Gavin C. Rozzi

Gavin C. Rozzi

Pushing the boundaries of data, technology & public policy

Biography

Gavin Rozzi is an award-winning data scientist, web developer & former journalist who has created several successful local news websites and open-source civic technology platforms serving New Jersey.

Interests
  • Linux, open source software
  • Public policy
  • Data science
  • Civic tech
  • Python & R development
Education

  • M.S., Data Science & Strategic Analytics, 2020

    Stockton University

  • B.A., Political Science, 2018

    Stockton University

Recent Posts

Last updated on Jan 20, 2021 4 min read
njtr1: An R package to download & analyze New Jersey car crash data
njtr1: An R package to download & analyze New Jersey car crash data

In this post I will introduce njtr1, my new R package that makes it easier to research road safety in New Jersey using open data released by the New Jersey Department of Transportation with a consistent and simple API, eliminating the manual drudgery currently inherent in working with these data.

Last updated on Dec 29, 2020 11 min read
A critique of New Jersey's COVID-19 data
A critique of New Jersey's COVID-19 data

In this post I will explore how New Jersey compares to neighboring states in terms of the granularity, format and accessibility of raw data about COVID-19 cases and deaths made available to the public during the pandemic’s outbreak in 2020.

Last updated on Dec 14, 2020 3 min read
What's new in zipcodeR v0.2?
What's new in zipcodeR v0.2?

I first released my open-source R package for processing U.S. ZIP codes, zipcodeR, in September. From then until December, when I am writing this, the package has received more than 3000 downloads and a lot of interest from the community.

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Projects

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All Data Visualization Open Source Software Platforms SDR
njtr1

njtr1

An R package that makes it easy to download and analyze New Jersey car crash data

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TrentonTracker

TrentonTracker

The encyclopedia of New Jersey politics

zipcodeR

zipcodeR

An R package that makes dealing with ZIP codes painless

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NJ Narcan Dashboard

NJ Narcan Dashboard

A tool for researching the opiod epidemic in New Jersey and where & when overdoses are occuring

1033 Watch

1033 Watch

Track military hardware shipments to local police

OPRAmachine

OPRAmachine

New Jersey’s first statewide freedom of information platform

Ocean County Radio Live

Ocean County Radio Live

Online SDR trunked radio scanner & archive for Ocean County, NJ

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Keeping Them Honest: Using the Power of OPRA to Hold Public Officials Accountable
How can public records requests be used to hold local public officials accountable? Gavin Rozzi, creator of the OPRAmachine public …
Nov 14, 2020 3:50 PM
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Using Freedom of Information Laws to Enhance Academic Research
The Department of Research and Academic Engagement at Drug Policy Alliance is excited to host Gavin Rozzi for our upcoming webinar. …
Oct 15, 2020 2:00 PM
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Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life
The Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab (RUCI Lab) was recently founded at the Bloustein School, with the mission of using new …
May 11, 2020 10:00 AM New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Recent Publications

Gavin C. Rozzi (2020). The first statewide, open access dataset tracking public records requests in New Jersey. Data in Brief.

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Oliver Cooke, John Froonjian, Gavin C. Rozzi (2019). The Underground Construction Economy in New Jersey.

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Gavin C. Rozzi (2017). Municipal Tax Abatements. In Election 2017: The Policy Priorities of New Jersey College Students, William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University..

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Contact Gavin

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