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311 – The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Data in South Sudan
311 – The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Data in South Sudan
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Stories from a social enterprise that uses mathematical sciences in impact-oriented work around the world. Our experiences range from helping some of the world's poorest farmers get value from data, to enabling academics to use AI responsibly in their teaching. We never know what our next task will be but the last 6 years have shown that it is likely to lead to a story.
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- 311 – The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Data in South Sudan · 12 min.James and David discuss the challenges and opportunities of working with climate data in South Sudan, ahead of meetings with the country's meteorological service. They explore…
- 310 – Version Control and Distributed Ownership · 21 min.Following their discussion on data interoperability and distributed ownership, George and David explore Anthropic's new version control system and how it relates to IDEMS' own…
- 309 – Data Interoperability and Distributed Ownership · 20 min.George and David explore the challenges of achieving data interoperability while maintaining distributed ownership, a problem that runs through many areas of IDEMS' work. Using…
- 308 – Introducing the IDEMS Games · 20 min.Santiago and David introduce the IDEMS Games, a new initiative to make engaging logic puzzles freely available to everyone. Building on Simon Tatham's open-source puzzle…
- 307 – Rethinking Excel to Shiny in the Age of AI · 29 min.Lily and David revisit IDEMS' Excel to Shiny tool, which enables people to create interactive data dashboards using spreadsheets rather than writing code. With recent advances in…
- 306 – IDEMS and Palantir – Similar Problems, Different Visions · 28 min.Michele and David explore how comparing IDEMS with Palantir can help explain IDEMS' technological vision. They discuss how both organisations seek to solve complex problems of…
- 305 – Why IDEMS Is a Community Interest Company · 25 min.Santiago and David discuss why IDEMS was established as a Community Interest Company (CIC), rather than a charity or a conventional for-profit business. They explain how the…
- 304 – The Early Family Math App and Its Potential for Impact · 21 min.Santiago and David discuss the Early Family Math app, a collaboration with Chris Wright that aims to help parents and caregivers introduce mathematical thinking into everyday…
- 303 – The Challenges of Measuring Profitability in Smallholder Farming · 26 min.Continuing their reflections on 20 years of research methods support, Lily and David explore the challenges of measuring profitability in smallholder farming. Through an example…
- 302 – The Journey to Our First Patent · 23 min.George and David reflect on the journey behind IDEMS’ first patent, from recognising the potential of their ideas to navigating the challenges of turning them into a patent…
- 301 – Understanding Complex Systems Through Observational Studies · 22 min.Continuing their reflections on 20 years of research methods support, Lily and David explore the value of observational studies in understanding complex systems. Through examples…
- 300 – Our First Patent and the Future of Adaptable Technology · 35 min.For the 300th episode of the IDEMS Podcast, David and Kate discuss IDEMS’ first patent and the ideas behind it. They explore how rethinking some of the foundations of how…
- 299 – Fund IDEMS, Help Build an Alternative Digital Future · 37 min.David and Kate make the case for funding IDEMS as it takes its technology and innovation to the next stage. They explain why building a different digital future requires…
- 298 – AI for Experts and AI That Builds Expertise · 36 min.Michele and David explore two different approaches to building AI systems: tools that enable experts to work faster and more effectively, and tools designed to help more people…
- 297 – Seeing Africa at Its True Size · 15 min.Lily and David reflect on a new world map that reveals just how much larger Africa is than conventional maps make it appear. They explore why familiar maps distort the size of…
- 296 – Navier–Stokes and What AI Means for Mathematics · 28 min.Prompted by the recent potential AI-generated proof related to the Navier–Stokes problem, George and David reflect on what this could mean for mathematics and mathematicians…
- 295 – Putting Climate Data Rescue into Practice · 27 min.Following their reflections on climate data rescue, James and David explore how the challenges of making rescued data genuinely usable are playing out in Zambia and Zimbabwe…
- 294 – Reflections on Climate Data Rescue · 21 min.James and David reflect on their experiences supporting climate data rescue across several countries. They discuss why preserving historical climate records is increasingly…
- 293 – The Problem of Zeros in Data · 14 min.Continuing their reflections on 20 years of research methods support, Lily and Roger explore the often-overlooked problem of zeros in real data. Through examples from…
- 292 – Integrating STACK Assessment into Open Statistics Textbooks · 23 min.Santiago and David discuss recent progress towards integrating STACK assessment into IDEMS’ open statistics textbooks. They explore how AI is helping match existing questions to…
- 291 – Understanding Multilevel Data Through Context · 21 min.Continuing their reflections on 20 years of research methods support, David and Lily explore multilevel data through examples from agricultural research in West Africa. They…
- 290 – Understanding Statistical Interactions Through Context · 16 min.Continuing their reflections on 20 years of research methods support, David and Lily explore statistical interactions through a striking example from agricultural research in…
- 289 – The Story Behind Explore, Describe, Present · 20 min.David and Lily reflect on how the Explore, Describe, Present framing emerged through years of research methods support with the West African Community of Practice. They discuss…
