Dr. Blumenstock and co-authors have published a new article, “Mapping poverty using mobile phone and satellite data.” Abstract Poverty is one of the most important... Read More →

The Office of Naval Research has provided support to Dr. Blumenstock, and collaborators Jacob Shapiro (Princeton) and Sham Kakade (UW) for their research on “Spectral... Read More →

World Bank supports research in Afghanistan April 19, 2016 Dr. Blumenstock was awarded a research grant from the World Bank to study “Conflict and Private... Read More →

Gates Foundation funds research in the Philippines August 1, 2016 Dr. Blumenstock and PhD student Niall Keleher have received a grant from the Gates Foundation... Read More →

  National Science Foundation grant for “Algorithms in the Field” September 20,  2016 Dr. Blumenstock and Sham Kakade (UW) have received support from the National... Read More →

  Blumenstock to give keynote at SocInfo November 14, 2016 Dr. Blumenstock will give a keynote address at the 8th International Conference on Social Informatics... Read More →

Dr. Blumenstock’s article, “Fighting Poverty with Data,” was published in this week’s issue of Science magazine. Abstract Policy-makers in the world’s poorest countries are often... Read More →

Dr. Blumenstock and PhD student Raza Khan’s paper, “Predictors without Borders: Behavioral Modeling of Product Adoption in Three Developing Countries,” was published in the 22nd... Read More →