The Brooksy

Data Scientist @ Flowminder Foundation
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[The Brooksy @the_brooksy]

#ghana #telecoms #data4good 🇬🇭🚲

[Flowminder @flowminder]

We're looking for a Board member with a special focus on mobile operator relationships and strategy - Why not bring your expertise to help us make a difference? Apply now or share with your network #Partnerships4TheGoals

https://t.co/aa5GN4qFf5

[OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data @humdata]

Join us in Geneva or online for a #HNPW panel on the challenges around #data quality for emergency response.

With @ACAPSproject, @assocCartONG, @flowminder, @GIScienceHD, @IMPACT_init, @mapaction + @StartNetwork.

🗓️ Thurs, 9 May, 11am CET
➡️ Register: https://t.co/5iSuae3cYM

[The Brooksy @the_brooksy]

@Google please consider reinstating the voice control features you recently removed from Google Assistant, such as step-by-step cooking recipe playback. Removing these features has negatively impacted visually impaired (blind) users such as my mum. See https://t.co/1RfglDSWkX

[Flowminder @flowminder]

While in Accra🇬🇭, we are, with @StatsGhana, continuing discussions with @_GHSofficial on the value and use of dynamic population estimates for #health, from the production of dynamic health metrics to supporting immunisation interventions. More to come! #data4dev

[The Brooksy @the_brooksy]

@predict_addict Used in automotive and aerospace component optimisation. For my postdoc I implemented GPs within the "Bayesian" Optimisation framework for Rolls-Royce and Airbus....however this is getting on for 20 years ago! 🙈

[Flowminder @flowminder]

Please join us tomorrow (Thursday 11 April), 11:00 EST, for an in-depth discussion of the current and evolving violence in #Haiti🇭🇹 as it continues to impact health and humanitarian needs.

Please register for the webinar here: https://t.co/TElXGXFJNp

[The Brooksy @the_brooksy]

@MapMakinMeyers GIS, then gym Somali style

[Flowminder @flowminder]

#JobAlerts 🤩 New opportunities to join our team:

1. Data Scientist
2. Finance Assistant
3. Data Trainer (Kinshasa-based)

Find out more about all of the roles, and how to apply on our website
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https://t.co/lMSlGh1RTH

[Flowminder @flowminder]

#JobAlert We're looking for a Kinshasa-based #DataTrainer to support the delivery of our work under the Equity Accelerator Fund programme, which aims to reduce the number of zero-dose children in the #DRC🇨🇩 by 35% by 2025, with a focus on 11 provinces.
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https://t.co/X983RXK7Eh

[Flowminder @flowminder]

Last week of our phone survey data collection in #Haiti🇭🇹! We aim to validate our methods for estimating mobility from CDRs (particularly concepts such as home location, mobility & migration) + to learn about the socio-demographic structure of Haiti's mobile phone users #data4dev

[Flowminder @flowminder]

#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: A map with polygons. Buildings in Kinshasa, #DRC🇨🇩.

Tools used: Datashader, geopandas, Python, Illustrator
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[GRID3 @grid3global]

Job alert! Applications are open for 1) A #Kinshasa-based #Fieldwork Supervisor who can facilitate #data collection and 2) Experienced #GIS technicians, trainers, project managers, and #public #health professionals in #Nigeria or #DRC. Learn more here: https://t.co/Sw1R45Mytr

[Flowminder @flowminder]

Our Senior Data Analyst @the_brooksy is presenting at @Netmob23 our study on assessing the utility of mobile network operator data in #geospatial models of #poverty for Ghana (@StatsGhana @VodafoneGhana). Come & find us to discuss it further #data4good

[Flowminder @flowminder]

Today, we’re releasing #Haiti's most comprehensive view of population distribution & mobility across the country, with accurate, #privacysafe & representative dynamic population estimates. Read more: https://t.co/CQ1NfrbdG6 @DigicelHT @Hewlett_Found @SwissPeaceHR @AFD_France 1/2

[Digital Earth Africa @DEarthAfrica]

Did you know that #DEAfrica has an array of FREE self-paced online courses, in English and French? You register at any time and receive a certificate of completion at the end.

Please visit https://t.co/SW2wA0Ml9n for more information and to select your next course.

[NetMob @NetMob24]

We are excited to announce the NetMob 2023 Data Challenge! Get access to a dataset of mobile traffic generated by individual applications at 100x100 m2 spatial resolution -and show us how you can leverage it to discover new knowledge and foster innovation! https://t.co/0ZWJpB0Dup

[FBC @Febecy]

Tour du Bénin 2023: Moov annonce déjà l'événement à travers une caravane dans la ville de PARAKOU avec les pom-pom girls.
@MoovAfricaBenin @cyc

[Flowminder @flowminder]

Join us at the #UN54SC side event on the use of mobile phone data for #statistics & indicators. We will cover how to estimate internal migration from CDRs in low- and middle-income countries (the case of DRC & Haiti).
📝Register at https://t.co/p0yDBeUp0H
🗓️ 16 Feb, 09:00 EST

[Roland Hosner @RolandHosner]

We will be presenting our latest methods on estimating internal #migration from #cdr and #survey data this Thursday 3pm (GMT+1) at a side event for the UN Statistical Commssion meeting #UN54SC. Register and join us!