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Launch Events: Programmable City Project March 24th-25th

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We have 3 great launch events coming up and you are invited!  See below.

  1. Official Programmable City Project launch is Tuesday March 25th, starting at 9:45 AM, with a break for lunch, and ending at 4PM.  We have a great lineup of international and local speakers.  Sean Sherlock, TD., Minister for Research and Innovation will officiate the launch in the afternoon. Details here! We need a count for lunch so Be sure to RSVP via EventBrite.ProgCityLAUNCH-poster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  On March 24th, 7-9 PM, in the eveing we are supporting a Public Event: Rethinking the Smart City: A Primer, organised by Provisional University & Dublin Art & Technology Association.  Adam Greenfield will be speaking, Rob Kitchin will provide introductions and Aphra Kerr (NUIM), Jim Merricks White (NUIM) Rachel O’Dwyer (TCD). Come to  , Corner of Fenian Street 7 Westland Row, Dublin 2.  Read more details here! Space is limited so please .
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3. Also, in the afternoon of March 24th, between 2-4PM, we have a Reading Seminar Mapping, Data & Urban space –  w/Matthew Wilson at NUIM, Room 2.31, 2nd Floor, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth (Map). Read details here.  ProgCity Launch reading seminar

Parking information can be found at http://progcity.maynoothuniversity.ie/about/nui-maynooth/.

Seminar 3: Sustainable Connected Cities and the London Living Labs Project

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The Programmable City Project is happy to welcome Dr David Prendergast who will discuss Sustainable Connected Cities and the London Living Labs Project.

Time: 16:00 – 18:00, Wednesday, 19 February, 2014

Venue: Room 2.31, 2nd Floor Iontas Building, North Campus NUI Maynooth (Map)

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Abstract: Cities offer many opportunities to innovate with technologies, from the infrastructures that underlie the sewers, to computing in the cloud. How though can we integrate the technological, economic and social needs of cities in ways that are sustainable and human-centred? How do we inform, develop and evaluate systems and services that enhance the quality of city life for diverse publics? This talk discusses the approach taken by the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities and provides an overview of key projects including the ambitious London Living Labs programme conducted in association with the UK Future Cities Catapult.

Bio: Dr David Prendergast is a social anthropologist and a Principal Investigator in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities with Imperial College and University College London. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor of Healthcare Innovation at Trinity College Dublin. His research over the last fifteen years has focused on later life-course transitions and he has authored a number of books and articles on ageing, health, technology and social relationships. During his career David has been involved in several major research projects including: a multi-year ethnography of intergenerational relationships and family change in South Korea; the provision of paid home care services in Ireland; a three year ESRC study into death, dying and bereavement in England and Scotland; and Intel’s Global Ageing Project which explored the expectations and experiences of growing older around the world. After receiving his PhD from Cambridge University, Dr Prendergast held research posts at the University of Sheffield, and Trinity College Dublin.

Seminar 3: Sustainable Connected Cities and the London Living Labs Project

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All!  Seminar 2, Coding Play/Crafting Code in the City is this Wednesday, John Hume Board Room at 4PM and already we are getting ready for Seminar 3.

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The Programmable City Project is happy to welcome Dr David Prendergast who will discuss Sustainable Connected Cities and the London Living Labs Project.

Time: 16:00 – 18:00, Wednesday, 19 February, 2014

Venue: Room 2.31, 2nd Floor Iontas Building, North Campus NUI Maynooth (Map)

Abstract: Cities offer many opportunities to innovate with technologies, from the infrastructures that underlie the sewers, to computing in the cloud. How though can we integrate the technological, economic and social needs of cities in ways that are sustainable and human-centred? How do we inform, develop and evaluate systems and services that enhance the quality of city life for diverse publics? This talk discusses the approach taken by the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities and provides an overview of key projects including the ambitious London Living Labs programme conducted in association with the UK Future Cities Catapult.

Bio: Dr David Prendergast is a social anthropologist and a Principal Investigator in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities with Imperial College and University College London. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor of Healthcare Innovation at Trinity College Dublin. His research over the last fifteen years has focused on later life-course transitions and he has authored a number of books and articles on ageing, health, technology and social relationships. During his career David has been involved in several major research projects including: a multi-year ethnography of intergenerational relationships and family change in South Korea; the provision of paid home care services in Ireland; a three year ESRC study into death, dying and bereavement in England and Scotland; and Intel’s Global Ageing Project which explored the expectations and experiences of growing older around the world. After receiving his PhD from Cambridge University, Dr Prendergast held research posts at the University of Sheffield, and Trinity College Dublin.

Webinar: Data derived from Traditional Knowledge and Cybercartography

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On Wednesday, 11th of December, Tracey P. Lauriault, a post doctoral researcher on the Programmable City Project led a webinar with the Canadian Federal Government GeoConnections program on the topic of legal issues with traditional knowledge and cybercartography in the Canada’s North.

The webinar discussed the results of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Funded Partnership Development Grant entitled Mapping the Legal and Policy Boundaries of Digital Cartography led by Dr. R. Fraser Taylor of the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC), Carleton University, and Dr. Teresa Scassa of the Faculty of Law, Centre of Law, Technology and Culture (CLTS) at the University of Ottawa, including the Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and GeoConnections.

The issues presented were:

· Traditional Knowledge (TK) and cybercartography;
· The complexities of Intellectual Property rights and TK;
· Challenges and possible solutions with regard to Western law and TK;
· The role of collaborative relationships in cybercartography in the North.

While this work was not part of the Programmable City Project, it does demonstrate the nuanced issues related to the production of data, in this case the uneasy relationship between the protection of traditional knowledge and western concepts of law, especially intellectual property law which protects creative works produced by individuals while traditional knowledge grounded in communities that are collectively owned cannot benefit from these protections.

A French version of the Webinar will be presented by Lauriault on Friday, Dec. 13.

Presentation Videos from ‘Open Data and Evidence Informed Decision Making’ seminar

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Here are the videos of the seminars and links to the slides, as only presenters are seen in the videos.

1. An Open Data Story (Slides, Bio), by Dr Tracey P. Lauriault, Programmable City Project, NUIM

Open Data Event Talk One from The Programmable City on Vimeo.

2. Open Government Data: The Fingal Story (Slides, Bio), by Dominic Byrne, Head of Information Technology with Fingal County Council.

Open Data Event Talk Two from The Programmable City on Vimeo.

3. Experiences as a producer, consumer and observer of open data (Slides, Bio), By Dr Peter Mooney, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, NUIM

Open Data Event Talk Three from The Programmable City on Vimeo.

Thanks to Alam Moore and to James White, both Programmable City PhD candidates for editing and posting the videos.