Urban Data Science for Social Good

ß

UrbanDataScienceforSocialGood

AneScienceIncuba6onProgram

2016DataScienceforSocialGood

Incollabora6onwithUrban@UWandMicrosoD,theeScienceIns6tuteisexcitedtoannouncethe2016DataScienceforSocialGood(DSSG)summerprogram.•  ModeledaDersimilarprogramsattheUniversityofChicagoand

GeorgiaTech•  WithelementsfromourownDataScienceIncubator

2

DSSGProgramOverview

Goal:Theprogrambringstogetherdataanddomainscien6ststoworkonfocused,collabora6veprojectsthataredesignedtoimpactpublicpolicyforsocialbenefit.Teamswillbeco-locatedintheWRFDataScienceStudio.ProposalProtocol:~2-pageproposalsfor10week(summer),on-sitedatasciencecollabora6onswitheSciencementorsandateamofstudents

Whatwewerelookingfor:ProjectswherefruiVulcollabora6onispossible,withpoten6alforsignificantimpact,andthatoffersustainedengagement

3

hYp://escience.washington.edu/dssg/

ProjectProposals

•  DueMarch30th•  ProjectLeadstypicallybringaprojectfromtheirownresearch•  SomeProjectLeadsmaywishtoselectanexternalproject

–  ACi6zenOpen-DataDashboard(CODD) Interac6vewebproductsuppor6nggeospa6alanalysisofSeaYleCrimeand311complaintdatasets

–  Cross-CityCrimeAnalysis&Comparison–  UrbanDataScience“DeepDives”

•  Evalua6ngthe“BrokenWindow”Theory•  WhereshouldIpark?•  Howsafeismyneighborhood?

4

DomainAreasofInterest:Data-IntensiveUrbanScience

•  Transporta6on•  Poverty,equality,income•  Crime,jus6ce,legal•  Housing•  PublicEduca6on•  Cityplanning•  Hazards/Resilience•  U6li6es•  Economics

TechnicalAreasofInterest

•  newplaVorms,newalgorithms,newmethods,newdatasets•  workingwithlarge,heterogeneous,andnoisydatasets•  scalableanaly6csandpredic6vemodels•  interac6vevisualiza6on•  codereview,publishing,andreproducibility•  onlineteachingmaterials,tutorials

6

ProjectProposals-whatwewerelookingfor:

•  strongscience,strongmethods•  newdirec6ons,newques6ons•  availability,engagement,commitment•  “doonlywhatwecanonlydotogether”

–  withapologiestoDjikstra•  alignmentwithsponsorandprogramgoals•  clarityandshovel-readiness•  capacityformeasurableoutcomesandsustainedengagement

7

8

•  3/30:Projectproposalsdue•  4/25:Proposalno6fica6on•  WeekofJune6th:

pre-launchmee6ngswithProjectLeads•  June13:Kickoffmee6ng•  August19th:Finaldayoftheprogram

DSSGSchedule

DSSGProjectTeams-eachteamconsistsof:

•  1-2ProjectLead(s)–  scienceguidance,studenttaskassignment

•  2eScienceMentors–1primary,1secondary–  technicalguidance,studentmentorship

•  4studentresearchers(grad,ugrad)•  Insomecases,oneormorestakeholders(facultyadvisor,industrysponsor,governmentsubjectmaYerexpert,etc.)

9

ProgramLogis6cs-Overview•  ProjectLeadsandeScienceLeadsareengaged16hours/week–  TimingisflexibleandwillbebasedonprojectleadandeScienceleadschedules

– Weekly“standup”mee6ngwithallteams– Manyothereventsplannedtutorials,talks,happyhour

•  Studentswillbeengaged5days/week•  WewillworkoutoftheDataScienceStudio

10

Expecta6onsatendofsummer

•  Onlinedataproductdelivered– anonlinevisualiza6on,apubliclibraryongithub

•  Findingssummarizedinabriefonlinereport•  Allcodehostedongithub•  Acknowledgmentonanypapersresul6ngfromtheproject–  insomecases,co-authorshipmaybeappropriateatthediscre6onoftheprojectlead

11

DataScienceforSocialGoodProgramOrganizers

•  MicaelaParkerandSarahStone,ProgramManagersandDataScienceFellows,eScienceIns6tute,[email protected]

•  AnissaTanweer,GraduateResearchAssistant,HCDE•  BriYanyFiore-Silfvast,DataScienceFellow,eScienceIns6tuteand

PostdoctoralFellow,HCDE•  BillHowe,AssociateDirector,eScienceIns6tute•  EdLazowska,FoundingDirector,eScienceIns6tute

12

WRFDataScienceStudio–acampus-widecollabora6onspace

6thfloorPhysics/AstronomyTower

WRFDataScienceStudio

15

AssessingCommunityWell-Being Third-PlaceTechnologies

OpBmizaBonofKingCountyMetroParatransit ComputerScience&Engineering

PredictorsofPermanentHousingforHomelessFamilies BillandMelindaGatesFounda6on

OpenSidewalkGraphforAccessibleTripPlanning ElectricalEngineering

Lastyear’sDSSGprojectscanbefoundhere:hYp://escience.washington.edu/get-involved/data-science-for-social-good/dssg-project-summaries

16

Pleasedirectques6onsto:SarahStoneandMicaelaParker,[email protected]

Welcome!