Cities across the country are looking for smart uses of data that help them use taxpayer dollars more effectively. One local start-up is trying to help the City of Boston do just that for restaurant hygiene inspections.
DrivenData–a Harvard-based team that includes a former Microsoft employee–is running an online competition where competitors create algorithms that use Yelp restaurant reviews to predict where inspectors will find health code violations. The challenge: find clues about hygiene in the words, phrases, ratings and patterns that consumers leave online.
You can read more about it here.
