RESEARCH THEMES
RECENT PROJECTS
Real-Time Anomaly Detection for Building Sensors
A team of students from the 2020/2021 UBC Master of Data Science Program (MDS) completed a capstone project in ...
View ProjectIntelligent Transportation Systems
Transportation systems, ranging from public buses to private logistic fleets, could benefit significantly from the introduction of 5G ...
View ProjectNatural Assets: Advancing a 5G Framework for Natural Asset Management
Natural Assets Think of the natural environment you live in – parks provide a space to socialize and exercise. ...
View ProjectSmart Building Energy and Space Management
UBC is the first 5G smart campus in Canada enabled by Rogers 5G network and a multi-million dollar partnership ...
View ProjectRECENT NEWS
Join Us January 19th – UDL Overview
Join the UDL virtually on January 19th, 2021 at 10 AM PST where director Mike Kennedy will be providing ...
View News2020 UBC RESEARCH COMPUTING SUMMER SESSIONS
The Urban Data Lab (UDL) is attending the 2020 UBC Research Computing Summer Sessions August 17-28, 2020. This event ...
View NewsRECENT BLOG
Prediction for Intelligent Transportation Systems
In recent years we have seen an increase in attention to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) around the globe. It ...
View BlogAdvancing multi-modal transportation modelling systems
This project is led by Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering, University of British Columbia ...
View BlogUsing existing data to tackle big urban forest questions: Introducing Sophie
Credit: Sophie Nitoslawski Did you know, you can actually visit many city websites and download data about all the ...
View BlogYes, but where do we put the front door? How a visualization of smartphone data can help architects design better buildings
Credit: Angela Rout The most common question I get asked when I tell people I use smartphone data to ...
View BlogADVISORY COMMITTEE

James Tansey
Committee Chair
Associate Professor at UBC Sauder School of Business. Executive Director of Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing

David Michelson
Faculty Advisor
Associate Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Lorien Nesbitt
Faculty Advisor
Assistant Professor at Department of Forest Resources Management.

Raymond Ng
Faculty Advisor
Professor of Computer Science. Director of Data Science Institute

Carson Woo
Faculty Advisor
Associate Professor at UBC Sauder School of Business. Stanley Kwok Professor in Business.

Naomi Zimmerman
Faculty Advisor
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Krista Falkner
Operations Advisor
Transportation Engineer at UBC Campus and Community Planning.

Blair Antcliffe
Operations Advisor
Energy Engineer at UBC Energy and Water Services.

Dragan
Andjelic
Operations Advisor
Wireless Communication Consultant at the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems.

Karen Able-Co
Operations Advisor
Senior Manager Facilities Information and Inventory Systems at UBC Infrastructure Development.

John Madden
C&CP Advisor
Director of Sustainability and Engineering at Campus & Community Planning.
PROJECT TEAM

Mike Kennedy
Project Lead
Ph.D. in Business Information Systems. Industry leader in data and software applications for environmental sustainability.

Akhil Prabhu
Coop Student
Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Angela Rout
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Computational Media Design from the University of Calgary. Angela is an expert in using data from mobile devices to design better cities.

Bridget Meyboom
Coop Student
Student in the Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering Physics.

Ibrahim El-chami
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineerng. Sensors fabrication and integration in IoT systems and AI systems, as a part of smart energy systems.

Jiachen Wei
Research Assistant
Master of Data Science and B.Env. in Geomatics. Developing data solutions for energy sustainability and smart buildings.

Mohammad Pourmeydani
Research Assistant
Master of Science in Transportation Systems. Transportation Planner and Modeler with progressive experience in the public and private sector.

Natasha Mattson
Research Assistant
M.A. in Economics and B.A. in Economics and Mathematics.
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