- 288 – Putting Our Open Textbook Vision to the Test – Lessons from the STACK Conference · 25 min.Following the first STACK Conference to be held in Africa, David and Kate reflect on what the event revealed about IDEMS’ vision for open textbooks. They discuss growing interest…
- 287 – Putting Our Open Textbook Vision to the Test – Lessons from ICOTS · 26 min.Following the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), David and Kate reflect on how IDEMS’ vision for open textbooks was received by the statistics education…
- 286 – Rethinking Mathematics Education in Kenya – An Interview with Mike Obiero · 31 min.David and Mike reflect on a period of change and opportunity for mathematics education in Kenya. They discuss the upcoming launch of a new MSc in Mathematical Innovation, lessons…
- 285 – ICOTS 3 – Building Communities Around Open Textbooks · 27 min.In the final episode of this three-part series reflecting on the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), David and Lily discuss the reception of IDEMS’ open…
- 284 – ICOTS 2 – Statistics Education in the Age of AI · 24 min.In the second of three episodes reflecting on the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), David and Lily discuss the growing influence of AI on statistics…
- 283 – ICOTS 1 – The Statistics Education Community · 24 min.In the first of three episodes reflecting on the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), David and Lily discuss the statistics education community itself. They…
- 282 – The Farm Hack Box and New Possibilities · 24 min.David and Kate discuss the Farm Hack Box and the new possibilities it suggests for community-owned digital infrastructure. While conceived for farming communities, they explore…
- 281 – Rethinking Digital Sovereignty for Communities · 19 min.David and Kate examine the idea of digital sovereignty through the lens of communities rather than nation states. Reflecting on recent discussions around AI governance and…
- 280 – Open App Builder, PLH and AI agents · 22 min.David and Michele discuss how recent advances in AI are opening new possibilities for the Open App Builder and the authoring of digital tools for social impact. Drawing on IDEMS’…
- 279 – AI agents and STACK Authoring · 25 min.David and Michele discuss how advances in AI are opening new possibilities for STACK question authoring. Using this practical example, they reflect on the design of multi-agent…
- 278 – Reflections from the Global Smart Farming Conference · 19 min.Following David’s participation in the Global Smart Farming Conference hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), he and Santiago reflect on…
- 277 – Reflections from the AI and Food Security Forum · 25 min.Following David’s participation in a World Food Programme forum on artificial intelligence, digitisation, data governance, and food security, he and Santiago reflect on some of…
- 276 – The Agency Fund’s Social Sector Tech Stack: The Front End · 18 min.Continuing their discussion of The Agency Fund’s proposed technology stack for the social sector, David and Santiago explore the three frontend approaches outlined in the…
- 275 – The Agency Fund’s Social Sector Tech Stack: The Back End · 27 min."David and Santiago discuss The Agency Fund’s recent article on a technology stack for the social sector, exploring the backend systems that make modern AI-enabled tools…
- 274 – The Power of the AI Narrative · 20 min.In the final episode of the series, David and Kate explore the power of narratives in shaping the future of AI. Inspired by Karen Hao’s *Empire of AI*, they discuss how…
- 273 – The Future of Work Beyond AI Empires · 33 min.Continuing their exploration of alternatives to today’s dominant AI paradigm, David and Kate reflect on what the future of work could look like beyond AI empires. They discuss…
- 272 – The Foundations of Community-Centred AI · 27 min.Building on their exploration of alternatives to today’s dominant AI paradigm, David and Kate discuss what a community-centred approach to AI might look like. They explore the…
- 271 – Why AI Matters Now · 26 min.Continuing their examination of the assumptions underlying today’s dominant AI narrative, David and Kate reflect on why AI has become such an important topic within IDEMS. They…
- 270 – Human Capital and the Future of AI · 25 min.Continuing their examination of the assumptions underlying today’s dominant AI narrative, David and Kate explore the role of human expertise in building effective AI systems…
- 269 – Why Better Data Matters · 29 min.Continuing their examination of the assumptions underlying today’s dominant AI narrative, David and Kate explore what makes data useful, trustworthy, and meaningful. They discuss…
- 268 – What Lies Behind AI as a Product? · 23 min.Continuing their examination of the assumptions underlying today’s dominant AI narrative, David and Kate explore the distinction between AI as a product and AI as a…
- 267 – The Forces Shaping AI · 22 min.Continuing their discussion on the future of AI, David and Kate explore the economic and institutional forces shaping today’s dominant AI models. They discuss the roles of…
- 266 – Building Better AI with Less · 28 min.Continuing their discussion on the future of AI, David and Kate explore how advances in large language models could enable a new generation of smaller, more specialised AI…
- 265 – Connectionist Versus Symbolist AI · 28 min.David and Kate explore the historical divide between Symbolist and Connectionist approaches to AI, reflecting on how today’s dominant AI narratives emerged and what may have been…
- 264 – Earthkeepers versus AI Empires (Part 2) · 27 min.In the second part of their discussion, David and Kate reflect more deeply on the Earthkeepers versus AI Empires convening in Zambia, exploring the diverse perspectives and…
- 263 – Earthkeepers versus AI Empires (Part 1) · 23 min.In the first of a two-part discussion, David and Kate reflect on a recent convening in Zambia that brought together activists, technologists, researchers, and civil society…
- 262 – Rainfall Data and Quality Control · 19 min.Lily and David discuss the challenges of working with rainfall and climate data, exploring ideas of data quality, data rescue, and data accreditation. They reflect on different…
