Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics

Exploring new approaches to civic life.

Technologies
python, javascript, ruby, tensorflow
Topics
web, machine learning, gis, civic tech, analytics
Exploring new approaches to civic life.
The City of Boston's Department of Innovation and Technology engages, empowers, and improves life for residents in the City through technology. Our team makes sure the networks, computers, and systems that support the City are secure and effective. We also manage the City’s websites and technologies focused on service delivery.

Projects

Contributor
August Fu
Mentor
Michael Lawrence Evans
Organization
Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
Exploring Intersection of Civic Technology and Large Language Models
For years, the government has struggled to provide helpful information for residents in need. Sometimes the resources are not readily accessible, or...
Contributor
chiragmahapatra
Mentor
Michael Lawrence Evans, Michael_Miller_boston
Organization
Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
Dashboard for Equity in City Infrastructure
The goal of this project is to build a web-based dashboard that allows City departments to keep track of infrastructure investments and measure their...
Contributor
SarahA
Mentor
Michael Lawrence Evans, Maddie Webster
Organization
Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
Backend System for Historical Audio Tour Application
We want to build an audio tour application that highlights sites visible from MBTA's (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) public...
Contributor
Sebastian O.
Mentor
Maddie Webster
Organization
Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
Improving Civic Technology to Achieve Equity Goals
This proposal is to assist the City of Boston in achieving in equity goals, either by helping implement a city chatbot powered by large...