AUM2020: Modelling the New Urban World
Online global workshop on 28 January 2021
Hosted by Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
(Programme overview – working version 3.0 updated 09 January 2021)
Live Programme (version 3a)
| UK time | Target location | Local time(s) | Theme and presentations |
| Session 1 | |||
| 3-5am GMT | Oceania | CITY ANALYTICS (1)
Jonathan Corcoran (The University of Queensland) Familiar strangers and urban analytics: mapping, measuring and monitoring Hoon Han (University of New South Wales) Vertical Land Use Mix and Industrial Ecosystem Somwrita Sarkar (University of Sydney) [tbc]
Convenor and Discussant: Christopher Pettit (University of New South Wales) Host: Ying Jin (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 2 | |||
| 5-7am GMT | China | CITY ANALYTICS (2)
Jieling Che (The Rising Lab, China Business Network) Growing Trend of New First-Tier Cities in China through Big Data: Breakthrough, Diversity and Innovation
Frank Zhao (Shanghai MetroData Tech) Hangzhou’s “city brain”: a bureaucratic reform about to come?
Haokun Fu (Beijing UrbanXYZ Technology Co., Ltd) The Practice of Community Governance on Shuangjing International Sustainable Development Community Pilot Based on New Urban Science
Convenor: Qizhao Mao (Tsinghua University) Discussant: tbc Host: Tianren Yang (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 3 | |||
| 7-9am GMT | Japan and South East Asia | URBAN TRANSPORT IN SOCIETAL CONTEXT
Yoshitsugu Hayashi (Chubu University): Economic growth, urbanisation, motorisation and environment nexus – An international perspective
Varameth Vichiensan (Kasetsart University) New-Normal Residential Preference in Bangkok
Junyi Zhang (Hiroshima University), Baoxin Zhai (Tongji University & Hiroshima University) Modeling of interactions between land use and transport from a behavioral and psychological perspective – Research overview
Witsarut Achariyaviriya (Chubu University) QOL-MaaS: QOL-MaaS: Factor-X cyber solution for congestion
Masanobu Kii (Kagawa University) [tbc]
Apiwat Ratanawaraha (Chulalongkorn University) Lifestyle changes and transport – land use innovation in Bangkok
Convenor: Yoshi Hayashi (Chubu University) Discussants: Kazuki Nakamura (Chiba University), Hiroyuki Takeshita (Chubu University) Host: Ying Jin (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 4 | |||
| 9-11am GMT | Europe | MODELLING METHODS (1)
Tim Hillel, Janody Pougala, Patrick Manser, Wolfgang Scherr, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Validating disaggregate models at an aggregate scale in a case study of mobility tool ownership in Switzerland
Claudio Martani, Noemi Fiorot, Andrea Gonzalz, Bryian T. Adey, Infrastructure Management Group, Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management (IBI), ETH Zürich Preparing offices for the age of distributed work. Evaluating the impacts of flexible designs in coping with the uncertain future demand for office space
Athanasios Votsis, Reija Ruuhela, Hilppa Gregow (Finnish Meteorological Institute) Healthy, resilient, livable cities? Evidence from Helsinki’s 2018-19 heatwaves
Jonathan Cohen, Chalmers University of Technology; Jorge Gil, Chalmers University of Technology Circular Economy meets Smart Cities: A general data model for waste flows in city regions
Discussant: Mike Batty (University College London) Host: Jamil Nur (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 5 | |||
| 11am-1pm GMT | India
| In India: 4.30-6.30pm | CRITICAL ISSUES UNDER RAPID URBANISATION
Darshini Mahadevia (Ahmedabad University) Reconceptualising Sustainable Mobility – The Housing Transport Nexus
Bhargav Adhvaryu (Ahmedabad University) Public transport accessibility measurement to inform planning policy
Amit Patel (University of Massachusetts Boston) Conceptualizing Slums and Cities as Networks: Implications for Urban Planning and Public Health
MS Raghavendra (Centre for VENUS & Ashoka School of Planning and Architecture) India’s Urban Water Infrastructure: Need for Policy on Permeable Cities
