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DOING DATA FOR GOOD MAKES YOU BETTER

IMPROVE YOUR ANALYTICS SKILLS BY DOING HANDS-ON DATA4GOOD PROJECTS

Philippe Van ImpeOctober 9th, 2014

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DATA SCIENCE ? DEFINITION

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DATA SCIENCE ? DEFINITION

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EASY MANY SKILLS ARE REQUIRED

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COMMUNITY OFBI - ANALYTICS - BIG DATA – STATISTICS – DATA SCIENCE

FANS

Our GOAL:

“Our ultimate goal is to make the difference by applying our

science and knowledge on social & public challenges.”

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MISSION DRIVEN BY DOING DATA FOR GOOD PROJECTS

• We are an open community committed to offer

a forum for the exchange of ideas, information

and experience among those with a

professional interest in science and technology

of data, information and knowledge in ways

that promote personal excellence and taking

social responsibility.

• We are promoting a vibrant and knowledgeable

conscious community through multipurpose

sharing platforms - through trainings,

meetings, DS programs and projects.

• The community is dedicated to improving the

knowledge, experience and well-being of our

respective and surrounding communities.

Mission Statement

Data for Good is at the core of

our community for 3 main reasons:

• We are passionate by the power of

data and the social impact it can

have

• We want to learn by mixing our

skills around concrete projects

• We have a common goal driving

positive energies and creating

networking opportunities

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WE ARE … ANALYTICS FANS WITH A CONSCIENCE

Join us if you are:

• A business or NGO with data you don’t use to become more efficient

• An academic scholar in search of challenging projects

• A professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological innovation & positive social change

We are:

DataScience, BigData, Analytics Networking organisation based in Brussels

Permanent education & learning centre for data scientists

We do data projects for Good

Independent & certainly not commercial, we do it for Fun

We are non-profit, academic and business oriented

We are open to all data related meetup groups and want to cooperate with them

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CORE VALUES ARE ALL ABOUT TRUST

Independence – Transparency - Accountability - Participation - Openness - Diversity /

Inclusion - Good Governance - Social Responsibility - Professional Management

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WHAT WE DO WE DO FOR GOOD

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SUPPORTED BY ORGANISATIONS & PEOPLE IN EUROPE

• Europe – because we support innovative startups

• Regio – because we support innovative startups

• Academics – because we have projects for them to work on

• Companies – because they believe in the value of data and need our help

• Junior professionals – Love challenges

• Xperts – Love to share, amazed by the energy of our junior members

• NGO – Can rely on our DataScience teams to deliver specifice projects

• Major other meetups like bigdata.be, R, datakindUK, ...

• Professional Press – We have real live stories

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SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST A TRIPPLE HELIX

• Government:

Academics:

• NGO

• Private companies

• Consulting companies

• Software Vendors

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PIPELINE WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT• Fun and network opportunities

• Life time learning track – Moocs & live training sessions

• Data Science & Big Data Lab

• Lots of Hands-On sessions

• Knowledge hub

• Projects, lots of project ( private, public, NGO )

• DataScience Services for startups (iMind, StartIT, Flanders DC )

• Service Club – Doing Data for Good

• Recruitment platform

• Challenges

• More presence and press coverage

• Joined presentations with other communities

• Possibility for the business to partner with us and to sponsor

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JOIN US AND GIVE 100% FOR GOOD

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Twitter Contest – Tweet to win prizes!SAS Forum

A. Only analytics fans who want to learn from their peers to use analytics to do a better job can join.

B. Only business professionals who want to share their business challenges with the community during

Hands-On sessions can join.

C. Everyone can join the datascience tribe in order to network, share, learn, have fun and do Data4Good

5. Who can join the Brussels Data Science Community?

Tweet your answer:

Example: @spicyanalytics 5C

Prizes to win:

1st prize: a ticket for Analytics 2015

2nd prize: a book of Prof Bart Baesens: “Analytics in a big

data world”

3rd to 30th prize: chocolates with pepper

Winners will be contacted post-Forum !Start of your tweet Question # Your answer

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