# Our Niche

What is special about our approach?

## Specialized Towards Computational Public Policy

As discussed elsewhere. Cross-disciplinary, strong on economic analysis and modeling combined with machine learning and data science.

Example: Use machine learning to recover network structure, which is an input into a model of financial stability.

## Open Source Content

Almost all teaching material will be open source, including online lectures, videos, lecture slides, etc.

(We hold back only exercises and assessment material.)

This is analogous to the model followed by [anaconda.com](https://anaconda.com): release almost all material as open source and then offer additional consulting and training.

The popularity of the platform makes that consulting and training attractive.

Options

* Offer long term training and support via 3 ~ 5 year contracts --- train recipients to use a model and then support.

## Strong Online Presence

Extensive, well-organized content.

Flexible and thoughtfully produced remote learning options.