Government Trying Something New Two months after I graduated college, I moved to Berlin to start a civic technology fellowship sponsored by the German Chancellery. As one of the first fellows at Tech4Germany, I had the opportunity
Projects Building Ground Truth Using natural language processing with the Associated Press to make relevant news stories easier to find
Projects Artistic Style Transfer with Tensorflow Lately I've been fascinated by the idea of what computer-generated creativity could look like. In this post I want to explore five different techniques for style transfer and implement them using Tensorflow. We're
Projects Closing the Last Mile Earlier this year, after hearing about a classmate's struggle using ridesharing apps while in a wheelchair, I wanted to investigate Uber's accessibility. I conducted a qualitative study of rider-driver interactions, as well as
Computer Science Preserving Privacy on Public Transit Public transit farecards use unique identifiers that allow for the intrusive tracking of an individual’s movements. Initially, it seems necessary for a transportation system to identify an individual to collect the appropriate
Projects Machine Learning and the Bechdel Test I’ve always been conscious of the portrayal of women in film and popular culture. As a fan of sci-fi and action movie franchises, it bothers me that women are consistently underrepresented in
Projects The Frontlines of Democracy Voting technology can often be the subject of intense scrutiny, especially around election season. As Election Day 2016 approached, I wanted to analyze how privacy and security best practices were implemented at polling
Computer Science I Do Not Like to Code in C! After a rough night of working on an operating systems problem set, I submitted the following notes for my grader along with my code. With my sincerest apologies to Margo & Eddie, Dr.
Education 20 Girls, 7 Weeks, Infinite Fun When I tell people that I spent my summer working in New York, I’m often met with curious looks. “I didn’t know you were into finance!” I then clarify that, no,
Computer Science Programming the Future: How Ada Lovelace Helped Shape Modern Computer Science It seems absurd to think that the computer programming began in the 1800s. However, long before ENIAC, Harvard Mark I, Colossus, or any kind of computer was built, there lived a woman with