Applications of AI and Gen AI to Smart Cities
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2024) | Viewed by 181
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Interests: innovation; smart cities; A.I. and data science; complexity
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Dear Colleagues,
A.I., especially Generative A.I., significantly disrupts nearly every aspect of our lives. Within just two years, it has risen to the top of the agendas of major corporations and cities alike. The presence of A.I. in urban environments has a long history, from the use of analytics in projects like Zero Deaths in the late 90s, to Digital Twins, and the recent application of Generative A.I. to streamline bureaucracy and enhance public services.
Alongside this evolution, self-driving vehicles and robotaxis are poised to revolutionize urban mobility, transforming the urban landscape. Despite these advancements, we still lack a comprehensive collection of best practices and frameworks that illustrate both the potential and the limitations of A.I. and data in cities, along with lessons learned from the most successful cases. This Special Issue aims to bridge this gap by enhancing our understanding of the potential and the realities of A.I., Generative A.I., analytics, and big data in urban settings.
With this objective, we invite scholarly contributions that address (but are not limited to) the following research questions:
Dr. Esteve Almirall
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- A.I., generative A.I., and analytics in cities
- self-driving vehicles, including distribution and robotaxis
- digital twins for planning and execution
- digital infrastructures for cities, including sensors, A.I. platforms, IoT, and data: infrastructures, governance, and applications
- the use of A.I. and analytics in cities to redefine citizenship and citizen participation
- governance to ensure privacy and fair use of A.I.
- the use of A.I., analytics, and big data for the digital transformation of cities
- the contribution of A.I. to sustainable cities
- ethical implications of A.I. in urban settings
- public–private partnerships in A.I. implementation in cities
- smart city ecosystems and A.I. integration
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