by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics, Civic Data & Tech
Columbus, Ohio is the fastest growing city in the Midwest. When officials evaluated what the future held for their city, they decided that providing equitable access to it’s public transportation system would go a long way towards fixing the headaches such as...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Some charter school networks are investing millions in data science professionals and analytics platforms. Others, more cash-strapped but still striving to be data-driven, are running their analytics programs on shoestring budgets. Both instances are instructive for...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
With deaths from drug overdoses now the leading cause of death for US citizens under the age of 50, the US Department of Justice has turned to big data to help stem the flow of illegal drugs bought on the shadier back alleys of the internet. This past August, Attorney...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics, Civic Data & Tech
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter aren’t just for you or me. Terrorists use social networks as well — and extremist groups are getting more marketing-savvy by the day. These groups have branding. They make memes. Their videos have production value with drone...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 1, 2018 | Digital Forensics
A neural network is powerful. Within limits, it supposed to be able to compute any arbitrary function. But since any process can be computed as a function, neural networks can be used for all sorts of things from translating a page written in Cyrillic into English to...
