Looking beyond smart cities

Creative Commons

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Ariel Noyman, City Science group, MIT Media Lab

Group Contact:

The City Science research group proposes that new strategies must be found to create the places where people live and work in addition to the mobility systems that connect them, in order to meet the profound challenges of the future. 

We are investigating how new models for urban architecture and personal vehicles can be more responsive to the unique needs and values of individuals through the application of disentangled systems and smart customization. We are developing technology to understand and respond to human activity, environmental conditions, and market dynamics. We are interested in finding optimal combinations of automated systems, just-in-time information for personal control, and interfaces to persuade people to adopt sustainable behaviors.

Group research is organized around three themes

  • Places for Live/Work [Changing Places]
  • Urban Modeling, Simulation & Prediction [CityScope]
  • Mobility on Demand [PEV]

  • We also include information on the [City Science Network]
Project Research

Theme | Mobility On-Demand

Urban populations around the world are rapidly growing. To improve livability, urban residents must reduce dependency on fossil fuels and p…
Project Research

Theme | Changing Places

Changing Places researchers are developing scalable strategies for understanding and creating hyper-efficient, technology-enabled spaces t…
Project Research

Theme | CityScope

City Science researchers are developing a slew of tangible and digital platforms dedicated to solving spatial design and urban planning cha…
Project Research

City Science Network

MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …
Research Topics
#robotics #design #social networks #computer vision #human-computer interaction #agriculture #architecture #art #artificial intelligence #augmented reality #banking and finance #bioengineering #civic technology #communications #construction #cryptocurrency #data #developing countries #ecology #economy #energy #environment #extended intelligence #food #government #hacking #health #human-machine interaction #kids #learning + teaching #manufacturing #networks #open source #politics #privacy #real estate #security #storytelling #synthetic biology #systems #transportation #urban planning #wearable computing #sensors #interfaces #social science #machine learning #collective intelligence #behavioral science #blockchain #ethics #computer science #makers #mapping #creativity #space #community #technology #visualization #data visualization #mechanical engineering #alumni #public health #engineering #social change #sustainability #industry #internet of things #wellbeing #startup #climate change #civic action #autonomous vehicles #clinical science #racial justice #marginalized communities #data science #water #diversity #covid19 #cities #textiles