MUSA is a 9-month master’s program coupling spatial analysis skills—with substantive knowledge i
12/17/2019
students worked with to forecast tax foreclosures as a way to prioritize community legal aid.
Check out the Practicum: https://pennmusa.github.io/MUSA_801.io/
Check out the MUSA program: https://www.design.upenn.edu/musa/about
12/08/2019
students worked with Louisville, KY to forecast automobile crash risk.
Understanding how the built environment influence crashes can help us plan safer communities.
Check out the Practicum: https://pennmusa.github.io/MUSA_801.io/
Check out the MUSA program: https://www.design.upenn.edu/musa/about
Want to learn at the intersection of & ? Come learn with ! Check out our 2nd on creating geospatial hot spots in by Professor Eugene Brusiloskiy .
Want to learn at the intersection of & ? Come learn with ! Check out our 2nd on creating geospatial hot spots in by Professor Eugene Brusiloskiy .
Check out the MUSA program: https://www.design.upenn.edu/musa/about
11/24/2019
In Louisville, students forecasted traffic congestion using Waze Connected Citizens data.
Check out the Practicum: https://pennmusa.github.io/MUSA_801.io/
Check out the MUSA program: https://www.design.upenn.edu/musa/about
11/24/2019
10/09/2019
Want to learn how to build spatial tools that promote actionable intelligence in government?
Check out last year’s Practicum and come to the Open House, 10/28
Practicum: https://pennmusa.github.io/MUSA_801.io/
Registration: https://www.design.upenn.edu/graduate-admissions/open-house
05/08/2019
"Following this group of 50 will help you keep your thumb on the pulse of the latest technological advances and research, inform you about events and opportunities, and of course, fill your twitter feed with cool maps, visualizations, and data science projects."
Check out MUSA's feature in CARTO's 50 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Spatial Data Science!
50 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Spatial Data Science This year's CARTO twitter guide features 50 twitter accounts to follow for those looking to dive specifically into Twitter's Spatial Data Science community
04/12/2019
Last year the MUSA Practicum talked foreclosures in Philly and opioid overdoses in Providence, to name a few. This year, the Practicum will be covering topics ranging from Chicago Smart City Censors to Louisville's Fire Prevention Efforts. Join us for the MUSA Practicum Final Presentations, May 9th, 2-5PM in Morgan Hall.
03/12/2019
In 2016, 200 million people visited election aggregator and forecasting websites. Despite the proliferation of data, election forecasting remains a challenge, one that is exacerbated by gerrymandering and unrepresentative districts.
Chris Satullo, former WHYY News Director and current Draw the Lines Project Manager will discuss gerrymandering and the District Builder tool. To follow, demographer Jonathan Tannen, founder of Philadelphia election analytics site Sixty-Six Wards, will give an interactive tutorial on predicting elections in R.
Join us for our second on Election Analytics, April 22, 12-5, register here.
Penn MUSA: Election Analytics Workshop In 2016, 200 million people visited election aggregator and forecasting websites. Despite the proliferation of data, election forecasting remains a challenge, one that is exacerbated by gerrymandering and unrepresentative districts. Last year, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the Pennsylvan...
01/02/2019
Working with our friends in Providence RI, this project forecast op**te risk across space as a way to prioritize limited education & prevention resources.
http://ow.ly/Y9Pt50jQSix
Learn more about the program here:
http://ow.ly/Gc5e50jQSiw
12/18/2018
In Minneapolis, students developed a lead prediction algorithm to prioritize home inspections.
"We are all working for the day when we don't use children as lead detectors."
http://ow.ly/nUcI50jQSce
Learn more about the here -http://ow.ly/NPG950jQScd
