Smart cities research at Georgia Tech touches on everything from computing and engineering to the social sciences. We're bringing together faculty and staff from multiple disciplines across campus to make a greater impact on our communities.
People

Debra Lam
Executive Director - Partnership for Inclusive Innovation; Managing Director - Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation
debra.lam@gatech.edu
4048943547
Debra Lam is the Founding Executive Director for Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN) and Managing Director of Smart Cities and Inclusive innovation for Georgia Tech. View her bio on the PIN website here.

Greg McCormick
Director, Georgia Smart Communities Challenge
greg.mccormick@gtri.gatech.edu
404-407-8316
Greg McCormick is the Director of the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge, a smart communities grant challenge for the state of Georgia, championed by Georgia Tech and sponsored and supported by a team of community organizations and industries. Mr. McCormick is a Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute and holds an MBA, Master's, and Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.

Stephanie Broxton
Community Reserach Manager
Stephanie Broxton is the Community Research Manager within the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation. Within this role, she is responsible for advancing community research through meaningful engagement while utilizing the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge as a vehicle to improve the human condition. Prior to this, she served as Project Manager for two major Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce grants within the School of Nursing at Georgia Southern University. She has a Master of Public Administration from Georgia College, and an undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Food Science with a minor in Health Education and Promotion from Georgia Southern University. A Georgia native, she is passionate about all aspects of public administration and is grateful to continue to serve communities across the state of Georgia.
Smart Cities Faculty Council

Gregory Abowd
Regents’ Professor and J.Z. Liang Chair
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Software Engineering
Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy
Associate Chair, Global Engineering Leadership & Entrepreneurship; Professor
College of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, Smart Infrastructure and Community Development, Built Environmental and Community Asset Management, Engineering Leadership Education
David Anderson
Professor
College of Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Audio and Psycho-Acoustics, Machine Learning, Signal Processing
Clio Andris
Assistant Professor
College of Design
City and Regional Planning and Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Geographic Information Science, Social Networks, GeoVisualization
Annie Anton
Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Data Security, Privacy Policy
Ronald Arkin
Associate Dean for Research/Space Planning
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Mobile Robots and Unmanned Vehicles, Multi-Agent Robotics, Machine Learning
Rosa Arriaga
Senior Research Scientist
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Developmental Psychology, Chronic Care Management
Omar Isaac Asensio
Assistant Professor
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Public Policy
Areas of Expertise:
Big Data And Public Policy, Energy And Environmental Economics, Energy Efficiency And Conservation, Environmental Policy And Management, Information Policies, Transportation And Mobility
Baabak Ashuri
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Construction Engineering and Analytics, Sustainability, Economic Modeling, Alternative Contracting, P3
Turgay Ayer
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Socially Responsible Operations, Practice-focused Research, Healthcare Analytics
Paul Baker
Principal Research Scientist and Senior Director of Research
Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), School of Industrial Design
Areas of Expertise:
Information Technology, Public Policy
Tucker Balch
Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Multi Agent Social Behavior
Michael Balchanos
Research Engineer II-Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory
College of Engineering
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Dynamic Systems Modeling, Simulation Methods, SoS-level Integration Techniques
Dhruv Batra
Associate Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence
Michael Best
Associate Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
ICTD, Computing and Society, Computing and International Affairs
Doug Blough
Professor
College of Computing
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Telecommunications, Computer Systems and Software
Doug Bodner
Senior Research Engineer
College of Engineering
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Analysis and Decision Support for Design, Operation and Transformation of Systems and Enterprises
Ian Bogost
Professor
College of Computing, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Areas of Expertise:
Games, History of Computing, Technology and Society
Byron Boots
Assistant Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics
Mark Braunstein
Professor of the Practice
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Health Informatics, Electronic Management of Patient Records, Health Information Exchange
Erica Briscoe
Senior Research Scientist
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Social Science, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology (Categorization, Learning, Visual Perception), Social Network Analysis, Social Network Media Analytics, Behavioral Modeling, Terrorism, Anomaly Detection
Tim Brown
Managing Director, Supply Chain and Logistics Institute
College of Engineering
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Global Supply Chains, Logistics, Collaborative Research, Strategic Planning, Executive Education Programs
Marilyn Brown
Regents' Professor
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Public Policy
Areas of Expertise:
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Carrie Bruce
Research Scientist
College of Computing
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)
Areas of Expertise:
Healthcare, Rehabilitation, HCI, Accessibility, Universal Design
Amy Bruckman
Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Online Communities, Educational Technology, Social Computing