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New Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Monthly U.S. Gun Homicides, Overcoming Limitations of Official Government Data

April 5, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents – especially on a monthly basis – has been a significant challenge, due to the lag… Continue Reading New Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Monthly U.S. Gun Homicides, Overcoming Limitations of Official Government Data

Honeybee hives may reveal the microbial signatures of urban aerobiomes, researchers at NYU Tandon find

March 29, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Honeybees foraging in urban environments could provide valuable information about the communities of fungi and bacteria that exist there, some of which impact people’s health and well-being, a study published in Environmental… Continue Reading Honeybee hives may reveal the microbial signatures of urban aerobiomes, researchers at NYU Tandon find

NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosts inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop, a UNESCO initiative

March  20, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon. Image source: unesco.org Under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), NYU Tandon School of Engineering is co-organizing and hosting the inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop… Continue Reading NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosts inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop, a UNESCO initiative

NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER Award for boosting the perception and navigation capabilities of construction-site robots

March  1, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Robotics expert Chen Feng aims to alleviate long-standing problems in occupational safety, productivity, costs, and labor shortages in the construction industry. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected an NYU Tandon School… Continue Reading NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER Award for boosting the perception and navigation capabilities of construction-site robots

New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives government, responders, the public, and researchers real-time information on rising waters

September 1, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  The application is linked to a growing network of flood sensors that provide user-friendly data via an interactive map to alert users to rising waters in flood-prone areas. New York City Mayor… Continue Reading New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives government, responders, the public, and researchers real-time information on rising waters

NYU researchers partner with FDA to identify biomarkers for stroke rehabilitation

September 29, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  A unique collaboration between the engineering sector (NYU Tandon), the clinical sector (NYU Langone), and the regulatory sector (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) will bring biomarker data to bear on neurorehabilitation… Continue Reading NYU researchers partner with FDA to identify biomarkers for stroke rehabilitation

With month-long event, Sunset Park gets a “deep dive” into underground infrastructure

September 28, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Still from “Underground Periscope,” a multi-channel video installation that considers the underground as a living organism by showing underground utilities and infrastructure thereby revealing the complex and often messy  interconnected nature of what… Continue Reading With month-long event, Sunset Park gets a “deep dive” into underground infrastructure

Researchers Unveil Data-Driven, Automated Machine-Learning System for Detecting Emerging Public Health Threats

November 4, 2022 Originally published by NYU News.  New York University, Carnegie Mellon, and NYC Health experts test and develop new pre-surveillance method.   A dire threat to public health can emerge from a huge variety of sources – for… Continue Reading Researchers Unveil Data-Driven, Automated Machine-Learning System for Detecting Emerging Public Health Threats

Complex environments pose complex challenges, but the new director of CUSP thrives on complexity

September 12, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri to lead Center for Urban Science and Progress How do animals behave? How do people reach a consensus? How does a pandemic spread? What drives gun purchases? What… Continue Reading Complex environments pose complex challenges, but the new director of CUSP thrives on complexity

Capstone projects from Tandon’s Center for Urban Science + Progress result in data-driven policy recommendations and real-world solutions

August 29, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Each year, NYU Tandon’s Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) invites government agencies, private-sector companies, non-profit organizations, think tanks, and academics from schools all over the world to submit project proposals and then collaborate with… Continue Reading Capstone projects from Tandon’s Center for Urban Science + Progress result in data-driven policy recommendations and real-world solutions