Civic Sandbox

The Algorithmic Red Team Sandbox

An interactive simulation for university workshops, hackathons, and student researchers to stress-test automated civic infrastructure.

Try a Workshop Scenario

Jump straight into a real-world failure mode used in university workshops. Load a preset, watch the score collapse, then diagnose what went wrong.

Model Controls

50

How heavily demographic features influence the model's decisions.

50

Degree of skew inherited from historical training data.

50

Robustness against null values, edge cases, and silent errors.

50

Ability for affected people to inspect and appeal a decision.

Live Output Matrix

Live

Algorithmic Integrity Score

50/ 100At Risk

Bias Index

50

Fault Tolerance

50

Auditability

50

Public Trust

50

Diagnostic Findings

  • No critical faults detected under current configuration.

Score Breakdown

Real-time attribution

Each input contributes a weighted share of the 100-point Algorithmic Integrity Score. Watch these bars shift as you move the sliders.

Demographic Weighting25% weightINVERTED
+12.5 / 25 pts

Current input 50 → normalized 50. Inverted — lower weighting on demographic features yields more points. Heavy weighting concentrates harm on protected classes.

Historical Data Training Bias30% weightINVERTED
+15.0 / 30 pts

Current input 50 → normalized 50. Inverted and the heaviest lever (30%). Skewed training data cascades bias into every downstream decision.

Exception Handling Rigor20% weight
+10.0 / 20 pts

Current input 50. Direct — higher rigor catches null values, edge cases, and silent errors before they backlog applicants.

Transparency Level25% weight
+12.5 / 25 pts

Current input 50. Direct — auditability and appeal rights make the system accountable to the public it serves.

Formula

score = (100 − demographic)·0.25 + (100 − historicalBias)·0.30 + exceptionRigor·0.20 + transparency·0.25

Sum of contributions above: 50 / 100.

Workshop Breaking-Point Scenarios

Workshop Toolkit & Downloads

A repository for university professors, student organizers, and civic-tech clubs running Red Team workshops on campus.

The Red Team Lab Workbook

PDF Guide • 12 Pages

A structured, step-by-step student workbook containing hands-on simulation exercises, guided data inputs, and reflection questions for engineering and policy labs.

Download Workbook (.PDF)

NIST Framework Assessment Matrix

Excel Spreadsheet • Interactive

Our open-source risk tracking spreadsheet template used by students during the workshop to manually map systemic exceptions and calculate raw severity weights.

Download Template (.XLSX)

Facilitator’s Slide Deck & Guide

PowerPoint • 25 Slides

Ready-to-use presentation deck for student chapter leaders or professors to introduce algorithmic bias, data drift, and independent oversight frameworks.

Download Slide Deck (.PPTX)
For Students & Faculty

Host a Workshop at Your University.

Request our interactive curriculum package, facilitator guide, and pre-loaded scenario library — free for student chapters, professors, and civic-tech clubs.