May 1, 2022, Filed Under: ProjectsShort 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
April 22, 2022, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersSmart 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
March 11, 2022, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersA 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
February 25, 2022, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersThe 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
February 11, 2022, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersMaster Research Agreement Streamlines Collaborative Research with the City of Austin The City of Austin and University of Texas – Austin have a City Council-approved master interlocal agreement (ILA) in place that provides the legal and administrative framework to enable research-based collaborations. Currently, there are twelve projects in place under the ILA. This presentation will provide an overview of the ILA… read more
February 10, 2022, Filed Under: Deserts, ProjectsTransit Desert Research This website was developed using research methods created in the Urban Information Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Each block group is classified as either a transit oasis, properly served area, or a transit desert. A transit oasis is an area with more transit service than normal for… read more
January 13, 2022, Filed Under: Health, ProjectsOptimize EMS Responses During Extreme Events Optimizing ambulance allocation and routing is one of the most efficient ways for EMS to save more lives at virtually no cost. However, current EMS software was developed under models that assume normal demands. They are unable to adapt to disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where traffic patterns change,… read more
December 3, 2021, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersSiradel – The Power of Digital Twins Growing amounts of data are available in multiple organizations in a city. Cities must begin and/or continue to share data across internal and external organizations to insure intelligent utilization of precious funds, assets and resources. Furthermore, cities must be able to assess and understand cross-organizational and cross-vertical impacts resulting from… read more
November 12, 2021, Filed Under: News & Events, SpeakersIntelligent Infrastructure will enable Industry 4.0 The next Industrial Revolution is Industry 4.0 which enables previously unrealized economic efficiencies and commercial growth; the creation of new industries and millions of jobs; and national security and resilience. Industry 4.0 requires the bridging of the physical and the digital. The convergence of edge computing, NextG, ITS, and IoT… read more
November 1, 2021, Filed Under: Health, ProjectsUrban Health Risk Mapping This project developed an AI system that can measure the health effects of neighborhood environments in ten major US cities using citizen crowd-sourced data. The research team mapped the computed health risk scores at the census tract-level for all selected municipalities and also built an interactive website that allows users… read more
