项目412连接：学生和社区的桥梁
Project 412Connect: Bridging Students and Communities
摘要：
在这项工作中，我们描述了一些黑人拥有的企业在美国面临的挑战，特别是在匹兹堡市。考虑到当地的动态和沟通的愿望，在匹兹堡地区的黑人拥有的企业，我们确定，大学生代表这些企业的一个未充分利用的市场。我们调查这种效率低下的根本原因，并设计和实施一个平台，412 Connect（https：//www.412connect.org/），以增加匹兹堡大学社区学生对匹兹堡黑人企业的在线支持。该网站通过有针对性的推荐来协调学生用户和参与企业之间的互动。对于平台设计师来说，我们从概念开始描述项目，特别关注我们的动机和设计选择。我们的设计选择是由两个简单的，新颖的模型徽章设计和推荐系统，可能是理论上的兴趣。一路上，我们强调协调与社区合作伙伴合作的基层志愿者项目的挑战和经验教训，以及参与奖学金的机会和陷阱。
英文摘要：
In this work, we describe some of the challenges Black-owned businesses face in the United States, and specifically in the city of Pittsburgh. Taking into account local dynamics and the communicated desires of Black-owned businesses in the Pittsburgh region, we determine that university students represent an under-utilized market for these businesses. We investigate the root causes for this inefficiency and design and implement a platform, 412Connect (https://www.412connect.org/), to increase online support for Pittsburgh Black-owned businesses from students in the Pittsburgh university community. The site operates by coordinating interactions between student users and participating businesses via targeted recommendations. For platform designers, we describe the project from its conception, paying special attention to our motivation and design choices. Our design choices are aided by two simple, novel models for badge design and recommendation systems that may be of theoretical interest. Along the way we highlight challenges and lessons from coordinating a grassroots volunteer project working in conjunction with community partners, and the opportunities and pitfalls of engaged scholarship.
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