Tag: DSSG2023

• 2023 DSSG Student Fellows Reflect on Their Experiences

  

  Since its inception in 2015, the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program at the University of Washington has convened interdisciplinary teams of students, stakeholders, data scientists, and researchers for an immersive 10-week program in Seattle, WA.  Historically, the program has leveraged data to engage with topics as diverse as intergenerational poverty, voting rights, and…

• Meet the DSSG 2023 Teams

  

  The eScience Institute’s annual Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program kicks off next week, and we are excited to host a new group of Student Fellows at the WRF Data Science Studio throughout the summer. 2023 marks the ninth year of DSSG, and two teams will spend the next ten weeks collaborating with our…

• Generating regionally integrative datasets to understand groundwater insecurities in the Colorado River Basin

  

  Project leads: Akshay Mehra, Assistant Professor of UW Earth and Space Sciences, and Sameer Shah, Assistant Professor of UW Environmental and Forest Sciences Data scientist: Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Yuanning Huang, Kimberly Kreiss, Maia Powell, and Aanchal Setia. Get the participant bios here. The Colorado River Basin (CRB) is experiencing unprecedented water scarcity. Arguably, the CRB is an…

• Heating Pumps in Alaska and Beyond

  

  Project leads: Erin Trochim, Research Assistant Professor, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks Data scientist: Maddie Gaumer DSSG fellows: Aminat Adefolu, Silas Gifford, Katherine Grisanzio, and Brian Leung. Get the participant bios here. Decarbonization, a pressing global issue, necessitates the transition from carbon-intensive power to net-zero sources. The Arctic is an area of particular concern,…