Zonda, a portfolio company of MidOcean Partners, has acquired Urban Analytics, a Vancouver-based multifamily and urban data and analytics company. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Newport ...

The fundamental learning goals of the Master in Urban Analytics and Policy (UAP) at the Biden School are the development of skills in data science, analytics, analysis, and ethics; critical thinking, ...

The past decade has seen the rise of Data Science, not only as an independent discipline defined by the study of commonalities of data-driven information extraction across domains, but also as a key ...

City Science, a rapidly expanding profession, is the scientific study and engineering of urban systems. It uses advanced technologies, big data, and complex systems physics to tackle challenges such ...

It is not so often that a major university like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovers a new kind of science. But in the fall, the university will launch a novel sort of program, an ...

The rise of big tech and the proliferation of digital information is often cast in dystopian terms; consumers unwittingly consent to the hoovering of reams of private data by corporate overlords, who, ...

As urbanization accelerates globally, cities face growing challenges related to traffic congestion, energy consumption and public service management. Traditional systems are increasingly strained ...

Currently, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and urban migration is only set to grow. This will put immense pressure on physical and social infrastructure which can only be ...