The decline in commercial districts in Seoul, South Korea, is worsening because of excessive competition among the self-employed, COVID-19, and a decrease in offline consumption. Assessment of this decline is the first step in presenting strategies for the revitalization of commercial districts. This study explored whether cognitive decline can be… read more
The Impact of Commercial District’s Vitality on Cognitive Decline: What Computer Vision and Deep Learning Can Find
The decline in commercial districts in Seoul, South Korea, is worsening because of excessive competition among the self-employed, COVID-19, and a decrease in offline consumption. Assessment of this decline is the first step in presenting strategies for the revitalization of commercial districts. This study explored whether cognitive decline can be… read more
Design & Analytics System based on Urban Artificial Intelligence
Big data and computational algorithms have gradually become integrated with the built environment and within human’s daily lives, leading to a significant rise in Urban Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and applications. As such, the proposed Design & Analytics system will develop digital twins and virtual/augmented reality for multi-scaled simulations and… read more
Convergent, Responsible, and Ethical AI Training Experience (CREATE Roboticists)
CREATE Roboticists will train future roboticists who: (i) understand the ethical implications of service robots and can develop new theories, methods, and techniques to satisfy ethical requirements; (ii) design human-centered ethical service robots that respect human autonomy and ethical values; and (iii) develop robotics policy informed by cutting edge convergent… read more
Digital Twin of Urban Systems: Towards Intelligent, Climate-adaptive, and Equitable Cities
This talk focuses on data science-enabled scientific discoveries and Artificial Intelligence techniques for urban systems in adapting to the changing climate. Cities around the world are facing various physical, social, and economic challenges associated with many stressors such as climate disasters. What makes cities vulnerable is in large part due… read more
Smart Population Data for Digital Twins
People are the most important part of cities. However, digital twins tend to focus on buildings and infrastructure. Dr. Rosenheim will introduce a project that provides a solution that connects people to buildings for digital twins. The housing unit inventory method transforms aggregated population data into disaggregated housing unit data… read more
Short to Medium Range Autonomous Delivery Systems (SMADS)
An interdisciplinary team spanning across four UT labs is developing a building-to-building delivery system for the UT Austin campus using robots that will improve contactless deliveries and save people time. These robots will cross complex terrain, navigating around people, cars, and other obstacles typical to campus roadways. Team Members: Junfeng… read more
Smart and Resilient Cities: Mitigating the Risks of Climate Change
Recent advancements in information and communication technology, ubiquitous sensors, and improved data science allow us to create previously imagined insights, contributing to vision and strategies for disaster resilience. This presentation will provide an overview of the resilient infrastructure systems in smart city frameworks and discuss how we can integrate resilience… read more
A framework for Smart and Connected Community Initiatives in San Antonio
Innovative and effective smart city initiatives must be aimed at addressing community problems with active participation from a broad group of stakeholders. The presentation describes an emerging innovation ecosystem being developed in San Antonio though the City of San Antonio R&D League and its partners including UTSA. An example of… read more
The Rise and Fall of Smart Cities?
Although smart city research can be traced back to the 1990s, the past decade has witnessed an exponential growth and expansion of its research in multidisciplinary fields. Professor Fang Zhao will give a glimpse of the mainstream research of past 20 years on Smart Cities, share her view on the… read more
