Abhishek Viswanathan
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Air quality monitoring using distributed sensor networks, equity considerations in lead service line replacements, transit justice in Pittsburgh, surveillance creep in urban areas, and using local civic data for advocacy.
TEACHING
- BUS110 (Business Analytics I)
- BUS310W (Business Analytics II)
- DSA250 (Fundamentals of Data Science)
- BUS421 (Information and Cybersecurity)
PROJECTS
- Data Storytelling Workshops: Hosting skill-building workshops at the Three Rivers Village School and at the University of Pittsburgh to translate data into accessible narratives through interactive visualizations, storytelling techniques, and basic training on no-code software like Tableau Public.
- Community Science for Air Quality Improvement in Hazelwood: Working with the community development organization, Hazelwood Initiative, to carry out community science activities for air quality monitoring in an environmental justice community in Pittsburgh, PA. Designing and Deploying a Social Sensor Network for Local Low-cost Air Quality Monitoring, Leveraging New.
- Technologies and Community Science Principles: Co-designing a network with UpstreamPGH combining low-cost environmental monitors (Smart Citizen Kits), Slack, and a website to include various interconnected avenues for engagement for a project in the Nine Mile Run Watershed.
PRESENTATIONS & TALKS
- Panel discussion on Environmental Justice in Pittsburgh and Theories of Change (Facilitator)— Chatham University, 2025 |
- AI/ML & Environmental Justice Seminar—The Air Quality Landscape in Pittsburgh—Institutions, Collaboration, and Change—Northeastern University Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, 2022 | (talk begins at 1h19m mark)
- Presentation of “Liar Liar Grants on Fire—Institutional Complicity in Expanding the Smart Surveillance State” at the Smartification of Everything Symposium, 2022 |