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Data Science for Social Good dssg.uchicago.edu


On the Phone…

Matt GeeResearch Fellow, Urban Center

for Computation and DataFounding Organizer of Data Science for

Social Good Summer Fellowship & Center for Impact Measurement

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Outline

• Overview of the Fellowship Program

• Project Examples from Summer 2013

• What We’re Looking for in Project Partners?

• How we’d like to partner with badging research and implementation?

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Goals

• Train Students

• Build Internal Agency Capacity

• Solve Real Problems




2013 Project Partners


Variety of Project Areas

Health

Predicting Heart Attacks

EMR Data

Energy

Smart Meter Data

Discovering Energy Savings Opportunities

Education

Education Records

Predicting College Under-

enrollment

Economic Developme

nt

Housing & Community

Data

Targeting Foreclosures for Redevelopment

Disaster Relief

Social Media Data

Identifying Damage in Real-

Time

Transportation

Bus GPS &

Ridership Data

Simulating Better Routes to Reduce

Overcrowding


DSSG 2014 By the Numbers

50 Fellows

8 Mentors

15 Projects

$1.5 Million


Ideal 2014 Project Partners Have:

1. An interesting problem that can be tackled using data science, machine learning, predictive analytics, etc.

2. Resources and interest in interacting with us regularly throughout the summer

3. The ability to use the Fellows’ solution to make a meaningful social impact


Problem Types• Text Analysis/NLP

• Clustering / Finding Structure in Unstructured Data

• Prediction

• Targeting

• Large-scale experimentation/behavior change

• Real-time analysis of large data for decision support

• Data integration

• Novel uses of new data sources

• Anonymization of unstructured data

• Anomaly detection

• Signal processing


Experience Working with Federal Partners


Our process with project partners

Initial Meetings

and Project Scoping

Data Audit & Project

Refinement

Project Selection &

Contract Drafting

Finalized Data

Sharing Agreement

Meet with project mentor

Fellowship begins

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DSSG Summer Timeline

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Get S

tarte

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Lear

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orm

Pitch Solution to Partners

Build

Project Presentation

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Present Prototype

Wrap up

June July August

12 Weeks


How the Fellowship Works

Prototype Final Product


Mining the Web for Fun and Non-Profits

Network Analysisfor Non-Profits


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Animals

HIV/AIDS

Trafficking

Human RightsGay Rights

Environment

Cancer Diabetes

Organs

Parkinson’s

Autism

Music

Similarity Metrics

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Extracting Useful Information from Social Media During a Crisis

Twitter-InformedDisaster Relief

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User Interface & Map

1. Classify & Filter

2. Cluster & Merge

3. Extract & Geolocate

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The Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship 2013


Match.eduHelping Students Find the Right College


Anthony• PSAT: 120

• GPA: 2.9

Benjamin• PSAT: 120

• GPA: 2.9

…went to a college with an average SAT of ~1250

…went to a college with an average SAT of ~1650

• One parent went to college

• 2/3 of high school poor

• Black

• Both parents went to college

• 1/3 of high school poor

• White


Contact Us

dssg.uchicago.edugithub.com/organizations/dssg

@datascifellows

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