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Welcome to the project page of the [VIP][VIP] team [Surrogate Modeling for Urban Regeneration](https://vip-smur.github.io/) (SMUR) at Georgia Tech. This course is led by Dr. Patrick Kastner, head of the [Sustainable Urban Systems Lab](https://sustain.arch.gatech.edu).
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Welcome to the project page of the [VIP][VIP] team [Surrogate Modeling for Urban Regeneration](https://vip-smur.github.io/) (SMUR) at Georgia Tech.
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This course is led by Dr. Patrick Kastner, head of the [Sustainable Urban Systems Lab](https://sustain.arch.gatech.edu).
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## 📝 The Problem
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Many performance-related decisions in architectural and urban design happen too late in the decision-making process to ensure they suit the clients' purposes. We believe this hinders true [urban regeneration][urban regeneration]. This research course challenges this status quo by developing software tools that empower communities and urban decision-makers.
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Many performance-related decisions in architectural and urban design happen too late in the decision-making process to ensure they suit the clients' purposes.
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We believe this hinders true [urban regeneration][urban regeneration].
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This research course challenges this status quo by developing software tools that empower communities and urban decision-makers.
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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:
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Our models will enable urban decision-making by enabling real-time testing of interventions.
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By involving a multitude of urban [stakeholders][stakeholders], we make regenerative cities tangible, actionable, and inclusive.
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Our work will address:
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- Air quality, pollution, natural ventilation potential
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- Microclimate assessment (outdoor thermal comfort, urban heat islands)
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## 🎯 Goals
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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.
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Conventional environmental simulation approaches in urban design are time-consuming and often incompatible with fast-paced decision-making processes.
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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.
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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.
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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 usable even in the browser.
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## ✅ Prerequisites
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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:
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We seek an interdisciplinary team of highly motivated students.
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Experience with `Python`, `C#`, `JavaScript`, `machine learning`, and `simulation modeling` will be advantageous.
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Our sub-teams typically are interdisciplinary and consist of students from:
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- Computer Science / Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, etc.)
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- Public Policy
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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!
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If your major is not mentioned, please [contact us](mailto:[email protected]) to see if your background might be a good fit.
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We're happy to help!
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## 📊 Project Overview
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