The Big Benefits of Small Data

Talk

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“The term “big data” is about machines and “small data” is about people.” -Allen Bonde. In this Small Data project, a team from the US Green Party’s presidential campaign hand curates data in order to connect voters with politicians. Much like the “Slow Food Movement”, this talk lays out the principals of the “Small Data Movement”.

Speaker

Christopher Lozinski

Christopher Lozinski is an MIT graduate, serial entrepreneur, dual US-EU citizen, and polyglot. He has been a Python developer since 1999. Instead of seeking Venture Capital, he moved from Silicon Valley to Poland. There he built the Forest Wiki, and more recently has been volunteering with the Green Party’s presidential campaign for Howie Hawkins, where he built a data model of the organization