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 Trust, Control, and News Let’s talk about trust. When I was growing up, my parents, perhaps like yours, drilled a mantra into my head: never get into a car with a stranger. Don’t take food
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
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