1. Julia Lane New York University
A city-based focus on data access – legal, ethical and technical aspects
Julia Lane
New York University

2. Key ideas New data => new scale of questions
New sources => new scale of challenges
Both combined => Major research AND engagement infrastructures

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5. Federal

6. City and State

7. More city data

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9. Paradigm shift in scale of users
social scientists
government agency staff
computer scientists
private industry
citizen scientists

10. Paradigm shift in scale of uses
Research
social science
computer science
other domain sciences
Data analytics
Operations management
Evaluation
Policy analysis

11. New challenges Define a research question (what are we measuring?)
Think about what data are available and the measurement error (how are we measuring it?)
Link datasets (what are we missing?)
Statistical approaches (how can we draw inference?)
Address Privacy and Confidentiality/Ethics (are we protecting human subjects?)
Disseminate results (can people be reidentified?)
Need access
Need training

12. And here is just one reason why (thanks to Stefan)

13. Probabilistic Matching
Machine Learning

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15. Engagement in environment

16. Juliazon Related to data you've viewed
New data similar to data you've used
What others have done with similar data (recipes)
Recipes like yours
Thank you Charlie Catlett

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20. Sandbox environment

21. 11 million people move through 3,100 Jails
$22 Billion in costs
64 % suffer from mental illness,
68% have a substance abuse disorder
44 % suffer from chronic health problems
Section title
New Section

22. Mental Health Services Of the top 200 predicted individuals
Machine Learning systems can support targeted, preventative interventions to help people at risk of interactions with the criminal justice system
Mental Health Services
Of the top 200 predicted individuals
104 went to jail within 1 year
19 years total jail time
Jail & Criminal Justice

23. Goals of the Course 1
Train the workforce in rigorous and modern computational data analysis methods and tools for decision-making 2
Develop new data products for government agencies 3
Create new integrated data to address cross- agency challenges 4
Establish new networks across agencies and geographies to address shared problems

24. Approach
The program provides hands-on projects with real microdata in a secure environment so that participants can learn the basics of how to:
Code and collect new data
Work with spatial data
Manage complex data,
Apply machine learning, text and network analysis
Visualize relationships
Address inference issues
Manage privacy and confidentiality

25. First set of courses
Data on ex-offenders, welfare recipients and veterans
Data on housing and transportation
Trained Staff
New Products
New Networks
Joined Up Datasets

26. Textbook

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Access
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29. Combine forces
Technology
Data
Classes
Outreach

30. Identify key priority areas
Crime/justice
Welfare recipiencts
Veterans ….

31. Learn from other fields

32. One vision
Networked set of university/city institutes – interoperable with federal statistical system and program areas
Teams of city/federal staff working with researchers on empirical problems (like ag extension programs)

33. Key ideas New data => new scale of questions
New sources => new scale of challenges
Both combined => Major research AND engagement infrastructures

34. Thank you