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Projects
As part of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, our fellows develop innovative, practical projects to impact the policy process. Please explore our current and past projects below.
by Nidhi Hebbar and Yusuf Ahmad
Suggestion Box
Responsive Redesign for Remote Learning
by Human Agency
Responsive Messaging for COVID-19 Support
Connecting Individuals to Specific Resources in Their Community
by Michael Peter Edson and Dana Mitroff Silvers
Cultural Engagement To Mitigate Social Isolation
Collaborating to Create Digital Initiatives for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
by Human Computation Institute
The CrowdMeter Project
Achieving a Sustainable “new normal” by Aligning Individual Goals with Population Outcomes.
by MuckRock
COVID-19 DataCollector
Scaling Efforts to Collect and Analyze Data Needed to Inform COVID Policy
by Steven Buccini
Risk Limiting Audits
Risk Limiting Audits in North Carolina
by Sean Ahrens
DemDoc
DemDoc: Democratically Editable Policy Docs
by Ginny Fahs, Anil Dewan, Steven Buccini and Ora Tanner
Protecting Older Users Online
Centralizing Older Users In Government Design
by Brandie Nonnecke
Public Interest Research Alliance
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Robust Public Interest Investigations
by Steve Weis, Amina Asim, and Aloni Cohen
Classified Threat Sensors
Joining Private and Public Resources to Detect Foreign Nation Cyberattacks
by Neal Parikh, Brandie Nonnecke, and Ginny Fahs
Test Driven Development
Adapting Computer Science Methods for Building Robust and Reliable Software to Policymaking
by Allison Day, Karissa McKelvey and Anil Dewan
Pretrial Risk Assessment
Modern Data Systems for Responsible Pretrial Risk Assessment
by Ora Tanner and Erica Greene
Florida Schools
Data-Driven School Safety Systems in Florida
by Erica Greene & Alex Rosenblat
Tech Buzz Words
No Nonsense Definitions for the Digital Age
by Amina Asim
Ad Supply Chain
Programmatic Ad Supply Chain Auditing Platform
by Aloni Cohen
California Privacy Act
Rethinking Probabilistic Identifiers for the California Privacy Law
by Liz Ruiz