1st Delta-Symposium Technical-Urban and Cities
Day 1
Speakers
City Science lab Presentation
Holger Prang
Research Associate
Holger Prang graduated with an engineering degree in Media Technology. He is part of the CityScope team involved in the development of data-driven negotiation themes and knowledge management to support participation and collaboration throughout disciplines. His PhD studies focus on semantic data analytics and knowledge mapping in spatial and social phenomena. Contact: holger.prang(at)hcu-hamburg.de
Maps workshop
Jonas Luft
Research Associate
Jonas Luft studied "computer science - digital media and games" at the University of Applied Sciences Trier before graduating in computer science at the Technical University Berlin. He is a research associate at the CityScienceLab since november of 2018 and investigates computational approaches to societal problems. Contact: Jonas.Luft(at)hcu-hamburg.de Contact: holger.prang(at)hcu-hamburg.de
Participation workshop
Rosa Thoneick
Research Associate
Rosa Thoneick studied Applied Cultural Studies, Psychology and Journalism in Dortmund and Iowa (Bachelor), and Urban Design in Hamburg and Brussels (Master). She has acquired experience in diverse urban research projects in China, Portugal, France, Belgium and Germany. Her research focus lies in sustainable and social architectures, participatory building and planning processes, migration and citizenship and storytelling in urban contexts. Rosa Thoneick also works as a journalist on these topics. Since October 2018 she works as a Research Assistant for the CityScienceLab where she develops Digital Participation Systems and ICT solutions for the support of arrival processes.
Augmented Reality workshop
Yuxiang Zhang
Research Associate
Yuxiang Zhang studied architecture and urban planning at Tsinghua University and TU Berlin and has worked at CHORA Conscious City Lab, MAD architects, and Li Xiaodong Atelier. He is currently developing web-based systems for data-driven social planning and urban knowledge dissemination at the CityScienceLab, HCU. Contact: Yuxiang.zhang(at)hcu-hamburg.de
Informality workshop
Lisa Reudenbach
Research Associate
Lisa Reudenbach studied Spatial Planning at Technical University of Dortmund and Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in São Paulo. During her studies she researched on informal development processes in cities in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Brazil. Before joining the CityScienceLab in May 2019, she worked at the United Nations in Brussels, where she managed an innovation fund for promoting inclusive cities and urban poverty reduction around the world. Prior to that, she worked at GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) in Morocco and Germany, where she developed formats for knowledge transfer and exchange between municipalities on topics such as integrated urban development, waste management, mobility and energy. Contact: [email protected]
Mobility workshop
Taha Hatcha
Research Associate
Taha Hatcha is a researcher at HafenCity University, City-Science Lab, his Ph.D. is about Mobility as a Service, assessing and analyzing the mobility patterns to develop models for more connected and optimal public transport networks, using GIS, 3D Modeling and Agent-based model simulation. Taha is a polyglot, speaks 6 languages and has several work experiences with: IBM Africa, Google development Group, and scientific research institutions in Africa and Middle-east Contact: [email protected]
Coordinator
Mete Boncukcu
Mete Boncukcu studied Civil Engineering at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. During his Bachelor, he focused on the Energy Optimization of the buildings. He is currently enrolled in M.Sc. Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning at HafenCity University to get insight into the sustainable vision in urban design. He is working on location-based data analyses to understand interdependencies of different factors and their impacts on the city structure. He joined the team of CityScienceLab as a student assistant in September 2019. Contact: [email protected]
