Research Under a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Amazon, NYU CUSP Professor Daniel B. Neill will lead a three-year research project centered on the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by urban public sector organizations—work… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: February 2021
Research Congratulations to Juan Pablo Bello, Director of CUSP, and Justin Salamon, Research Scientist at Adobe Research and former Senior Research Scientist at CUSP! Their paper "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification," has won the… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: January 2021
Congratulations to Juan Pablo Bello, Director of CUSP, who has received the 2020 IEEE SPS Signal Processing Letters Best Paper Award for his research on "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification."Along with co-author Justin Salamon, a… Continue Reading Juan Pablo Bello awarded IEEE Best Paper for research on data augmentation for environmental sound classification
Research Congratulations to Assistant Professor Yury Dvorkin, who has received a grant from the Electric Power Research Institute to study risk management in electric power systems and electricity markets.A new joint collaboration with NYU CBE, “Decarbonizing Chemical Manufacturing Using Sustainable… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: December 2020
Eric Corbett is a Smart Cities Postdoctoral Research Associate at NYU CUSP. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Savannah State University (a historically Black college) and a PhD in Digital Media from the Georgia Institute of Technology.… Continue Reading Design, Social Justice, Democracy, and Technology: A Conversation with Eric Corbett, CUSP Smart Cities Postdoctoral Associate
Digital twin: a future of applying urban data by Ziyang HuangLet me start with a simulation computer game Cities: Skylines, where people play as an urban planner and policy maker, create and manage cities in a huge area with a maximum… Continue Reading Meet Yourself in a Virtual World?
By Claudia GomezPublic servants make policy decisions that affect all aspects of their constituents' lives and as such, as societies become more technological and democratic, it is important for public servants to do the same. Public servants need to be… Continue Reading Becoming the next generation of civil servants
John Pamplin II is a Smart Cities Postdoctoral Associate at CUSP, as well as an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow under the office of the Provost. He received his PhD in Epidemiology in 2020 from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health,… Continue Reading Racial Inequity and Urban Health: A Conversation with John R. Pamplin II, CUSP Smart Cities Postdoctoral Associate
How can we better solve public problems with data? by Alba Alsina MaquedaFrom problems to challenges“Managing rapid change is a key preoccupation of the early twenty-first century” - (R. Burdett, P.Rode and M.Groth, Shaping cities in an Urban Age)Urban Age… Continue Reading Data Action
Congratulations to Professor Debra Laefer and NYU School of Global Public Health Assistant Professor Tom Kirchner! 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 a a 2020 Fight Against COVID Application/ Dashboard… Continue Reading COVID-19 Research by Professor Debra Laefer Selected for NYS GIS Applications/ Dashboard Award
A better engagement strategy and facilitation on the public problem-solving process with a visionary thought of preparing future public problem solvers. By Jiaqi DongPromote an open, accessible, equitable, and safe environment for public participation and collective intelligence.Today, the application of… Continue Reading Public Problem-Solving at the Moment and in the Future
How to frame the question to better solve public problems. By Brandon PachucaThis post originally appeared on Medium.When addressing a problem in the public sphere, a data scientist must be aware that every problem they touch is a wicked one.… Continue Reading Data is Not Enough to Solve Our Problems
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 to… 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
