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SUMMARY:Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program - Meeting 5
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, February 6\, 2024\, the NSF Center for Smart StreetScapes (CS3) held its fifth Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program workshop. The session was convened and led once again by Ester Fuchs\, Chief Social Impact Officer of the CS3 and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University. The focus of this week’s workshop was on the subjects of security\, privacy\, and fairness as they pertain to emerging streetscape technology. \nRoxana Geambasu\, an assistant professor of computer science at Columbia University\, opened the session by addressing privacy\, fairness\, and transparency issues in streetscape technologies. She acknowledged the significant potential of these technologies but also highlighted risks such as compromised sensors\, potential hacker attacks\, and the misuse of city data. Geambasu proposed a comprehensive approach to enhance security\, privacy\, and fairness through community engagement\, emphasizing the need for a programming framework for future streetscape applications. \nThe presentation delved into the tradeoff between accuracy and privacy in real-time data feeding to streetscape applications\, introducing the concept of “anonymization” as the first level of data protection. This process involves edge computers for object detection and tracking\, providing real-time anonymized data to applications. Geambasu acknowledged the drawbacks of anonymization\, leading to the discussion of an advanced protection level that involves sharing noisy aggregates over the dataset instead of raw data. This method prevents accurate reconstruction of individual entries\, striking a balance between privacy and meaningful tradeoffs for streetscape applications. Geambasu concluded by emphasizing the crucial role of effective researcher-community engagement in navigating this tradeoff\, providing specific and actionable guidance. \nFollowing Prof. Geambasu’s presentation\, the floor was opened to the CPRs for questions. Participants seemed primarily concerned with the security and ownership of data\, with a majority of questions being devoted to ascertaining who would control the data generated by smart streetscape infrastructure\, as well as how demands to access the data by third parties would be handled. In addition\, CPRs floated questions regarding the anonymization of data and protection of individual privacy. Prof. Geambasu’s responses generally served to assure CPRs that data security and anonymization would occur as soon as possible within the pipeline\, minimizing risk for people being observed. CPRs were also informed of the existence of Columbia University’s independent internal review board for the project. \nThe second presentation by Salvatore Stolfo\, a computer science professor at Columbia University\, highlighted current security challenges\, including the risks associated with compromised IoT sensors and edge server hacking. He emphasized the need for policies and transparency in handling data collected by third parties and underscored the importance of further research on AI failures. The CPR survey results revealed concerns about data misuse\, particularly with companies\, and discomfort with technologies like facial recognition and AI. Stolfo also discussed the community’s interest in understanding how the technology is engaged with community application and how they can be abused. Stolfo emphasized the significance of finding the right tradeoff\, acknowledging the benefits of technology in preventing crimes and terrorist attacks. He presented ongoing research addressing the protection of physically deployed sensors and the overall system\, including centralized command and control for managing security technology and self-protecting streetscape security systems. Additionally\, he highlighted research efforts focused on AI failures and trustworthiness to enhance identity authentication\, scene analysis\, and situation awareness accuracy. \nAfter Prof. Stolfo’s presentation\, CPRs raised questions regarding the accuracy of facial recognition technology when used on people with darker skin and in a crowd setting\, as well as the identification of legitimate data. Their concerns were acknowledged\, with Prof. Stolfo reassuring the audience that facial recognition technology is rather robust in certain contexts. He admitted that there are ongoing difficulties in applying the technology to finding a subset of individuals within a set of many faces\, and also warned participants of the difficulties in discerning legitimate software from malicious imitations. He also acknowledged the possibility that a well-intentioned actor may accidentally cause harm to a system. \nThe meeting transitioned into breakout sessions\, where the groups of CPRs shared today’s insights facilitated by CS3 staff. A prevalent concern raised by the majority was the privacy risk associated with valuable data\, even if being anonymized. They expressed the need for a deeper understanding and discussion regarding the tradeoff between privacy and functionality of data. Facilitators initiated discussion on challenges of the streetscapes impacted by privacy security and transparency. In active discussions\, CPRs highlighted the demand for protective measures for physical technology\, transparency in politics and procedures\, and the trustworthiness of the systems. They emphasized the importance of decentralized control of data acquisition\, addressing environmental and contextual biases in facial recognition\, and mitigating the risk of hackers maliciously controlling streetscapes. Additionally\, there was a collective awareness of the significance of education required to find a balance between functionality and privacy\, with CPRs proposing discussion among community reporters on TV and at community board meetings to further address this issue. \nCPR workshops are invite-only. If you are interested in attending a workshop or learning more about CS3’s community engagement process\, please contact our team at streetscapes@columbia.edu.
