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 been… 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
Last week, NYU CUSP and The GovLab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering co-hosted a webinar on "Solving Urban Challenges Using Data: Toward a Data Skills Toolkit for Public Employees to Shape the Future."The online event, facilitated by Victoria Alsina, academic… Continue Reading Solving Urban Challenges Using Data: Toward a Data Skills Toolkit for Public Employees to Shape the Future
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!"Together… Continue Reading New NSF grant on Understanding and Engineering the Ecosystem of Firearms awarded to Professors Maurizio Porfiri and Oded Nov
NYU CUSP’s Capstone Program brings together student research teams with government agencies, industry, or other research partners to address real-world urban challenges through data. The capstone presentations are the culmination of their six-month projects and mark the final presentation of… Continue Reading Economic Impacts of New York City’s Investment in Water Supply: 2020 Capstone Program
Research Congratulations to Assistant Professor Yury Dvorkin, who was awarded a new Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant for his research on "RETrofitting REsiliency AgainsT COVID-19! (RETREAT COVID-19!)." Professor Dvorkin intends to design a model that can represent infrastructure operations under… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: June 2020
NYU CUSP’s Capstone Program brings together student research teams with government agencies, industry, or other research partners to address real-world urban challenges through data. The capstone presentations are the culmination of their six-month projects and mark the final presentation of… Continue Reading Mapping Sustainable Mobility in NYC Nightlife Culture: 2020 Capstone Program
NYU CUSP’s Capstone Program brings together student research teams with government agencies, industry, or other research partners to address real-world urban challenges through data. The capstone presentations are the culmination of their six-month projects and mark the final presentation of… Continue Reading Urban Dynamics of Bird Migration: 2020 Capstone Program
Spotlight on COVID-19 Four CUSP faculty members- Professors Debra Laefer, Paul Torrens, Maurizio Porfiri, and Constantine Kontokosta- have received National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding to examine the spread and impact of COVID-19 in New York City and other cities… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: May 2020
NYU CUSP Professors Debra Laefer, Paul Torrens, Maurizio Porfiri, and Constantine Kontokosta have begun new research to understand the spread, impact, and threats from COVID-19 facing New York City and other cities worldwide. Recent National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Research Grants… Continue Reading NYU CUSP Faculty Research Responds to COVID-19
Research Visiting scholar Vincent Lostanlen, alongside colleagues from various institutions, has released the second stable version of Kymatio, a software package for wavelet scattering in Python. Compared to its predecessor, Kymatio v0.2 has a greater interoperability with machine learning libraries:… Continue Reading What’s Happening at CUSP: April 2020
