Dr. Dan Richard, Associate Professor in Psychology, and Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Associate Professor in Computing formed the Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) in August 2016. The mission of the FL-DSSG is to promote data-informed approaches among nonprofit and public sector organizations in Florida to solve social problems. We acheive this mission by working on data science projects in collaboration with organizations that serve a public good; and by creating transformational educational opporunities for aspiring data scientists to work on data science project with social impact.

The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) concept was pioneered by the University of Chicago, as a collaboration between the Department of Computer Science and Harris School of Public Policy. FL-DSSG is modeled after the DSSG at Chicago program while functioning independently. Similar to the DSSG at Chicago, we partner with non-profit and governmental agencies, analyze their data, and find impactful solutions to social issues. The Chicago program has global focus, however, the FL-DSSG partners with organizations addressing social issues in the State of Florida.

The FL-DSSG program provides internships for students from diverse disciplines to work on data science projects along with our community partners. The FL-DSSG partners with organizations that have wicked social problems and looking for data-driven approaches for solving them. Partnering non-profit and government agencies will receive data analysis and data visualization reports. Students are placed on multi-disciplinary teams and matched with academic subject matter experts and professional data scientist mentors to address real-world problems for our clients. FL-DSSG program is designed to train and strengthen data scientist workforce pipeline. Students will receive valuable experience with data management, analysis, technology design, and community needs as to prepare them for the workforce in STEM related fields.

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