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/community-partners-in-residence-cpr-program-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Harlem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program - Meeting 4
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, January 23\, 2024\, the NSF Center for Smart StreetScapes (CS3) held its fourth Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program workshop. The session was convened and led once again by Ester Fuchs\, Chief Social Impact Officer of the CS3 and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University. Topics covered this week included applying modeling and simulation techniques to improving streetscape safety\, as well as expanding the opportunities for dialogue between community members and technologists to better guide the progress of the initiative. \nAfter opening remarks by Ester Fuchs\, Sharon Di\, an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics affiliated with Columbia University\, discussed the potential in improving urban traffic management systems using “digital twins” of locations within the city. Prof. Di began by discussing the state of current urban traffic management systems\, including an overview of conventional induction loop and camera-based approaches. Said conventional approaches are limited in precision and predictive ability. By comparison\, future approaches could include the use of a “digital twin:” a replica of a location of interest\, such as an intersection or subway station\, that has been virtually reconstructed. Objects detected in the real world could be brought into the simulation\, and their vectors of motion could be more accurately modeled and predicted. This has promising implications for accident avoidance and accessibility for impaired persons\, particularly when combined with low-latency compute technologies. \n“Digital twins” would also have applications in discovering new ways to improve the accessibility of city locations. They would allow the more precise study of mobility patterns within twinned locations\, providing crucial data for both urban planners and researchers involved in the development of assistive technologies. The technology involved in their creation could also help with modeling driving patterns\, allowing those displaying symptoms of dementia and similar disorders to be contacted and provided with appropriate care as soon as possible. These applications grow in importance as the average age of the New York City population continues to trend upwards. \nFurthermore\, “digital twins” could help protect the privacy of individuals benefiting from the technology\, as they could be produced using purely sensor-based implementations\, instead of relying on high-resolution camera captures. \nFollowing Professor Di’s presentation\, CPRs posed questions primarily focused on technological accuracy\, such as “How does this project consider animals and jaywalkers?” and “How will you address people illegally crossing the road?” It was clarified that the project exclusively focuses on humans\, and addressing specific cases poses an ongoing challenge\, balancing safety and efficiency. \nThe second presentation\, delivered by Brian Smith\, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University\, concerned itself less with any one particular technological innovation\, but rather focused on how to approach technology design\, and encouraged the CPRs to more deeply engage and exchange proactively with the technologists working on the CS3 project. This presentation broadly outlined the “Three Needs” of technology design: inclusion\, community\, and information. “Inclusion” includes ensuring the accessibility and useability of technology\, including providing real benefit to the people who interact with it. Relaying information from computers to people\, regardless of ability\, is an important aspect of this tenet. “Community” refers to the ability of technology to facilitate interpersonal interaction\, particularly in in-person settings. One example given was ongoing research into using augmented reality to move experiences along the streetscape into learning about historic locations. Another example included communal entertainment screens at city bus stop shelters. Finally\, “information” regarding some of the novel ways of moving information from computers to people in a more general sense than what was mentioned in “inclusion.” For instance\, using the LinkNYC kiosks\, city employees are able to relay information regarding weather\, history\, and community events in a highly localized fashion and in real time. \nFollowing the presentation\, CPRs inquired about the technical capability of detecting errant behavior\, including scenarios like a car swerving towards people. The researchers explained that the computers only detect behaviors that have come to be learned as errant. Regarding coordination with accessibility consultants and disabled individuals\, Prof Smith emphasized his history of working in close relationships with blind communities\, specifically\, where many tech opportunities exist to support individuals and communities with different lived experiences. \nThe meeting then moved into breakout sessions\, where CPRs shared ideas\, feelings and questions about technological advances in cities\, such as sensors and AR. They expressed the need for increased accessibility for the visually impaired\, flexibility\, and responsiveness to human needs\, and encouraged collaboration with tech engineers. As for practical problems on the streetscape that might be addressed through the presented research\, specific suggestions from CPRs focused on safety improvements\, including detecting and warning against oncoming poor/unsafe driving habits\, informing the public about street hazards\, and identifying areas for infrastructure improvement\, and a desire to see AR incorporated into Harlem’s cultural streetscape to specifically recall historical sites and figures that once existed throughout the neighborhood that should remain actively accessible via technology among the current streetscape so as never to be forgotten. \nCPR workshops are invite-only. If you are interested in attending a workshop or learning more about CS3’s community engagement process\, please contact our team at streetscapes@columbia.edu.
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/community-partners-in-residence-cpr-program-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Harlem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program - Meeting 3
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, January 16\, 2024\, the NSF Center for Smart StreetScapes (CS3) held its third Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program workshop. This meeting was originally scheduled for January 9th\, but had to push to the next week due to a snowstorm in NYC on the 9th. \nOnce again convened and led by Ester Fuchs\, Chief Social Impact Officer of the CS3 and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University\, the purpose of this workshop was how 5G bandwidth\, latency\, and density capabilities meet situational demands\, while protecting privacy and community trust; and Exploring next-generation wireless network design\, edge-cloud coordination\, and real-time optimization infrastructures. \nThe session began with a presentation by Jorge Oritz\, Assistant Professor of ECE at the Rutgers School of Engineering and Streetscape Apps Lead for CS3\, who overviewed the potential for a new generation of wireless communication technology to further CS3’s goals. He began by reiterating broad objectives of the project\, namely\, to improve the livability of Harlem as defined by the criteria of “safety” and “inclusivity.” “Safety” refers to the level of access residents have to critical services such as traffic monitoring and first response infrastructure\, while “inclusivity” encompasses the degree to which the streetscape can facilitate interactivity between its community members. He then continued to introduce the advantages of new 5G and Wi-edge computing systems\, as pertains to their applications in streetscape improvements. Firstly\, they allow for low-latency transmission and processing\, meaning deployed computer systems can communicate with each other more rapidly on-site. Secondly\, they may be used within a hyper-local scope\, such as a single intersection\, allowing for a notably higher degree of camera and sensor precision. These properties were then demonstrated via a video of a blind individual using a mobility assistance system to cross an intersection. In the video\, the subject gestured to the system before being directed using a personal navigation application. Cameras picking up the subject’s gesture were able to identify and subsequently allow the system to direct the person within a matter of seconds via an installed app on their phone. Concerns by CPRs regarding the potential vulnerability of someone visibly using the system and thereby marking his or herself as a target for bad actors were assuaged by being informed of a new model being developed so as to detect and identify individuals in need of assistance without any overtly visual cueing needed whatsoever. \nThe session then continued with a presentation by Gil Zussman\, Vice Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at Columbia University and Wi-Edge Research Lead for CS3. Prof. Zussman focused on introducing the purpose and capabilities of the COSMOS test bed\, a section of Harlem between Columbia University and City College of New York’s campuses denoted by the FCC for wireless technology experimentation. He provided a brief overview of the various “nodes” being deployed for use in experiments\, including antennae deployed atop the roof of Columbia’s Mudd building on 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue\, and other camera clusters across the COSMOS area. The purpose and intent of the COSMOS area is to be more of a testbed that provides capabilities to various researchers—remotely or otherwise—to run experiments using this new class of technology\, such as the aforementioned crosswalk demonstration. Importantly COSMOS itself is not designed to provide a solution to any one specific research question\, i.e. it does not serve as a public safety\, health\, or surveillance mechanism in and of itself. Aside from the main area\, COSMOS also includes small\, indoor systems within controlled settings that are similarly for-rent to researchers. The project also includes a K-12 education kit. \nThere were questions from the CPRs on how this project could work alongside the citizens on the streets within the COSMOS area\, given existing hostility towards telecom companies which have purchased rooftops for their own network infrastructure\, in addition to public concerns regarding the health and safety implications of 5G networking. Prof Zussman addressed these questions by assuring that any rooftops being used for this project are all already owned by Columbia (in part due to a lack of budget to purchase additional rooftop space)\, and that the wavelengths of light in question are generally safe for use in human-oriented contexts. The ubiquity of Wi-Fi and cell service demonstrates this. \nOnce presentations concluded\, the CPRs were given time to collaborate and reflect via breakout sessions & whiteboards facilitated by the CS3 CPR Comm Engagement staff. The CPRs then reconvened to report back to the room. Overall\, many expressed that they had learned much pertaining to how the technology could be used\, in no small part due to the videos\, examples\, and layman’s explanations provided during the presentations. They were also reassured by CS3’s intentions to explore similarly in international initiatives\, and by the fact that Columbia is collaborating with a number of universities on this project\, though it is still in its early stages. \nWith this in mind\, there were still several concerns left unaddressed. CPRs mentioned that educating the public on these types of technologies would be critical for their adoption as things stand. Questions on how the technology could be compromised\, either digitally or physically\, were also common amongst all 3 breakout groups. In addition\, they mentioned wanting to expand the use cases for edge computing and mm-wave enabled technologies to address public safety concerns\, such as cyclist-originating traffic incidents\, the need to create a true translational language for all of the science and tech for regular citizens to be able to fully understand\, and the need to bolster historical education efforts with the opportunity that AR presents\, given Harlem’s collective identity. There were also the expected information privacy concerns. \nThe workshop concluded with Prof. Fuchs informing everyone that a deck with a data sample from the pre-workshop survey that all CPRs completed prior to the start of these sessions would be shared and discussed in more detail at the next session. \nCPR workshops are invite-only. If you are interested in attending a workshop or learning more about CS3’s community engagement process\, please contact our team at streetscapes@columbia.edu.
