Zhaonan Wang — Urban Science Research Seminar

​The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon welcomes you to attend a lecture by Zhaonan Wang, assistant professor of urban studies and computer science at NYU Shanghai and an associated faculty member at CUSP. This event, hosted as part of the Fall 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar Series, will be held in Room 1201 at 370 Jay Street.

​About the Lecture

​More information about the lecture topic will be posted soon.

​About the Speaker

​Zhaonan Wang is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at NYU Shanghai since Fall 2024. He has an interdisciplinary background in geospatial, urban science and AI, with an overarching research goal to understand urban mobility and support decision making in the real world. His research works have been published on top-tier AI and data science venues, including AAAI, WWW, ICDE, TKDE. Before joining NYU Shanghai, he did a postdoc at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and led the Geospatial AI team at CyberGIS Center. He obtained his PhD in 2022 at the University of Tokyo, where he was awarded MEXT Scholar by the Japanese Government, and best resource paper runner-up at CIKM 2021 by ACM.

​Visitor Information

​This event will be held in Room 1201 at 370 Jay St. Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions and a campus map. Advance registration through Luma is required for campus access at NYU for external guests.

​About the Urban Science Research Seminar Series

​The Center for Urban Science + Progress’s annual Research Seminar series features leading voices in the growing field of urban informatics examining real-world challenges facing cities and urban environments around the world. The Fall 2025 series is organized by Assistant Professors Graham Dove, Yuki Miura, Qi Sun, and Takahiro Yabe.