Supporting Detroit’s Digital Inclusion through Data Science

With funding from Microsoft, the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) works with Detroit’s Connect 313 initiative and the City of Detroit’s Data Strategy and Analytics (DSA) team to support, inform, and drive Connect 313’s overall digital inclusion, equity, and empowerment strategy, while informing Microsoft Airband’s future effort to address digital inequality.

Project Team

Kim Di Camillo

Masters Student

School of Information, University of Michigan

Eric Chen

Masters Student

Industrial Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

Joshua Edmonds

Director of Digital Inclusion

City of Detroit

Warren Flood

Program Manager

Microsoft Philanthropies

Kat Hartman

Director, Data Strategy & Analytics

City of Detroit

Tanvir Ahmed Khan

Ph.D. Candidate

Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

Jing Liu

Managing Director

Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)

Oleg Nikolsky

Masters Student

School of Information, University of Michigan

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