Civic Analytics & Urban Intelligence

Airbnb ends war with New York, taking initiative in urban planning

Airbnb just make a astounding about-face, as State Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal said in her statement about Airbnb’s decision to drop the lawsuit that it filed against the New York law signed by Governor Andrew…

How can big data affect education?

With the growing popularity of online classes, a great variety of opportunities emerged. Thousands of people supply the educational platforms with lots of data describing their performance. Thus, rich data sets are available and the expectations around quantitative…

An Opportunity to Go Big

Starting in 2019, the L train will be running only in Brooklyn for a period of 18 months. Hopefully only 18 months…

The Power and impact of Small Data in Education

What can We Learn from Restaurant Grading in New York City

Have you ever walked into a restaurant in New York City and wondered what these letters mean?

Measuring New York City Transit: A Brief Overview and Critique of MTA Metrics

New Yorkers are not a shy bunch when it comes to talking about their transportation. Candid, pointed reviews of transit performance come with the territory of living here. But these reviews, which…

Can the Human Brain sustain today’s technological advances ?

In 1998, Andy Clark and David Chalmers proposed that a…

Games for Cities — how games improve city decision-making

Games for Cities in an initiative of Play the City (Amsterdam) and generously funded by the Creative Industries Fund NL. Organising partners are: The Mobile City, the New Media Studies Department at Utrecht University, the Play…