Hey all, If you're interested in seeing an example of the direct products of one of the projects, have a look at this github repo, including the wiki:
https://github.com/dssg/growth-curves It's been hard wrangling info from these folks, but now that we're face to face, we're getting a lot more access. Look forward to discussing this with you! Dav ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Erik T. Mitchell <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:44 AM > Subject: Re: Readings for 11/21 on Data Science for Social Good @ UoC > To: [email protected] > > > Great timing! > > Just yesterday I was chatting with one of the volunteer mentors about this > institute. Not surprisingly he had nice things to say. Look forward to > the discussion. > > Erik > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Steve MASOVER <[email protected]>wrote: > >> All, >> >> On Thurs 11/21 at noon in 200C (usual time and place), Dav Clark and >> Aaron Culich will report back on a workshop taking place this week to recap >> the work and accomplishments to date of the *Data Science for Social >> Good Summer Institute <http://dssg.io/>*. >> >> The DSSG Summer Institute *is a University of Chicago summer program for >> aspiring data scientists to work on data mining, machine learning, big >> data, and data science projects with social impact.* >> >> As background for the report-back, please take a look at the four >> attached, 1-page project descriptions addressed by DSSG fellows last >> summer. A list of projects on the DSSG web site<http://dssg.io/projects/>is >> also worth a look (it lists these four and quite a few others). >> >> See you on Thursday, >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Masover >> IST Research Information Technologies >> [email protected] >> 510-642-8488 >> > > > > -- > Erik Mitchell > Associate University Librarian > Director of Digital Initiatives and Collaborative Services > University of California, Berkeley > [email protected] > http://erikmitchell.info > > > > -- > Steve Masover > IST Research Information Technologies > [email protected] > 510-642-8488 >
