VT DSPG 2020 Projects

Virginia Tech began its Data Science for the Public Good program in 2020 with five interns and two graduate fellows. The young scholars worked on four projects that addressed public good challenges throughout the Commonwealth.

Virginia Tech DSPG 2020 Project Websites:

Measuring Regional Food Insecurity and the Role of a Loudoun County Food Hub

Understanding Evictions in Richmond: Policy, Community, and Individual Factors

Measuring Economic and Social Infrastructure: Intergenerational Poverty in Page County

Industry and Workforce Attraction and Retention in Wythe County

Meet the inaugural VT DSPG Young Scholars cohort!

Undergraduate interns:

Dylan Glover
VT Class of 2020
Mathematics

Talib Grant
VT Class of 2021
Computational Modeling & Data Analytics

Graduate interns:

Laura Pranteddu
Ph.D. Candidate
Visiting student in Data Science from the University of Trento

Afrina Tabassum
Ph.D. Candidate
Computer Science

Adam Wells
Master's Student
Data Analysis and Applied Statistics

Graduate student fellows:

Joshua Beverly
Ph.D. Candidate
Agricultural and Applied Economics

Boya Zhang
Ph.D. Candidate
Statistics

Meet the 2020 Program leaders!

Susan Chen
Associate Professor, DSPG Faculty Fellow & Project Director
Virginia Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics
ecsusan@vt.edu

Ford Ramsey
Assistant Professor, 2020 DSPG Project leader
Virginia Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics
aframsey@vt.edu