Director, Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab

View Vonu Thakuriah’s website:  https://sites.rutgers.edu/thakuriah

Vonu Thakuriah is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Her research interests include transportation planning and operations; big data, urban informatics, smart cities, and social and economic cyberinfrastructure; and the data justice implications of information technology, artificial intelligence, and automation. She has extensive experience assisting government agencies and private companies in identifying data-intensive and technology-based solutions to complex urban and mobility challenges, with a focus on ethical and environmentally sustainable outcomes.