Making the Invisible Visible: The Global Hackathon Against Modern Slavery

About this episode

This episode features Adriana Bora and winning hackathon teams discussing how data science and AI can combat modern slavery in corporate supply chains.

Modern slavery is often hidden in corporate supply chains, making it hard to detect and eliminate. Countries like Australia now require companies to publish annual reports on their efforts to combat slavery - but with thousands of reports, no government can read them all. That’s where Project AIMS comes in. Led by Adriana Bora at the QUT Centre for Data Science, Project AIMS explores how cutting-edge AI can be used to compare thousands of these reports. To push this work further, Adriana helped organise a global hackathon, bringing together teams from around the world to develop innovative solutions. In this episode of  The Random Sample , we meet Adriana and members of the winning hackathon teams – from South Africa, Cameroon, and Australia – who share how data science can make the invisible visible and why technology can play a vital role in ending modern slavery. Our host is Tim Macuga. Episode webpage:   https://www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/aims-hackathon/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tim Macuga

Guest: Adriana Bora

Topics covered

• modern slavery
• data science
• AI
• hackathon
• corporate supply chains
• innovation

Keywords

• modern slavery
• data science
• AI
• hackathon
• corporate supply chains
• Project AIMS
• Adriana Bora

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: QUT Centre for Data Science, Project AIMS

Places: Australia, South Africa, Cameroon

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