Econometrics as an Introduction to Machine Learning

Team Leader

Winston Grace

Solution Overview & Team Lead Details

Our Organization

Winston Grace

What is the name of your solution?

Econometrics as an Introduction to Machine Learning

Provide a one-line summary of your solution.

Providing city residents the ability to make quantitative as well possibly utilizing predictive analytics as well.

What specific problem are you solving?

Cities can utilize the input of its residents. However, how can residents present ideas in way that addresses the economic issues in a quantitative approach?

What is your solution?

The proposed solution to encourage civic participation by means of free, community-based courses in basic econometrics. This allows for discourse on civic issues on topics such as new streetlights and traffic issues from a quantitative viewpoint of economics. The course is also a good introduction to machine learning. With machine learning, residents of a city can provide convincing information on possible outcomes of various decisions.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

It allows residents to present issues to city officials in a quantitative as well as possibly in a way that uses predictive analytics. Along with this, it can create new job skills in the information-age economy.

How are you and your team well-positioned to deliver this solution?

Creating easy to understand courses of technical subjects has been successful in the past by this team.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Help learners acquire key civic skills and knowledge, including how to assess credibility of information, engage across differences, understand one’s own agency, and engage with issues of power, privilege, and injustice.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Fort Lauderdale

In what country is your solution team headquartered?

United States

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model, but which is not yet serving anyone

Please share details about what makes your solution a Prototype rather than a Concept.

It is an existing online course.

How many people does your solution currently serve?

None at the moment

Why are you applying to Solve?

I believe the solution could help residents of different cities in the world.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Winston Grace