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Anthony Vanky

Anthony Vanky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and co-director for workforce engagement of the NSF Center for Smart Streetscapes. His research focuses on emerging practices using digital data and pervasive technologies to understand and shape better cities, while centering residents’ individual and lived experiences.

Trained as an architect (Tulane University), urban designer (MIT, S.M.), and urban planner (MIT, Ph.D.), he focuses on technology-based practices in urban planning and design. Vanky’s research considers the use of digital data and pervasive sensing technologies in designing, planning, and evaluating urban environments and spans the disciplines of urban design, urban technologies, computational social science, innovation studies, and public health.

Vanky has experience building innovative practices within the university, having helped shape the urban technology degree at the University of Michigan and developed MIT designX, an academic accelerator dedicated to advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in design, cities, and the built environment, as its first academic program manager. He was also a research lead at the MIT Senseable City Lab, a multidisciplinary research group. He bridged the lab’s engagement with industry and the public as the Lab’s partner and outreach strategist. Vanky has consulted and widely presented on topics of design, technology, and urbanism, including at Harvard University, the British Government, and several dozen private and public organizations worldwide. His design work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Dutch Design Week, the Detroit Month of Design, New Orleans DesCours, and the Gwangju Design Biennial, among others.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
4587 Spring 2025
URBAN TECH, INNOVATIONS & PLANNING INSTITUTIONS
Anthony Vanky
114 AVERY HALL, 114, 203, 204 FAY
W 10AM-1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
11416
PLA6102 Spring 2025
Urban Sensing and Data
Anthony Vanky
200 BUELL
TH 11AM-1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
0
PLA6102‑1 Spring 2025
Urban Sensing And Data
Anthony Vanky
200 BUELL
TH 11AM-1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10940
Recent News
Oct 31
Faculty Anthony Vanky delivers lecture on digital urban transformations at conference co-organized by Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, Vietnam
Feb 13
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Faculty Anthony Vanky and Bianca Howard (Columbia Engineering) awarded 2024 Data Science Institute Seed Fund for their project, “One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Developing Bespoke and Just Building Decarbonization Plans”