UrbanARK is a collaborative research project between Queen’s University Belfast, New York University and University College Dublin funded under the US-Ireland Research & Development Programme. UrbanARK brings together leading interdisciplinary research expertise across the areas of civil engineering, social science, geomatics and computer science to support urban coastal communities with regard to the increasing threat of coastal flooding.
Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac is Lecturer at the School of Computer Science (CS) at University College Dublin (UCD). His research interest spans the areas of Data Mining/Distributed Data Mining for Security, Cloud Security and Privacy, Grid and High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics as well as Fraud and Criminal Detection. More Details
Dr. Michela Bertolotto is Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin. Michela’s research focuses on the effective storage and manipulation of spatial and spatio-temporal data. She is especially interested in the effective analysis of map data, LiDAR data, spatial images and crowd-sourced spatial data, and the assessment of spatial data quality. More Details
Dr. Anh Vu Vo is Senior Researcher Fellow at the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin. He has extensive background experience in spatial data storage and processing strategies for aerial laser scanning. His research interests include the creation and implementation of novel technologies and algorithms related to the capture, storage, processing, visualizing, and validating of remote sensing data and its spatio-temporal integration with other data types. More Details
Chamin Hewage is PhD student at the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin. Chamin’s research focuses on the management of LiDAR data in distributed cloud environment. More Details
Prof. Debra Laefer is Professor of Urban Informatics and Director of Citizen Science at the Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at New York University (NYU). Prof. Laefer and her Urban Modeling Group help pioneer computationally efficient storage, querying, and visualization strategies that both harness distributed computing-based solutions and bridge the gap between data availability and its usability for the engineering community. More Details
Prof. Raul Lejano is Professor in the School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU). Prof. Lejano is a scholar in environment, behavior, and collective action, whose foremost interests involve understanding people’s deep engagements with community and environment, and reflecting such in how we design policy and institutions from a relational perspective. His work on urban sustainability involves increasing resilience in vulnerable communities to risks from extreme weather events, environmental health risks, and social disenfranchisement. More Details
Cady Drell is pursuing an MA in Environmental Conservation Education at New York University and is a graduate research assistant on UrbanARK. Cady comes from a background in journalism, and has written for various magazines covering politics, culture, and sustainability. For UrbanARK, she is studying risk communication among residents in coastal cities, specifically in the neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. More Details
Peter Gmelch is pursuing a Master’s in Environmental Conservation Education. Peter received a B.S. in Environmental Sustainability from SUNY Oneonta and has a background in science education and GIS. Since joining the UrbanARK project, he has worked on developing community workshops to be held in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and creates supporting GIS content for the research team. More Details
Dr. Evan O’Keeffe is Research Fellow at the Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at New York University (NYU). Evan’s research focuses on new methods for viewing large portions of massive remote sensing datasets, including through VR headsets, external controllers and smart phone technology. More Details
Dr. Ulrich Ofterdinger is Associate Professor at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). His research focuses on the characterization and modelling of complex hydrological systems across multiple scales and the integration of multi-scale remote sensing data into numerical models. More Details
Prof. Jennifer McKinley is Professor at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). Her research focuses on the application of spatial analysis techniques, including geostatistics, compositional data analysis and Geographical Information Science (GIS) integrating multi-scale data sets. More Details
Dr. David Hughes is Associate Professor at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). David’s research portfolio includes the use of multi-scale remote sensing data for the monitoring of built environment infrastructure and natural landscapes in the context of civil engineering applications. More Details
Aaron Miller is PhD student at the School of Natural and Built Environment. Aaron’s research focuses on the acquisition and analysis of aerial and ground-based mobile LiDAR data in urban environments. More Details
John Meneely is Senior Research Technician at the QUB Centre for GIS and Geomatics. John is an international 3D Laser Scanning Specialist with a wide field of applications across Natural Resources/Environmental Management, Built Environment and Archaeology. More Details
Dr. Yong Peng is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). His research focuses on the high-resolution modelling of urban/ catchment/coastal flood and two-phase flows. More Details
