{"id":239,"date":"2014-09-15T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/digital-computational-studies-2430-fall-2014\/?p=239"},"modified":"2014-09-15T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:02:41","slug":"of-note-cupum-poster-session-on-smart-cities-due-1217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/digital-computational-studies-2430-fall-2014\/announcements\/of-note-cupum-poster-session-on-smart-cities-due-1217\/","title":{"rendered":"Of note: CUPUM Poster Session on Smart Cities (due 12\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of you mention looking to take part in an academic conference. If it interests some or all of you, I would be happy to help you put together a poster from the class work at the end of the semester to submit to this conference. It is totally optional and does not affect your grade at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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CUPUM<\/span> 2015<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Call for Conference Submissions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

We are pleased to announce and invite you to participate in the 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) which will be held at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, July 7-10, 2015<\/span><\/span>. This call and additional conference information are available online at:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/cupum2015.mit.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For more than twenty years, CUPUM has been one of the premier international conferences for the exchange of ideas and applications of computing technologies to address a diverse range of social, managerial, and environmental problems impacting urban planning and development. Recent innovations in information and communication technologies have thrust this topic into the public spotlight:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Big Data\u00a0<\/b>collected from transit systems, telephone networks, social media, and other sources have created new information sources about cities, but have also raised important technical, ethical, and analysis questions;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Visualization\u00a0<\/b>technologies have helped uncover new patterns and insights about urban phenomena;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Planning Support Systems\u00a0<\/b>continue to evolve as researchers test new interfaces and hardware, develop novel indicators and applications, and explore sociotechnical aspects of their adoption and use;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Urban Modeling\u00a0<\/b>leverages new data and theory to build a richer understanding of urban systems and to develop improved tools for planning and policymaking;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Smart City\u00a0<\/b>efforts have become a major area of research and implementation as more and more cities experiment with new uses of urban sensing and communication technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The central theme of the 14th<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>CUPUM Conference is\u00a0\u201cPlanning Support Systems and Smart Cities.\u201d\u00a0<\/b>Submissions on this theme are particularly welcome. In addition, the conference welcomes all papers and posters appropriate to one or more of the tracks and topics listed below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tracks and Topics<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

– Urban Modeling<\/span><\/p>\n