The Future of Urban AI Speaker Series

Cities are evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by rapid technological advancements. The need for a deeper understanding of how Artificial Intelligence can shape urban life has never been more critical. Recognizing this imperative, in fall 2022, Paris-based think tank Urban AI and the Urban Tech Hub partnered on an exploration of trends, applications, and anxieties around how AI is being used to manage, plan, and govern cities around the world.

Season 1 (2022)

Season 1 Summary Report

• AI, Urban Systems and Common Sense with Ron Brachman (Cornell Tech)
• Toward Participatory Sensing with Kris Vanherle (Telraam)
• The Quantified Canopy with Sara Beery (MIT, Google)
• Cityscope: from Smart Cities to Street Knowledge with Ariel Noyman (MIT Media Lab)
• Synthetic Populations and the Future of Transportation Modeling with Arthur Getman (Replica)
• Crowdsourcing Tree Care with Open Data with Julia Zimmermann (CityLab Berlin)
• How AI is reshaping the Urban Environment with Paul Healy (Commonweal Ventures)
• Geopolitics of Smart Cities with Ana Chubinidze (AdalanAI)

Season 2 (2023)

Season 2 Summary Report

• Towards Participatory Planning with Damiano Cerrone (UrbanistAI)
• Trustworthy Cartography with Alexander Kamenev (aino.world)
• Self-Repairing Cities with Taras Wankewycz (H3 Dynamics)
• Software-defined Sensing with Charlie Catlett (Argonne National Laboratory)
• Anticipatory Government with Naysan Saran (CANN Forecast)
• Reimagining Offices with Davide Schaumann (Technion)
• Decolonizing Smart Cities with Soledad Guilera (School of Government, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
• Choreographed Streets with Mariela Alfonso (State of Place)

Season 3 (2024)

• Grounding Virtual Intelligence in Real Life with Saining Xie (NYU Courant Institute)
• AI for Sustainable Cities with Josefine Hintz (TU Berlin), Ruth Nelson (TU Delft) and Tanya Tsui (MIT Senseable City Lab)
• Towards Physical AI with Brandon Barbello (Archetype AI)
• AI on the Street with Alex Taylor (University of Warwick)
• Towards Responsible Sensing Systems with Thjis Turel (AMS Institute)
• AI Clothing for Data Privacy with Rachele Didero (Cap_able)
• AI-Powered Solutions for Urban Transit: Implementation and Impact with Weilie Yi (Hayden AI)
• AI in Urban Planning: Using the Right Tool for the Job with Tom Sanchez (Texas A&M University)