dj patil
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Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist. I build things.
Joined May 2008
I've got some news for what I'm going to be working on next. Here's a short 🧵 & full details in the LI post before.
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I became the first Chief Data Scientist of the U.S.
Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.
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@yashar I went to @deanza_college because I sucked at math. Then got my doctorate in math and became the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist. Thank you community college and thank you to the amazing faculty that make it real.
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Speaking as an immigrant & son of immigrants my.Father helped create Silicon Valley .Brother is a neurosurgeon .Sister is a doctor 4 veterans.Brother is a entrepreneur.Cousin is a neurosurgeon.Cousin is a professor.Cousin is a radiologist.& much more. Most of all, we’re 💯🇺🇸
My mom is an immigrant.My dad is an immigrant.I am an immigrant.My mother's 6 brothers came to America too.It is a deeply interdependent family.All successful.All tax-paying (one is an accountant!).All proud & contributing Americans.Call it #ChainMigration .Or call it America.
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It doesn’t have to be like this. It’s a choice we’re making. We must take aggressive action now.
Texas Doctor: I got 10 calls yesterday for young people who will die if they don’t get ICU support, but I only have three beds left.
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-Total cost $400M.-Found evidence of H20.-Inspired millions to race for the starts. Lesson is science delivers in ways that we can't imagine, but we all benefit from.
The Mars Opportunity rover was the hardest working robot in the solar system. It was supposed to last three months and travel just 1,100 yards, but it went for 15 years, 28 miles and 5,000 charge cycles 1/ #ThankYouOppy
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I failed my first PhD qualifier in math. 2nd lowest score. The lowest, was the guy who didn’t show up. Next year was the high score. Hard things are hard. Stick with it and it’s rewarding beyond belief.
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Calling COVID-19 a Chinese Virus is racist. We need to call it what it is.
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ALL data on COVID should be OPEN & MACHINE READABLE BY DEFAULT!!! It’s the people’s data. There’s no reason to keep in a binder. PS all data should be open and machine readable by default.
Today @PressSec held up a binder and said: "Dr Birx for weeks has been sending out this data to governors — 400 pages of data to our governors — so that they have the best information to make the best decisions for their people in their respective states."
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Data Scientists. It's time. With great power comes great responsibility. Let's roll.
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If you haven't vaccinated your kid you're putting them at GRAVE risk.If you know a family whose child is not vaccinated, you owe it to that child to speak up.
The CDC says 78 new cases of measles were reported in the US last week. That's at least 465 this year for a disease that the US considered eliminated in 2000.
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Rejected from all. Went to community college. Community college changed my life.
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Things that I'm not seeing in the news 😠.-Puerto Rico, Houston, FL, Virgins Islands.-Addressing gun violence & Vegas.-Flint H2O.-CHIP & kids.
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Remember that it’s the whole family that serves. They all are making the sacrifice for us.
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Can we take a step back from other news & appreciate that we have a video from the surface of a comet!!!! Just think about what other amazing things can happen if we focused on science
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Well, this sucks. Imagine if the President used Federal resources to help on this rather than getting stoking civil unrest
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Just a reminder that I’m an immigrant. My father came here w/ $8. He went on to help create Silicon Valley & more. He’s given everything he can to make this country amazing. I’m try to do the same. Banning the best & brightest undermines who we are & our greatest assets🧠💪🇺🇸
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Data science doesn't care about what you majored in or if you even got a degree. It's what you do with data that matters.
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Everyone is posting their 2009 & 2019 photos. Now we have a data set of their images and how they have changed.
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If anyone knows Rebekah Jones please tell her thank you and I'd like to talk to her.
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In my final job as part of @Transition46, I just finished calls thanking and welcoming the new technologists to the Biden-Harris Administration. It’s an amazing crew. Grateful for them & their families for their service. We’re in good hands. 🇺🇸.
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Just a reminder as our days get longer. Take care of yourself & others.- wear a mask.- keep social distancing .- minimize prolonged exposure.- outdoors >> indoors.- wash your hands!. You don't have to be stuck at home, just take an extra moment to think about how to be safe.
The US has performed its first double lung transplant for lung damage caused by #COVID19. The recipient is a 20 yr old woman. She remains on a ventilator at this time. The damage inflicted by #SARSCoV2 is stunning. Via @nytimes .
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Yep, that’s my dad on the cover and on the far left. He really did arrive to the US w/ $8 in his pocket.
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It's so easy to blame "tech" instead of.- poor design.- no user experience.- lack of technologists who actually know tech.- process failures.- procurement & contracting.- thinking tech is easy.
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Just a reminder. GET YOUR FLU SHOT -- it's not too late!!!. The flu season so far.- 8,200 people have died.- 40,000 hospitalized. And while we're here, please 🧼 your 🤲.
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Questioning the loyalty of a CITIZEN based on where a person was born is the most un-American thing I can think of. It's despicable. I was born outside the 🇺🇸.I'm a citizen.I've served 🇺🇸 2x.I've taken an oath to protect the constitution 3x .I serve because this is MY country.
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Because @chrisalbon is too humble to promote his book, I'm going to step in and say you should really go out and get it. Built on top of his awesome flash cards (. It's a great way to get going on machine learning
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150,000 dead in the US due to COVID. It’s an under count. Doesn’t account for # of families that are broken. Too many lost healthcare workers. MORE than data points they’re friends & family. This didn’t need 2 happen. More death doesn’t have 2 happen. It’s going take all of us 😷.
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Sigh. I got reminded by my wife that the reason I resigned from the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) was the refusal to treat healthcare as national critical infrastructure.
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2019- the year we realize there are two internets. One for humans, the other for bots. The human one is fragile/brittle. The bot one is more traffic than people realize doing things people don’t realize. The bot version is wrecking the human one online & in real life.
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So many thoughts. The biggest: if you were the data scientist who built this algorithm, why? Seriously, how did you let this come to be?.
Yeesh. airlines in UK used an algorithm to NOT assign families near each other when randomly picking seats, nudging families to pay for pre-assigned seats. Algorithms might hide the decision, but it's someone special to cook something like up.
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If we're going to liberate something, it should be the data so we can see the real impact of COVID on every community.
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The 411 on masks.- no valves.- bandannas and face gators don't cut it.- good seal & keep it clean.- double mask!. pass it on!.
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Expect 2018 to be worse. There's a war going on using bot & AI and we're not addressing it
Wow. 40% of comments on the Labor Dept's website that are critical of an Obama-era rule to prevent conflicts of interest in investment advice are fake
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This hurricane is incredibly dangerous and I hope that the White House is fully staffed up for it. That's from the Situation Room through all the need agencies. Given the past I'm not sure they are, so here's some advice from the tech angle.
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I’ve been full-time working for COVID for 14 weeks with states and cities across the U.S. & here are my lessons-learned for us to get ready for the next wave of COVID. Here's a quick thread -- 1/.
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Can confirm, this not how we presented data to POTUS44 . I’m hoping the printer was out of the right toner 🤷♂️.
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This might be the MOST IRRESPONSIBLE use of data I have ever seen. It’s not “analysis” or “data science”, it purely abuse of power.
Sheriffs in Florida use data to guess who will commit crime. Then deputies ‘hunt down’ and harass them.
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Some personal news after a year of working on COVID issues & what I’ll be doing next:. 1/ I’m stepping back from operational duties @DevotedHealth as CTO & joined the board. The mission is 💪💯 the Tech team is 🔥💯 & our new co-CTOs are outstanding. PS, we’re hiring!.
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Imagine how much better the conversation would be if we have technologists and scientists in congress.
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Words matter. Actions matter. Remember when the President tweeted to "liberate Michigan"? Here's the impact.
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The change that is coming to software development is insane. All those big coding backoffice shops are in trouble
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Bye 2017. For 2018 let’s go 4:.-Clean H2O in Flint.-Power/H2O in Puerto Rico.-CHIP $$$ (it not that much).-Don’t let my kid’s data get stolen.-No mass shootings.-Focus on opioids.-No nazis.-Climate change is real.-Compassion for those that are in search of a better way of life.
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Proud to have served 2x in gov.Honored to take the oath to the constitution.Grateful to everything this country stands for and has given me.Thankful, that I've been given the opportunity to create more than I've taken. Yes, I'm an immigrant and this is my home🇺🇸.
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It may seem like USDA data is boring, but people use it to find & shut down puppy mills. Why take away this data?🤔 Here's the petition👇
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I'm hearing of more reports of docs & nurses being fired/reprimanded for complaining about lack of PPE. I want to hear from you. We need reporting on this. If this is happening leaders of health systems need to be held accountable @chrissyfarr @aarti411 @sarahkliff @ASlavitt.
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CONFIRMED -- I'll be testifying to the House Intelligence Committee this Wed at 10am on national security +tech & recommendations for the way forward. The hearing will be open. Will post testimony later that day.
