including the human in humanitarian big data
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Talk given by Sara-Jayne Farmer to the Advertising Research Foundation's Industry Leaders' Forum, 2011TRANSCRIPT
Including the Human in Humanitarian Big Data
October 27, 2011
UN Global Pulse
Sara-Jayne Farmer
UN Global Pulse
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The Problem
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The Solution
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2008 – 2011: Information Gaps
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Data Sources
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Not knowing who, what, where
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Give us Your Data (Results)
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Including Insight
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What is Hunchworks
» A hypothesis management system to detect weak signals
» A tool to combine the strengths of humans and data mining tools (wrapped as intelligent agents)
» A tool to post ‘hunches’ about anomolous or interesting data and observations
» A tool to engage and connect the global network of UN and international development field staff with analysts and decision makers
» A tool to rapidly collect information about emerging situations
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Hunch Mechanism
» Detect an interesting “weak signal”
» Hypothesize (make a hunch) about the nature of the signal
» Share the hunch with your social graph
» Attract related signals and evidence
» Verify hunch by engaging communities of practice
» Act
» Use confirmed hunch to refine trust within the system
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Connections
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Trust
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Action
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Environment
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Thank You
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