UNHCR provides crucial support to forcibly displaced populations around the world, including access to shelter and basic services. Coordinating these activities requires data about the individuals under UNHCR’s mandate. The number of persons of concern to UNHCR (PoC)...
Project Jetson is a platform aimed to provide UNHCR operations predictions about population movement (arrivals/departures) for specific regions or countries. Jetson – a machine-learning based application – measures multiple variables to see how changes...
A robot? Not exactly. Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two buzzwords, particularly when talking about the realm of data innovation. Artificial Intelligence is the ability that machines have to mimic the cognitive processes of humans. The word...
The Data Revolution is no longer a new topic but a reality trying to catch up with the expectations it has generated. The private sector is investing billions in new start-ups and technology companies that can ingest the vast amounts of data generated by citizens and...
Access to higher education scholarships, training, and professional opportunities for refugees is essential. Yet, just one percent of refugees attend university compared to 34 percent of people globally.[1] Of the more than 4 million Syrian refugees in the world...
‘Hi, can I speak with UNHCR?’ Mobile messaging apps are the fastest-growing digital communications phenomenon to date. Today, more than 2.5 billion people around the world use messaging apps, a figure that is expected to rise to 3.6 billion by 2018 – that’s almost...
