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Summary Sentence: A discussion on how, through our combined efforts, we can establish a leadership role in the formation and development of this new interdisciplinary field of inquiry.
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Smart City Digital Twin WorkshopOverview
A digital twin is defined as a…"pairing of virtual and physical worlds [that] allows analysis of data and monitoring of systems to head off problems before they occur, prevent downtime, and even plan for the future using simulations.” (Forbes, 2017).
As such a digital twin’s potential in improving urban operations, efficiencies and resilience are far-reaching. There is a great deal of interest in Smart City Digital Twins in academia, industry and government. We want to take a moment to share ideas among researchers at Georgia Tech, identify synergies and opportunities for collaboration, and discuss how through our combined efforts we can establish a leadership role in the formation and development of this new interdisciplinary field of inquiry.
Smart City Digital Twin Summit Agenda
10:00am - 12:15pm: Georgia Tech Smart Shenzhen Campus (separate agenda, optional)
Howard Wertheimer, Institute Architect, Georgia Tech
Perry Yang, Associate Professor, School of City & Regional Planning and School of Architecture, Georgia Tech
John Crittenden, Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Hightower Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Environmental Technologies, Georgia Tech
12:15pm - 12:30pm: Break/Pick-up Working Lunch
12:30pm - 12:45pm: Summit Welcome and Introductions
John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech
12:45pm - 2:15pm: Session 1: Platforms and System Architecture
Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, Georgia Tech
Tarek Rakha, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Georgia Tech (As of January 2019)
Dimitri Mavris, Regents Professor, Boeing Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis, and Langley Distinguished Professor in Advanced Aerospace Systems Architecture, Georgia Tech
Dennis Shelden, Associate Professor; Director, Digital Building Lab, Georgia Tech
2:15pm - 2:30pm: Break
2:30pm - 4:00pm: Session 2: Implementation and Applications
John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech and Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech
James Tsai, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
Mike Hunter, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
Perry Yang, Associate Professor, School of City & Regional Planning and School of Architecture, Georgia Tech
Subhro Guhathakurta, Professor & Chair, School of City & Regional Planning; Director, Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization, Georgia Tech
4:00pm - 4:15pm: Closing and Next Steps
John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech
Sponsored by:
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Georgia Tech Smart Cities & Inclusive Innovation
