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Jason Jackson and Joan S. Rubin. Chan, Shelley (Shelley Claire) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program 2021-10-08T16:48:14Z 2021-10-08T16:48:14Z 2020 2020 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132808 1262990511 Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, May, 2020 Cataloged from the official version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68). Due to increasing internet access and mobile phone usage, the collection of data has exploded globally in the past decade. At the same time, the processing power and storage capabilities have become cheap and prevalent, and sophistication and complexity of AI and machine learning algorithms have advanced and are widespread. Data is a new type of capital. Public governance has not yet caught up, and because of the specialized technical expertise required, the public sector has permitted and sometimes even invited private companies to make the rules. Caught up in these trends is a tension between cities wanting to be at the forefront of technology while needing to act in the public interest and protect the marginalized and underrepresented. This thesis utilizes a comparative analysis of two case studies, Toronto and New York, to examine the existing urban data governance models and identify some learnings from the comparison. Within each case study, the thesis employs systems architectural concepts such as stakeholder mapping and architectural decisions to illustrate differences and highlight shortcomings and potential recommendations to address in future policy proposals. by Shelley Chan. S.M. in Engineering and Management S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program 68 pages eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Urban data governance and policies : a comparison using case studies Thesis application/pdf 2021-10-08T16:48:14Z Publication Master SysDes unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="080803e0-6a08-40f4-a880-d150d035bfab"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Urban data governance and policies : a comparison using case studies</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2020</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Chan, Shelley (Shelley Claire)</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Engineering and Management Program.</Keyword> <Keyword>System Design and Management Program.</Keyword> <Abstract>Due to increasing internet access and mobile phone usage, the collection of data has exploded globally in the past decade. At the same time, the processing power and storage capabilities have become cheap and prevalent, and sophistication and complexity of AI and machine learning algorithms have advanced and are widespread. Data is a new type of capital. Public governance has not yet caught up, and because of the specialized technical expertise required, the public sector has permitted and sometimes even invited private companies to make the rules. Caught up in these trends is a tension between cities wanting to be at the forefront of technology while needing to act in the public interest and protect the marginalized and underrepresented. This thesis utilizes a comparative analysis of two case studies, Toronto and New York, to examine the existing urban data governance models and identify some learnings from the comparison. Within each case study, the thesis employs systems architectural concepts such as stakeholder mapping and architectural decisions to illustrate differences and highlight shortcomings and potential recommendations to address in future policy proposals.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>