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Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics GSoC projects

9 accepted projects across 3 cycles, 2021 to 2023. Each one links to its contributor, mentors and code.

Projects listed

9

Across 3 cycles

In GSoC 2026

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Not taking part

Busiest cycle

2023

4 projects

Mentors named

7

Across all listed projects

First cycle

2021

Latest 2023

Projects per cycle

Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics, 2016 to 2026

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  1. Backend System for Historical Audio Tour Application

    SarahAMentored by Michael Lawrence Evans, Maddie Webster

    We want to build an audio tour application that highlights sites visible from MBTA's (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) public...

  2. Dashboard for Equity in City Infrastructure

    chiragmahapatraMentored by Michael Lawrence Evans, Michael_Miller_boston

    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...

  3. Exploring Intersection of Civic Technology and Large Language Models

    August FuMentored by Michael Lawrence Evans

    For years, the government has struggled to provide helpful information for residents in need. Sometimes the resources are not readily accessible, or...

  4. Improving Civic Technology to Achieve Equity Goals

    Sebastian O.Mentored by Maddie Webster

    This proposal is to assist the City of Boston in achieving in equity goals, either by helping implement a city chatbot powered by large...

  1. Improved Translation for the City’s 311 App with Machine Learning

    Tejasvi ChebroluMentored by Michael Lawrence Evans, Yo Deshpande

    The aim of the project is to build an API-accessible service that improves the translation of text from residents reporting issues through the 311...

  2. Salihu Dickson Google Summer of Code proposal

    SalihuMentored by Michael Lawrence Evans

    The Problems I am applying to solve are: 1. Building a Tool for Collecting Crowdsourced Ideas on Interactive maps, this is supposed to help people...

  1. Boston.gov Solar Roof Potential

    NnamdiMentored by Nigel Jacob, Michael Evans

    This project uses computer vision, satellite imaging (Google Earth), and Analyze Boston to build a lightweight web service API that provides data on...

  2. Geospatial Tools for Post-Disaster Housing Analysis

    Paulette VazquezMentored by Daniel Myers

    This project will focus on creating an open-source GIS Land Suitability Analysis as part of a larger Regional Catastrophic Grant Program (RCGP) by...

  3. Urban Tree Canopy Detection Using Satellite and Aerial Imagery

    Aditi SawantMentored by Michael Evans

    The City of Boston’s Parks Department maintains a comprehensive data set on trees in Boston. However, it’s a manual and laborious process to get the...

Data: Google Summer of Code public archive. Official GSoC archive