MetroLab MetroLab Network is a recently-launched network of more than 20 city-university partnerships focus on “smart cities” Mission: to bring together university researchers with city decision-makers to research, develop, and deploy (“RD&D”) technologically- and analytically-based solutions to improve city infrastructure, services, and other public sector priorities The Network will: Promote the city-university partnership as a tool for bringing technology, analytics, and innovation to cities Scale successful city-university projects to other cities Develop a platform for multi-university research efforts that take advantage of a multi-city “laboratory” to address common challenges facing cities

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MetroLab Network
• MetroLab Network is a recently-launched network of more than 20 city-university
partnerships focus on “smart cities”
• Mission: to bring together university researchers with city decision-makers to research,
develop, and deploy (“RD&D”) technologically- and analytically-based solutions to improve
city infrastructure, services, and other public sector priorities
• The Network will:
1. Promote the city-university partnership as a tool for bringing technology, analytics,
and innovation to cities
2. Scale successful city-university projects to other cities
3. Develop a platform for multi-university research efforts that take advantage of a
multi-city “laboratory” to address common challenges facing cities

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Partners
City of Atlanta – Georgia Institute of
Technology, Georgia State University
City of Boston – Boston Area Research
Initiative
City of Chicago – The University of Chicago
Cuyahoga County, OH – Case Western
Reserve University
City of Dallas – Texas Research Alliance
City of Detroit – Wayne State University
City of Houston – Rice University
City of Madison – University of Wisconsin-
Madison
City of Memphis – University of Memphis
City of Minneapolis, City of Saint Paul –
University of Minnesota
Montgomery County, MD – University of
Maryland, Universities at Shady Grove
Partners
City of New York – New York University
City of Philadelphia – University of
Pennsylvania, Drexel University
City of Pittsburgh – Carnegie Mellon
University
City of Portland – Portland State University
City of Providence – Brown University,
College Unbound, Rhode Island School of
Design
City of San Diego – University of California
San Diego
City of San Jose – San Jose State University
City of Seattle – University of Washington
City of South Bend – University of Notre
Dame
District of Columbia – Howard University,
Georgetown University, George Washington
University

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Use Cases
Atlanta / Georgia Tech University, Georgia State University
• Navigating public spaces with smart transit tools
Houston / Rice University
• Shifting Gears, Framing Bike-sharing Trends in Sun Belt Cities
New York / New York University
• “Quantified Community” in Hudson Yards, Manhattan’s West Side
Pittsburgh / Carnegie Mellon University
• Decentralized robotic traffic signalization; real time surface condition monitoring
Portland / Portland State University
• Tilikum Crossing
Washington DC / Georgetown, George Washington University, Howard University
• Hackathon January 29th – 31st at Georgetown; working with their partners to offer a
dedicated MetroLab Network theme

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Membership
• We will begin accepting applications for new members starting in the next couple weeks
• Visit www.metrolabnetwork.org and email membership@metrolabnetwork.org to learn
more
Partnership
• We will begin accepting inquiries for partners, including corporations, philanthropic
organizations, think tanks, etc.
• Visit www.metrolabnetwork.org and email partnership@metrolabnetwork.org to learn
more

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