United Nations: “We could replace the services offered by banks with blockchain.” 2018-04-17 | The most exciting work we have done so far with my company was to build and set up a blockchain-based payment system for the United Nations’ World Food Programme (as described earlier here: Blockchain-based accounting and payment system ).
Algorithm Ethics - The Next Chapter 2015-12-18 | Who does your computer think I am? In our everyday life every person is digitally represented in a multitude of IT systems based on invisible algorithms, which in a more or less pervasive way controls pieces of our lives; Which way to drive, what movies to watch, but also how to accept or decline offers and applications, or how to priorise medical treatments.
Algorithm Ethics - Talk at Strata Data Conference 2015-06-29 | Talk by Majken Sanders and Joerg Blumtritt given at Strata + Hadoop World Conferences 2015 and 2-16 in London, Singapore, and San Jose.
Smartphone Data: Tell the Story of People's Lives. Strata Data Conference 2015-02-18 | My data science talk at Strata+Hadoop World Conference, San Jose, February 18th 2015
"Telling the story of people's life with data"ESA Satellite Masters Conference 2014-10-23 | Smartphones are much more than just mobile PCs. More then 20 sensors continuously track our behavior and our environment. With this rich data, we can tell the story of people’s lives. And we don’t have to rely solely on questionnaires like we did in the times of classic social research.
Streetfighting Data Science 2013-11-18 | Big Data & Data Science Conference 25./26. November 2013, Hotel Pullman Cologne
Hacking the Memetic Code 2011-11-06 | The timeline, this is what we call the stream of our friends’ posts that we get presented when we use social networks like Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus, has become an important way to stay in touch with our bunch. But it is also a means to share information, news or entertainment by posting links to content, that we think would be interesting for our kind.
