evoeges/pae

Harvard Kennedy School applied thesis on automated decision systems in city government.

Automating NYC

This project is the result of a Harvard Kennedy School's applied thesis, the Policy Analysis Exercise. This website reflects the views of the authors and should not be viewed as representing the views of Harvard University or any of its faculty.

Built With

Javascript Libraries

• Bootstrap - Used for styling
• Materialize - Used for styling cards
• Vivus - Used for animating line drawings
• Scroll Trigger - Used for scroll fade effects
• D3 - Used to visualize the toy algorithm
• CSS Hover - used to create hover bounce effect

Icons and Images Credit

• NYC Skyline modified from Freepik
• Select icons from Font Awesome
• Select icons from Feather Icons Library
• All other icons and visuals our own.

Authors

• Akina Younge - Project Management + Data Wrangler - Akinana27
• Deepra Yusuf - Content Development + Research - debrazebra1209
• Elyse Voegeli - Design + Engineering - evoeges
• Jon Truong - Design + Content Development - ohbother

License

This project is licensed under the GNU License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to our advisors, Julie Wilson and Jeffrey Liebman, the Jain Family institute for their support, and Emily Chu for her technical mentorship. Most of our icons are custom, but thanks to Font Awesome and Feather Icons Library for the others. All other visuals are our own. And finally, shout out to all the amazing people who user tested for us! You know who you are.

pae's Issues

Quotes double v single

double vs. single quotes -- we used double quotes for "fraud" and single quotes for 'cash for food stamps'. Is there a reason why? Should we just pick one?

text that cycles on splash screen (inequality, racism, discrimination)

NYCHA Case

potential to shorten data bias section for NYCHA

fix Dee's picture on website, make her look less greasy

On landing page when you first see the menu bar, "Get active" is highlighted.

"Some Examples" accordians turn teal after click.

Bias section

What is written now: "It might tell us to do something based on the existing biases of the world that it's capturing."

Dee comment: Don't we mean more that its construction of the world itself is biased?

Porfirio Cards

"so there was bias in the model against those kinds of transactions"

I think this leaves out/ does not make clear what is actually important about this which is that the model was biased against transactions in conditions where there is an informal economy/ when people are more financially insecure.

Update icons for Github and email to clickable links