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January 16, 2025, Filed Under: News & Events

UIL had a great ride Waymo Robotaxi in Austin

Thank you to Waymo and ‘Max’ Chiyu Jiang for the Waymo ONE invitation code. The Urban Information Lab at The University of Texas at Austin had a fantastic experience with the Waymo Robo Taxi in Austin during its testing period on January 14, 2025. We took two test rides within… read more 

January 11, 2025, Filed Under: News & Events

UIL at The TRB Conference 2025

UIL members Seungjun Choi, Huihai Wang, Yiming Xu, and Tianyi Wang attended the 2025 TRB Conference and presented their latest research in the transportation field to other participants.

November 18, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

UIL At UT Robotics Parade

October 25, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

UIL Attended NSF Research Traineeship Annual Meeting 2024

October 15, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

PhD positions starting in Fall 2025 are open

PhD Position in Artificial Intelligence and Urban Science (Fall 2025) The Urban Information Lab at The University of Texas at Austin is seeking two motivated students to pursue a PhD in Community and Regional Planning with a focus in Artificial Intelligence and Urban Science starting in Fall 2025. The successful… read more 

September 14, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

The latest EV research by UIL has been published in PLOS ONE

This research examines disparities in access to public electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) in Austin, Texas, highlighting transportation equity concerns. Using threshold equity toolkits and regression analysis, the study explores how race and income impact public charger access. The findings show that most EVCSs are located in areas where the… read more 

August 18, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

Smart Mobility & AI Symposium

About the event: The Smart Mobility and AI Symposium will be a day-long gathering of UT students and interdisciplinary professionals across academia and industry to inform, examine, and discuss how Autonomous Vehicles (AV), Electric Vehicles (EV), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact transportation system and urban climate. This symposium aims to… read more 

August 18, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

Welcome to join UIL, Ahyoung!

We are excited to introduce Ahyoung Chang, the newest Ph.D. student in the Community and Regional Planning (CRP) program at the University of Texas at Austin. We are pleased to welcome her to our lab! Ahyoung specializes in urban informatics, urban form, the built environment, walkability, and livability. Her research… read more 

July 28, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

The Smart Mobility & AI Symposium will be hosted on August 16th at UT

The Smart Mobility & AI Symposium will be hosted on August 16th at the Engineering Education and Research Center (2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712). About the Event The Smart Mobility and AI Symposium will be a day-long gathering of UT students and interdisciplinary professionals across academia and industry to inform,… read more 

July 28, 2024, Filed Under: News & Events

AI Tackles Transit Deserts: New Interactive Dashboard Featured in PLOS ONE

UIL’s latest research project, “Developing a Transit Desert Interactive Dashboard: Supervised Modeling for Forecasting Transit Deserts,” was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE. In an exciting development, the Urban Info Lab (UIL) has published a groundbreaking study in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE. Titled “Developing a Transit Desert Interactive… read more 

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