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My name is Brian Mayer I'm
a researcher here at Virginia Tech in

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the Discovery Analytics Center I
work in the urban computing

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program which is an N.S.F.
sponsored program.

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It sponsors graduate students to work in
solving big data analytics problems we've

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worked with WMATA which is Washington
Metro Area Transit Authority and

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we work with them to look at
the data that they provide us and

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identify areas where we can improve
efficiency, responsiveness to customers,

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and decrease delays such that people can
get to where they need to go faster.