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Looking Back on the Summer 2024 Humanities Data Science Summer Institute (HDSSI)
Seed of an Idea Anna Preus, Assistant Professor of English, and Melanie Walsh, Assistant Professor in the Information School, first met in graduate school at Washington University in Saint Louis, when they were participants in the Humanities Digital Workshop. The workshop offered the unique opportunity to explore the intersection of data science and humanities. When…
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Constructing a Drivers-Based Framework for Assessing Water Reuse
Project leads: Carolyn Hayek, Researcher and Teaching Fellow, Columbia University, and Miriam Hacker, Research Program Manager, Water Research Foundation. Data scientist: Curtis Atkisson, eScience Institute, University of Washington. DSSG fellows: Daniel Vogler, Jihyeon Bae, Mbye Sallah, Nora Povejsil. Click here for participant bios. Communities around the United States are thinking of alternative water systems to address local water…
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Investigating Transit Equity Through ORCA Fare Card Analysis
Project leads: Mark Hallenbeck, [Retired] Director of the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC), University of Washington, and Ryan Avery, Deputy Director of the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC), University of Washington. Data scientist: Bryna Hazelton, eScience Institute, University of Washington. DSSG fellows: Himanshu Naidu, Ishan Saksena, Rebecca Hayes, Siman Ning. Click here for participant bios. Transit service is a…
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Understanding Unsheltered Homelessness in King County: UW 2023 Seattle Area Homeless Count
Project leads: Zach Almquist, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Data scientist: June Yang, eScience Institute, University of Washington. DSSG fellows: Brooke Kaye, Felix Jr. Appiah Kubi, Jessica Robinson, Rebecca Schachtman. Click here for participant bios. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development released the 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) on December 15, 2023.…
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IDD Data Portal: Centralized Insights
Partners Sunny Juul, Director, Cultivate Learning Kari Stephens, Associate Professor, UW Medicine Josh Lovseth, Data Services Manager, UW Medicine Grace Sun, UW Medicine SSEC Engineers Robert Culver, Principal Software Consultant Anshul Tambay, Technical Program Manager One in 6 children have an intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD). Despite this high prevalence, there are critical gaps in…
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CECI Database: Modernizing for Scale
Partners Juliet Taylor, Deputy Director, Cultivate Learning Dayton Allemann, Web Application Developer, Cultivate Learning Jason Welch, Web Project Manager, Cultivate Learning SSEC Engineers Cordero Core, Senior Research Software Engineer Don Setiawan, Senior Research Software Engineer Developed as a collaboration between early learning professionals and the University of Washington, the Coach and Educator Community Interface (CECI)…
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Genetic Forensics: Streamlining Poaching Investigations
Partners Sam Wasser, Scientific Director, Center for Environmental Forensic Science Mary Kuhner, Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Forensic Science Ryan Horwitz, Research Scientists, Center for Environmental Forensics SSEC Engineers Niki Burggraf, Senior Research Software Engineer Poaching remains a critical threat to biodiversity worldwide, driving numerous species to the brink of extinction. University of Washington’s Center…
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NAIRR: Pilot Exploration
SSEC Engineers Niki Burggraf, Senior Research Software Engineer Rob Fatland, UW Director of Cloud and Data Solutions The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded effort aiming to connect U.S. researchers to computational, data, software, model and training resources they need to participate in AI research. The NAIRR Pilot will…