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/community-partners-in-residence-cpr-program-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Harlem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program - Meeting 2
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, December 5\, 2023\, The NSF Center for Smart StreetScapes (CS3) held its second Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program workshop. Ester Fuchs\, Chief Social Impact Officer of the CS3 and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University convened the workshop and moderated the discussion. She opened the conversation with an overview of the role of CPRs at the Center and invited everyone to introduce themselves. Lynda Hamilton\, the CPR Community Engagement Manager organized the workshop and has been working closely with community partners to ensure that the CPR program has effective community representation. As a result\, since the first meeting\, the CPR list has grown to include 2 more members of the Harlem community. \nAfter introductions\, Andrew Smyth\, Center Director & Principal Investigator\, kicked off presentations by providing an overview of the research being conducted at the Center. He highlighted that the mission is to create livable\, safe\, and inclusive communities through real time\, hyper-local streetscape applications. As opposed to macro-level research\, the Center focuses on local level innovation built through partnerships to improve live on streetscape for all. There are five current focus areas including\, road safety\, public safety\, assistive technology\, the future of outdoor\nwork\, and hyper-local environmental sensing. The community engagement fostered within the CPR program will serve as the mechanism for inspiration to influence these focus areas. \nFollowing Andrew was a presentation by Jennifer Laird\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Lehman College and Deputy Director of Inclusive Education. Jennifer outlined the workforce development and K-12 education programs that CS3 has developed including the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program which gives local high school teachers the opportunity to do research over the summer and bring that experience back into the classroom during the school year. Additionally\, CS3’s My Streetscape Summer Research Institute gives local high school juniors and undergraduate students mentoring opportunities in engineering research as well as the social sciences by offering hands-on training in the lab and social science research in the community. Both programs offer participants a stipend as part of the process. CS3 hopes that the CPR program can facilitate recruitment for these programs from their networks\, fostering a virtuous\, and immediate\, cycle of impact. Registration and more information about opportunities found through these links: \nTeachers – https://cs3-erc.org/research-experience-for-teachers/\nHigh School Students – https://cs3-erc.org/my-streetscape-summer-research-institute/\nUndergrad Students – https://cs3-erc.org/research-experiences-for-undergraduates/ \nNext\, Sharon Sputz\, Industry Outreach Lead of CS3 and Executive Director of Strategic Programs at Columbia’s Data Science Institute provided background on CS3’s business partnerships\, the value it provides to CS3’s research\, and opportunities & memberships available for participants. \nLastly\, Barbara Askins\, President & CEO\, 125th Business Improvement District\, and Senior Advisor for CS3 offered an overview and goals of the partnership with the community. She emphasized the need to be able to educate the community\, bringing together the technology and the community. She also noted that there is immense potential for harnessing the energy of Harlem\, to think differently about how to engage with the community\, how to bring in their perspective\, and how to apply the technology to the real world. There are great opportunities to learn from both sides\, so the partnership isn’t just a one way street. Ideally\, by the end of the experience the researchers will be able to incorporate Harlem’s identity into the tech\, not just the tech into Harlem. \nAfter presentations concluded\, the CPRs had an opportunity to offer their own insights. First by filling out a one-page survey about what such a partnership might look like; and then by breaking into 3 groups of 4 people each to discuss what the program will have to do to ensure the partnership is impactful. From the breakout groups\, the insights were shared with the larger group. CPRs connected with one another\, offering perspectives from the slice of the community they represented and filled several white boards with ideas. The activity was insightful\, engaging\, and fun! Themes from the discussion that were shared by each group included: having a safe place to express fears and concern\, meeting the community where they are at\, listening and building trust\, transparency\, and developing ongoing communication. A deeper review of the ideas\, initial thoughts\, and hopes expressed by the CPRs in the survey will be conducted by the CS3 team and shared in a future meeting. \nCPR workshops are invite-only. If you are interested in attending a workshop or learning more about CS3’s community engagement process\, please contact our team at streetscapes@columbia.edu.
