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Are Governments Providing Enough Nutrition for Those Who Need It?

Premise performs ongoing sentiment analysis utilizing our strong user base and their contributions to our Global Index. The Premise Global Index strategically comprises over 35 general topics: from strength and effectiveness of civic organizations, community cohesion and quality of life, economic health, to the availability/effectiveness of basic services (health care, water & sanitation, transportation, housing,

More Americans Embrace Mask Use, Distancing as U.S. Cases Continue Rising

While many countries have successfully “flattened the curve” in the fight against COVID-19, allowing them to slowly reopen businesses and resume limited tourism, the situation in America is far worse. The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. has continued to skyrocket, setting single-day records multiple times in the past few weeks, including back-to-back days

Interview with Tim Schwuchow, Data Science Lead at Premise Data

How did you first get into data science? I’m a reformed academic. I spent too much in grad school and did coding projects on my own and loved doing my own statistical analysis. I fell in love with it and then got involved with Premise. Read Tim’s full interview with AI Time Journal here.

How Difficult is it for Americans to Find Desired Items in Stores?

COVID-19 has sent global and domestic supply chains scrambling. As states across the United States began implementing shelter-in-place ordinances in March and April, many Americans also began having difficulties finding essential goods. It is likely that 2020 will go down as a year where toilet paper and hand sanitizer were some of the hottest commodities.

Premise COVID-19 Snapshot: U.S. Economic Impact – A Story of Two Approaches, Part 2

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued its relentless, lethal spread across the globe, with over 2 million people infected and over 130,000 deaths to date. Some countries that were hit hardest and earliest like China, Spain and Italy, have managed to bend the curve of infections and deaths, while other countries are just starting to see

Premise Snapshot: Africa and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has marched its way across the globe, with confirmed cases on every continent and in every country. There are over one million confirmed cases and 50,000 attributed deaths. To date, Africa has not been hit as hard as other continents though it has the potential to become the new epicenter of the

Is Rural America Prepared for COVID-19?

There are now over one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and more than 300,000 cases in the United States. In the initial phases of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., the majority of the cases were concentrated in urban centers. However, more cases are starting to appear in rural areas; for example, Albany, Georgia,

Premise COVID-19 Snapshot: U.S. Social Distancing

As COVID-19 has spread across the U.S. in recent weeks, health officials are strongly encouraging people to use “social distancing” to help “flatten the curve.” These concepts stem from a major recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which is that one of the best ways to reduce

A Deeper Look at Premise’s Place Harmonizer Algorithm

Premise Data has a global network of Contributors who are paid to provide ground-level insights through Premise’s mobile app. As of January 2020, over 1.4 million on-the-ground local citizen Contributors are paid to answer surveys and map places across the globe. On average, Contributors are submitting hundreds of thousands of responses to “tasks” per day.

Love Data and Want More? Read These 5 Books:

Data is everywhere. It’s in the can of Coca-Cola you bought this morning from the grocery store on the corner. It’s in the map you use when finding a place to eat. It’s even in the photo of the breakfast you sent to your friend this morning. Data and the decisions that we derive from

Premise Data Selected by the City of Waco, Texas to Gather Real-Time Resident Sentiment for Data-Driven City Management

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Premise, the global leader in providing real-time, real-world data, announced an agreement with the City of Waco, Texas to deploy its unique ‘ground truth’ data collection capabilities in the rapidly growing central Texas city. Read more

Fighting Zika with Digital Vector Surveillance in Cali, Colombia

Going Digital, Integrating Data Science, and Enlisting a Citizen Network By Matej Novak, Head of Programs, Premise Data It’s been one year since Premise partnered with Cali, Colombia on a digital overhaul of the city’s vector surveillance and control operations. In this blog we will discuss our accomplishments, the results of a data science experiment,

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