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Government officials from five European cities visit our group
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) hosted the 5 Cities Connect (5CC+) Meeting in Singapore.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-03-09
2 min read
New paper: Microclimate spatio-temporal prediction using deep learning and land use data
Building and Environment publishes our collaborative paper that presents a new method to interpolate microclimate data at a detailed spatial and temporal resolution.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-03-04
3 min read
The papers from 3D GeoInfo 2023 are published
We contributed to this conference with two papers, which are now available in a book that is part of the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-02-22
2 min read
New paper: Continuing from the Sendai Framework midterm: Opportunities for urban digital twins in disaster risk management
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction publishes our new review paper on urban disaster risk management since the Sendai Framework’s adoption in 2015 until 2022.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-02-07
2 min read
New paper: Learning visual features from figure-ground maps for urban morphology discovery
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems publishes our new research on using unsupervised machine learning in understanding the urban form.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-02-04
2 min read
New paper: Crowdsourcing Geospatial Data for Earth and Human Observations: A Review
Journal of Remote Sensing publishes our collaborative paper that presents a comprehensive review on VGI.
Urban Analytics Lab
2024-01-23
3 min read
Happy Holidays from our Lab
We had an amazing year. Thanks everyone!
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-23
1 min read
FOSS4G Asia and research visits in Seoul
Urban Thinkers Campus workshop session and visiting Chung-Ang University.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-22
1 min read
Visit by Prof Song Gao from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Continued collaboration with overseas research groups in GeoAI.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-22
2 min read
The GeoAI handbook is out and we are proudly part of it
A new consolidated effort of the Geospatial AI community and our contribution focused on Urban Sensing.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-17
2 min read
AGU 2023 and research visits in the United States
Contribution to the main conference of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and visits to four universities.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-16
2 min read
New paper: Assessing the Equity and Evolution of Urban Visual Perceptual Quality with Time Series Street View Imagery
Cities publishes our new research on using historical street-level imagery for data-driven urban planning and real estate.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-10
2 min read
New paper and dataset: District-scale surface temperatures generated from high-resolution longitudinal thermal infrared images
Scientific Data publishes our collaborative paper that presents a new kind of an urban dataset.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-04
3 min read
The Building Data Genome Directory – An open, comprehensive data sharing platform for building performance research
An open data-sharing platform serving as a one-stop shop for the data necessary for vital categories of building energy research.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-12-03
2 min read
Keynote and papers at ACM BuildSys 2023, and introducing a Kaggle competition
Contribution to the International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-11-19
3 min read
Invited conference talk and guest lecture in Korea
ICGIS 2023 and visiting Hanyang University.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-11-18
2 min read
Keynote at the International Land Use Symposium 2023
Urban Analytics for Transforming Cities and Regions: Tools, Methods and Applications.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-22
1 min read
Our activities at the Future Cities Lab Global conference at ETH Zurich
UAL is leading the project Semantic Urban Elements at the Singapore-ETH Centre and in collaboration with Swiss partners.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-18
1 min read
Urban Informatics Paper of the Year Award (2023)
The published research led by our master graduate Xinyu Chen has been recognised with a best journal paper award.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-10
3 min read
Recent talks by our researchers in international events
Our junior scientists in the spotlight.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-06
1 min read
Guest lecture by Charmaine Ng from the Kyoto Institute of Technology
Realising Computational Design of Complex Geometry in Architecture.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-04
2 min read
New paper and open dataset: A Global Feature-Rich Network Dataset of Cities and Dashboard for Comprehensive Urban Analyses
Scientific Data publishes our open dataset from the Urbanity project to support network analysis.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-10-01
3 min read
New paper: Global urban road network patterns
Landscape and Urban Planning publishes our work on unveiling multiscale planning paradigms of 144 cities with a novel deep learning approach.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-30
2 min read
New paper: Explainable spatially explicit geospatial artificial intelligence in urban analytics
Environment and Planning B publishes our position paper on explainable spatially explicit GeoAI.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-29
2 min read
Our activities at the 11th International Conference on Urban Climate in Sydney
