Tag: DSSG
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Data Science for Social Good launches projects on polarized voting and online disinformation
By: Emily Keller-O’Donnell On June 15th, the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program began with eight fellows working on two project teams in collaboration with data scientists from the eScience Institute and project leads from academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. Student fellows joined the program from colleges and universities around…
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Data Science for Social Good team analyzes equity of congestion pricing on Interstate 405
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell August 19, 2019 A team in the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program has partnered with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to study the usage patterns, price sensitivities and equity impacts of congestion pricing on Interstate 405. The project utilizes data on the more than 16 million trips…
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Team develops prototype tool on accessory dwelling units for homeowners
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell August 16, 2019 The City of Seattle is collaborating with an interdisciplinary team in the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program on a project to encourage the development of affordable accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The team is prototyping an informational tool for homeowners and researchers as part of broader…
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Data Science for Social Good team analyzes peer support data to understand ‘helpfulness’
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell August 14, 2019 Young adults who face mental health struggles often turn to social media for peer support, leaving a large data trail in a field that has been traditionally documented through qualitative work. A team at the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program at the University of Washington…
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Team develops ‘Algorithmic Equity Toolkit’ at Data Science for Social Good program
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell August 7, 2019 Community advocates who are concerned about the impacts of surveillance technologies and algorithmic decision systems (ADSs) will have a new set of examination tools soon. A team at the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program at the University of Washington (UW) is developing a package of…
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Data Science for Social Good program results
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell The fourth annual Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program at the eScience Institute culminated on August 17th with final presentations from three interdisciplinary teams. The 15 DSSG Student Fellows – representing fields from public policy and sociology to biology, statistics and electrical engineering – presented their findings based on 10 weeks…
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Social Good Summer Blog, issue seven
This summer series will highlight weekly blog posts from this year’s UW Data Science for Social Good Fellows. “Parallel worlds of pangolin conservation and Data Science for Social Good” by Hyeon Jeong Kim, Data Science for Social Good Fellow This summer I am working as a fellow in the Data Science for Social Good Program (DSSG)…
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Social Good Summer Blog, issue six
This summer series will highlight weekly blog posts from this year’s UW Data Science for Social Good Fellows. “Getting ground truth data through geospatial analysis” by Sean Chen, 2018 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Fellow Introduction It’s a much bandied about statistic, but it’s an important one: more than half of humanity’s 7 billion and…
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Social Good Summer Blog, issue five
This summer series will highlight weekly blog posts from this year’s UW Data Science for Social Good Fellows. “From the classroom to the real-world: using data science to approach inequality” by Haowen Zheng, 2018 Data Science for Social Good Fellow I am a student fellow in this year’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program…
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Social Good Summer Blog, issue four
This summer series will highlight weekly blog posts from this year’s UW Data Science for Social Good Fellows. “Machine learning can improve disaster response after hurricanes, but not alone” by Tessa Schneider, 2018 Data Science for Social Good Fellow As fellows on the Disaster Damage Detection team (D-cubed) at the eScience Institute during the Data Science…