The Canadian DND/CAF launches the Fast Forward challenge, inviting innovators to use public data and machine learning to forecast fatalities in future armed conflicts. Ten teams may receive $25,000 each for model development, with top three teams winning up to $150,000. Applications are due by December 2, 2024.
Recordings from the PRIO AI Days sessions are now available on PRIO’s YouTube channel. Watch VIEWS researcher Simon Polichinel von der Maase discuss what's needed, from a model development perspective, to better align AI applications in early warning with stakeholder needs.
Watch the recording of the PRIO AI Days panel on the use of AI for early warning and early action, moderated by VIEWS' Operations & Outreach Manager, Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan.
Watch the recordings from the PRIO AI Days sessions. This panel, titled "AI in Humanitarian Funding: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency," discusses AI's role in enhancing humanitarian funding efficiency while addressing ethical concerns. Speakers include Dr. Paola Vesco and experts from NORAD and NYU.
On October 17th, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented VIEWS at the weekly UNDP data talk series […]
Title: “Bin-Conditional Conformal Prediction of Fatalities from Armed Conflict” Authors: David Randahl, Jonathan P. Williams, Håvard […]
Title: “This is not normal! (Re-) Evaluating the lower n guidelines for regression analysis” Authors: David […]
Title: “Forecasting Densities of Fatalities from State-based Conflicts using Observed Markov Models” Authors: David Randahl, Johan […]
Title: “When Sensitivity Bias Varies Across Subgroups: The Impact of Non-uniform Polarity in List Experiments” Authors: […]
The research by VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre and former VIEWS researcher Espen Geelmuyden Rød has been recognized in the scientific background document for the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. Their study on democracy determinants is published in Public Choice and is available through Open Access.