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Urban center for computation and data


A research initiative at the University of Chicago

and Argonne National Laboratory

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Urban center for computation and data


A research initiative at the University of Chicago

and Argonne National Laboratory

Computation and data science to address rapid urban growth and change

UrbanCCD provides resources, tools, and collaborative opportunities in urban science to address the global challenges created by rapid urbanization and aging cities.

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Students and UChicago scientists turn Wrigley Field into data lab

Across Chicago, more than 100 Array of Things nodes currently collect data on temperature, humidity, air pressure, magnetic field, vibration, light and air quality, publishing the results openly for scientists, city officials and residents to use. With Lane Tech, AoT researchers have developed a pilot educational program to bring the project into schools as well, using off-the-shelf devices to help students create their own smaller version of the sensor network.

While the first two years of the workshop, called “Lane of Things,” deployed student-built sensors in the hallways of Lane Tech, this year’s partnership with the Chicago Cubs presented a much higher-profile experimental setting. Students quizzed team representatives on their most pressing questions, designed custom devices for measuring sound, weather and customer satisfaction, and installed the sensors around the ballpark in late May.

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The air up there: Air quality sensors inhale slews of data

OUR MISSION

UrbanCCD’s mission is to build resources and organize interdisciplinary teams to pursue a coordinated approach to understand challenges in ensuring that we build urban environments that are sustainable, resilient, and capable of supporting individual and collective human development.

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Featured project: Array of Things


A sensor network to measure the environment, health, and

vitality of a city.

Featured project: Array of Things


A sensor network to measure the environment, health, and

vitality of a city.

Array of Things (AoT) is a network of interactive, modular sensor boxes that collect real-time data on a city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research, policy, and public use.  Each box, or “node”, supports a set of embedded cyberinfrastructure and sensing services, each with power, Internet, and with the capacity to evolve annually to incorporate new technologies and experiments. All data will be open, and a peer review process will enable community-contributed enhancements and guide regular technology upgrades over many years. The instrument will also provide for industry partners to experiment with innovative technologies and services, while also supporting industry-academic collaboration in research, development, education, training, and public outreach.

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Notes from the Director


Charlie Catlett

Notes from the Director


Charlie Catlett

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Array of Things Expands with Partner Projects Around U.S.
Array of Things Expands with Partner Projects Around U.S.

This summer, we’re excited to announce the first class of Array of Things partner projects, a group of collaborations with universities, governments, and industry in cities across the United States. In recent months, teams in Palo Alto, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Detroit, Chapel Hill, and Syracuse have received a small number of AoT nodes that they will deploy and test, collecting data on issues of local importance.