The short version is I am a researcher at the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia University and an adjunct assistant professor of urban planning and architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP).
I do research at the intersection of data, GIS, urbanism, architecture and the humanities and I teach graduate level seminars on mapping, advanced GIS and data visualization. In the past I've worked as a research scholar at the Spatial Information Design Lab, an architectural designer for Carlos Zapata Studio and D.G.T. Architects, and as the GIS project coordinator for the Catholic Charities.
Here's a more detailed version:
EDUCATION
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, NY - Masters in Architecture (2012) - Visual Studies Honor Award (Emphasis on Data Visualization)
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, NY - Masters of Science in Urban Planning (2008)
Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia - Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy (2004)
Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne, Paris - 1st Year of Deug in Philosophy (1999)
APPOINTMENTS
Mellon Associate Research Scholar - Center for Spatial Research, Columbia University, New York, NY (2015 - Present)
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY (2013 - Present)
Associate Research Scholar - Spatial Information Design Lab, Columbia University, New York, NY (2013 - 2015)
Architectural Designer - Carlos Zapata Studio, New York, NY (2012 - 2013)
GIS Project Coordinator - Catholic Charities, Archdioceses of New York, New York, NY (2009)
PROJECTS
Conflict Urbanism: Colombia - An interactive mapping and spatial analysis project examining the Colombian conflict and its effect in the urban environment. Kurgan, L., Saldarriaga, J., Rettberg, A. (in progress).
Science Surveyor - Context on Deadline - An interactive application providing context information for science journalists on a deadline. Holloway, M., Tenen, D., Kurgan, L., Jurafsky, D., McFarland, D., Saldarriaga, J., Basic, G. (in progress).
Access to Taxicabs for Unbanked Households: An Exploratory Analysis in New York City - A statistical analysis of taxicab payment methods and its correlation with banking service accessibility. Saldarriaga, J., King, D., 2015 - 2016.
Environmental Costs of Spatial Regulation of Taxicabs - A statistical and mapping analysis of the environmental cost associated with the spatial regulation of taxicabs in New York City. Saldarriaga, J., King, D., 2016.
The Haven Project - Metrics - An interactive data visualization project analyzing health and environmental metrics for New York City. Kurgan, L., Saldarriaga, J., Izen, J., New York Restoration Project, 2015.
Citibike Station Imbalances & Citibike Rides - Data visualization and mapping projects studying Citibike usage, activity data and station imbalances. Saldarriaga, J., King, D., Kaufman, S., Ferzoco, J., 2014.
Where Were Bike Share Trips Before Bike Share? Evidence From New York City - A spatial analysis of the relationship between bike share and taxicab trips in New York City. King, D., Saldarriaga, J., 2014.
Modeling Social Justice Issues in Urban Zones Using Big Data: Evidence from Bikeshare and Taxicab Data - A statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of bike share and taxicab trips and their relation to social justice issues. King, D., Peters, J., Davidson, A., Saldarriaga, J., 2014.
Port to Port - An interactive data visualization and mappin analysis of 6 years of oil shipment routes to and from U.S. ports. Kurgan, L., Saldarriaga, J., Berner, A., Murray., S., 2014.
NYC Taxi Activity - Data visualization animations illustrating movement and imbalance patterns in New York City taxicabs. Saldarriaga, J., King, D., Peters, J., 2012.
Here Now! Social Media And The Psychological City - Data visualization and mapping project studying social median check-ins in New York City. Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N., 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
Access to Taxicabs for Unbanked Households: An Exploratory Analysis in New York City - Saldarriaga, J., King, D. - Accepted for publication on the Journal of Public Transportation, Volume 20.1, March 2017.
The Haven Project - Metrics - Kurgan, L., Saldarriaga, J., Izen, J., New York Restoration Project - Published in Landscape Architecture Frontiers, issue 4, 2016.
Policy Brief: A History of The FAR Limitation Under The New York Multiple Dwelling Law - Keenan, J., King, C. Saldarriaga, J. (Geospatial Information Systems Mapping), 2015.
Modeling Social Justice Issues in Urban Zones Using Big Data: Evidence from Bikeshare and Taxicab Data - King, D., Peters, J., Davidson, A., Saldarriaga, J. Published in Proceedings of the Workshop on Big Data And Urban Informatics, 2014.
Here Now! Social Media And The Psychological City - Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Published in The Sage Handbook of Human Geography, Volume 1, pp. 244., 2014.
NYC 2040: Housing The Next One Million New Yorkers - Keenan, J., Chakrabarti, V., Saldarriaga, J. (Computational Simulation & Design), 2013.
Here Now! Social Media And The Psychological City - Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Published in NACIS Atlas of Design, 2012.
Bicycle Commuting And Its Relation To Infrastructure And Demographics: New York City, 1990 - 2000 - Masters of Urban Planning Thesis, Saldarriaga, J., Columbia University, 2008.
