Tag: DSSG2018

• 2018: Access to Out-of-School Opportunities

  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, […]

• 2018: Seattle Mobility Index Project

  

  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 […]

• 2018: Damage on Post-Hurricane Satellite Imagery

  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 […]

• Data Science for Social Good projects begin

  

  By Emily F. Keller 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 […]