New ease of access to data allows the public to be informed and to do the informing. By Michael Carper A recent article from the United Nations Development Program discusses the gradual changes in philosophy regarding governance in a democratic… Continue Reading Data-Driven Democracy is a Conversation, Not a Presentation

Congratulations to the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) Project, who received a $25,000 grant from Con Edison to support the NYU-Poly Center for K12 STEM Education 2021 Middle School SONYC program! The Center for K12 STEM Education at NYU Tandon School of Engineering aims… Continue Reading SONYC Project Receives $25,000 Grant from ConEd to Support K12 STEM Education 2021 Middle School Program

Research Congratulations to Professor Debra Laefer and Assistant Professor Tom Kirchner (NYU School of Global Public Health)! Their COVID-19 research on “DETER: Developing Epidemiology mechanisms in Three-dimensions to Enhance Response” was selected by the New York State GIS Association for… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: November 2020

NYU CUSP is pleased to announce its 2021 call for Capstone Projects, open to city agencies, private sector companies, and academic organizations interested in co-supervising an applied urban analytics project with CUSP graduate students! This year, we are seeking projects for… Continue Reading Call for 2021 Capstone Projects

Research The NYU team behind the recent NSF Rapid Research Award “DETER: Developing Epidemiology mechanisms in Three-dimensions to Enhance Response” – led by Professor Debra Laefer – has released their 3-D data tracking human interactions outside of coronavirus hotspots. The team… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: October 2020

On September 17th, Professor Debra Laefer gave a talk on “Historic Preservation through Advanced Remote Sensing Capabilities” as part of Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)’s Preservation Lecture Series. While ground-based commercial imagery and laser scanning have… Continue Reading New Podcast: “Historic Preservation Through Advanced Remote Sensing Capabilities” with Professor Debra Laefer

Research Congratulations to Assistant Professor Chen Feng, who recently received 3 National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards, all based at CUSP: Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier Program: Improving the Future of Retail and Warehouse Workers with Upper Limb Disabilities via… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: September 2020

Research Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hénaff wrote an oped for the new publication Biodesigned on “What Biodesign Means to Me.” Congratulations to the Urban Flooding team, who were awarded a grant from NYS Empire State Development for their work to create a real-time… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: August 2020

On July 23, the Class of 2020 presented their capstone projects during CUSP’s Capstone Presentation Day, an event celebrating the culmination of their six-month capstone projects and their final work during their studies at CUSP. CUSP’s Capstone program brings together… Continue Reading CUSP’s Capstone Presentation Day: The Class of 2020 Solves Real-World Urban Challenges Using Data

Research Congratulations to Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri and Professor Oded Nov, who were recently awarded a new $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for their research on “LEAP-HI: Understanding and Engineering the Ecosystem of Firearms: Prevalence, Safety, and Firearm-Related Harms.”… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: July 2020