If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. More than half of the world’s population lives in urban centers. How do we create policies and programs that improve the lives of residents and optimize the operation of cities? This panel from across campus explores the power of data to inform urban policy decisions, how new modeling and computational methods can improve urban decision making, and examples of data being used to support effective programs. Panel Participants: Colm O'Muircheartaigh Dean and Professor, Chicago Harris; Senior Fellow, NORC Charlie Catlett Director, Urban Center for Computation and Data; Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Senior Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory Stephen W. Raudenbush Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor, Sociology, Chicago Harris, and the College; Chair, Committee on Education