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Who gets a $0.00 paycheck today?.✔️TSA agents.✔️Air Traffic Controllers.✔️Coast Guard.✔️FAA (plane) inspectors.✔️FDA (food) inspectors. The people that keep us safe.Shutting down the gov for a wall is making us less safe every minute.
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If you're a Data Scientist & working or being asked to work on this data set, I hope you'll ask look deep in your soul to ask what right 4🇺🇸
The letter @KrisKobach1787 is sending to states confirms: Pence and Kobach are laying the groundwork for voter suppression, plain & simple.
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PSA: At the genetic level we ALL have preexisting conditions. If we allow insurance to discriminate based on preexisting conditions we’re all doomed as genomic tests become critical to medicine.
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me every time I hear people blaming 44.
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Watching the responses of state Governors and notice the delay of action/dismissive attitude from some of the red states. Just like Medicare expansion. Except for COVID19, given the doubling time, they’re NEVER going to be able get ahead. EVERY 👏 DAY 👏 COUNTS.
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TBH the former Chief Data Scientist misses serving his country.
@dpatil Our country misses its Chief Data Scientist.
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A tale of two Administrations. One that listens. One that.
White House takes down "We the People" petitions site without responding to a single one
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Are you registered to vote? Are your friends? Are your family? Have you put it on the cal? It's up to us. No one is coming.
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Just heard from a parent where all the kids had a separate communications channel and.- made a screens dark.- changed their names to “reconnecting. ”. Teacher gave up. We gotta help teachers more
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Here's my 2020 commencement speech on a story of how this card came to be and ties in to what we're seeing today and what we need to do as a country.
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My 11 year old daughter wants to do minecraft coding. Would love recommendations for her in a COVID world. Online live or digital camps?.
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Thank you to the 70k people who are following me.I NEED you to listen --COVID MUST be taken seriously. PLEASE spread the message to STAY HOME.Don't just take my word for it. Listen to @Atul_Gawande @ASlavitt @DrShlain @vivek_murthy @bobkocher & many more.
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Fresh batch of our stickers have arrived! If you see me, ask for one!
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Hey America. I hope you’ll take a moment and read this thread. It’s about the organ donation system. And we NEED to do better. Here’s why 1/.
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Our pharmacists here @DevotedHealth just blew my mind with this factoid😱. The US makes up ~ 5% of the world’s population, yet utilizes 80% of all opioids & 99% of all hydrocodone. Opioid prescriptions are 7% of the 4.2 billion prescriptions dispensed in 2012.
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Epic is taking the side that they don’t believe your health care data is YOURS. They want to help hospitals BLOCK your ability to take it where it needs to go. This will prevent the care people deserve. For example coordination of care for cancer patients. Rare disease and more.
SCOOP: I got the letter that Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner wrote today to hospital CEOs urging them to take action against the HHS data blocking rules. Here it is: .
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At this stage of the pandemic we should have rapid tests right next to gum and candy in every isle in the supermarket.
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Morning conversation w/ 9 year old. 👧: Is🎅a stalker?. Me: 👀!!. 👧: Well, he’s knows when you’re sleeping & when you’re awake. Me: 😳🤔 uh, I don’t think that’s really the way to think of it. 👧: <pause> isn’t that the definition of a stalker?. Me: 🤦♂️😬😂.
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This is what scares me. We're not even ready for the level of weaponization that can happen with the tech that is here today. That doesn't mean slow down the process of innovation. It means we have to put in policy & process to ensure that technology works for us; not against us
Watching a George W Bush speech come out of Barrack Obama’s mouth. Frightening level of progress on synthetic video. #TED2018
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I've got some news to share this morning on a critical national security issue. There's lots of noise out there & I hope you'll read this thread. Because if we don't we risk losing our competitive edge.
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Daughter finished a new 🎒4 her best friend 💪💅🏼⚡️🔥. I hope she’ll make me one too
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4/ I’m incredibly saddened by the vitriolic attacks on public health officers. They deserve better and we need to come to their defense. If you’ve got skills, consider helping your local health officer.
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Spread the faith America. We are the beacon of hope. The possibilities are endless 🇺🇸.
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Daughter received 2nd COVID vax. Can confirm the keys don’t stick to her forehead.
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Respectfully, I think you should let me be the judge. What I do know is that it doesn’t matter your background. It’s your intent, passion, and curiosity that make you a data scientist.
'She's not a data scientist. She's somebody that's got a degree in journalism, communication & geography.'. Gov. DeSantis, asked again about the firing of Rebekah Jones, says she was putting data on the portal that scientists didn't believe was valid.
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Climate warming is a species problem. How much more data do we need to get this?
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