September 1, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  The application is linked to a growing network of flood sensors that provide user-friendly data via an interactive map to alert users to rising waters in flood-prone areas. New York City Mayor… Continue Reading New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives government, responders, the public, and researchers real-time information on rising waters

CUSP selected and funded five research proposals to enlighten the areas of urban environment, urban health, urban infrastructure and urban sustainability. Congratulations to the 2023 SEED Grants winners! CUSP’s mission includes developing novel data- and technology-driven solutions to advance understanding… Continue Reading CUSP congratulates Seed Grant Winners 2023

September 29, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  A unique collaboration between the engineering sector (NYU Tandon), the clinical sector (NYU Langone), and the regulatory sector (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) will bring biomarker data to bear on neurorehabilitation… Continue Reading NYU researchers partner with FDA to identify biomarkers for stroke rehabilitation

September 28, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Still from “Underground Periscope,” a multi-channel video installation that considers the underground as a living organism by showing underground utilities and infrastructure thereby revealing the complex and often messy  interconnected nature of what… Continue Reading With month-long event, Sunset Park gets a “deep dive” into underground infrastructure

September 21, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Our faculty members spend countless hours in the lab, devote themselves fully to their students, and continually seek to apply their knowledge and skills to better the world. While the work may… Continue Reading 2022 Tandon Faculty Awards

November 4, 2022 Originally published by NYU News.  New York University, Carnegie Mellon, and NYC Health experts test and develop new pre-surveillance method.   A dire threat to public health can emerge from a huge variety of sources – for… Continue Reading Researchers Unveil Data-Driven, Automated Machine-Learning System for Detecting Emerging Public Health Threats

September 12, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri to lead Center for Urban Science and Progress How do animals behave? How do people reach a consensus? How does a pandemic spread? What drives gun purchases? What… Continue Reading Complex environments pose complex challenges, but the new director of CUSP thrives on complexity

August 29, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Each year, NYU Tandon’s Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) invites government agencies, private-sector companies, non-profit organizations, think tanks, and academics from schools all over the world to submit project proposals and then collaborate with… Continue Reading Capstone projects from Tandon’s Center for Urban Science + Progress result in data-driven policy recommendations and real-world solutions

August 4, 2022 Originally published by NYU News.  Qi Sun is studying the mind-bending, performance-boosting potential of AR/VR technology It’s an everyday scenario: you’re driving down the highway when out of the corner of your eye you spot a car merging… Continue Reading Working at the intersection of emerging media and neuroscience

As part of the “How Did I Get Here?” series, CUSP invites recent alumni from our master’s program to speak with current students about their journeys beyond graduation. Aleka Raju, now an Operations Manager at Uber, graduated from CUSP in… Continue Reading How Did I Get Here? with Aleka Raju, Operations Manager at Uber

June 29th, 2022 Originally published by NYU News.  BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, June 29, 2022 – Policy-makers are faced with an exceptional challenge: how to reduce harm caused by firearms while maintaining citizens’ right to bear arms and protect themselves.… Continue Reading Tandon team captures an elusive shadow: state-by-state gun ownership

June 21, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Each issue of the European Physical Journal Special Topics is focused on a specific subject, with particular emphasis placed upon interdisciplinary topics in physics and related fields. With experts predicting that more than two-thirds… Continue Reading NYU Tandon professors team up to explore complex urban systems

June 6, 2022 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  The Center for Connected Cities with Smart Transportation (C2SMART) hosted a virtual panel on FloodNet, a consortium monitoring and measuring the effects of flooding on New York neighborhoods. Tandon researchers work with… Continue Reading It takes a village … or an innovative university-city partnership