Media Coverage
Our research has been featured in major news outlets worldwide. Below is a collection of media coverage highlighting various projects and their real-world impact.
Note: Some links may change over time. Where possible, we provide multiple access methods including original URLs, archive links, and search guidance.
2024
Smithsonian Magazine - This Innovative Device Allows South American Paleontologists to Share Fossils With the World
August 2024 - Coverage of PaleoScan, our low-cost 3D fossil scanning technology deployed in Brazil’s Araripe Basin, helping preserve and digitize over 11,000 fossils at the Plácido Cidade Nuvens Museum.
Full Article
Search: “Smithsonian PaleoScan Claudio Silva Brazil”
New York Times / The Athletic - Statcast at 10: From MLB’s secret project to inescapable part of modern baseball
July 10, 2024 - A decade retrospective on the revolutionary player tracking system that began as a secret NYU collaboration in 2011.
Full Article (subscription required)
Search: “NYT Athletic Statcast 10 years MLB”
2018
Forbes - Phenomenal Collecting: The Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Collection
January 10, 2018 - Coverage of the ARIES digital platform for art history research.
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2017
Architectural Digest - Urban Pulse Uses Social Media Data to Show Cities in a New Light
September 25, 2017 - Feature on Urban Pulse, our social media visualization platform for urban analytics.
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Technology Review Germany - Lauschangriff auf Müllwagen
February 21, 2017 - Coverage of urban sensing technology.
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New York Times - To Create a Quieter City, They’re Recording the Sounds of New York
2017 - Coverage of the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project for urban noise monitoring and analysis.
Search: “NYT quieter city recording sounds New York SONYC”
Forbes - How Is Deep Learning Changing The World Of Sports?
August 2017 - Discussion of deep learning applications in sports analytics.
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2016
New York Times - Mapping the Shadows of New York City: Every Building, Every Block
December 21, 2016 - Interactive visualization by Quoctrung Bui and Jeremy White mapping shadows cast by every building in NYC, featuring fast shadow computation algorithms developed by Claudio Silva and Harish Doraiswamy at NYU.
Full Interactive
Search: “NYT Mapping Shadows New York City Every Building”
The Economist - Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
October 22, 2016 - Coverage of urban data sonification and city pulse analysis.
Full Article
Search: “Economist traffic music city 2016”
The Economist - Every step they take
Coverage of movement tracking and urban analytics using Statcast and sports data.
Search: “Economist every step they take baseball tracking”
NVIDIA Blog - World Series Special: Hitting it Out of the Park with Deep Learning
October 25, 2016 - Deep learning applications in baseball analytics using Statcast data.
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Vice Sports - Future of the Game: The Era of Wearables (Video)
Coverage of wearable technology in baseball analytics.
Search: “Vice Sports future game wearables baseball”
Vice Sports - Future of the Game: Baseball’s Latest Statistical Revolution (Video)
In-depth look at how Statcast and data analytics are transforming baseball.
Search: “Vice Sports baseball statistical revolution Statcast”
NetworkWorld - How the Cloud Gives Major League Baseball a New World of Stats
Exploration of cloud computing infrastructure behind MLB’s Statcast system.
Search: “NetworkWorld cloud MLB baseball stats Statcast”
Newsweek - Can Baseball Get More Interesting to Watch with Big Data?
Analysis of how big data and analytics are changing baseball viewership and fan engagement.
Search: “Newsweek baseball big data interesting watch”
2015
MLB News - Statcast Wins Prestigious Alpha Award for Innovation
March 2015 - Coverage of the Alpha Award win at the 2015 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for Best Analytics Innovation/Technology.
Search: “MLB Statcast Alpha Award MIT Sloan 2015”
Wall Street Journal - Billy Beane Expects Big Things from MLB’s Big Data Play
2015 - Oakland A’s executive discusses the impact of Statcast on baseball strategy.
Search: “WSJ Billy Beane MLB big data Statcast”
ABC News, USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times, and others - Data Deluge: MLB Rolls Out Statcast Analytics
April 2015 - Wide media coverage of Statcast’s official launch across Major League Baseball.
Search: “MLB rolls out Statcast analytics April 2015”
MLB News - MLBAM Introduces New Way to Analyze Every Play
2015 - Introduction of Statcast technology for comprehensive play analysis.
Search: “MLB MLBAM new way analyze every play Statcast”
MLB.com - Statcast Interview (Video)
2015 - Video interview about the development and implementation of Statcast.
Search: “MLB.com Statcast interview video 2015”
PR Newswire - McGraw-Hill Education Takes Important Step in Open Technology
2015 - Coverage of educational technology enabling personalized learning experiences.
Search: “McGraw-Hill Education open technology personalized learning”
For press inquiries, please contact csilva@nyu.edu