by CivicMeter Staff | Oct 8, 2018 | Civic Analytics
‘Neuropolitics consultants’ say they know what’s on your mind, even if you’ve left it unspoken. Maria Pocovi, founder of the Emotion Research Lab (ERL), is using algorithms to identify voters’ unspoken feelings. This ability could start a revolution in...
by CivicMeter Staff | Sep 13, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Experts in government data use policy recommend that the use of information systems should be geared more toward the needs of frontline workers instead of the people at headquarters. Real-time granular data and integrated data systems that deliver information in...
by CivicMeter Staff | Aug 28, 2018 | Civic Analytics
The attraction of predictive policing is that it incorporates a quantitative element into the field of law enforcement. Doing so supposedly introduces mathematical rigor and a scientific basis into decisions about further detention, investigation, sentencing, or...
by CivicMeter Staff | Aug 28, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Models of forest fire behavior have long helped emergency managers prepare for the annual wildfire season in western US states. But the complexity of the wildland-urban transition zone (where wildfires cross into human-occupied areas) that has so far defied attempts...
by CivicMeter Staff | Aug 27, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Chances are that in a few years the faces shown to you in advertisements would have been tailored so you could identify with them and be more receptive to their messages. This form of cost-effective mass customization is now made possible with the development of new...
by CivicMeter Staff | Aug 27, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Performance management systems help states keep their eye on the ball and warn them if they are heading off-target. But not all such systems are calibrated for full efficiency. Sarah Dube, a director at the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, writes on the...
