Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research
UTSA Researchers Join NSF-Funded Urban Digital Twins Project
September 1, 2024
A team of researchers from Prairie View A&M University, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and Texas A&M University has secured a National Science Foundation grant to advance research and education in implementing urban digital twins using responsible AI techniques. The UTSA team is led by Dr. Wei Zhai and Dr. Esteban López Ochoa from the School of Architecture + Planning. Their work uses multimodal foundation models to integrate social system data with urban and climate sensors. The initiative aims to foster disciplinary collaboration, engage underrepresented students in research, and prepare a skilled workforce to address national challenges.
