You can help researchers curb NYC noise pollution as a citizen scientist


SONYC (Sounds of New York City) is led by Juan Pablo Bello, a professor of computer science and engineering and electrical and computer engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
It can be a daily fight in New York City to drown out the noise. Now a new project is looking to science to help New Yorkers get a little peace and quiet. But they need volunteers to help map out all the different kinds of sounds. … “With this, we hope to mitigate the noise pollution in New York City”, Oded Nov - professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering - was quoted as saying.

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