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Can Strategic Data Collection Improve the Performance of Poverty Prediction Models?
Satej Soman, Emily Aiken, Esther Rolf +1
Machine learning-based estimates of poverty and wealth are increasingly being used to guide the targeting of humanitarian aid and the allocation of social assistance. However, the…
Phone Sharing and Cash Transfers in Togo: Quantitative Evidence from Mobile Phone Data
Emily L. Aiken, Viraj Thakur, Joshua E. Blumenstock
Phone sharing is pervasive in many low- and middle-income countries, affecting how millions of people interact with technology and each other. Yet there is very little quantitative…
Towards the Use of Neural Networks for Influenza Prediction at Multiple Spatial Resolutions
Emily L. Aiken, Andre T. Nguyen, Mauricio Santillana
We introduce the use of a Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) for influenza prediction at the state- and city-level in the US, and experiment with the inclusion of real-time flu-related Int…