People, papers and presentations

Katherine Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics, and William Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will present free webinars on urban sustainability as part of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine series in October. Ensor’s hourlong webinar, “Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Urban Analytics,” takes place Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. Fulton’s webinar, “The Power and Limitations of Urban Analytics in Supporting Cities,” is set for Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. The webinars are an extension of a National Academies workshop held in January in Washington, D.C., and co-chaired by Ensor. Register for the webinars here: https://bit.ly/2ndJ3Yl. The workshop proceedings are available at www.nap.edu/25480.

About Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson is a senior editor in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.