MIT – UIS Research SeminarOctober 13, 2010Urban Agents  & Citizen Apps Towards an Autonomous Interactive Urban Planning PlatformFabio CarreraWPI / MIT
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City Knowledgetransforming municipalitiesfrom hunter-gatherersto farmers of urban information
Premises of CKMunicipalities are the locus of change
Cities = Structures + Activities
Reality = Backlog + Future Change
Middle-out = Top-down + Bottom-up
Space Is the Glue
Government only has 6 tools for implementation and data collectionPrinciples of CKUse all 6 tools when making policies
Extract Informational returns everywhere
Re-use Information
Put onus on “agents of change”
Leverage self-interestAcademic InterestsVenice Project CenterCity Knowledge/City LabSanta Fe Project Center
Santa Fe Project CenterSanta Fe Institute (WPI Connection)
Steve Guerin and Redfish
Santa Fe Complex
WPI Santa Fe Project CenterFlocking and swarmingJosh Thorp, stigmergic.net
A Simple Agent
Repel
AttractRepel
Ants and Pheromones
Crowd dynamicsZozobra crowd dynamics
Pedestrian evacuations
Crowd Egress from Pittsburgh’s PNC Park
Stadium Applet
Wildfire modeling
Sandtable
Grants and ProjectsVenice Simtable(EU Mobilis)EnergenceDEW (NASA)StreetBump
Grants and ProjectsVenice Simtable(EU Mobilis)EnergenceDEW (NASA)StreetBump
ABM and Venice Boat Traffic
Canal Logistics Venice, Italy
DEW (NASA)BumpVenice Table Video
Grants and ProjectsVenice Simtable(EU Mobilis)EnergenceDEW (NASA)StreetBump
Energence
Grants and ProjectsVenice Simtable(EU Mobilis)EnergenceDEW (NASA)StreetBump
Digital Earth WatchNASA
DEW appNASA
CitizenPipeCityZapps
Grants and ProjectsVenice Simtable(EU Mobilis)EnergenceDEW (NASA)StreetBump
StreetBUMPCity of Boston
Ambient Urban PlatformCloudsourcingMobile/Automated SensingModeling and visualizationParticipatory decision-makingAgents Cloud?
Ambient Urban PlatformCloudsourcingMobile/Automated SensingModeling and visualizationParticipatory decision-makingAgents Cloud?
GISCloudThe “Google Docs” of GISPrivate, Public or Shared MapsServe and/or EmbedGIS functionalities and APIsDino Ravnic + Marko Santic
Ambient Urban PlatformCloudsourcingMobile/Automated SensingModeling and visualizationParticipatory decision-makingAgents Cloud?
Cloudsourcing w/Mobile AppsStraight-to-cloud  data collection StreetSigns (GIScloud)StreetBUMPDEWButONETaxiParking
StreetSignsFor Cities and Citizens…
StreetBUMPSelf-interested subliminal cloudsourcing…
Digital Earth WatchCapture urban change…
ButOneCityZapps
VeniceTaxi AppCityZapps
VeniceTaxi MeterCityZapps
Park and PayCityZapps
Ambient Urban PlatformCloudsourcingMobile/Automated SensingModeling and visualizationParticipatory decision-makingAgents Cloud?
PublicTransportationDC Metro Subway

Urban Agents and Citizen Apps