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A street-by-street view of digital inequity in the United States
We often say that you can’t fix a problem you don’t understand. Today, Microsoft is releasing a new Digital Equity Data Dashboard to help create better understanding of the economic opportunity gaps in towns, cities and neighborhoods across the United…
In the news | Fortune
The value of a data science degree, as told by Microsoft’s chief data scientist
Juan M. Lavista Ferres learned to code when he was 8 years old, and a few decades later his childhood interest in programming and technology evolved into a fruitful career—including a current stint at Microsoft of more than 13 years
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This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state
One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to. In Tennessee, 11,047 of the people who died could have survived if everyone in…
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Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab
Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today's host Sarah Spencer about how his team is aiding NGOs by leveraging data to address a variety of global humanitarian…
In the news | Microsoft Stories
Humans and AI – Juan Lavista Ferres
Meet Juan - When Juan Lavista Ferres was 8 years old, he was given a computer and quickly realized the impact that technology could have on the world. Now, he works on resources to empower others to solve global challenges…
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Microsoft commits more than $110M in additional support for nonprofits, workers and schools in Washington state
As our community heads into the 10th month of Covid-related shutdowns and restrictions, we must move swiftly to reignite the local economy and ensure the safety of those who are key to the region’s recovery. As part of Microsoft’s continued…
In the news | 425Business
Microsoft Puts Money, Tech Behind Helping Washington Workers, Nonprofits, Schools
Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. yesterday committed to spending an additional $110 million-plus to help Washington state recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding will go toward paying the wages of local vendors affected by the closure of the company’s massive campus and…
In the news | Microsoft Stories
Quiet collective: The unseen experts behind Microsoft’s coronavirus response
Early on a Saturday morning in January, Juan Lavista-Ferres, who leads Microsoft’s AI for Good research lab, penned an urgent email to his team. Although there were fewer than 2,000 cases worldwide of a yet-unnamed disease with little data available,…
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The first 200 days of COVID-19
A Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, once said, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it [1]. Santayana forgot to mention that those that do remember are condemned to watch others repeat it.