The Sounds of New York City (SONYC) is featured by The Verge. Cities are noisy places, and a team of scientists believe that sensors, artificial intelligence, and some generous volunteers can help solve the problem. Sounds of New York City(SONYC) is… Continue Reading Help fight noise pollution by identifying these sound clips collected from urban sensors
NYU CUSP Research Scientist Mark Cartwright discusses how the Sounds of New York City project (SONYC) is looking for volunteer citizen scientists to review 10-second snippets of sound with AM New York. Researchers from New York University have spent over two years… Continue Reading Think you know the sounds of the city? Noise pollution experts needed
SONYC is featured by Metro New York. New York City noise pollution is a serious issue, and New York University researchers need your help to fight it.New York City is noisy, and that fact is more than just an annoyance… Continue Reading You can help researchers curb NYC noise pollution as a citizen scientist
Featured by New York University. The Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project launches its first citizen science initiative to help NYU researchers train machine listening models.The Sounds of New York City (SONYC) —a first-of-its-kind research project addressing urban noise pollution—has launched… Continue Reading Citizen Scientists Train Artificial Intelligence to Help Mitigate Noise Pollution in NYC
Juan P. Bello and Charles Mydlarz discuss "SONYC: A System for the Monitoring, Analyzing, and Mitigating Urban Noise Pollution," a Contributed Article in the February 2019 Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM) Magazine. https://vimeo.com/310203443Noise is unwanted or harmful… Continue Reading SONYC: A System for Monitoring, Analyzing, and Mitigating Urban Noise Pollution
NYU CUSP Senior Research Scientist Charlie Mydlarz & the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project is featured by WCBS Newsradio 880. Noise is the number one complaint of New Yorkers, according to the number of 311 calls to the city.In… Continue Reading ‘Sweet Spot’ With Mike Sugerman: Scientists Study Sounds To Bring Some Quiet To NYC
Featured by the New York Times. In 2003, Craig Nevill-Manning, a computer scientist at Google, wanted to set up an engineering outpost in New York. Google’s top leaders were skeptical, but they told him that he could go ahead if… Continue Reading New York Is a Genuine Tech Hub (and That Was Before Amazon)
Professor Constantine Kontokosta is featured by Urban Land Magazine. Jong Limb, cofounder and president of Irvine, California–based developer Newport Partners, decided to build one of his firm’s standard 50- to 100-unit affordable housing apartment complexes in Arizona somewhere around either… Continue Reading The Developing Power of Big Data
Featured by New York University's Tandon School of Engineering. Hyperspectral imaging can help researchers studying the built environment distinguish between materials like stone and concrete that is colored and finished to look like stone without the need to be directly on-site.… Continue Reading Professor Debra Laefer Discovers a New Way to Analyze Building Strengths and Weaknesses
NYU CUSP Senior Research Scientist Justin Salamon and the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project featured by The Wall Street Journal. Public officials and scientists are increasingly absorbed in the study of how sound affects our health.Negative effects, such… Continue Reading How Sound Affects Our Health
Featured by Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL). Our “Local STEM” series highlights local government and community initiatives and organizations in areas that relate to STEM.by Chris Spitzer, ESAL Content DirectorThe Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) brings the expertise of… Continue Reading Engineers & Scientists Tackle Urban Issues at NYU
Featured by GIM International. A recent study has shown that, with proper post-processing of the data, hyperspectral imaging can automatically and reliably detect weak from strong hardened concrete and normally fired bricks, all without any destructive testing or direct contact… Continue Reading Hyperspectral Imaging to Analyse Building Material Strengths
Featured by Future Structure. For city governments, getting the most out of their digital transformations requires planning, engagement with residents and the ability to measure the impact of their investments. But because of limited resources and the demands of their… Continue Reading 6 Organizations Making a Big Impact on Smart Cities
Featured by Phys.org. Professor Debra Laefer from NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), in collaboration with Professor Aoife Gowen and Zohreh Zahiri from the University College Dublin, recently demonstrated for the first time the ability to use hyperspectral… Continue Reading Breakthrough research finds hyperspectral imaging can characterize building material strengths
Amen Ra Mashariki shares his experience as the Chief Analytics Officer of New York City working with NYU CUSP graduate students on GovLoop. The other day I was reading an article from Wired that a colleague shared with me. It was entitled:… Continue Reading Why Partnerships Are Key to Success for Urban Science Programs
