March 9, 2016 Adventures in Urban Informatics For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas; in just a few more decades, the world's population will exceed 9 billion, 70 percent of… Continue Reading Dr. Koonin Seminar at Purdue University
Urban Promise of Applied Data Science – Research & Admissions Webinar
February 25, 2016 Please join us for NYU CUSP's for a webinar in our educational research series. Learn more about a specific research topics that our faculty is leading with current students and with the City of New York. This… Continue Reading Urban Promise of Applied Data Science – Research & Admissions Webinar
DC Urban Informatics Seminar
February 24, 2016 Please join NYU CUSP for an urban informatics seminar with Dr. Aristides Patrinos, CUSP Deputy Director of Research emeritus. Dr. Patrinos will examine thirty years of policy issues settled by rigorous data, and looking back at the birth… Continue Reading DC Urban Informatics Seminar
CUSP Urban Impact Series: Dan Doctoroff
February 10, 2016 Join CUSP in welcoming Dan Doctoroff, Founder and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, at our first CUSP Urban Impact Series event. The Coming Technological Revolution in Cities We’re on the brink of a historic period for cities around… Continue Reading CUSP Urban Impact Series: Dan Doctoroff
Research Webinar Featuring Nicholas Johnson
November 19, 2015 Please join us for our second Urban Informatics Research Webinar featuring PhD candidate Nick Johnson, where he will discuss his research on how electronic waste and examining in particular the impact and global flows of this waste stream.… Continue Reading Research Webinar Featuring Nicholas Johnson
Research Seminar at CUSP with Dr. Benedetto Piccoli
November 11, 2015 Please join us in Downtown Brooklyn for our weekly research series on Wednesday, November 11 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm featuring Dr. Benedetto Piccoli, Visiting CUSP Faculty and Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rutgers… Continue Reading Research Seminar at CUSP with Dr. Benedetto Piccoli
CUSP Urban Impact Series featuring Dan Doctoroff
November 4, 2015 Dan Doctoroff is Chairman and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation company that he founded in partnership with Google. Sidewalk Labs will develop products, services and platforms at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds… Continue Reading CUSP Urban Impact Series featuring Dan Doctoroff
Adventures in Urban Informatics with CUSP Director Dr. Steve Koonin in L’Aquila, Italy
October 28, 2015 Prof. Steven E. Koonin director of CUSP (Center for Urban Science and Progress) at NYU will be visiting GSSI, giving a Lecture, "Adventures in Urban Informatics" Abstract: For the first time in history, more than half of… Continue Reading Adventures in Urban Informatics with CUSP Director Dr. Steve Koonin in L’Aquila, Italy
Research Webinar Series Featuring Dr. Greg Dobler
October 16, 2015 Please join us for NYU CUSP's first webinar in our educational research series. Learn more about how CUSP researchers are using astronomical techniques to observe NYC's lightscape at our Urban Observatory. Dr. Greg Dobler will be discussing… Continue Reading Research Webinar Series Featuring Dr. Greg Dobler
Stop & Frisk Data Dive
October 9, 2015 In this data dive we will explore the publicly available NYPD database of almost a decade's worth of police stops, frisks, and searches. We will begin with a short talk that briefly introduces the dataset and its… Continue Reading Stop & Frisk Data Dive
2015 Urban Informatics Capstone Presentations
July 24, 2015 Agenda 9:00am - 1:00pm: Lightning talks (National Grid Auditorium, 1 MetroTech Center, 1st floor) 2:00pm - 4:30pm: Technical presentations (MAGNET, 2 MetroTech Center, 8th floor) 4:30pm - 6:00pm: Receptions & poster presentations (CUSP, 1 MetroTech Center, 19th… Continue Reading 2015 Urban Informatics Capstone Presentations
Research Webinar: Observations of the New York City Urban Lightscape through Astronomical Techniques
April 1, 2015 Please join us for NYU CUSP's final webinar in our educational research series to learn more about how CUSP researchers are using astronomical techniques to observe NYC's lightscape at our Urban Observatory. Dr. Greg Dobler will be… Continue Reading Research Webinar: Observations of the New York City Urban Lightscape through Astronomical Techniques
Research Webinar: Machine Learning and Urban Informatics
March 9, 2015 Join our webinar to learn more about machine learning and how it applies to the Center for Urban Science & Progress' missions to use big data to make cities more efficient, effective and resilient. Dr. Justin Salamon will… Continue Reading Research Webinar: Machine Learning and Urban Informatics
Mexico City Urban Informatics Workshop
March 3, 2015 Join us for the upcoming educational workshop in Urban Informatics in Mexico City! Want to learn how to use large-scale datasets and analytics to improve cities around the world? About this workshop*This workshop introduces how large-scale datasets… Continue Reading Mexico City Urban Informatics Workshop
IMPACT National Conference at Loyola Marymount University
February 19, 2015 Big Data + Social Impact is part of the mission of NYU CUSP. We are excited to be participating in the annual IMPACT conference, which focuses on civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research,… Continue Reading IMPACT National Conference at Loyola Marymount University