SCHEDULE: NOV 16-22, 2013
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Big Data for Big Cities
SESSION: Invited Talks 9
EVENT TYPE: Invited Speakers
TIME: 10:30AM - 11:15AM
SESSION CHAIR: William Kramer
Presenter(s):Steven Koonin
ROOM:Mile High
ABSTRACT:
For the first time in history, more than half of the worlds population lives in urban areas; by mid-century, 70 percent of the worlds more than 9 billion people will live in cities. Enabling those cities to deliver services effectively, efficiently, and sustainably while keeping citizens safe, healthy, prosperous, and well-informed is one of the most important undertakings in this century. Success will require that we understand the physical, environmental, and human dimensions of cities in a synthetic and synoptic manner. New technologies enable the acquisition, integration, and analysis of urban big data to inform that understanding. I will discuss some of the rationale, applications, and challenges in the nascent field of urban informatics, as well as the ways in which advances in extreme computing and analytics technologies can accelerate progress.
Chair/Presenter Details:
William Kramer (Chair) - National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Steven Koonin - Center for Urban Science and Progress, New York University
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