Reflection : Visualization Tool 

 The Challenge 

 Recently I participated in a conference and workshop on “ Sustainable Cities ” . The   overall challenge is that if by the year 2050 , there will be more than 5 billion people   living in cities , how can we make cities comfortable , agreeable , and at the same time   sustainable ? During the workshop , our task was to re - think what the city of Versailles   ( France ) could be like in the future . Cities are complex systems with a large number of   different types of stakeholders ; hence the idea to use a design thinking approach was   selected . The workshop was facilitated by a consultancy firm and the participants were   representatives of the municipal government of Versailles , local businesses , citizens ,   students of nearby Business School HEC and multinational companies with an interest   in the building and insurance fields . We were approximately 25 participants in total . 

 Selection 

 The consultancy firm facilitating the workshop presented us with a large ( 4 m x 1 m )   drawing representing the modernized version of a medieval painting by A. Lorenzetti ,   titled the “ The Allegory of Effects of Good Governance ” . The drawing showed different   types of buildings , squares , streets , parks , and the area surrounding the city . 

 Application 

 Our task was first to learn about Versailles , the particular challenges facing the city , the   special demographic , the current trends , the geography of the city , and the existing   subsystems ( e.g. transport , waste , energy etc ) . Then we had to turn to the drawing , and   using our imaginations we placed ourselves in this “ virtual city ” and think about what it   would be like if we could get all our wishes granted . Each of us had a stack of post - its   and we walked around the picture placing post - its with the key word of a particular idea   in the area where we thought it would be most appropriate . Figure 1 at the end of this   assignment shows a small section to give the reader an overview . Once we have all put   had our input , we looked for the “ wow ” factor , and also we noticed that several ideas   could be combined together or become extensions of one - an - other . We then selected   themes for the city of Versailles to experiment with as the next step . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Using the drawing has triggered our imaginations in ways that a data - driven or a simple   descriptive approach would never have been able to . Having the drawing in front of us   reminded us that any city is an intricate and complex interplay of different systems and   stakeholders . The fact that the picture we used was not of the real city of Versailles has   allowed us to forget the physical or other constraints that do exist in the real world . The   most interesting insight that came from this exercise , though , for me not related to the   drawing : the fact that we were looking into the future considering a “ smart city ” did not 

 necessarily mean that most of us wanted to have more technology . Instead , many of the   ideas we came up with were centered on human contact and community building . 

 The visualization approach was a perfect tool to tackle the complexity of a city like   Versailles . However , it could still have been further improved if we spent more time on   going through the design thinking process in order to cover all steps – however that was   not the aim of the workshop . 

 Figure 1 : the drawing in use 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection : Visualization Tool 

 The Challenge 

 Recently I participated in a conference and workshop on “ Sustainable Cities ” . The   overall challenge is that if by the year 2050 , there will be more than 5 billion people   living in cities , how can we make cities comfortable , agreeable , and at the same time   sustainable ? During the workshop , our task was to re - think what the city of Versailles   ( France ) could be like in the future . Cities are complex systems with a large number of   different types of stakeholders ; hence the idea to use a design thinking approach was   selected . The workshop was facilitated by a consultancy firm and the participants were   representatives of the municipal government of Versailles , local businesses , citizens ,   students of nearby Business School HEC and multinational companies with an interest   in the building and insurance fields . We were approximately 25 participants in total . 

 Selection 

 The consultancy firm facilitating the workshop presented us with a large ( 4 m x 1 m )   drawing representing the modernized version of a medieval painting by A. Lorenzetti ,   titled the “ The Allegory of Effects of Good Governance ” . The drawing showed different   types of buildings , squares , streets , parks , and the area surrounding the city . 

 Application 

 Our task was first to learn about Versailles , the particular challenges facing the city , the   special demographic , the current trends , the geography of the city , and the existing   subsystems ( e.g. transport , waste , energy etc ) . Then we had to turn to the drawing , and   using our imaginations we placed ourselves in this “ virtual city ” and think about what it   would be like if we could get all our wishes granted . Each of us had a stack of post - its   and we walked around the picture placing post - its with the key word of a particular idea   in the area where we thought it would be most appropriate . Figure 1 at the end of this   assignment shows a small section to give the reader an overview . Once we have all put   had our input , we looked for the “ wow ” factor , and also we noticed that several ideas   could be combined together or become extensions of one - an - other . We then selected   themes for the city of Versailles to experiment with as the next step . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Using the drawing has triggered our imaginations in ways that a data - driven or a simple   descriptive approach would never have been able to . Having the drawing in front of us   reminded us that any city is an intricate and complex interplay of different systems and   stakeholders . The fact that the picture we used was not of the real city of Versailles has   allowed us to forget the physical or other constraints that do exist in the real world . The   most interesting insight that came from this exercise , though , for me not related to the   drawing : the fact that we were looking into the future considering a “ smart city ” did not 

 necessarily mean that most of us wanted to have more technology . Instead , many of the   ideas we came up with were centered on human contact and community building . 

 The visualization approach was a perfect tool to tackle the complexity of a city like   Versailles . However , it could still have been further improved if we spent more time on   going through the design thinking process in order to cover all steps – however that was   not the aim of the workshop . 

 Figure 1 : the drawing in use
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