Tag: DSSG2018
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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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Data Science for Social Good projects begin
By Emily Keller-O’Donnell The eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program began June 11th with 15 fellows working on three project teams in collaboration with data scientists and project leads. A project with the University of Washington’s Industrial and Systems Engineering Department and Disaster Data Science Lab will focus on improving situational awareness after…