New York City's Leader in Urban Informatics

A UNIQUE RESEARCH CENTER THAT USES NEW YORK CITY AS ITS LABORATORY TO HELP CITIES.

The Center for Urban Science And Progress (NYU CUSP) is a unique public-private research center that uses New York City as its laboratory and classroom to help cities around the world become more productive and livable.

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MISSION

New York University’s Center for Urban Science & Progress (CUSP) is a university-wide center whose research and education programs are focused on urban informatics. Using NYC as its lab, and building from its home in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, it integrates and applies NYU strengths in the natural, data, and social sciences to understand and improve cities throughout the world.

EDUCATION

Graduate programs at NYU CUSP offer a unique and interdisciplinary approach that links data science, statistics and analytics, and mathematics with complex urban systems, urban management, and policy. Our programs expose students to the inner workings of city agencies and create opportunities to challenge themselves through immersive, hands-on data projects. The curriculum emphasizes developing necessary technical skills and critical problem solving frameworks.

RESEARCH

To benefit the city and other partners, NYU CUSP’s research is both mission- and impact- oriented. We develop and integrate data analytics and technologies to specific ends and for the common good, such as improving building energy usage and controlling noise pollution. Our interdisciplinary research teams bring together experts in the physical and natural sciences, computer and data science, the social sciences, engineering, and professional fields such as policy, design, and finance.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CUSP

Apply to CUSP for Fall 2019!
Regular Admissions Deadline: February 15, 2019
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Smart Cities Postdoctoral Fellowships
NYU's CUSP, Wireless, CCS, VIDA and C2SMART invite applications for the inaugural cohort of NYU’s Smart Cities Postdoctoral Fellows! We seek outstanding applicants with a strong record of interdisciplinary work in developing and applying concepts and methods from science, technology, computing, engineering and applied mathematics in the service of urban communities across the globe.
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Attend a Research Seminar
Please join NYU CUSP and Michael Luca of Harvard Business School as he discusses “Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit” on Wednesday, February 20th at 4:00pm.
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