The Data Science Initiative (DSI) is excited to welcome guest speaker Dr. Steven Koonin to NC State. Dr. Koonin will give a talk on “Urban Data.”

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 whom will live in cities. Enabling those cities to deliver services effectively, efficiently, and sustainably while keeping their citizens safe, healthy, prosperous, and well-informed will be among the most important undertakings in this century. I will review how work on data acquisition, integration and analysis at NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress is leading to a better understanding (and hence improvement) of urban systems. Novel analyses of persistent synoptic imagery will be an important part of the story.

If you have questions please contact Laura Kroeger (lakroege@ncsu.edu).