Balaji Prabhakar is chief scientist and co-founder at Urban Engines. He is a Stanford professor and director of the Stanford Center for Societal Networks, a prominent research initiative to make societal networks smarter, more scalable, and more efficient. Among Balaji’s many awards and honors, he is the recipient of the inaugural IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award, which recognizes “significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development, and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems.” He also serves on the advisory board of the Future Urban Mobility Initiative of the World Economic Forum.
Analytics + Data
A Less Congested Future: Technology for Moving People, Businesses, and Cities
Accelerating urbanization is leading to clogged transportation networks, but the clever use of data can smooth our city systems. Powerful tech tools—from the Internet of Moving Things to the computational and sensing capabilities of smartphones—can help reduce congestion. Modeling and data-driven systems will define the future of urban transport.