ICUC11 was organised by the University of New South Wales.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-25
1 min read
Keynote at the City+2023@Perth International Conference
This year’s theme: Geospatial Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Cities.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-21
1 min read
Guest lecture by Angel Hsu from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cities on the Climate Frontlines: Evaluating Urban Climate Change and Policy Responses.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-18
2 min read
Best paper award and keynote at the 3D GeoInfo 2023 conference
Our active participation at the flagship conference in 3D GIS and urban digital twins, hosted at the Technical University of Munich.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-09-17
2 min read
Welcoming three new PhD researchers to the team
Each of them will delve into the fascinating world of emerging urban datasets.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-08-07
1 min read
Guest lecture by Gamze Dane from Eindhoven University of Technology
Experiencing the future of cities through virtual reality.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-08-07
2 min read
Visits to Thai universities and organisations
Furthering our network in Southeast Asia by visiting premier institutions in Thailand.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-08-06
1 min read
New paper and open-source software: Urbanity - automated modelling and analysis of multidimensional networks in cities
npj Urban Sustainability publishes our work that describes the latest methodological and software development in network analysis.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-31
3 min read
Visit by UDDC from Chulalongkorn University
Collaboration with Bangkok’s leading Urban Design and Development Center.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-28
1 min read
Visits to Takenaka Corporation and Japanese universities
Representing the research of the Lab overseas to industry and academic partners.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-22
1 min read
Visit by Prof Carlo Ratti from MIT
He is heading the Senseable City Lab, a leading research group in this domain.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-18
1 min read
Visit by Dr Zhang Fan from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Continued collaboration with overseas research groups in urban analytics.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-13
2 min read
Keynote at CUSP London on 3D Urban Models: Applications and Digital Twins
Presenting our latest research at the London Data Week.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-05
1 min read
Our University is now ranked top 10 worldwide
QS publishes its 2024 rankings, which place NUS at #8 globally, a historic first for an Asian University.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-03
3 min read
Our PhD researcher Binyu Lei's work featured in GIM International as a cover story
Her research on uncovering the challenges of urban digital twins is gaining traction in industry & government.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-07-02
1 min read
Visits to Switzerland and Austria
Representing the research of the Lab overseas.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-06-30
1 min read
New paper: Sensitivity of measuring the urban form and greenery using street-level imagery
JAG publishes our comparative study of approaches and visual perspectives with street view images.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-06-18
5 min read
Call for papers for a special issue (until June 2024)
We are co-organising a collection on Sustainable geospatial analytics and geoinformatics with repeatable, reproducible, and expandable (RRE) framework and design.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-06-17
3 min read
New paper: Insights in a city through the eyes of Airbnb reviews: Sensing urban characteristics from homestay guest experiences
Cities publishes our work on uncovering a new use case of a nascent form of user-generated geographic information.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-06-06
2 min read
New paper: How spatio-temporal resolution impacts urban energy calibration
Energy and Buildings publishes a collaborative paper that brings advancements to the discourse on resolution and accuracy in urban energy models.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-05-26
3 min read
New paper: Revealing spatio-temporal evolution of urban visual environments with street view imagery
Landscape and Urban Planning publishes our work on a new use case of street-level imagery and its temporal aspect.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-05-18
2 min read
Visits to Liverpool and Heidelberg
Representing the research of the Lab at two premier research groups in Europe.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-04-28
1 min read
New paper: Developing a multiview spatiotemporal model based on deep graph neural networks to predict the travel demand by bus
IJGIS publishes a collaborative paper that presents a novel method to predict short-term travel demand by bus.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-04-27
2 min read
Integrating data on vegetation in digital twins - Takenaka Corporation and the Urban Analytics Lab
Our research group has received its first industry sponsorship.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-04-25
2 min read
New paper: Automatic assessment of public open spaces using street view imagery
Cities publishes our work on using unconventional (off-road) street-level imagery for a new use case.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-04-23
3 min read
New paper: Quality of crowdsourced geospatial building information
Building and Environment publishes our global assessment of OpenStreetMap attributes.
Urban Analytics Lab
2023-04-21
3 min read
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