{"id":4751,"date":"2023-07-14T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T05:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventec2.mjitec.tw\/?page_id=4751"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T06:20:49","slug":"usaid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inventec2.mjitec.tw\/en\/ai\/usaid\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column]<div id=\"rs-space-69e10d2347134\" class=\"rs-space\">\r\n                <div class=\"rs-space-data\" data-conf=\"{&quot;uqid&quot;:&quot;69e10d2347134&quot;,&quot;space_lg&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;space_md&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;space_sm&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;space_xs&quot;:&quot;60&quot;}\"><\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;md-full-col&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;m_p&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\n        <div class=\"rs-heading    \">\n        \t<div class=\"title-inner\"  data-border-color=\"\">\n        \t\t\n\t            \n\t            <h2 class=\"title \" style=\"color: #333333\">USAID: Intelligent Forecasting Competition <\/h2>\n\t        <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689328952098{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>United States Agency for International Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689314712409{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h6>Authors<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689313276645{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jonathan Hans Soeseno*, Davide Burba*, and Trista Chen (*denotes equal contribution)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689314700196{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h6>Published<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nov-20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;m_p&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5020&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"rs-space-69e10d2347271\" class=\"rs-space\">\r\n                <div class=\"rs-space-data\" data-conf=\"{&quot;uqid&quot;:&quot;69e10d2347271&quot;,&quot;space_lg&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;space_md&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;space_sm&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;space_xs&quot;:&quot;60&quot;}\"><\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657794580528{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;m_p paragraph_title&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\n        <div class=\"rs-heading   vc_custom_1689314682651  \">\n        \t<div class=\"title-inner\"  data-border-color=\"\">\n        \t\t\n\t            \n\t            <h2 class=\"title \" style=\"color: #333333\">Abstract <\/h2>\n\t        <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;m_p&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]One of our recent successes was winning first-place in an International Competition held by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). 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