EBR CV

CURRICUM VITAE/ RESUME

Emily Binet Royall US: +1 210.846.0873 | eroyall@mit.edu | @emily_royall | emilyroyall.com

Education 2016

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Planning & Studies Master City Planning: City Design & Development

2014

New England Complex Systems Institute CX102 & 202- Complex Physical, Biological & Social Systems, Complex Systems Modeling & Networks

2011

University of Texas at Austin B.S. Neurobiology, B.A. Plan II Honors

Professional Experience 2016 Boston

Massachussetts Office of Information Technology (MassIT) Data Analyst and Open Data Policy Researcher Supervisor: Holly St. Clair

2014 Singapore

SUTD City Form Lab (CFL) Smart City Research, Design & Planning, Research Scientist University of Technology & Design (SUTD). PI: Andres Sevtsuk

2013 Austin

McCann Adams Studio (MAS) Urban Design & Planning Intern Urban design firm, specializing in local and regional sustainability projects for Texas real-estate markets. CEO: Jana McCann

2012 Austin

HOLOS Design Collaborative Design and Research Consulting Biomimicry management practice & think tank. CEO: Kathy Zarsky

Projects 2016 MassIT

Public Records and Open Data Reform Project lead on public records policy revision and developed open data & metadata standards for the State of Massachusetts.

2016 MIT

Masters Thesis, MIT DUSP (City Design & Development) Towards an Epidemiology of Gentrification: Modeling Urban Change as a Probabilistic Process using k-Means Clustering and Markov Models.

2015 MIT

Skúmaskot: Surveillance as a Medium Used live surveillance technology as a medium for public performance for Studio Seminar in Public Art with Gedimidas Urbonas.

2015 GaiaIT

Changes/Metamorphosis: Digital Divination_101 (Div/Dig/Sys) Integrated I-ching Divination System with dynamic, real-time network generation for public performance at Industry Labs Changes/Metamorphosis show.

2014 CFL

Planning Economies for Singapore New Towns Performed network accessibility and statistical analyses to design retail quantum formula for HDB New Towns. Client: Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority City Planning Labs Initiative Developed CPL Work Plan for Denpasar, Indonesia. Designed GIS Analysis work plan and trained municipal staff. Developed recommendations for Slum Settlement Upgrading strategies for Pilot Projects. Client: World Bank

2013 MIT

Designing Mobility Solutions for Informal Settlements in Medellin Performed data mining, analysis and visualization for Community Partners.

Designed alternative transportation strategies for “Comuna 8,” and “Mobility Labs” concept. Client: Comuna 8 Planning Committee

2012 MAS

Sustainable Places Project: Relevant Plans & Policies (TX) Identified project constraints through comprehensive study of multiple municipal and regional planning policies. Client: The City of Austin

2010 UT

Research Scientist, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology Mapping Complex Orthology Data using SOM Used non-traditional data visualization techniques to mine complex patterns in genetic data. P.I. Edward Marcotte.

Presentations 2016 Barcelona

Responsive Cities: Urbanism in the Experience Age, IAAC “Planning for Digitally Mediated Public Space: Policy Implications for Internet of Things Frameworks in Urban Environments”

2016 Boston

Boston Society of Architects (BSA): Art in Public Places Where is Public Art?: Art Practices in Virtual Public Space

2016 MIT

Cultural Computation “Skumaskot: Surveillance as a Public Space Medium”

2015 MIT

Cultural Computation “Urban Change and Machine Learning: Mining Rootshock Patterns in Gentrifying Neighborhoods.”

2015 Cambridge

Technology & Ethics Salon, EMW Community Center “Ethics & Algorithms in Urban Development and Experience”

2015 MIT 2013 St. Erme

Computers in Urban Planning & Urban Management Conference “Identifying Patterns of Urban Change with Machine Learning Techniques” Summer School at Performing Arts Forum (PAF): “Systems Across Scales: Bioinformatics, Cities and Beings”

Specialties Skills

Research & Critical Theory Technology Curation Analytics Project Management Community Engagement

Software

MATLAB, SciPy Linux Github VMware: CentOS, RedHat Virtualization GIS: ArcMap, ArcScene, ArcCatalog Adobe Suite: Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop Office Suite

Languages French (fluent) Python (beginner) MATLAB HTML Visual Basic

Publications Key words: Machine Learning, Ethnography of Algorithms, Computational Ethics, Gentrification, Cybersecurity & Urban Infrastructure, Open Data, Feminism and Queer Theory, Open Government, Smart Cites, Speculative Design, Redirective Practice Papers Royall, E., 2016. “Planning for Digitally Mediated Public Space: Policy Implications for Internet of Things Frameworks in Urban Environments” Responsive Cities.

Royall, E., Chegut, A., Jaap, B. 2015. "Towards a Epidemiology of Gentrification: Modeling Urban Change as a Probabilistic Process using Machine Learning." Working Paper.

Royall, E., Wortman, T. 2015. “Finding the State Space of Urban Regeneration: Modeling Gentrification as a Probabilistic Process using k-Means Clustering and Markov Models." Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities, The 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. ISBN: 978-0692-47434-1 Book Chapters Royall, E., Cenizal, C. “Urban Mobility Solutions for the Last Mile: Comuna 8.” In Repensando la Informalidad: Estrategias de Co-producion del Espacio Urbano Medellin. MIT DUSP + UNAL. Articles MIT COLAB Radio, Guest Editor “City Science” Series

Organizations 2016 MIT

Cultural Computation Group President; CCG’s mission is to develop a learning culture around quantitative methods that encourages cross-disciplinary investigation of emerging tools, methods and ideas in computation and the urban environment.

2016 Cambridge

East Meets West Community Arts: Tech & Ethics Salon Programming & Curating; EMW Tech & Ethics Salon engaged public audiences on issues related to ethics and technology spanning from climate change to virtual reality.

2015

Girls Only Leadership Development (GOLD) Mentor; GOLD is a development program for young women in leadership and technology.

2010 Austin

Design Science Collaboration Cofounder. The Design Science Collaboration brought together university students from design & science departments to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects.

Honors 2015

Council of the Arts at MIT, Public Art Grant

2013-15

Graduate Academic Fellowship, MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning

2011

Zelman Plan II Thesis Grant Graduated with Honors (Plan II Honors Program)

2010

Christoph Friederich Doscher Endowed Scholarship Ampla Cum Laude College of Liberal Arts

2009

George Stuart Heyer Scholarship Ampla Cum Laude College of Liberal Arts