Month: April 2016
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Radio: Barber Shop Show 261: Task Force Tracker Project
Today I appeared with some colleagues on Vocalo’s The Barbershop Show. Here’s their description of our segment: The Police Accountability Task Force made a number of recommendations for reform in their report. We heard about an annotated digital version of the report that’s tracking progress made on the recommendations. For that discussion, we heard from:…
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News Article: Chicago seeking ‘smart-city’ tech solutions to improve city life
Today I was quoted in an article in the Chicago Tribune about Chicago’s “smart city” efforts. Here are two relevant snips: “How do we connect these abstract, big-picture, big-data initiatives to the needs of the residents of Chicago who are struggling under a failure to fund education and under a police force that thwarts the…
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Launch: Connect Chicago Initiative by Mayor Emanuel
Today Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched an initiative around the Smart Chicago program called Connect Chicago. Here’s more on the Smart Chicago website. Here’s some news coverage:
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Report: Chicago Police Accountability Task Force
Today marks the publication of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force, “Recommendations for Reform: Restoring Trust between the Chicago Police and the Communities they Serve“. I served on the Early Intervention & Personnel Concerns working group, and helped develop this recommendation: publish, on a monthly basis, aggregate data on the following: new and pending complaints by unit,…
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Panel: Big Data & the Public Good for the Illinois Humanities
Today I moderated a panel for Illinois Humanities about how big data can serve the public good. Here’s how they described it: What is the relationship between information technology, urban space, and the public good in the age of big data? Where do “smart cities” initiatives like the Array of Things – which doesn’t collect…