Category: DSSG Project
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Natural Language Processing for Peer Support in Online Mental Health Communities
Project leads: Tim Althoff, Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington; and Dave Atkins, Research Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Data science lead: Valentina Staneva DSSG fellows: Shweta Chopra, David Nathan Lang, Kelly McMeekin Project Summary: Everyone encounters challenges in life – whether that includes stress from school or work or more significant problems…
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Understanding Congestion Pricing, Travel Behavior, and Price Sensitivity
Project lead: Mark Hallenbeck, Director, Washington State Transportation Center, University of Washington Data science lead: Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Shirley Leung, Cory McCartan, Christopher (CJ) Robinson, Kiana Roshan Zamir Project Summary: Traffic congestion is a worldwide issue with environmental, health, and economic impacts. We cannot build our way out of it. Funding is limited and land for building new roads…
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Developing an Algorithmic Equity Toolkit with Government, Advocates, and Community Partners
Project lead: Mike Katell, PhD Candidate, UW Information School Data science lead: Bernease Herman Faculty Advisor: Peaks Krafft, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Community Engagement Lead: Meg Young, PhD Candidate, University of Washington Information School DSSG fellows: Corinne Bintz, Vivian Guetler, Daniella Raz, Aaron Tam Project Summary: In partnership with ACLU of Washington, fellows will create an Algorithmic Equity…
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ADUniverse: Evaluating the Feasibility of (Affordable) Accessory Dwelling Units in Seattle
Project leads: Rick Mohler, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington; and Nick Welch, Senior Planner, City of Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development Data science lead: Joseph Hellerstein DSSG fellows: Emily A. Finchum-Mason, Yuanhao Niu, Adrian Mikelangelo Tullock, Anagha Uppal Project Summary: Seattle has the nation’s seventh most expensive housing market and third-largest homeless population despite…
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Access to Out-of-School Opportunities and Student Outcomes
Project lead: Sivan Tuchman, Research Analyst, University of Washington, Bothell, Center on Reinventing Public Education Data scientist leads: Jose Hernandez and Karen Lavi DSSG fellows: Joe Abbate, Sreekanth Krishnaiah, Kellie MacPhee, Andrew Taylor, Haowen Zheng Project Summary: For students living in disadvantaged communities, accessing organizations or institutions that provide enrichment programs for the arts, sports, and tutoring, or social services such as counseling, meals,…
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Seattle Mobility Index Project
Project leads: Stephen Barham, Data Scientist, and Alex Hagenah, Data Librarian, Seattle Department of Transportation Data scientist leads: Joseph Hellerstein and Ryan Maas DSSG fellows: Rebeca de Buen Kalman, Darius Irani, Hyeon Jeong Kim, Amandalynne Paullada, Woosub Shin Project Summary: The Seattle Mobility Index Project measures transportation mode choice, affordability, and reliability at 450 Census Block Groups in Seattle and predicts mode share (the percentage…
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Automatic Damage Annotation on Post-Hurricane Satellite Imagery
Project lead: Youngjun Choe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Industrial & Systems Engineering Data scientist lead: Valentina Staneva DSSG fellows: Sean Andrew Chen, Andrew Escay, Christopher Haberland, Tessa Schneider, An Yan Project Summary: When a hurricane makes landfall, situational awareness is one of the most critical needs emergency managers face before they can respond to the event. To assess the situation and damage,…
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The ‘Equity Modeler’: examining just development in Seattle
Project leads: Rachel Berney, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Urban Design and Planning and Gundula Proksch, associate professor, Department of Architecture Data scientist leads: Bernease Herman (primary) and Amanda Tan (secondary) DSSG fellows: Hillary Dawkins, Jacob Kovacs, Yahui Ma, Jacob Rich Project Summary: In the past years, Seattle has seen unprecedented population growth, record construction activity, and an increase in housing…
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Can traffic sensor data detect vehicle cruising?
Project lead: Stephen Barham, data scientist, Seattle Department of Transportation Data scientist leads: Valentina Staneva (primary) and Vaughn Iverson (secondary) DSSG fellows: Brett Bejcek, Anamol Pundle, Orysya Stus, Michael Vlah Project Summary: Vehicles that have arrived at their destination but are driving around for a place to park, and for-hire and transportation network company vehicles that are queued in traffic,…
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Strengthening capacities, knowledge, and data sharing platforms for sustainable development
Project leads: Matt Cooper, data manager, Vital Signs and Tabby Njunge, technical operations manager, Vital Signs Data scientist leads: Anthony Arendt (primary) and Joe Hellerstein (secondary) DSSG fellows: Cara Arizmendi, Mitchell Goist, Krista Jones, Robert Shaffer Project Summary: To meet the food security and nutrition challenges of today — with nearly one billion chronically hungry people worldwide — and tomorrow will…