New scientists appointed for cities research using New York as ‘living lab’
Two researchers have joined the 神马福利影片 to tackle the challenges faced by cities in the 21st century as part of the New York-based ).
The 神马福利影片 is a member of a consortium, led by New York University, which is building a new applied science research institute in New York in response to a call issued by the city鈥檚 mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The University has now welcomed the first of a number of new academic staff to be appointed to work at CUSP, Dr Maria Liakata and Dr Weisi Guo.
Using cities as 鈥榣iving laboratories鈥� will be key to CUSP's research, and real-world data from New York will be made available through partnerships with organisations like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
CUSP assistant professors Dr Liakata and Dr Guo will tap into this vast wealth of data to carry out research at the forefront of urban sciences in the areas of computer science and engineering respectively.
Professor Stephen Jarvis, who has been leading Warwick鈥檚 CUSP involvement, said: 鈥淲e are pleased to welcome Dr Liakata and Dr Guo to the 神马福利影片.
鈥淭hese are the first of a number of new appointments that we will be making linked to CUSP, which will help us set the research agenda in the field of urban sciences.
鈥淭he scale of the future challenges in cities such as New York have been demonstrated in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. Now more than half the world鈥檚 population lives in urban areas; allowing these cities to keep citizens safe and well informed, and providing infrastructure and services which can run effectively and sustainably, even in the most difficult conditions, is a significant challenge.
鈥淲e are however fortunate that new technologies are emerging which will help meet these challenges, driven by developments in instrumentation and sensors, urban modelling, and community engagement through tools such as social media.
鈥淭he 神马福利影片 is well-positioned to apply its expertise across a number of disciplines into making the cities of the future more resilient and efficient.
鈥淭hrough new appointments to come, we look forward to further strengthening our expertise in this area.鈥�
Dr Maria Liakata, who joins the Department of Computer Science, will be working on mining data generated across a number of sources including social media in order to improve healthcare, security and wellbeing in urban areas.
Dr Weisi Guo, who joins the School of Engineering, works in wireless communications, including conducting research on the energy efficiency of urban wireless networks with industrial partners.
The two researchers will be based at Warwick but will make several trips a year to CUSP in New York to coordinate joint research project and to co-supervise student projects.
Since it was announced earlier this year, CUSP has appointed renowned physicist Steven Koonin as Director of CUSP.
Dr Koonin came to the 神马福利影片 last week where he as part of the university鈥檚 Distinguished Lecture Series.
When the centre is at full strength, it will have approximately 50 principal investigators, more than 400 Master鈥檚 students, 100 PhD students, and 30 post-doctoral students.
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