Exeter School on Urban Analytics

Recent years have witnessed an accelerated increase in urbanisation, with a growing need to better understand rapidly expanding cities and urban environments in order to achieve sustainable urbanisation. The Exeter School on Urban Analytics will introduce some of the modelling and computational tools required for quantative analyses of cities. The increasing availablility of new forms of data derived from smart sensors and our interactions with large technological systems, such as the Web, social media platforms, and smartphones, requires Data Science and Artificial Intelligence techniques to properly understand urban environments and our behaviour within them. The school with present an overview of the methods used in urban analytics and provide practical examples of how they can be used.

The programme is delivered by eight lecturers on four basic modules, as well as a short project to work on. In the lectures, students will have the opportunity to interact with leading researchers in the area. The modules will cover essential aspects of urban analytics in order to provide attendees with a broad view of the field. Students will then be able to use the tools learned in the modules to develop a data-driven project to present at the conclusion of the programme.

Find out more about our 'Sustainability Summer Programme' which is taking place in Summer 2023 by visiting our website.