Shweta Manchanda (School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi) Addressing Energy Consumption in India’s Housing Sector
CS Raghuram (Trilogue Studio and C R Narayana Rao Consultants) [tbc]
Discussant: Marcial Echenique (University of Cambridge) Host: TBC
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| Session 6 | |||
| 1-3pm GMT | Africa and Latin America | THE WORLD’S METROPOLITAN REGIONS: OVERVIEW AND CASE STUDIES
Rafael H. Forero H (Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, UN Habitat) [tbc]
Maria Tellez Soler (Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, UN Habitat) [tbc]
[Others tbc]
Discussant: Remy Sietchiping (Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, UN Habitat) Host: Ying Jin (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 7 | |||
| 3-5pm GMT | UK | NEW MODELLING FRONTIERS
Corrine Mullay (University of Sydney) Challenging policies that prohibit public transport use: travelling with pets as a case study
David Simmonds (David Simmonds Consultancy) Land use and transport modelling for COVID-19 mitigation
David Metz (University College London) A study of the M25 demand and supply evolution – implications for model predictions and validation
Discussant: Marcial Echenique (University of Cambridge) Host: tbc
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| Session 8 | |||
| 5-7pm GMT | Europe | MODELLING METHODS (2)
Juste Raimbault, CASA, University College London Michael Batty, CASA, University College London Building and validating modular urban transportation models using scientific workflow systems
Ahmed H. M. Eldesoky (Università Iuav di Venezia), Nicola Colaninno (Politecnico di Milano) High-resolution air temperature mapping in data-scarce areas by means of low-cost mobile measurements and machine learning
Gael Lederrey, Timm Hillel, Michel Bierlaire, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Synthetic population generation using GANS and expert knowledge
Discussant: Mike Batty (University College London) Host: Kaveh Jahanshahi (ONS and University of Cambridge)
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| Session 9 | |||
| 7-9pm GMT | N America | MODEL OF URBAN ACTIVITIES
Rounaq Basu, Joseph Ferreira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) How do car-lite policies impact housing mobility choices? A LUTI microsimulation analysis
Nael Alsaleh, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Bilal Farooq, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Spatio-temporal Demand Modelling for On-Demand Transit Services
Xiaohu Zhang, Joseph Ferreira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sensitivity analysis of housing market simulation
He He, P. Christopher Zegras, Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) Temporally explicit models of firm behaviour
Convenor and Discussant Joe Ferreira, MIT Host: Ying Jin (University of Cambridge)
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| Session 10 | |||
| 9-11pm GMT | Trans-Atlantic | THE ECONOMICS OF CITIES
Saeed Shakib, Jason Hawkins, Mark Purdon, Khandker Nurul Habib (University of Toronto) Development of an Integrated Land Use and Transportation Model for Planning Deep Decarbonization in the Greater Toronto Metropolitan Region, Canada
Aya Badawy (University of Manchester) Simulating Section 106 negotiations in UK using agent-based modelling
Janody Pougala, Tim Hillel, Rico Krueger, Michel Bierlaire (EPFL) Parameter estimation for an integrated choice model of daily activity scheduling
Andrii Parkhomonko, University of Southern California, Matthew Deventhal, Claremont McKenna College Spatial Implications of Telecommuting
Discussant: Jamil Nur (University of Cambridge) Host: Ying Jin (University of Cambridge) | |
Timelines for the online AUM2020 global workshop
| 18 September 2020 | Call for presentations launched |
| 18 December 2020 | Deadline for submitting abstract for and draft pdf of presentations |
| 6 January 2021 | Confirmation of presentation selection |
| 27 January 2021 | Submission of final pdf presentation and optional presentation recording |
| 28 January 2021 | Online global workshop day |