Calling All Data Scientists for the Common Good in Cities

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Los Angeles runs two volunteer programs: Data Angels (career data scientists) and Data Science Federation (17 universities, 300 students, 30+ projects). City reports $36M distributed via Angelino Card and 20,000 senior meals, and matches volunteers to analytics work (four active projects now). Past builds include a COVID risk map using CDC SVI and comorbidity filters, a recovery dashboard (coronavirus.lacity.org/data), GeoHub and Socrata open-data portals, and dashboards for housing, elections, equity, and Black-owned business lending.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:56The Call to Action
3. 4:57Volunteering for Data Angels was a great experience. The work was interesting and I enjoyed collaborating with the other volunteers.
4. 6:46About Data Science Federation The Data Science Federation (DSF) is a collaborative effort between local universities and colleges, City Departments and Elected officials to bring new ideas to City challenges using data science and predictive analytics.

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