I serve as the chair of the Eliminate the Digital Divide Advisory Committee of the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Recently I worked with fellow committee member Norm Peterson of Argonne National Laboratory to submit an application under…
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Knight Community Information Challenge Project in Full Swing
This month I spent some time with Terry Mazany, Daniel Ash, and some of our colleagues from other community foundations in a series of design thinking sessions with the Knight Foundation in the context of their Community Information Challenge. Here’s a…
Cook County Burial Locations Featured on WBEZ
On October 27, Cook County Chief Medical Examiner was on WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift talking about their burial data. The data set lists the final disposition sites of the indigents buried by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Currently, there are two…
Continuing the Work of Expunge.io
Smart Chicago was recently awarded a grant from The Chicago Community Trust to support Expunge.io. This grant, referred to as “Expunge.io Plus,” supports the great work already happening with Mikva Challenge Juvenile Justice Council, LAF, Illinois Legal Aid Online, Cabrini Green…
Foodborne Chicago, Humans, and Big Data on the Data Mine Blog
Foodborne Chicago, Humans, and Big Data on the Data Mine Blog Here’s a post on the U.S. News & World Report Data Mine blog covering our Foodborne Chicago project: How Twitter and Your Lunch Can Solve Problems. Here’s a snip:…
Foodborne Chicago on MarketWatch: Twitter bot helps Chicago find dirty restaurants
Great interview of Dr. Bechara Choucair, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health. Audio here:
