1. Rayid Ghani University of Chicago
Training Students to do Good with Data Data Science for Social Good Fellowship
Rayid Ghani
University of Chicago

3. Data Science for Social Good
The Eric & Wendy Schmidt
Data Science for Social Good
Summer Fellowship 2013
550 Applicants from 34 countries ~200 Universities
36 fellows
Computer Scientists
Statisticians
Economists
Public Policy
(and other computational and quantitative fields)
CMU
UIC
U. of Chicago
Stanford
Harvard
Technion
U. Of Wisconsin Madison
U of Alabama
Georgia Tech
UT Austin
Cambridge
MIT
UC Irvine
Yale
U of Maryland
ITAM
U of Michigan
Columbia
Northwestern
WPI

4. By the Numbers
38 Fellows
6 Mentors
12 Projects
12 Weeks

5. The Ideal Student Making an Impact with Data
Computer Science & Programming
Statistics & Machine Learning
Econometrics & Social Science Methods
Databases
Experimental Design
Communication
Common Sense

6. What do they need training in?
Tools
Python R
DBs
SQL
MapReduce
Tableau, D3, ggplot
Methods
Statistics
Machine Learning
Econometrics
Experimental Design
Social Sciences
Problem Solving Skills
Understanding
Mapping
Evaluation Metrics

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

11. Related Programs

12. A Zillow for Vacant & Abandoned Properties
Cook County Land Bank
A Zillow for Vacant & Abandoned Properties

13. Improving Public Transit Planning
A Step Forward in Solving the Crowding Problem
Brandon Willard
Research Consultant
Booth School of Business
Walter Dempsey
Statistics
University of Chicago
Andrés Akle Carranza
Applied Math
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Jordan Bates
Computer Science
Arizona State University
David Sekora
Computer Science
University of Chicago

14. Measuring Impacts on Children’s Health and Development
Evaluating Home
Visitation Programs
Measuring Impacts on Children’s Health and Development

15. Code Blue Prediction
Using EMR Data

16. Smarter Crisis Crowdsourcing
Machine Suggestions for Report Reviewing

17. Targeting students at risk of not going to college
The Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship 2013

18. For more information on the summer fellowship
Contact Information
Rayid Ghani
For more information on the summer fellowship