01.08.2024
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DSSGx Munich 2024 Kick-Off Event
A Short Recap
DSSG 2024 – short for Data Science for Social Good – has officially started. Talented data scientists from all around the world arrived in Munich for the 2-month fellowship program that contribute to social initiatives in Munich in the summer months.
The kick-off event of DSSGxMunich 2024 took place in early August. During the event, both teams presented their projects to the audience, which they will be implementing together with their partners from nonprofit organizations:
Together with the International Organization of Migration:
Project 1: Estimating the Impact of Events on Migration Flows with Machine Learning - Enhance Foresight on Migration Drivers and Movements to Improve Data-Driven Allocation of IOM resources and to Provide Better Services to Migrants and Internally Displaced People.In collaboration with the Bavarian Forest National Park:
Project 2: Predicting Visitor Flows in the Bavarian Forest - Support Sustainable Tourism and the Harmonization of Nature Protection and Travel in the Bavarian Forest National Park.
In addition to the project presentations, Christian Pfrang from the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs gave a short speech, as did MCML member Moritz Hermann, who provided a brief overview of MCML’s work.
DSSG is an initiative founded at the University of Chicago in 2013. Its mission is to create and sustain programs, solutions, and communities that enhance the use of data science and AI for social good. From the very beginning, the flagship project of DSSG has been its annual fellowship program, where aspiring data scientists can sharpen their skills in machine learning & data science while working on real problems for the social good. Since 2023, the Munich Center for Machine Learning and the department of statistics at LMU Munich are hosting a local branch of the DSSG fellowship program in Munich.
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