Notable Scholars and Business Leaders share Research and Inspiration with Next Generation of Computational Social Scientists
The first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science hosted at a Historically Black College or University featured a panel of guest speakers who inspired participants with their research and professional trajectory. Lecture topics include re-entry into the job force for incarcerated people, financial statuses of small businesses in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, social identities and systems of power, and discriminatory bias within technology.
Using Data to Help Migrants Find Work
The topic of refugees in america seems to be getting swept under the rug, however the issue is still very prominent and needs solving before getting out of hand. By using an algorithm based on demographics and census data new research tries to put an ease to these questions and offers real and modern day solutions to this debate. The one caveat is it requires those in positions of privilege to help.