David Lee
urban innovation, participatory sensing, augmented reality, urban feedback loops, and community building through digital information technology
david733 at alum dot mit dot edu
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our project in sao paolo highlighted in fast company!
But this week’s hero has to be Chris Davis. The slugging first baseman/DH put up two horrible games in one Sunday, striking out five times, hitting into a double play, and going 0-for-8. But he would add another position to his repertoire at the end. After the O’s and Red Sox battled for 15 frames, Buck Showalter looked at his lineup card and found no relievers left. What he did find was Davis, who last pitched in competitive ball for the Longview (Texas) High Lobos. Not only did Davis hold the line, he looked downright dominant at times, hurling two scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and a walk, and striking out Jarrod Saltalamacchia (!) and Adrian Gonzalez (!!) while topping out at 91 mph with a wicked changeup (!!!). Finally, after 17 innings spanning six hours and seven minutes, the O’s completed their first series sweep at Fenway in 18 years, and Chris Davis became the first American League position player to earn a win since Rocky Colavito in 1968. The scouting report is out: Don’t mess with Chris Davis. Or the Orioles.
The Orioles are squawking, while our no. 1 is looking ragged - Grantland
i’m sad that this happened at the expense of the sox, but position players pitching (and winning!) in extra innings is my favorite bizarro baseball scenario.
By looking at people’s checkin patterns at places across the city, we create a mapping of the different dynamic areas that comprise it. Each Livehood tells a different story of the people and places that shape it. (via Livehoods)
Ikea’s builders say they’re not interested in a Disney-style kind of an animatronic spectacle. Rather, they’re seeding Strand East with evocations of spontaneous urban life in hopes that it will become spontaneous urban life; they say they’d be happy to see it shift and evolve to suit market conditions. It’s not clear, though, how this desire will coexist with Ikea’s desire to keep the place under its control. The answer, Mr. Müller says, is that the Swedes have a long-term interest in success – much like a municipal council does, and, in fact, Ikea will be acting very much like a municipal government.
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- SummaryUrban designer with broad research experience. Focus on urban information systems, engaging communities, behavioral psychology, participatory sensing, digital media in cities. Candidate for Ph.D. in Urban Planning at MIT.Specialties: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, mapping, public presentation, site planning, street design, urban history, digital media, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, website design (html + css), web programming (php + javascript + mysql), Korean languageExperience
- May 2009 - PresentGraduate Researcher / MIT SENSEable City LabProjects include: Forage Tracking [communication platform for informal recyclers] TrashTrack [tracking trash in real-time] MIT Enernet [building energy efficiency] UNICRI partnership [combating urban crime and violence] LIVE Singapore [open urban data platform]
- Mar 2009 - Apr 2009Planning intern / City of Los AngelesConducted land use survey and analysis for the Warner Center Specific Plan, produced recommendations and site designs for section of the LA River adjacent to the site.
- Sept 2007 - Oct 2008Fulbright Researcher / Institute of International EducationReceived ten month grant to research urban design in Seoul, Korea, with three months of Korean language training. Researched efforts to improve walkability and accessibility of urban areas, focusing on the needs of the elderly and disabled. Conducted interviews with academics, professionals, and government officials in Seoul. Conducted field research to qualitatively evaluate the design of streets and public places in each administrative district of Seoul. Writing a final report detailing these findings, and comparing efforts to improve walkability in Korea with similar efforts in America.
- Jun 2006 - Sept 2006Intern / International Economic Development CouncilWrote an initial research document on nationwide trends in building conference centers, stadiums, and urban entertainment centers, used to guide development of IEDC’s “If You Build It” conference in 2007. Coordinated input and participation from twenty-seven state and regional partner associations on a national salary survey of economic development professionals, and wrote the initial draft of the survey itself. Assisted in IEDC’s consulting project in China, where we produced recommendations for industrial and urban development in the Feicheng region; prepared case studies on best practices; industrial sector analysis; general help with logistics for the staff’s site visit to China in August.
- Jun 2005 - Jun 2006Graduate Researcher / MIT SENSEable City LabResearch position with SENSEable City Laboratory. Worked on design and implementation of iSPOTS, a real-time visual representation of wireless activity across the MIT campus, using Oracle, Flash, mySQL, and ArcGIS software. Built prototype for Smart Park, a wireless networked car parking detector for use in outdoor urban areas.
- Jun 2004 - Sept 2004Researcher / MITUndergraduate Research Project with MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science Designed and constructed a laser optics apparatus for a larger experiment measuring properties of electron drift.
Education-
2009 - 2012Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D. in Urban Planning
Activities: Resident Advisor for Zeta Beta Tau fraternity -
2002 - 2007Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMCP in Urban Planning, Physics
Activities: Undergraduate Association, Committee on Student Space Planning, WMBR, Varsity Fencing Team, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
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Interests:photography, web design, fencing, behavioral economics, urban exploration, boston red sox, film studies, cycling, future of cities, engaging community
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