TEDxMontreal – Jake Porway – Big data in the service of humanity by TEDxTalks
by Greg on Oct.16, 2012, under Science Life
Founder of Datakind and former Data Scientist at the New York Times R&D lab, Jake Porway explores how data can be used in the service of humanity.
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