refugee Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/refugee/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:27:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Genealogy Roundup, October 24 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-october-24/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-october-24/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:27:06 +0000 https://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=159821 In this week's Roundup: A soldier lost in the Korean War is laid to rest; A tool in development to integrate "machine learning and optimization algorithms...to match refugees to communities where they will find appropriate resources, including employment opportunities"

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]]> Our Say: Thoughts upon the long-delayed return of a native son – Can’t tell you how happy I am to learn about this. Researching Cpl. James Ivory Jubb’s case was daunting, and his family is so pleased. Welcome home, Sir.

P.S. Lovely photo sequence and this article is worth a read (as it happens in the Capital Gazette).

Using Machine Learning and Optimization to Improve Refugee Integration – 1st, very cool idea

2nd, they named it after Annie Moore of Ellis Island! 🗽

“a computational tool to help humanitarian aid organizations significantly improve refugees’ chances of successfully resettling and integrating into a new country”

Photo Credit: Keith Burton under Creative Commons license

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