Taking the Global Pulse

In November 2011 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the General Assembly was briefed on the progress of Global Pulse, a UN innovation initiative harnessing real-time data and new technologies ("Big Data") to protect vulnerable populations. This book is a record of that event and presents 1) emerging techniques in information technology that make Global Pulse possible, 2) preparatory work in Indonesia and Uganda for launch of the first Pulse Labs, 3) the results of five research projects to test concepts underlying the application of real-time data and global development and 4) the roadmap for UN Global Pulse.