MIT Senseable City Lab

By harnessing the power of existing urban fleets 🚍🚦🚊 in #Amsterdam, we propose a 'drive-by' sensing model, helping unlock new insights into urban challenges—namely, collecting data with improved spatio-temporal granularity—and empowering cities worldwide to make informed decisions through #bigdata. ⏰ Clocking Emissions is part of Senseable's City Scanner initiative, focusing on #urbansensing. #urbansolutions #optimizingcities #urbanfleets

Discover fascinating insights into urban dynamics and human behavior in this snippet from Carlo Ratti's IAP Golden Speaker Series presentation on 'Senseable Cities.' Explore how cellphone data unveils unique patterns in Italy, England, and the US, shedding light on the pulse of modern cities. Carlo Ratti, an architect and engineer, is the director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Senseable City Lab and co-founder of CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati. With degrees from Politecnico di Torino, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, he’s a leading voice on technology’s urban impact. Co-author of over 500 publications, holder of technical patents, and featured in international media, Ratti’s innovative projects, such as the Digital Water Pavilion and Copenhagen Wheel, have earned him recognition in Forbes, WIRED, and TIME’s ‘Best Inventions of the Year’ list. Currently, he co-chairs the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization.

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Kareem El-Sisi is the recipient of the 2024 APA Economic Development Holzheimer Award for the winning paper "Growing Without Compromising: A Circular Approach to Sustainable Economic Development." Congratulations, Kareem!

SENSEABLE CITY DUBAI LAB OPPORTUNITY—JOIN US!   The Senseable City Dubai Lab (SCD) was established in partnership with the Dubai Future Foundation. Drawing upon the experience of the MIT Senseable City Lab, SCD explores the relationship between cities, people, and technologies, and investigates how the ubiquity of digital devices and telecommunication networks are impacting urban living.   We are seeking to appoint exceptional postdocs and research fellows with experience and a demonstrable record of academic research and design on cities. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter with a brief statement of research interests, and a cv/resume including references here: https://lnkd.in/gkgdeF6s   All fellows will be based in Dubai, and are required to have a Master’s (for fellow positions) or a PhD (for postdoc positions) in related fields to environmental sciences, engineering, urban studies, physics, mathematics, computer science, computational sociology or a related field. Experience in network science and complex system research given particular attention. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment, problem solving skills and high creativity are very welcome.   Apply today and join us in our mission to create more diverse and inclusive cities. Questions? [email protected] #openpositions #recruiting #fellowship #postdocs #researchfellow

𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗔 (2 October 1953 - 6 April 2024) Architecture is the answer, but what is the question? Well, Italo was a great innovator – one of those rare designers capable not only of giving new answers, but of asking himself new questions. We became friends working together on the Expo Milano 2015 project. But it was after another Expo experience – that of Dubai 2020 – that we began a large-scale collaboration. We have carried out all the projects of the last 5 years together. In architecture we were passionate about the same themes: interaction with people, new design processes and - ultimately - greater integration between the natural and artificial world. Italo loved to play, with splendid depth, and the way we met and collaborated in the last years of his career often made me think that design, in its best moments, can equal one of the capabilities of great poetry: being equally synthetic and touching, elliptical and sparkling. — Carlo Ratti

We're excited to share Carlo Ratti's captivating presentation on Senseable Cities! Carlo Ratti wowed the audience with his insights into the future of urban design and technology during the TLO's IAP Golden Speaker Series earlier this winter. Carlo Ratti, an architect and engineer, is the director of MIT’s Senseable City Lab and co-founder of Carlo Ratti Associati. With degrees from Politecnico di Torino, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, he’s a leading voice on technology’s urban impact. Co-author of over 500 publications, holder of technical patents, and featured in international media, Ratti’s innovative projects, such as the Digital Water Pavilion and Copenhagen Wheel, have earned him recognition in Forbes, Wired, and TIME’s ‘Best Inventions of the Year’ list. Currently, he co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization.

Our project, Timber Loops, and resulting paper "Spatial optimization of circular timber hubs," published in npj Nature Urban Sustainability was covered by the MIT Press this week. What is the optimal scale and location of circular timber hubs in Amsterdam? Read all about it here! https://lnkd.in/dugg6m_N

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