Urban Data Science for Social Good
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UrbanDataScienceforSocialGood
AneScienceIncuba6onProgram
2016DataScienceforSocialGood
Incollabora6onwithUrban@UWandMicrosoD,theeScienceIns6tuteisexcitedtoannouncethe2016DataScienceforSocialGood(DSSG)summerprogram.• ModeledaDersimilarprogramsattheUniversityofChicagoand
GeorgiaTech• WithelementsfromourownDataScienceIncubator
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DSSGProgramOverview
Goal:Theprogrambringstogetherdataanddomainscien6ststoworkonfocused,collabora6veprojectsthataredesignedtoimpactpublicpolicyforsocialbenefit.Teamswillbeco-locatedintheWRFDataScienceStudio.ProposalProtocol:~2-pageproposalsfor10week(summer),on-sitedatasciencecollabora6onswitheSciencementorsandateamofstudents
Whatwewerelookingfor:ProjectswherefruiVulcollabora6onispossible,withpoten6alforsignificantimpact,andthatoffersustainedengagement
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hYp://escience.washington.edu/dssg/
ProjectProposals
• DueMarch30th• ProjectLeadstypicallybringaprojectfromtheirownresearch• SomeProjectLeadsmaywishtoselectanexternalproject
– ACi6zenOpen-DataDashboard(CODD) Interac6vewebproductsuppor6nggeospa6alanalysisofSeaYleCrimeand311complaintdatasets
– Cross-CityCrimeAnalysis&Comparison– UrbanDataScience“DeepDives”
• Evalua6ngthe“BrokenWindow”Theory• WhereshouldIpark?• Howsafeismyneighborhood?
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DomainAreasofInterest:Data-IntensiveUrbanScience
• Transporta6on• Poverty,equality,income• Crime,jus6ce,legal• Housing• PublicEduca6on• Cityplanning• Hazards/Resilience• U6li6es• Economics
TechnicalAreasofInterest
• newplaVorms,newalgorithms,newmethods,newdatasets• workingwithlarge,heterogeneous,andnoisydatasets• scalableanaly6csandpredic6vemodels• interac6vevisualiza6on• codereview,publishing,andreproducibility• onlineteachingmaterials,tutorials
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ProjectProposals-whatwewerelookingfor:
• strongscience,strongmethods• newdirec6ons,newques6ons• availability,engagement,commitment• “doonlywhatwecanonlydotogether”
– withapologiestoDjikstra• alignmentwithsponsorandprogramgoals• clarityandshovel-readiness• capacityformeasurableoutcomesandsustainedengagement
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• 3/30:Projectproposalsdue• 4/25:Proposalno6fica6on• WeekofJune6th:
pre-launchmee6ngswithProjectLeads• June13:Kickoffmee6ng• August19th:Finaldayoftheprogram
DSSGSchedule
DSSGProjectTeams-eachteamconsistsof:
• 1-2ProjectLead(s)– scienceguidance,studenttaskassignment
• 2eScienceMentors–1primary,1secondary– technicalguidance,studentmentorship
• 4studentresearchers(grad,ugrad)• Insomecases,oneormorestakeholders(facultyadvisor,industrysponsor,governmentsubjectmaYerexpert,etc.)
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ProgramLogis6cs-Overview• ProjectLeadsandeScienceLeadsareengaged16hours/week– TimingisflexibleandwillbebasedonprojectleadandeScienceleadschedules
– Weekly“standup”mee6ngwithallteams– Manyothereventsplannedtutorials,talks,happyhour
• Studentswillbeengaged5days/week• WewillworkoutoftheDataScienceStudio
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Expecta6onsatendofsummer
• Onlinedataproductdelivered– anonlinevisualiza6on,apubliclibraryongithub
• Findingssummarizedinabriefonlinereport• Allcodehostedongithub• Acknowledgmentonanypapersresul6ngfromtheproject– insomecases,co-authorshipmaybeappropriateatthediscre6onoftheprojectlead
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DataScienceforSocialGoodProgramOrganizers
• MicaelaParkerandSarahStone,ProgramManagersandDataScienceFellows,eScienceIns6tute,[email protected]
• AnissaTanweer,GraduateResearchAssistant,HCDE• BriYanyFiore-Silfvast,DataScienceFellow,eScienceIns6tuteand
PostdoctoralFellow,HCDE• BillHowe,AssociateDirector,eScienceIns6tute• EdLazowska,FoundingDirector,eScienceIns6tute
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WRFDataScienceStudio–acampus-widecollabora6onspace
6thfloorPhysics/AstronomyTower
WRFDataScienceStudio
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AssessingCommunityWell-Being Third-PlaceTechnologies
OpBmizaBonofKingCountyMetroParatransit ComputerScience&Engineering
PredictorsofPermanentHousingforHomelessFamilies BillandMelindaGatesFounda6on
OpenSidewalkGraphforAccessibleTripPlanning ElectricalEngineering
Lastyear’sDSSGprojectscanbefoundhere:hYp://escience.washington.edu/get-involved/data-science-for-social-good/dssg-project-summaries