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/community-partners-in-residence-cpr-program-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Harlem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program - Orientation and Informal Meet & Greet
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 2\, 2023\, The NSF Center for Smart StreetScapes (CS3) held its inaugural Community Partners in Residence (CPR) Program workshop. We were excited to welcome our first group of Harlem CPRs to the program. Ester Fuchs\, Chief Social Impact Officer of the CS3 and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University convened the workshop and moderated the discussion. Barbara Askins\, Senior Advisor to the CS3 and President of the 125th Street Business Improvement District opened the conversation with an overview of the role of CPRs at the Center. Barbara invited all CPRs and researchers to introduce themselves and discuss their interests. Sharon Sputz\, Industry Outreach Lead of the CS3 and Executive Director of Strategic Programs at Columbia’s Data Science Institute provided background on the Center and the type of technology it hopes to develop. Other researchers from Columbia and Rutgers briefly described their areas of focus\, which launched a lively discussion with community members and CS3 leadership. Lynda Hamilton\, the CPR Community Engagement Manager organized the workshop and has been working closely with community partners to ensure that the CPR program has effective community representation. \nThe Community Partners in Residence program is critical to the success of the Center’s work\, ensuring that research on solving streetscape problems is developed in partnership with the Harlem community. The workshops provide opportunities for interaction and collaboration\, where researchers will share their ideas for improving the quality of life on the streetscape and CPR’s will learn about transformative technology. The program is designed for continuous feedback\, so that CPRs will play an integrated and continuous role in determining what research gets done and whether research is transformed into practical applications to pilot at the streetscape. CPRs were recruited from community organization partners and are leaders in Harlem\, all are active in Harlem civic life\, and interested in technology as well as the various community needs that technology can address. \nCPR workshops will meet twice a month through mid-May 2024. It is the convergence between research\, community engagement\, and social impact that will ensure that all technological applications developed by researchers will adequately reflect and respond to the stated needs of\nHarlem residents. \nCPR workshops are invite-only. If you are interested in attending a workshop or learning more about CS3’s community engagement process\, please contact our team at streetscapes@columbia.edu.
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/community-partners-in-residence-program-orientation-and-informal-meet-greet/
LOCATION:Harlem\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:My Streetscape Photovoice Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Opening Night of the My Streetscape Photovoice Exhibit\, an event organized by The Trust Collaboratory at Columbia University in collaboration with the Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3)\, exploring the intersection of urban technology and trust. Register here. \nThe exhibit will explore questions regarding the proper balance between security\, privacy\, and trust as new technologies are introduced in Harlem and other communities\, such as wireless and optical communications\, edge and cloud computing\, situational awareness systems\, and other technological solutions. The Opening Night is the culmination of the My Streetscape Summer School\, a six-week-long program for local high school students to help them foster critical thinking and productive dialogue on how urban technology could be implemented in ways that elicit trust\, safeguard privacy\, and serve the needs of the local community. \nPhotovoice is a participatory action-research method that empowers communities through visual techniques\, such as photography or video\, and narrative accounts to explore the lived conditions of a community. In this context\, our focus will be on the vibrant neighborhood of Harlem and the promises and challenges of introducing urban technology in CS3’s testbed. \nThe Opening Night will welcome members of the public\, local non-profits\, industry partners\, technology experts\, scholars\, and residents\, to explore the exhibit’s themes and issues. Join us! \nThe exhibition will be free and open to the public. Drinks and appetizers will be provided during the Opening Night on September 27\, 2023. Gates will open at 5 PM. \nJoin us for a transformative opportunity to engage in a dialogue about the future of urban technology and learn more about how to participate in the My Streetscape Summer School in the future. \nMore information about the My Streetscape program can be found here. \nFind out more about our work and visit CS3 and the Trust Collaboratory online!
URL:https://cs3-erc.org/event/my-streetscape-photovoice-exhibit/
LOCATION:The Forum at Columbia University\, 601 West 125th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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