General Archives - Center for Smart Streetscapes

Jeremy Klotz Takes Second Place in the Nation at NSF’s ERC Perfect Pitch Competition

Left to right: CS3 Director Andrew Smyth, Jeremy Klotz — holding a minimalist camera prototype and his second-place certificate — and his advisor, Prof. Shree Nayar, at Columbia Engineering. Jeremy…

October 2, 2026

WINLAB Summer 2026 Internship: From a Prompt to Verified Agent Applications

Professor Jorge Ortiz (Rutgers University) highlights the achievements of the 16 WINLAB summer interns supported by the NSF Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3)! Together, they built an end-to-end agentic stack—combining…

September 2, 2026

Research Experience for Teachers 2026

Our Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program provides K–12 STEM educators with an opportunity to participate in hands-on research focused on smart streetscapes. This summer, a group of 6 New…

August 7, 2026

CS3 Launches Fourth VALIDATE Accelerator Cohort with Community-Inspired Challenge Tracks

The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is now accepting applications for the fourth cohort of the VALIDATE Accelerator, launching fall 2026. The VALIDATE Accelerator is an interdisciplinary commercialization program that…

August 3, 2026

CS3 Awarded NSF Supplement to Advance Trustworthy AI for Street Safety

The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is pleased to announce a new supplemental award from the National Science Foundation supporting research on AI-based surrogate safety measures and their governance —…

July 23, 2026

Meet the Lehman College Students in REU Programs This Summer

This summer, five Lehman College students are expanding their research experience through hands-on opportunities across the Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) partner network. Four students—Randy Amparo, Dylan Heslop, Mahfoudh Senhoury,…

July 8, 2026

FDNY and Columbia University Expand Partnership to Improve Emergency Medical Response Across New York City

Next phase builds on six years of collaboration that shortened ambulance transport times, strengthened hospital coordination, and advanced 911 operations NEW YORK, April 30, 2026 — The New York City…

April 30, 2026

Interviews with My Streetscape Mentors

The My Streetscape Summer Research Institute is an interdisciplinary research program on urban technology and trust organized by the Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3). This program is designed for 11th-grade…

April 10, 2026

Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Suzie Cao

Each year, the My Streetscape Summer Research Institute brings together a select cohort of rising high-school seniors from across New York City and immerses them in the intersection of engineering,…

January 13, 2026

Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Ezra Ju

January 7, 2026