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Access to Taxicabs for Unbanked Households: An Exploratory Analysis in New York City - Saldarriaga, J., King, D. - Accepted for presentation at the ACSP 2016 56th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2016.
Access to Taxicabs for Unbanked Households: An Exploratory Analysis in New York City - Saldarriaga, J., King, D. - Presented at Bloomberg's Data for Good Exchange conference, New York, New York, 2016.
Environmental Costs of Spatial Regulation of Taxicabs - Saldarriaga, J., King, D. - Presented at the Second Annual Symposium on Transportation Informatics, Arlington, Virginia, 2016.
Activity Mapping - Columbia Data Science Society - Saldarriaga, J. - Lecture for the Columbia Data Science Society students at Columbia University, New York, New York, 2016.
Activity Mapping - Art of Data Visualization - Saldarriaga, J. - Lecture and workshop for the Art of Data Visualization Conference at Columbia University, New York, New York, 2016.
Access to Taxicabs for Unbanked Households: An Exploratory Analysis in New York City - Saldarriaga, J., King, D. - Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2016.
Activity Mapping - Saldarriaga, J. - Lecture for the Urban Design Event Series at Columbia University, New York, New York, 2015.
Where Were Bike Share Trips Before Bike Share? Evidence From New York City - King, D., Saldarriaga, J., - Presented at the Ground Transportation Technology Symposium: Big Data and Innovative Solutions for Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Mobility, New York, New York, 2014.
Visualizing New York’s Citibikes: Imbalances, Social Justice Issues And Its Interaction With Other Modes of Transportation - Saldarriaga, J. -Lecture for the International Workshop in Data Analytics and Visualization in Transport, IFSTTAR, Paris, France, 2014.
Modeling Social Justice Issues in Urban Zones Using Big Data: Evidence from Bikeshare and Taxicab Data - King, D., Peters, J., Davidson, A., Saldarriaga, J. Presented at the Workshop on Big Data And Urban Informatics, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, 2014.
Patterns & Arguments - Saldarriaga, J. - Lecture for the Urban Design Event Series at Columbia University, New York, New York, 2014.
The Uncertainties of Data - Saldarriaga, J. - Lecture for the City As Resource Lecture Series, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, Switzerland, 2014.
EXHIBITIONS
Conflict Urbanism: Colombia, Kurgan, L., Saldarriaga, J., Rettberg, A. - Exhibited at the Oslo Architectural Triennale - On Residence Exhibition, Oslo, Norway, 2016.
Here Now! Social Media and the Psychological City, Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Exhibited at BRIC Arts and Media House, New York, New York, 2015.
Here Now! Social Media and the Psychological City, Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Exhibited at Get It Louder, Beijing, China, 2013.
Here Now! Social Media and the Psychological City, Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Exhibited at Digitas, New York, New York, 2012.
Here Now! Social Media and the Psychological City, Williams, S., Saldarriaga, J., Bullen, G., Tan, F., Youse, N. - Exhibited at Columbia University and Studio X, New York, New York, 2011.
TEACHING & OTHER ACTIVITIES
Mapping for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities - An interdisciplinary introductory mapping course combining methods and topics fro architecture, urbanism and the humanities. Part of the Center for Spatial Research Mellon Grant on Conflict Urbanism. Columbia University (interdisciplinary, undergraduate and graduate levels), 2016.
Advanced GIS - Urban Planning graduate seminar in advanced techniques and methods in geographic information systems. Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Masters of Science in Urban Planning), 2014 - 2015.
Open Cartographies - Architecture graduate course exploring new techniques in mapping, web-mapping and data visualization. Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Masters in Architecture, Masters of Science in Architecture and Urban Design, Masters of Science in Advanced Architectural Design), 2014.
EPIC - Geographic Information Systems - GIS course for the Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute. Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, 2015.
Member of the Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Columbia University.
I maintain, support and update the Geographic Information Systems Database for the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, 2013 - present.
Spatial research support for the Sharing Models: Manhattanisms exhibition at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York, 2016.
GRANTS & AWARDS
Principal Investigator - Points Unknown: New Frameworks for Investigation and Creative Expression Through Mapping - A grant to create and implement courses that combine mapping, narrative and storytelling in the School of Journalism and in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Collaboratory Grant, Columbia University, 2016 - 2017.
Mellon Research Scholar - Conflict Urbanism - A grant to create the Center for Spatial Research, carry out research projects and teach seminars and methods courses at Columbia University. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities grant, 2015 - 2019.
Participant - Science Surveyor - Context On Deadline - A grant to create the Science Surveyor tool for science journalists. Brown Institute for Media Innovation Flagship Project Magic Grant 2015 - 2016, and Brown Institute for Media Innovation 2014 - 2015 Magic Grant.