The past decade has seen a flood of data about cities, information with the potential to make communities cleaner, healthier and more livable.  University of Illinois Chicago scientists will play a key role in realizing that potential through a new computing platform they are building for researchers and the public that can be used in […]

A research team led by Professor Claudio Silva and the Visualization Imaging and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA) at NYU Tandon School of Engineering is developing OSCUR (Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure for Urban Computing Research), an open-source platform to enhance urban data accessibility and usability. Supported by a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, this