Juan M. Lavista Ferres
@BDataScientist
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@Microsoft Chief Data Scientist. AI For Good Research Lab, Kinder/1st CS Teacher at GIS. Faculty at Singularity University, TedX Speaker, Uruguayan #aiforgood
Seattle, WA
Joined September 2012
Available 4/9, our book from @WileyGlobal shares how applying AI helps improve community resiliency, health outcomes, information integrity, and conserve Earth's resources. https://t.co/RbaLBHrQl7 Proceeds benefit @RedCross. #AIforGoodBook
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The Microsoft AI For Good team helps researchers and organizations reach solutions on some of the world’s biggest problems.
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By Juan Lavista Ferres (@BDataScientist), Elliot K. Fishman (@ctisus), Ed Catmull, Bert Vogelstein, and Joshua T. Vogelstein (@neuro_data) at @HopkinsMedicine @Microsoft AI for Good Lab @pixar
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The Curator: a special edition from the #WEF24 Annual Meeting in Davos. Featuring Mário Centeno, the governor of the Bank of Portugal, Juan Lavista, Microsoft’s vice-president, Pritzker Prize winner Francis Kére and more https://t.co/xADPoNHu93
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A special edition from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. With Mário Centeno, the governor of the Bank...
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"AI has transformed industries, but it still has significant limitations, including a lack of true understanding, common sense reasoning, and independent thought." Check out my Q&A with Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft's AI For Good Lab.
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Feeling uneasy about the rise of AI? Microsoft data scientist and Whiting School alum Lavista Ferres finds virtue in the technology and is more bullish about than bullied by its rise.
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🎥 New clip: How can data help people see, fight disease, and protect human rights? Juan Lavista Ferres, Microsoft’s Chief Data Scientist, shows us how.
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We’re pleased to announce the judging panel for the #AIforGood Impact Awards 2025, organized by the @ITU in partnership with @TechToTheRescue! Following a global call that attracted over 320 applications, expert judges are now reviewing submissions across the categories of AI
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Another reason to mark your calendar for the #AIforGood Global Summit 2025! 🗣 @BDataScientist, Corporate Vice President & Chief Data Scientist of the AI for Good Lab at @Microsoft, will join us to share their insights on the topic of AI for Good. Join us for free or go VIP!
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AI is not just helpful in healthcare. It’s the only scalable solution in some cases, says @BDataScientist. During a #GlobalStage conversation, he explains how AI is being used to diagnose a leading cause of childhood blindness in newborns.
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.@WithSecure's @rsiilasmaa participated in a panel discussion at the 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation, co-chaired by Finland, together with Professor Joyeeta Gupta, @BDataScientist, Keywan Riahi and @mleptin. #STIForum10 #Tech4SDGs #GlobalGoals
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How are technological advancements shaping global power dynamics? Join us live from the UN Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum. May 7 at 9 am ET: Tune in for a #GlobalStage panel discussion with @jjding99 & @BDataScientist. @MSFTIssues
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen foresaw Moore's law reducing computing costs, leading to the digital revolution. @BDataScientist's new report shows #AI following a similar path—making it available to every person on the planet. @StanfordHAI
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I'm eternally grateful to Bill and Steve and to Paul for what you've meant to me personally and the vision you had to build this extraordinary company of ours that I've had the privilege to be a part of. Thank You for your leadership, your passion, and for building the
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Check out my latest article: Global Renewables Watch: A New Era of Energy Insights https://t.co/iIyByllZFm via @LinkedIn
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In 2022, we set out to help answer a question we heard time and time again: how much renewable energy does the world have? Joining with The Nature Conservancy and Planet , Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab...
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¿Sabías que la tecnología puede proteger la biodiversidad en los rincones más remotos del planeta? 🔸Hablamos sobre ello con Juan M. Lavista (@BDataScientist), vicepresidente corporativo de @Microsoft y científico jefe del AI For Good Lab En Geek5D⤵️ https://t.co/EU3p9iGG3W
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Esta semana en Geek5D, conversamos con Juan M. Lavista, vicepresidente corporativo de Microsoft y científico jefe del AI For Good Lab. Nos ayuda a descubrir ...
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Check out my latest article: Unlocking the Secrets of Proteins with AI
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Proteins are the tiny machines that power life, from helping us fight infections to breaking down food for energy. But many proteins don’t work alone, they come together in complex structures called...
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Rapid and accurate prediction of protein homo-oligomer symmetry using Seq2Symm @NatureComms 1/ This study presents Seq2Symm, a deep learning model fine-tuned from ESM2 for predicting the symmetry of homo-oligomeric protein assemblies, outperforming template-based and prior deep
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An expanded version of our TorchGeo paper has been accepted to ACM TSAS @TheOfficialACM In addition to even more benchmarks on remote sensing datasets, we provide a thorough survey of open-source libraries for deep learning for geospatial data @calebrob6 @BDataScientist
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The humanitarian sector needs innovation and ideas. Excellent brainstorming meetings with @BDataScientist @Microsoft & @Googleorg VP Maggie Johnson on mapping needs, anticipating future crises and making it easier for individuals to help us save lives. #Davos2025
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Our partnership with @Microsoft has enhanced IOM’s ability to support people on the move worldwide, harnessing AI and tech to deliver innovative solutions. Great to meet with @KateBehncken and @BDataScientist to explore our next steps together! #WEF2025
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Are you in Davos? Join us tomorrow at the Ice Village Dome C at 15.45 and hear from innovators and disrupters how we can tap into #data and #AI to revolutionise urban #health - with @worldheartfed @NovartisFDN with speakers from Microsoft @BDataScientist @SwissRe_PS
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