Leading cities Open government movement and open data Long-range technology – – strategy and digital master planning. Guest speaker: Jeffrey Nordhaus, Executive Vice President, Innovation & Broadband, Empire State Development Corporation Required Readings: Townsend, Ch. 7, City Hall” “Reinventing The Responsive City, Foreword, Introduction. City as Platform,” The Aspen Institute, p 1-10. In NYU Classes and available at: “The http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/documents/CityAsPlatform.pdf Recommended Readings: Beyond Transparency, Ch. 4, from the London Datastore” “Lessons leaders prioritize community while developing a smart city roadmap,” “Philadelphia Smart Cities Dive. February 9 (Week 3): Urban Automation & Predictive Analytics Origins of cybernetics and computer simulation of cities and urban policy the rise and fall – of big urban models evolution of GIS and planning support systems, decision-support – systems predictive urban analytics and big urban data role of technology companies, – – think tanks, and universities as technical advisors to city governments NYC MoDA. – Readings: Townsend, Ch. 2 Redux” • “Cybernetics Beyond Transparency, Ch. 15 Open Data: The Data-Driven City” • “Beyond The Responsive City, Ch. 4, City as Digital Platform” “The Predictive Analytics Primer, Mathworks. https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/predictive-analytics.html February 16 (Week 4): government and the civic tech movement Hacktivism” smart city startups hackathons and civic hackers open source and “Civic – – – open data - Freedom of Information Act open hardware, and open networks prospects – – and evolution of civic tech movement. Reading: Townsend, Ch. 4 Open-Source Metropolis” and Ch. 5 Towards • “The “Tinkering Utopia”, Ch. 8 section on of Smart” “Summer Beyond Transparency, Ch. 10, Open Data Standards: The GTFS Ch. 13, “Pioneering Economic Value Through Open Data” “Generating City as Platform,” The Aspen Institute, p 11-31 “The speaker: Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC Founder and civic tech activist
Leading cities – Open government movement and open data – Long-range technology strategy and digital master planning. Guest speaker: Jeffrey Nordhaus, Executive Vice President, Innovation & Broadband, Empire State Development Corporation Required Readings: Townsend, Ch. 7, “Reinventing City Hall” The Responsive City, Foreword, Introduction. “The City as Platform,” The Aspen Institute, p 1-10. In NYU Classes and available at: http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/documents/CityAsPlatform.pdf Recommended Readings: Beyond Transparency, Ch. 4, “Lessons from the London Datastore” “Philadelphia leaders prioritize community while developing a smart city roadmap,” Smart Cities Dive. February 9 (Week 3): Urban Automation & Predictive Analytics Origins of cybernetics and computer simulation of cities and urban policy – the rise and fall of big urban models – evolution of GIS and planning support systems, decision-support systems – predictive urban analytics and big urban data – role of technology companies, think tanks, and universities as technical advisors to city governments – NYC MoDA. Readings: • Townsend, Ch. 2 “Cybernetics Redux” • Beyond Transparency, Ch. 15 “Beyond Open Data: The Data-Driven City” The Responsive City, Ch. 4, “The City as Digital Platform” Predictive Analytics Primer, Mathworks. https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/predictive-analytics.html February 16 (Week 4): government and the civic tech movement “Civic Hacktivism” – smart city startups – hackathons and civic hackers – open source and open data - Freedom of Information Act – open hardware, and open networks – prospects and evolution of civic tech movement. Reading: • Townsend, Ch. 4 “The Open-Source Metropolis” and Ch. 5 “Tinkering Towards Utopia”, Ch. 8 section on “Summer of Smart” Beyond Transparency, Ch. 10, “Pioneering Open Data Standards: The GTFS Ch. 13, “Generating Economic Value Through Open Data” “The City as Platform,” The Aspen Institute, p 11-31 speaker: Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC Founder and civic tech activist