13-Weeks of Data Science for Social Good with University of Chicago
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is a paramount fellowship program helping data science enthusiast to develop interdisciplinary skills that aim at solving social good problems. DSSG fellowship from the University of Chicago has been involving students, mentors and project managers since 2013 with a motive to provide meaning to data generated in NGOs' (e.g. Ushahidi) and Healthcare organization (e.g. Jose De Mello Saude, Lisbon Portugal). As a selected DSSG fellow in 2017, I seek to apply my machine learning understanding to solve the problem in healthcare in Portugal along with a hybrid team of statistician and software engineers. On the contrary, I was able to build corporate data science skills, teamwork, and social skills which are even more important for the success of the project. 13 weeks time bound workplace of high communication, training and target oriented is summarized sense of DSSG. Before selection, I envisioned DSSG as a program where students (undergraduate or g