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March 6, 2020
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Build it, Share it, Hack it: Unlocking Data for Policy Change
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Big Data will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into to tools that generate policy change! The Civic Data Design Lab has develops tools, visualizations, and analysis which helps to facilitate policy change. This talk calls everyone to act on the lab's motto of Build It, Hack It, Share it by demonstrating projects that build data sets collected from web sites and social media, evaluate that data using machine learning and geoprocessing, and present the results through open source mapping interfaces. The works shows how visualizing data can be a powerful policy tool.
The talk will specifically highlight the lab’s research project developing the first map of Nairobi's transit system using data builds through cell phones, and the development of a tool (CityDigits) that helps youth learn to be data literate, among other ongoing projects.
Sarah Williams is an Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning. She also is Director of the Civic Data Design Lab at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. The Civic Data Design Lab works with data, maps, and mobile technologies to develop interactive design and communication strategies that expose urban policy issues to broader audiences.
1.0 CM Credits available. This event is free, but registration is requested.
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Build it, Share it, Hack it: Unlocking Data for Policy Change
Big Data will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into to tools that generate policy change! The Civic Data Design Lab has develops tools, visualizations, and analysis which helps to facilitate policy change. This talk calls everyone to act on the lab's motto of Build It, Hack It, Share it by demonstrating projects that build data sets collected from web sites and social media, evaluate that data using machine learning and geoprocessing, and present the results through open source mapping interfaces. The works shows how visualizing data can be a powerful policy tool.
The talk will specifically highlight the lab’s research project developing the first map of Nairobi's transit system using data builds through cell phones, and the development of a tool (CityDigits) that helps youth learn to be data literate, among other ongoing projects.
Sarah Williams is an Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning. She also is Director of the Civic Data Design Lab at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. The Civic Data Design Lab works with data, maps, and mobile technologies to develop interactive design and communication strategies that expose urban policy issues to broader audiences.
1.0 CM Credits available. This event is free, but registration is requested.
Register Here
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