How to Volunteer as an AI Researcher

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.