Sarah Williams is an Associate Professor MIT and Director @MITLCAU and @CivicDataDesign. Author of Data Action : Using Data for a Public Good
Joined July 2012
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15 Jun 2023
Today @CivicDataDesign and @WFP_Ecuadorreleased vidamigrante.migration.mit.e… which explores the migrant experience in Ecuador. #migrants #Ecuador #Venezuela #DataVisualization #MIT
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12 Oct 2024
I am headed the Bloomberg Philanthropies hashtag#CityLab2024, in Mexico City Lab (lnkd.in/eES9sMvn ) where I will speaking with @GoldsmithOnGov about Generative AI an Cities at the City Innovation Studio.
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Le damos la bienvenida a Sarah Williams, profesora asociada de planificación urbana y directora de @MITLCAU y @CivicDataDesign, quien llega a Bogotá en el marco del Convenio de Cooperación con @onuhabitat para fortalecer el Observatorio de Dinámicas Metropolitanas y Regionales.
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13 Sep 2024
This wins the internet 🤣x.com/TheKiffness/status/183…
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25 Mar 2024
Looking for a great Executive Director to work with me at the LCAU ! We have great fun thinking about how to innovate in urban environments.
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This time-lapse represents the physical construction process of the 16'x16' cube of Unboxed City, made of wood, in the exterior, and panels of black acrylic, in the interior. Join us in the East Lobby of the Media Lab any day until May 3rd to experience being inside the black box
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In THREE DAYS we kick off the opening of our new exhibition - Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities - with a PARTY! See you at 5pm on March 8th for our celebration reception, including a panel discussion at 5:30pm.
For more info, visit unboxedcity.mit.edu/
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28 Feb 2024
27 Feb 2024
Our streets are profoundly unequal.
Spatial Equity NYC shows how public space is used or made unusable.
Today, we've updated the tool — created with @MITLCAU — adding six new data layers Senate & Assembly rankings.
See the data. Demand action.
➡️ spatialequity.nyc
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Regenerate, a conference hosted by @MITLCAU, examined the intersection of #ai, algorithmic models, & #climatechange to envision the role of #architecture, #design, & #planning in the creation of #justclimatefutures.
More: bit.ly/regenerateLcau
ALT Top left, Adèle Naudé Santos rendering of a neighborhood intervention from the panel Advancing Urbanism; top right, Nancy Baker Cahil's "Motherboard" showing augmented reality in LA from the panel Urbanizing Artificial Intelligence - Humans in the Loop; bottom left, Google's tree canopy estimation model showing tree density in Boston from Just Climate Futures; and bottom right, rendering of Malden River Works a community collaboration from the panel Catalyzing Innovation.
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Sara Beery was joined by Theodora Dryer, and Tawanna Dillahunt, with Catherine D’Ignazio, @kanarinka, as moderator. Beery had this to say about the divide between practitioners and the public when it comes to who should be using data to envision a just climate future.
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31 Jan 2024
so excited that the @CivicDataDesign won the @anthemawards .. It because of our wonderful team!! @albertomeouchi @_ashsicle Niko Mcglashan Rossella Bottone
Congrats to @datasew and the @CivicDataDesign Lab!!
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Professor Emeritus James Wescoat, Jr. beautifully sums up the ethos of the center. Watch further on our website, as former directors James Wescoat, Alan Berger, Adele Santos, and current Director Sarah Williams, share their research, collaboration and contribution to the LCAU.
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22 Jan 2024
New journal 'Dialogues on Digital Society'. Publishing article and review forums only. Co-editors @kylzjarrett, @pinkydigital, @steelecat717, Jing Hiah. Editorial and link to journal page: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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See the full video, as well as the rest of our recap at: regenerate.mit.edu/gallery-1
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Carlos Alvarado-Quesada, @CarlosAlvQ , Former President of Costa Rica, and Professor of Practice of Diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, asks one of the bigger challenges to our evolving use of technology and its impact on our future.
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20 Nov 2023
And rounded off the week with a stop at @MITLCAU's 'ReGenerate' conference, focused at the intersection of #AI, #urbanism, #climatechange. First panel on Friday focused on the role of humans in this v important conversation.
Whew! Onward!
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Join us to celebrate the ten year milestone of the LCAU through an exploration, critique, and discussion of the evolving relationship between urbanism, emerging technologies, and climate change. regenerate.mit.edu
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27 Oct 2023
Meet the speakers on the Urbanizing Artificial Intelligence Panel on Thursday, November 17th, at 9:30 a.m. for the LCAU’s 10th anniversary conference, REGENERATE.
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27 Oct 2023
Meet Dr. Laura Narvaez Zertuche - a speaker on the Urbanizing Artificial Intelligence Panel on Friday, November 17 at 9:30 a.m. She is a Partner in the Urban Design team at Foster Partners, where she has led people movement and data analytics within the firm since 2015.
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17 Oct 2023
Join us to celebrate the ten year milestone of the LCAU through an exploration, critique, and discussion of the evolving relationship between urbanism, emerging technologies, and climate change. regenerate.mit.edu/
@MITLCAU @CivicDataDesign @mitsap @MIT
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