MainStreetPulse: An Early Warning Platform for Monitoring and Supporting Main Street Businesses
BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Assistant Professor Kira Goldner, Associate Professor Mayank Varia, Clinical Assistant Professor Langdon White, and BU Spark! Director Ziba Cranmer worked with the Boston Planning & Development Agency to use mechanism design and secure computation to determine when to fund struggling small businesses in Boston to achieve diverse storefronts, fewer storefront vacancies, and new store owners or locations. Read the NSF grant award.