July 31, 2024
Urban computing to get a boost with new open-source platform funded by the National Science Foundation
News2024-07-31
A research team led by Institute Professor Claudio Silva and the Visualization Imaging and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is creating an open-source platform that aims to make complex urban data more accessible and usable, potentially leading to smarter, more sustainable cities.
The project, called OSCUR (Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure for Urban Computing Research), will develop a comprehensive user-friendly suite of tools and resources for collecting and analyzing urban data. It intends to help city planners and researchers around the world work together to better tackle city challenges like transportation and climate change.
“While open data is increasingly available across a host of urban areas - from resource consumption to housing and infrastructure — its potential remains largely untapped because of unique challenges related to the diversity and scale of the data and the complex computations required to obtain trustworthy insights,” said Silva, who is the project’s Principal Investigator (PI). Silva co-directs VIDA and is also on the faculty of the NYU Center for Data Science (CDS).
“OSCUR intends to unlock that potential,” Silva added.
“While open data is increasingly available across a host of urban areas - from resource consumption to housing and infrastructure — its potential remains largely untapped because of unique challenges related to the diversity and scale of the data and the complex computations required to obtain trustworthy insights,” said Silva, who is the project’s Principal Investigator (PI). Silva co-directs VIDA and is also on the faculty of the NYU Center for Data Science (CDS).
“OSCUR intends to unlock that potential,” Silva added.