The purpose of writing this article is to summarize the predictive modeling process from exploring the data to deploying the prediction; to document the thought process behind various decisions made during the process, be it selecting the features that could help with better prediction accuracy or engineering certain features to…

NbS can help societies and ecosystems adapt to drastic changes in the climate and mitigate the adverse impacts of such changes. — By Bala Priya, Simone, Nishrin, Anju, Priya, and Rosana de Oliveira Gomes, on behalf of the Omdena team. Why Nature-based solutions (NbS) harness nature to tackle environmental challenges that affect human society, such as climate change, water insecurity, pollution, and declining food production. NbS can also help societies and ecosystems adapt…

Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there, be uncomfortable, to learn new things My Udacity scholarship journey kicked off in May 2019. It started off with me hesitantly submitting an application for Secure and Private AI Scholarship and forgetting about it. The acceptance from the scholarship committee kindled…

Steps towards building an ethical credit scoring system for low-income individuals. — The Background With traditional credit scoring system, it is essential to have a bank account and have regular transactions, but there are a few groups of people especially in developing nations that still do not have a bank account for a variety of reasons; they do not see the need for it…

Using the power of AI and Open Street Map Data to predict safe routes in the aftermath of an earthquake. — There has been a lot of research to predict earthquakes and how to increase safety during an earthquake. A question that has remained relatively unexplored is what happens after an earthquake? The aftermath of an earthquake comes with a lot of challenges: Trying to get to a safe spot Organizing…