Urban Science Research Seminar: Cynthia Zeng

The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) and the Department of Technology Management and Innovation at NYU Tandon welcome you to attend the lecture by Cynthia Zeng, assistant professor at the NYU Stern School of Business in Abu Dhabi and a research affiliate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, as part of the Spring 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar Series.

About the Speaker
Dr. Cynthia Zeng is an Assistant Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business in Abu Dhabi, and a research affiliate of the MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Cynthia Zeng completed a PhD in Operations Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Cynthia Zeng’s research addresses the challenges of climate adaptation and sustainable development through technological innovation. She specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions to forecast and manage extreme weather events. Her PhD thesis, titled “Multimodal Machine Learning for Climate Adaptation”, includes selected works on hurricanes prediction, flood prediction, near-term wind prediction, and flood insurance pricing.In addition to academic pursuits, Dr. Cynthia Zeng gained valuable industry experience as a quantitative analyst at BlackRock Systematic Equities, generating alpha signals using data science; at the SoftBank Vision Fund, focusing on late-stage investments in AI tech unicorns. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London.
Visitor Information
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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 2024 series is organized by Assistant Professors Takahiro Yabe, Qi Sun, and Graham Dove.

Additional speakers for the Spring 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar series include Daniel T. O'Brien (Northeastern University), Greg Morrisett (Cornell Tech), Sybil Derrible (University of Illinois Chicago) and Ning Lin (Princeton).

Host or Publisher NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress