Predictive Behavior Modeling for Community Organizing

NationBuilder Computer Science/Mathematics, 2013-14

Liaison(s): Brett Bevers, David Huie ’11, Dan Walmsley
Advisor(s): Susan Martonosi, Mohamed Omar (F)
Students(s): Michael Culhane, Joey Klonowski (PM), Greg Kronmiller, Mitul Verma

NationBuilder creates community organizing systems to help governments, businesses, nonprofits, and politicians manage their campaigns and communities. NationBuilder’s clients generate vast amounts of data, much of which is currently underutilized. NationBuilder would like us to rank their clients’ constituents by how likely they are to carry out specific future actions, such as donating in a future campaign or voting for a particular candidate. Ultimately, this will allow NationBuilder’s clients to derive more value from the data they already collect.