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 Our models will enable urban decision-making by enabling real-time testing of interventions. By involving a multitude of urban [stakeholders][stakeholders], we make regenerative cities tangible, actionable, and inclusive. Our work will address:
 
 - Air quality, pollution, natural ventilation potential
-- Microclimate assessment (outdoor thermal comfort, heat islands)
+- Microclimate assessment (outdoor thermal comfort, urban heat islands)
 - Flood, stormwater, water runoff
 - Mobility, walkability, transportation
 - Global warming, climate change (heat waves)
-- Urban building energy, district energy, decarbonization
+- Urban building energy, district energy, decarbonization modeling
 - Etc.
 
 ## 🎯 Goals
 
-Conventional environmental simulation approaches in urban design are time-consuming and often incompatible with fast-paced decision-making processes. This VIP aims to address this outdated paradigm by developing surrogate models that accelerate simulations (typically via machine learning) that offer real-time feedback to urban decision-makers, such as architects, urban designers, and policymakers.
+Conventional environmental simulation approaches in urban design are time-consuming and often incompatible with fast-paced decision-making processes. This VIP aims to address this outdated paradigm by developing [surrogate models][surrogate models] that accelerate simulations (typically via machine learning) that offer real-time feedback to urban decision-makers, such as architects, urban designers, and policymakers.
 
-Our goal is to seamlessly integrate sustainability considerations into every step of urban decision-making processes by integrating our models with industry-standard CAD tools such as `Rhino` and `Revit`, and others.
+Our goal is to seamlessly integrate sustainability considerations into every step of urban decision-making processes by integrating our models with industry-leading CAD tools such as `Rhino` and `Revit`, `QGIS`, `ArcGIS`, and making them useable even in the browser.
 
 ## ✅ Prerequisites
 
-We seek an interdisciplinary team of highly motivated students. Experience with `Python/C#`, `machine learning`, and `simulation modeling` will be advantageous. We plan to form teams that consist of:
+We seek an interdisciplinary team of highly motivated students. Experience with `Python`, `C#`, `Javascript`, `machine learning`, and `simulation modeling` will be advantageous. Our sub-teams typically are interdisciplinary and consist of students from:
 
 - Computer Science / Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, etc.)
 - (Applied) Industrial and Systems Engineering
 - Architecture & Urban Design
+- City & Regional Planning
 - Public Policy
 - Etc.
 
-If your major is not mentioned, please [contact us](mailto:[email protected]) to see if your background might be a good fit! We're happy to help.
+If your major is not mentioned, please [contact us](mailto:[email protected]) to see if your background might be a good fit. We're happy to help!
 
 ## 📊 Project Overview
 
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 1. Energy in Buildings
 2. Urban Microclimate
 3. Mobility and Walkability
-4. Urban Planning, Design, and Neighborhood Processes
+4. Game Theory and Neighborhood Processes
+5. The Intersection of Neuroscience, Architecture & Urbanism
 
 ## 🤝 Get Involved
 
 [Click here to learn more!](https://vip-smur.github.io/get-involved/profile/)
 
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-[VIP]: https://vip.gatech.edu/vip-vertically-integrated-projects-program "The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is a transformative approach to enhancing higher education by engaging undergraduate and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. The program has been rigorously evaluated and refined over two decades."
+[VIP]: https://vip.gatech.edu/vip-vertically-integrated-projects-program "The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is a transformative approach to enhancing higher education by engaging undergraduate and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams led by faculty. The program has been rigorously evaluated and refined over two decades."
 
 [stakeholders]: https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/document/1501/weburbanstakeholderengagementandcoordinationweb.pdf "- Affected populations<br>- Community leaders<br>- Civil society:<br>&emsp;- local non-governmental organisations<br>&emsp;- community-based organisations<br>&emsp;- non-state armed actor<br>- International actors and donors<br>- National government, sub-national and local government<br>- Urban planning institutions<br>- Architects / Urban Designers<br>- Private sector<br>- Academia"
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+[urban regeneration]: (https://unhabitat.org/topic/urban-regeneration) "Urban regeneration brings back underutilized assets and redistributes opportunities, increasing urban prosperity and quality of life."
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+[surrogate models]: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogate_model) "A surrogate model is a mathematical approximation or metamodel that mimics the behavior of a computationally expensive or complex system, allowing for faster analysis and optimization."
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