EE 508: Data Science for Conservation Decisions

A course about spatial analysis, environmental policy, and machine learning.

For students in Earth & Environment (EE 508) and Computing & Data Sciences (DS 537).

Contents

• About this course
  • Syllabus
  • What students say
• Schedule
• Getting started
  • Survey
  • Software
  • Installing the environment
  • Troubleshooting
• Labs
  • 1. Spatial data processing and visualization
  • 2. Systematic conservation planning with Marxan
  • 3. Optimal policy targeting with predictive machine learning
  • 4. Quasi-experimental impact evaluation with matching
• Tests
  • Lab tests
• Project
  • Individual project
  • Directed group project