Computational Modelling and Data Analytics in Smart Cities
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly almost ten years ago calls for making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable by 2030. As nations around the globe have been implementing various measures aimed at achieving this goal, it has quickly become evident that technological progress is the main vehicle and enabler of sustainability in urban settings. In particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI) with its rapidly growing array of models and methods opens up unparalleled opportunities not only for improving our daily life, but also for making cities “smart”—more self-reliant, greener, and simply a better place to live in. Embracing this loose definition of “smart cities”, I would like to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue, reporting on recent advances and research findings that would move us closer to accomplishing Goal 11 of the SDGs. Original research, case studies, and survey papers are, therefore, solicited in the fields of AI, IoT, and Big Data on topics which would include but are not limited to the following:
- Smart city, smart infrastructure, and smart transportation (excluding research with a prime focus on self-driving cars);
- Building information model (BIM), city information model (CIM), and digital twin city;
- Smart tourism;
- Digital governance (with the focus on municipal governments);
- Disaster mitigation in urban areas;
- Large language models (LLM) and Artificial Intelligence-generated content (AIGC) for sustainable cities;
- Crowdsourcing and open data in smart cities;
- Green AI for sustainable communities.
I look forward to receiving many interesting contributions!
Prof. Dr. Victor Kryssanov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- AI
- IoT
- big data
- information model
- smart cities
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