Research Office Complex 10601 Exploration Way ROC 1.900 Austin, TX 78758
About the Event
The Smart Cities and Generative AI Symposium is a day-long gathering of interdisciplinary professionals across academia and industry to inform, examine, and discuss how generative artificial intelligence impacts our cities. Happening at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin, Texas, this robust program will feature presenters from multiple universities across Texas and beyond, as well as smart mobility professionals working in our cities. Students from the Urban Information Lab at UT Austin will also present their research in this area, further generating discussion on this timely topic.
Symposium attendees will benefit from the rich diversity of perspectives present, and a networking lunch will allow opportunities for connection and collaboration. We aim to create a space for interdisciplinary learning, relationship building, and problem solving as AI technologies continue to shape our cities.
This event is organized by UT Austin researchers working on A Good System for Smart Cities, a core research project of Good Systems. Good Systems is a university-wide, interdisciplinary research grand challenge focused on designing ethical AI technologies for the benefit of society.
Agenda
09:00 AM
Welcome and IntroductionsDr. Junfeng Jiao, Associate Professor and Good Systems Smart Cities Project Lead Heather Woofter, Dean of the School of Architecture
09:10 AM
LLM Applications "Assessing LLM Faithfulness: Lessons from Political Fact-Checking," Greg Durrett, Phd "Deciphering Emotional Dynamics with Language Models," Jessy Li, Phd "AI-Powered Insights: Extracting Value from Complex Data Ecosystems," Sean Lewis "Building Cities Twice: The Making of Digital Twins," Ryan Lewis Moderated by Junfeng Jiao, Ph.D
10:30 AM
Break
10:40 AM
LLM Applications "Deep Scene Synthesis Using Hybrid Geometric Representations," Qixing Huang, Ph.D "LLM Guidance with Autonomous Vehicle Exploration in Complex Environment," Sean McLean "Designing the Future: Leveraging ChatGPT and DALL-E in Urban Planning," Connor Phillips Moderated by Junfeng Jiao, Ph.D
11:40 AM
Lunch & Networking
12:40 PM
Smart Mobility "Revolutionizing Equitable Transportation Electrification: A Future Shaped by AI Planning," Seung Jun Choi "Peer to Peer Carpooling: Early Practice and Customer Churn," Peng Chen, Ph.D "Street Function Representation Learning on Long Term Traffic Flow Prediction," Huihai Wang "City of Austin Smart Mobility Office Pilot Program and Partnerships," Heather Bishop Moderated by Junfeng Jiao, Ph.D
2:00 PM
Break
2:10 PM
Smart Resilience "Towards Resilient Cities: Harnessing Data for Predicting Risk in Complex Urban Systems," Hiba Baroud, Ph.D "Toward Smart Coastal Cities: Coastal Hazards and Machine Learning," Jun-Whan Lee, Ph.D "A Holistic Approach to Study Urban Heat Vulnerability and Design Mitigation Strategies," Harsh Kamath "Generative AI for Engineering Design," Xingang Li "Modeling and Quantifying Group Disparities: A Case Study of Homeownership Racial Disparity," Inez Khan Moderated by Junfeng Jiao, Ph.D
3:50 PM
Closing Remarks Dr. Junfeng Jiao, Associate Professor and Good Systems Smart Cities Project Lead
