As a recent alumni of NYU’s Center of Urban Science + Progress (CUSP), Lazarus Chok is optimistic about his ability to tackle urban challenges. After seeing the culmination of his classmates’ work in their final presentations, Lazarus was inspired by the… Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Lazarus Chok

Research Congratulations to Professor Oded Nov (PI), Research Assistant Professor Graham Dove (Co-PI), Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri (Co-PI), Assistant Professor JR Rizzo (Co-PI), and Associate Professor Rumi Chunara (Co-PI), who have received a new $2.5 million grant from the National… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: September 2021

Research Congratulations to Joseph Chow and Julia Stoyanovich, who have been conferred the title of Institute Associate Professor in recognition of their significant accomplishments in research, teaching, and service! Congratulations to Smart Cities Postdoctoral Associate John R. Pamplin II, who… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: August 2021

CUSP is Hiring! Visiting Assistant or Associate Faculty: The successful candidate will serve as the Interim Director of Academics at CUSP, manage a staff of two, and lead admissions, marketing, student services, curricular development and quality control for our programs. As… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: July 2021

Research Assistant Professor S. Farokh Atashzar has been recognized as Outstanding Associate Editor, for IEEE robotics and automation letters, by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The award was announced during ICRA 2021 award ceremony. ICRA is the largest conference… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: June 2021

Research Congratulations to Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri, who has received the 2021 NYU Tandon Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding research performance, exceptional publication record, mentorship work, and industry impact! While both masks and social distancing help slow the… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: May 2021

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s 2021 Commencement and Achievement Awards, awarded to those with impressive academic achievements, research initiatives, and other accomplishments at CUSP. They have not only risen to the challenges posed by unprecedented circumstances; they have gone… Continue Reading 2021 Commencement Awards

Congratulations to Smart Cities Postdoctoral Associate Eric Corbett, who has been awarded the Mellon ACLS Fellowship to support ongoing research on public engagement with AI in NYC! The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) 2021 Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship program offers… Continue Reading Eric Corbett awarded 2021 Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship

Research The Urban Modeling Group, led by Professor Debra Laefer, is welcoming 4 Tandon undergraduate students for the 2021 NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program! Michelle Ren will be undertaking new data integration schemes for subsurface documentation in the Sunset Park… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: April 2021