Overview

A digital twin is defined as a…"pairing of virtual and physical worlds [that] allows analysis of data and monitoring of systems to head off problems before they occur, prevent downtime, and even plan for the future using simulations.” (Forbes, 2017).

As such a digital twin’s potential in improving urban operations, efficiencies and resilience are far-reaching. There is a great deal of interest in Smart City Digital Twins in academia, industry and government. We want to take a moment to share ideas among researchers at Georgia Tech, identify synergies and opportunities for collaboration, and discuss how through our combined efforts we can establish a leadership role in the formation and development of this new interdisciplinary field of inquiry.

Smart City Digital Twin Summit Agenda

10:00am - 12:15pm: Georgia Tech Smart Shenzhen Campus (separate agenda, optional)

Howard Wertheimer, Institute Architect, Georgia Tech

Perry Yang, Associate Professor, School of City & Regional Planning and School of Architecture, Georgia Tech

John Crittenden, Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Hightower Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Environmental Technologies, Georgia Tech

12:15pm - 12:30pm: Break/Pick-up Working Lunch

12:30pm - 12:45pm: Summit Welcome and Introductions

John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech

12:45pm - 2:15pm: Session 1: Platforms and System Architecture

Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, Georgia Tech

Tarek Rakha, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Georgia Tech (As of January 2019)

Dimitri Mavris, Regents Professor, Boeing Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis, and Langley Distinguished Professor in Advanced Aerospace Systems Architecture, Georgia Tech

Dennis Shelden, Associate Professor; Director, Digital Building Lab, Georgia Tech

2:15pm - 2:30pm: Break

2:30pm - 4:00pm: Session 2: Implementation and Applications

John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech and Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech

James Tsai, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

Mike Hunter, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

Perry Yang, Associate Professor, School of City & Regional Planning and School of Architecture, Georgia Tech

Subhro Guhathakurta, Professor & Chair, School of City & Regional Planning; Director, Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization, Georgia Tech

4:00pm - 4:15pm: Closing and Next Steps

John Taylor, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech

Sponsored by:

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Georgia Tech Smart Cities & Inclusive Innovation