The Sounds of New York City Project (SONYC) is featured in a new podcast by Scientific American. NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the… Continue Reading Computers Turn an Ear on New York City
New York City gentrification creating urban ‘islands of exclusion,’ study finds
Research from NYU CUSP graduate students featured by UC Berkeley. The New York metropolitan area has seen tremendous economic growth, but many residents in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods are struggling to afford living in the 31-county, tri-state region, University of California,… Continue Reading New York City gentrification creating urban ‘islands of exclusion,’ study finds
Research Project by NYU CUSP Associate Professor of Practice Stanislav Sobolevsky selected for C2SMART Year 3 Agenda
C2SMART has designated funding for 12 new projects that seek to tackle a wide range of issues in transportation, both building on the center’s current work and investigating new challenges in the center’s research areas, including C2SMART’s new focus on… Continue Reading Research Project by NYU CUSP Associate Professor of Practice Stanislav Sobolevsky selected for C2SMART Year 3 Agenda
Help fight noise pollution by identifying these sound clips collected from urban sensors
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
Think you know the sounds of the city? Noise pollution experts needed
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
You can help researchers curb NYC noise pollution as a citizen scientist
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
Citizen Scientists Train Artificial Intelligence to Help Mitigate Noise Pollution in NYC
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
SONYC: A System for Monitoring, Analyzing, and Mitigating Urban Noise Pollution
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
‘Sweet Spot’ With Mike Sugerman: Scientists Study Sounds To Bring Some Quiet To NYC
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
New York Is a Genuine Tech Hub (and That Was Before Amazon)
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)
The Developing Power of Big Data
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
Professor Debra Laefer Discovers a New Way to Analyze Building Strengths and Weaknesses
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
How Sound Affects Our Health
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
Engineers & Scientists Tackle Urban Issues at NYU
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
Hyperspectral Imaging to Analyse Building Material Strengths
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