Published on June 17, 2015
eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good Projects Announced Bringing together data scientists to work on focused, collaborative projects designed to impact public policy. This Summer teams will be looking at:
Assessing Community Well-Being Through Open Data and Social Media – providing neighborhood communities with a better understanding of the factors that impact their well-being. http://thirdplacetechnologies.com/
King County Metro Paratransit – an on-demand public transportation program that provides a vital link to mobility for people with disabilities who are unable to use traditional fixed route services, picking up passengers at or near their doorstep and delivering them to their specified destination. http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/accessible/programs/access.html
Open Sidewalk Graph for Accessible Trip Planning is an information challenge to design an open source software toolkit and set of algorithms to help those with limited mobility plan a commute. http://www.geekwire.com/2015/app-that-helps-people-in-wheelchairs-plan-travel-routes-wins-first-place-at-civic-hackathon/
Predictors of Permanent Housing for Homeless Families in King, Snohomish, & Pierce County’s mission is to make homelessness rare, brief, and one time. http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2015/02/Better-Data-to-Reduce-Homelessness#.VWdwjFxVhBd