Tag: Vaughn Iverson
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2022 DSSG Teams Present Their Final Project Results
By: Emily F. Keller Student fellows at the University of Washington Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program presented the results of their 10-week summer projects on August 17th. The fellows conducted their work on four interdisciplinary teams, working with project leads and data scientists. The DSSG program at the eScience Institute brings together students from universities around the country with […]
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2022: Satellite Streaks in Astronomical Images
Satellite Streaks in Astronomical Images Project leads: Dino Bektešević, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy; and Meredith Rawls, Research Scientist, Department of Astronomy, and Data-intensive Research And Cosmology (DiRAC) Fellow, University of Washington Data scientist: Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Abhilash Biswas, Kilando Chambers, Ashley Santos Participant bios available here. Project Summary: We are on the cusp of fundamentally altering the night sky, […]
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Interdisciplinary Team Creates Tool to Detect and Quantify Satellite Streaks
By: Emily F. Keller The recent growth of low-Earth-orbit satellites is posing a threat to a range of groups who rely on the sky for science, spirituality and tradition, by leaving a plethora of bright streaks across the night sky. A project team at the University of Washington Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program […]
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Introducing the Data Science For Social Good 2022 Projects
By: Louisa Gaylord and Emily Keller 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 […]
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Data Science for Social Good Teams Present Their Project Results
By: Emily F. Keller 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 […]
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2021: Ensemble Methods for Voting District Evaluation
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 […]
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Data Science for Social Good Team Builds Tools to Support Fairness in Computational Redistricting
By: Emily F. Keller 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 […]
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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. […]
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2020: Identifying Coronavirus Disinformation on Websites
Identifying Coronavirus Disinformation Risk on News Websites Project leads: Maggie Engler, Lead Data Scientist, and Lucas Wright, Senior Researcher, at the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) Data scientists: Noah Benson and Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: George Hope Chidziwisano, Richa Gupta, Kseniya Husak, Maya Luetke Participant bios available here. Project Summary: Online disinformation has been used as a tool to weaponize mass influence and […]
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2019: Congestion Pricing & Travel Behavior
Understanding Congestion Pricing, Travel Behavior, and Price Sensitivity Project lead: Mark Hallenbeck, Director, Washington State Transportation Center, University of Washington Data science lead: Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Shirley Leung, Cory McCartan, Christopher (CJ) Robinson, Kiana Roshan Zamir Project Summary: Traffic congestion is a worldwide issue with environmental, health, and economic impacts. We cannot build our way out of it. Funding […]