Tag: Bernease Herman

• Introducing the Data Science For Social Good 2022 Projects

  

  By: Louisa Gaylord and Emily Keller-O’Donnell On June 13th, the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program began with sixteen student fellows working on four project teams in collaboration with data scientists from the eScience Institute and project leads from academic institutions. Student fellows joined the program from colleges and universities…

• Data Science for Social Good Teams Present Their Project Results

  

  By: Emily Keller-O’Donnell On August 18th, student fellows at the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program presented the results of their 10-week summer projects on the topics of fairness in computational redistricting, and the impacts of Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance in relation to residential displacement and commuting patterns. The student fellows conducted…

• Developing Ensemble Methods for Initial Districting Plan Evaluation

  

  Project leads: Daryl DeFord, Assistant Professor of Data Analytics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University Data scientists: Bernease Herman and Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Rowana Ahmed, Katherine Chang, Ryan Goehrung, Michael Souffrant. Get the participant bios here. Project Summary: Gerrymandering, the drawing of legislative boundaries for improper purposes, is a fundamental threat to…

• Data Science for Social Good Team Builds Tools to Support Fairness in Computational Redistricting

  

  By: Emily Keller-O’Donnell This fall, Congressional leaders will begin the state redistricting process that takes place every ten years to reflect population changes captured by the U.S. Census. As the process gets underway, a team in the  University of Washington Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program is creating a resource guide to help nonpartisan…

• Data Science for Social Good Program Launches for Summer 2021

  

  By: Emily Keller On June 14th, the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program began with eight student fellows working on two project teams in collaboration with data scientists from the eScience Institute and project leads from academic institutions. Student fellows joined the program from colleges and universities around the country.…

• 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…

• Bernease Herman receives Mozilla Research Grant

  

  August 6, 2019 Bernease Herman, eScience data scientist, has been awarded a $25,000 Mozilla Research Grant (2019H1) for her project titled “Toward generalizable methods for measuring bias in crowdsourced speech datasets and validation processes.” The project aims to measure dataset bias in the Mozilla Common Voice crowdsourced speech collection process and dataset. Given the goals…

• 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…

• Use of ORCA data for improved transit system planning and operation

  

  Project Leads: Mark Hallenbeck & Anat Caspi – CEE (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Taskar Center Data Scientist Leads: Bernease Herman (primary) and Anthony Arendt (secondary) DSSG Fellows: Carolina Johnson, Victoria Sass, Yiqin Shen & Sean Wang Project Goals: Seven regional transportation agencies use a common electronic fare payment system, called ORCA – One Regional Card for All. When ORCA…

• Assessing Community Well-being through Open Data and Social Media

  

  Project Lead: Shelly Farnham, Third Place Technologies DSSG Fellows: Jordan Bates, Ryan Burns, Jenny Ho, Yue Zhou ALVA Students: Avery Glass, Jennifer Nino eScience Data Scientist Mentors: Bernease Herman, Bill Howe Our DSSG Fellows and ALVA students paired with Third Place Technologies to create neighborhood community report pages in the context of a hyperlocal, crowd-sourced community network. The objective was to…