Data for Good Waterloo Region

If you're also passionate to use #Data and analytics to inspire positive social change, we're excited to meet you!

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

We are so appreciative of the time spent this past week to make an impact and "truly make all women, non-binary and transgender people from every country, culture and racial background around the globe count." @theglobalcount #nonprofit #datascience #equalityanddiversity

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Happening today ❗️❗️
Looking forward to see you all at the event virtually!!!
#dataforgood #dataforgoodWR #nonprofits #dataanalysis #datainsights

[Data for Good YYZ @dataforgoodyyz]

Bit of a 'quiet' start to 2022, but that's about to change... If you're looking to take part in something with #dataforgood like, NOW, well, here is your chance: https://t.co/tL3z3jbWYG w/ @dataforgoodwr

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Hello Data for good - WR family,

We would truly not be where we are without you all. 2021 has been a fascinating year with lots of successful events and datathons, thanks to all of you..
Looking forward to have another exciting year together!!!
Happy New Year everyone ✨✨✨

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Greetings data-do-gooders!!
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!!

#holidayseason #holidaygreetings #dataforgoodwr

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Hey Data-do-gooders,
Interested in helping @NASA? Help @NASA build a model for astronauts!!!

#DataScientists #DataScience #MachineLearning #dataforgood

[Alexey Grigorev @Al_Grigor]

Help @NASA build a model for astronauts!

@Topcoder and @NASA run a data science competition for predicting the cognitive state of astronauts

The results will be used for training astronauts as well as for real-time life support during launches

👉 https://t.co/dy6ibNs2VP

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Hello data-do-gooders!

The Data for Good - Waterloo Region chapter is hosting an event to explore the Census data(Statistics Canada) tomorrow, December 9th at 7pm.

Please submit the form to complete the mandatory registration,  
https://t.co/R5ajbihI1n

#dataforgoodWR

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Speaker Announced: Paul Laffin with the Statistical Information Service, Central Region at Statistics Canada

Speaker Bio:
Paul Laffin is a Consulting-Analyst with the Statistical Information Service, Central Region at Statistics Canada.

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Announcement 📢📢📢

Hey Twitter fam,
Come join us on Thursday, December 9th,2021 7pm to explore the depth and breadth of census data available at Statistics Canada!!

MANDATORY REGISTRATION FORM: https://t.co/R5ajbihI1n

#dataforgood #dataforgoodwr #ngo #notforprofit

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Here is what we will cover,
- What is a census?
- How can we use census data for non-profit?
- Other survey data that exists
- How to extract data via API in python/ R?

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Meet one of our *winners*, Farhad Kerimov, PhD, from our latest datathon: "The fact that the findings from the datathon might have a meaningful impact on our community strongly motivated me to do my best. "

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Join Data for Good - Waterloo Region our first ‘Social Media Datathon,’ as we investigate the impact of Twitter on local non-profits around the KW region.
Registration information and details can be found here: https://t.co/Hk3xK2FzpJ

#socialgood #datascience #waterlooregion

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

IBM has a Machine Learning for Kids activity pack (for free!), to get kids more familiar with #machinelearning and learn more about the IBM cloud. It's targeted towards 6-19 year olds, but I'm sure it's interesting to the kid in all of us! https://t.co/PcEe1DXKO5 #machinelearning

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Have you ever been curious on the possibilities of Open Data? Check out this virtual event hosted by our friends at Data for Good YYC! https://t.co/C5tYaxMUot #dataforgood #datascience #opendata

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Have you ever come across a correlation coefficient really close to 1 and thought to yourself that this must be that coveted near-perfect find!
Spurious correlations exist!
https://t.co/vx2VLyobBB #correlation #datascience #justforfun

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Are you interested in ramping up your data science portfolio? Coursera has free data science courses available at all levels to ensure you keep learning and keep growing! https://t.co/kvFwD0EThx H/T to Aqsa Z. for curating this well organized list! #foreverlearning #coursera

[Data for Good Waterloo Region @dataforgoodwr]

Marketing & Data Science your thing? There's an upcoming Python package called "easy-ht" which works through a lot of stats tests for you. It's still in development, but pretty exciting to see where the marketing industry might be going! #Python https://t.co/eepbXsxfgU

[Communitech @Communitech]

Interested in hearing what’s happening in Canada’s tech sector? Join us at #CENGNSummit21 to network with industry experts and learn about #cdntech and #innovation. Special prices for students! Details here:
https://t.co/ABKtzES93U @CENGNCanada

[Data for Good YVR @dataforgoodyvr]

One more sleep to go before our datathon with @BrightsideHomes. Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors, including @collibra and @havecafe #DataForGood https://t.co/aqtIY3uPXX

[Data for Good YVR @dataforgoodyvr]

📊 [AUG. 14] 🔊Announcing our next in-person/virtual datathon in partnership with @BrightsideHomes - Regsiter today! https://t.co/syE65G2djf #DataForGood #dataviz