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The Northeastern University Visualization Consortium (NUVis) cordially invites you to join us for the next talk in our 2017-2018 invited speaker series:

“Topos – Understanding cities with AI”

Mahir Yavuz

Co-founder at Topos (topos.ai)

Friday, November 3, 2017
2 PM - 3 PM
Snell Library 90, Northeastern University

360 Huntington Ave
Boston MA, 02115

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Note: If you are not a member of the Northeastern University community but you are interested in attending this talk, please send an email to Steven Braun ([log in to unmask]) in advance to be granted entry into Snell Library.

Abstract: Mahir will talk about the work and the vision of Topos. How to further advance the understanding of cities and neighborhoods in light of the technological sea-change underway in the realms of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. Pulling from a wide variety of technologies and disciplines — computer vision, natural language processing, network science, machine learning, statistics, topology, urbanism, data visualization and information design — Topos is creating a transformative, globally scalable platform for understanding urban life and the culture of neighborhoods.

About the speaker: Prior to founding Topos, Mahir was the Director of Data Science and Visualization at R/GA. He worked on large scale data-driven products for global clients such as Nike, Samsung, PWC, Microsoft, and Uber. He is the co-founder of NYCViz and has presented internationally at a wide range of conferences. He has 14 years of teaching experience, and is currently adjunct professor at UPenn and Pratt. Mahir’s academic background is in design and engineering (Istanbul Bilgi University) and HCI with a focus on data-driven cities (University of Linz, Austria).

About NUVis: The Northeastern University Visualization Consortium (NUVis) is an interdisciplinary cross-university initiative to support the university’s research efforts in visualization and to connect faculty, researchers, and students across campus to foster a visualization community.  Northeastern University’s interdisciplinary focus and structure is an ideal environment for such an interdisciplinary field of study, and the goal of NUVis, funded through a collaboration between the College of Arts, Media and Design and the College of Computer and Information Science, is to continue to foster and grow this important area of research.  NUVis sponsors talks and symposia including a bi-weekly seminar, connects faculty and students through its online portal, provides resources to support visualization-related research at the university through avenues including workshops and library-sponsored open office hours, and hosts and organizes community building events including hackathons and student research poster exhibitions.