Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
This is a paper I’ll be giving at the annual Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management conference on May 16 at NJIT. It’s about how the proliferation of sensor networks will dramatically change the way we investigate social behavior and and reconstruct timelines of disasters. We liken this shift to the development of forensic [...]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2005
This will be on February 9 in Palo Alto – will post the text when it’s finished. Download (8.8 mb)
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Monday, December 6th, 2004
Had fun Friday night atalking about mobile, digital art and media and the city with Trebor Scholz and Federico Mauralanda on “Live Constructions”. Listen to the stream here
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Thursday, August 19th, 2004
I’m giving a lecture at the Korea Information Strategy Development Institute on Monday, a national think tank for IT and economic development. The title is “Challenges and Opportunities for the Ubiquitous City”. Here’s a PDF of my slides (2.4 mb) Download Townsend-KISDI-08-23-2004-screen.pdf
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Thursday, June 10th, 2004
Mobile Communications and Sustainable Transportation: An Agenda for Research and Action Anthony Townsend, New York University Email: anthony.townsend@nyu.edu April 23, 2004 Budapest, Hungary Download PDF of Presentation Slides Previous research has investigated the many linkages between telecommunications and demand for travel in urban and metropolitan areas. However, despite the rapid and widespread diffusion of mobile [...]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2004
Presentation to be given at Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. Digitally Mediated Urban Space: Lessons for Design Download file
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