In partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle, INFORMS is helping to launch the first-ever National Data Science Bowl competition. The National Data Science Bowl is a platform through which data scientists can harness their passion, unleash their curiosity and amplify their impact to affect change on a global scale.
Using machine learning and optimization to improve refugee integration
Andrew C. Trapp, a professor at the Foisie Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), received a $320,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a computational tool to help humanitarian aid organizations significantly improve refugees’ chances of successfully resettling and integrating into a new country. Built upon ongoing work with an international team of computer scientists and economists, the tool integrates machine learning and optimization algorithms, along with complex computation of data, to match refugees to communities where they will find appropriate resources, including employment opportunities. Read more →