1. Lessons learned
Working closely with domain experts and doing pilot studies is important to discover issues
Social network interventions: difficulties in collecting network data, youth failing to attend interventions
These issues drive new research

2. What makes a good problem?

3. What makes a good problem?
Balance between social impact and “interestingness”
Can a domain expert tell you what the real problems are?
Do they just need logistic regression?

4. What makes a good problem?
Balance between social impact and “interestingness”
Can a domain expert tell you what the real problems are?
Do they just need logistic regression?
Can we abstract a good algorithmic problem?
Takes time to build common language

5. Where do we find these problems?

6. Where do we find these problems?
Faculty in application department at your institution
Social work, preventative health/epidemiology, criminology, environmental science

7. Where do we find these problems?
Faculty in application department at your institution
Social work, preventative health/epidemiology, criminology, environmental science
Your city
Emergency response, social services, planning departments

8. Where do we find these problems?
Faculty in application department at your institution
Social work, preventative health/epidemiology, criminology, environmental science
Your city
Emergency response, social services, planning departments
Cold- NGOs
Requires persistence but eventually works

9. Where do we find these problems?
Faculty in application department at your institution
Social work, preventative health/epidemiology, criminology, environmental science
Your city
Emergency response, social services, planning departments
Cold- NGOs
Requires persistence but eventually works
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