and advanced algorithms developed to maximize social impact. He'll comment on DataKind's mission, how to structure effective pro-bono engagements, and broader principles of the pro bono model applied to machine learning, analytics and engineering.

Speaker bio: Will is a data science executive at Joymode in Los Angeles and works with DataKind as Data Ambassador, consultant and facilitator. Will was previously a Senior Data Scientist at Netflix. He holds a PhD in physics from Harvard.

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F. William High

I’m a machine learning and causal inference data scientist passionate about building new ML/CI-backed systems and applications that delight their users. Today I am the head of ML/CI data science and of ML engineering at Tala. My primary interests are MLOps and scientific devops in general. I spent a decade studying dark energy and dark matter as an academic researcher, and another decade modeling product demand, ad engagement, lifetime value, and recommendations at two startups, Netflix, and Discord. I’ve also occasionally served as a pro bono Data Ambassador for DataKind. I hold a PhD from Harvard and a BA from Berkeley with specialties in astrophysics and cosmology, and I held research positions at Caltech and the University of Chicago.

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