[Colloquium] Seminar Announcement: Data-Driven Chicago - REVISED!!

[Ninfa Mayorga]

Computation Institute Presentation - Data Lunch Seminar (DLS)
Speaker: Brett Goldstein, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
Date: April 6, 2012 
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: University of Chicago, Searle 240A/B, 5735 S. Ellis Avenue, Argonne National Lab, TCS Building, Room 5172

Data-Driven Chicago

ABSTRACT:
Government has long lagged behind the private sector in its use of data, but the new administration in the City of Chicago aims to change that. In the first year, the Mayor appointed Chicago's first-ever Chief Technology Officer and the nation's first Chief Data Officer. Beginning to use data meaningfully on the city level has presented many challenges and opportunities, and the Chief Data Officer will outline the lessons learned from the first year of bringing sophisticated analytics into municipal government. Projects include the creation of a city Data Portal, a major data documentation effort, the creation of a common operating platform using Mongo DB's geospatial capabilities, and the development of a predictive framework to capture the quality of life or 'health' of a neighborhood. The shift in focus to predictive techniques signals the city's need to be more proactive and data-driven in its approach.

SPEAKER BIO:
As Chicago's first Chief Data Officer, Brett Goldstein's role is to lead the city's approach to and use of data to help improve the way the government works for its residents. Thus, the responsibilities of the Chief Data Officer are threefold: promoting transparency through open data, constructing a comprehensive strategy for citywide data usage and storage, and facilitating data-driven decision-making through data analytics, including groundbreaking predictive analytics.

Before coming to City Hall as Chief Data Officer, Brett Goldstein founded and directed the Chicago Police Department's Predictive Analytics Group, which aims to predict when and where crime will happen. Goldstein is a former Commander in the Chicago Police Department. Previously, Goldstein was an early employee with OpenTable. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Connecticut College, his MS in criminal justice at Suffolk University, and his MS in computer science at University of Chicago. Brett is pursuing his PhD in Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He resides in Chicago with his wife and three children.

Information: This event is co-organized with the ACM (http://acm.cs.uchicago.edu/). If you plan to attend, please RSVP at http://goo.gl/qP8r9 

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