Author: Mark Cartwright

As part of NYU’s Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) program, New York City high school students Marin Hyatt and Phincho Sherpa joined the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) for five weeks this summer. Hosted by CUSP team members Juan Pablo Bello, Mark Cartwright, and Vincent Lostanlen, Marin and Phincho worked on the analysis and visualization of acoustic sensor data. Marin is a senior at Hunter College High School, and Phincho is a senior at Long Island City High School.

SONYC has launched a new audio annotation campaign on the Zooniverse citizen science platform. Listen and annotate selected recordings from our acoustic sensors to help teach our machine listening algorithms about urban sound.

As part of NYU’s Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) program, New York City high school students Giordan Escalona and Elizabeth Mendoza joined the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) for five weeks this summer. Hosted by CUSP team members Juan Pablo Bello, Mark Cartwright, and Vincent Lostanlen, Elizabeth and Giordan contributed to the acoustic sensor and citizen science research agendas of SONYC. Giordan is a senior at the Browning School, and Elizabeth is a junior at Forest Hills High School.

A new article on NYU’s website titled “Imagine the Sounds of Silence” discusses the vision of SONYC and it’s potential impact on New York.

Read the article here: https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/nyu-in-brooklyn/stories/quiet-nyc.html

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As part of NYU’s Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) program, New York City high school students Naomi Horsford and Ariadna Paltis joined the SONYC team for five weeks this summer. Hosted by SONYC team members Juan Pablo Bello, Mark Cartwright, and Charlie Mydlarz, Naomi and Ariadna contributed to the acoustic sensor and citizen science research agendas of SONYC. Naomi is a senior at Marymount School of New York, and Ariadna is a junior at The Brooklyn Latin School.

After an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), SONYC was featured in news outlets around the world. In the interview, SONYC P.I. Juan Pablo Bello discusses the problem of urban noise pollution, SONYC’s innovative solution, and how SONYC’s approach could be applied in cities around the world that suffer from noise pollution.

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