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SUMMARY:CSC Speaker Series – Optimizing for Whom? Centering Youth Voices 
 in Shelter Capacity Planning
LOCATION:The Vagelos Computational Science Center\, The Milstein Center 5th
  Floor\, 3009 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA
DESCRIPTION:This talk will explore Dr. Yaren Bilge Kaya's use of mathematic
 al modeling to determine how much shelter and service capacity NYC needs f
 or unstably housed youth\, offering policymakers a framework for future pl
 anning. Rather than focusing on the modeling itself\, the talk highlights 
 the often-overlooked groundwork behind it: survey design\, interviews\, an
 d ongoing feedback loops with service providers like the Coalition for Hom
 eless Youth and the Department of Youth and Community Development. Dr. Kay
 a also reflects on what it means to involve the people affected by a decis
 ion directly in the modeling process\, arguing that public interest techno
 logy is most effective when those it serves are treated as collaborators r
 ather than just sources of data.Dr. Yaren Kaya is a Lecturer in the Indust
 rial Engineering and Operations Research Department at Columbia University
 . Her teaching and research apply large-scale optimization\, simulation mo
 deling\, and machine learning to advance social justice\, equity\, and acc
 ess in the systems that shape people's lives.This workshop is planned to t
 ake place in-person (Milstein 516). ​​​​​​For more informatio
 n about the Barnard CSC\, go to https://www.csc.barnard.edu or follow us
  on Instagram and X (@barnard_csc).
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