This talk will focus on recent developments on the use of Big Data for urban planning, policy and business innovations. Examples of recent work in this area will be given. The importance of Open Data initiatives and open source tools and technologies will be discussed, as well as emerging informal networks of urban data infomediaries and civic hackers who are likely to play a transformative role in urban informatics. The value that citizens can bring through Information and Communications Technologies in cities of the future will be discussed with examples. Finally, critical challenges in connecting urban informatics to urban innovations will be identified.

This seminar, in the Urban Studies  Seminar series, is by Vonu Thakuriah the new Halcrow Chair of Transport at the University:

“Big Data and Urban Informatics: Examples, Prospects and Challenges”

Friday 25^th October 2013 at 3.00 pm

Room 916 Adam Smith Building

Regards

Mark