Mallory Freeman: Your company's data could help end world hunger
מלורי סולדנר: הנתונים של החברה שלכם יכולים לסייע בפתרון בעיית הרעב בעולם
UPS's advanced analytics manager Mallory Freeman researches how to do the most good with data. Full bio
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in Rome, Italy.
developed back at my university,
שפותח באוניברסיטה שלי
the World Food Programme fix hunger.
לפתור את בעיית הרעב.
and when it needs to be there,
the shortest, fastest, cheapest,
delays and disruptions,
we're going to save lives.
my French boss, he told me,
המנהל הצרפתי שלי אמר לי
for your algorithms is not there.
שלך אינם שם.
over the past six years,
במשך שש השנים האחרונות,
into the humanitarian world.
לתוך העולם ההומניטרי.
and play the role that I know they can.
התפקיד שלדעתי הם מסוגלים למלא.
breakfast, lunch and dinner
ארוחת בוקר, צהריים וערב
a certain budget to do it,
What's the best way to handle it?
מה הדרך הטובה ביותר להתמודד עם זה?
and you have to pick five of them.
ואתם צריכים לבחור חמישה מהם.
different combinations.
transportation routes as well.
מסלולי השינוע השונים.
over 900 million options.
for a single second,
over 28 years to get through.
that allowed decisionmakers
to feed an additional 80,000 people.
and modeling complex systems.
ובניית מודלים של מערכות מורכבות.
they were unique.
in big problems like world hunger,
בבעיות גדולות כמו רעב עולמי,
from humanitarian organizations
מאירגונים הומניטריים
just the right types of engagements
leveraged in the way that it should be.
שהיא צריכה להיות.
in fixing the big problems in our world.
הגדולות בעולמנו.
for two years now.
and I've seen what companies aren't doing,
וראיתי מה הן לא עושות,
that we can fill that gap:
שבאמצעותן אפשר לסגור את הפער:
by donating decision scientists
מדענים המתמחים בקבלת החלטות
to gather new sources of data.
מקורות נתונים חדשים.
social responsibility.
they collect mountains of data,
is start donating that data.
זה לתרום את הנתונים האלו.
a major telecom company.
in Senegal and the Ivory Coast
בסנגל ובחוף השנהב
in the pings to the cell phone towers,
לעמודי הטלפונים הניידים,
and you can make predictions with it.
ואתם יכולים לבנות עם זה תחזיות.
an innovative satellite company.
food production.
aid funding before a crisis can happen.
לפני שהמשבר פורץ.
just locked away in company data.
for example by anonymizing the data.
למשל על ידי הפיכת הנתונים לאנונימיים.
donated their data
to humanitarian organizations,
לאירגוני סיוע הומניטריים,
to harness that full impact of data
you need decision scientists.
צריך מדענים שמתמחים בקבלת החלטות.
into a useful algorithm
to address the business need at hand.
בצורך העיסקי שעל הפרק.
there are very few decision scientists.
יש מעט מאד מדעני החלטות.
that companies need to do.
their decision scientists.
our decision scientists from us.
"אל תיקחו את המדענים האלה מאיתנו.
a block of a decision scientist's time,
to spread out that block of time
say for example five years.
to a couple of hours per month,
long-term partnerships.
שותפות ארוכת-טווח.
allow you to build relationships,
to really understand it
the needs and challenges
organization is facing.
this took us five years to do,
לקח לנו חמש שנים לעשות את זה,
that was just what we couldn't solve for.
רק עבור מה שלא הצלחנו לפתור.
of refining and implementing the tool,
and other countries.
an unrealistic timeline
to make operational changes.
כדי לעשות שינויים תפעוליים.
that can be produced are undeniable.
to feed tens of thousands more people.
להאכיל עשרות אלפי אנשים נוספים.
we have donating decision scientists,
תרומת מדעני החלטות
that companies can help:
שבה חברות יכולות לסייע:
to capture new sources of data.
מקורות נתונים חדשים.
we just don't have data on.
שאין לנו נתונים לגביהם.
are flooding into Greece,
they have their hands full.
is paper and pencil,
היא נייר ועיפרון
walk into the camp,
blind to this moment.
in the next few weeks,
on donated package tracking technology
טכנולוגיית ניטור חבילות שנתרמה
that I work for.
there will be a data trail,
walk into the camp.
if she's going to have supplies
to gather important data,
לאיסוף נתונים חשובים
operational efficiency improvements.
your favorite beverage company
were on the shelves.
and not just idealistic,
"OK, this is all great, Mallory,
"אוקי, כל זה טוב ויפה, מלורי,
is a 24-billion-dollar sector,
maybe your next customers,
שהם אולי הלקוחות הבאים שלכם,
in data philanthropy,
locked away in their data.
for NGOs and governments,
לחברות לא ממשלתיות וממשלות,
in credit card swipes
about how households in India
איך בתי אב בהודו
this provides information
bring people out of poverty.
insights about your customers
על הלקוחות שלהם
exciting about data philanthropy --
בתרומת נתונים –
scientists and donating technology --
for young professionals like me
אנשי מקצוע צעירים כמוני
the next generation of the workforce
make a bigger impact.
and retain their decision scientists.
מדעני קבלת ההחלטות שלהם.
that's in high demand.
makes good business sense,
revolutionize the humanitarian world.
בעולם הסיוע ההומניטרי.
the planning and logistics
of a humanitarian operation,
hundreds of thousands more people,
למאות אלפי אנשים נוספים,
and play the role that I know they can
את התפקיד שאני יודעת שהן יכולות
"food for thought."
at the right time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mallory Freeman - Data activistUPS's advanced analytics manager Mallory Freeman researches how to do the most good with data.
Why you should listen
Dr. Mallory Freeman is the Lead Data Scientist in the UPS Advanced Technology Group, working on research and development projects for UPS’s smart logistics network. She serves on the advisory board of Neighborhood Nexus, supporting data-driven insights for the greater Atlanta region.
Freeman earned her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. Her thesis explored how to measure and improve humanitarian operations in practical ways -- with a special focus on the use of algorithms. While she was in graduate school, she helped lead supply chain optimization projects for the UN World Food Programme.
Freeman earned her Master's in operations research from MIT and her Bachelor's in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, travelling and volunteering her data skills.
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