OSCUR https://oscur.org Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure for Urban Computing Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:46:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://oscur.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-icon-32x32.png OSCUR https://oscur.org 32 32 UIC researchers join national project to turn urban data into healthier cities https://oscur.org/2024/08/uic-researchers-join-national-project-to-turn-urban-data-into-healthier-cities/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:03:21 +0000 https://oscur.org/?p=227 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 different cities and around the world. 

The Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure for Urban Computing Research, or OSCUR, will be a cohesive ecosystem of tools and resources to transform city data into knowledge and action. The multi-institutional collaboration was funded by a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with $1.75 million going to UIC. 

Researchers from the UIC College of Engineering and College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs will work with investigators from New York University and the University of Washington. UIC will bring strengths in visual data analysis, civil engineering and government and community partnerships to design accessible computational tools for environmental justice, transportation and other public priorities. 

Read more: https://today.uic.edu/uic-researchers-join-national-project-to-turn-urban-data-into-healthier-cities/

]]> Urban computing to get a boost with new open-source platform funded by the National Science Foundation https://oscur.org/2024/08/urban-computing-nyu/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:18:53 +0000 https://oscur.org/?p=71 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 project will create a user-friendly suite of tools for collecting and analyzing urban data, aiding city planners and researchers in tackling urban challenges such as transportation and climate change. The platform will integrate various open-source components, enabling analysis of diverse data types and promoting collaboration among stakeholders with varying technical expertise. Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Illinois Chicago are also involved, with the aim to democratize urban computing and address critical issues like environmental justice and community resilience. OSCUR’s development will include community workshops to ensure it meets real-world needs.

Read more: https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/urban-computing-get-boost-new-open-source-platform-funded-national-science-foundation

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