Everyone is very welcome to attend the inaugural Lecture of Nanda Piersma. You can register through http://www.amsterdamuas.com/content/events/inaugural-lectures/2018/04/nanda-piersma.html
You are welcome from 15.30 hrs
Nanda Piersma is Professor Urban Analytics at the faculty Technology and the faculty Digital Media and Creative Industries of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences together with her appointment at CWI.
Data has been collected since mankind, but in the recent years the technical innovations enable us to collect exponentially growing amounts of data through the use of sensors, smart devices and other sources. In her lecture Nanda will explore the role of Big Data in urban environments. She will give an introduction to the world of Big Data and Smart Cities, and an assessment of the role that data analytics plays in the current state of the digital transformation in our cities. Examples are given in the field of energy and mobility.Finally, she will address how Urban Analytics research contributes to the international network of researchers and stakeholders of data science.
