We organize a crash-course on how the science of urban data can be applied to solve metropolitan issues.
The course is a 2 days face-to-face event with teaching sessions, workshops, case study discussions and hands-on activities for non-IT professionals in the field of city management. It is issued in two editions along the year:
- in Milan, Italy, on November 8th-9th, 2017
- in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on November 30th-December 1st, 2017.
You can download the flyer and program of the Urban datascience bootcamp 2017.
Ideal participants include: Civil servants, Professionals, Students, Urban planners, and managers of city utilities and services. No previous experience in data science or computer science is required. Attendees should have experience in areas such as economic affairs, urban development, management support, strategy & innovation, health & care, public order & safety.
Data is the catalyst needed to make the smart city vision a reality in a transparent and evidence-based (i.e. data-driven) manner. The skills required for data-driven urban analysis and design activities are diverse, and range from data collection (field work, crowdsensing, physical sensor processing, etc.); data processing by employing established big data technology frameworks; data exploration to find patterns and outliers in spatio-temporal data streams; and data visualization conveying the right information in the right manner.
The CrowdInsights professional school “Urban Data Science Bootcamp” provides a no-frills, hands-on introduction to the science of urban data; from data creation, to data analysis, data visualization and sense-making, the bootcamp will introduce more than 10 real-world application uses cases that exemplifies how urban data can be applied to solve metropolitan issues. Attendees will explore the challenges and opportunities that come from the adoption of novel types of urban data source, including social media, mobile phone data, IoT networks, etc.
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