City-Scale Modelling

Explore the cutting-edge developments in city-scale modeling with engineering functionality in this 38-minute seminar by Prof. Debra Laefer from NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress. Discover how recent advancements in virtual reality and gaming environments are being adapted to create comprehensive urban models for various applications, including energy usage, urban heat island effects, pollution dispersion, pedestrian wind comfort, and blast vulnerability assessment. Learn about the current state-of-the-art automated pipeline for generating computational models that accurately represent the built environment. Gain insights into how the latest laser scanning technology combined with hyperspectral imagery is revolutionizing the auto-generation of city-scale computational models. Understand the interdisciplinary approach to urban informatics and its potential to improve city management and livability. Delve into Prof. Laefer's background in geotechnical engineering and her focus on creating a pipeline from remote sensing data for automatic generation of city-scale models, particularly for tunnel-induced damage prediction.