Can mobile usage predict illiteracy in a developing country?

no code implementations • 5 Jul 2016 • Pål Sundsøy

The present study provides the first evidence that illiteracy can be reliably predicted from standard mobile phone logs.

Modeling the Temporal Nature of Human Behavior for Demographics Prediction

1 code implementation • 20 Nov 2015 • Bjarke Felbo, Pål Sundsøy, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Sune Lehmann, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye

Mobile phone metadata is increasingly used for humanitarian purposes in developing countries as traditional data is scarce.

Gender Prediction Humanitarian