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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.

Smart Cities Faculty Council

Thomas Ploetz

Thomas Ploetz

Associate Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Behavior Analysis, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Applied Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis
Lalith Polepeddi

Lalith Polepeddi

Research Scientist I
College of Sciences
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Areas of Expertise:
Oceanography & Climate, Remote Sensing
Kishore Ramachandran

Kishore Ramachandran

Professor
College of Computing
School of Computer Science
Areas of Expertise:
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Arthi Rao

Arthi Rao

Research Scientist II, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
College of Design
School of City and Regional Planning
Areas of Expertise:
Urban Planning, Epidemiology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
James Rehg

James Rehg

Professor
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Distributed Computing
Mark Riedl

Mark Riedl

Associate Professor
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Storytelling, Computational Creativity, Computer Games
Jason Riedy

Jason Riedy

Senior Research Scientist
College of Engineering
Computational Science and Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Graph and Network Analysis, IoT, Urban Agriculture, Massive-scale Data Analysis
Robert Rosenberger

Robert Rosenberger

Associate Professor
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Public Policy
Areas of Expertise:
Economic Development and Smart Cities
Catherine Ross

Catherine Ross

Director
College of Design
Center for Quality Growth & Regional
Areas of Expertise:
Transportation Systems Planning, Urban Planning, Quality Growth
Jarek Rossignac

Jarek Rossignac

Professor
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Solid Modeling, Geometric Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Computer Animation, Graphic User Interaction, Compression, Geometric Complexity, Computer Graphics, Visualization, Computer-Assisted Surgery, Design of Architected Material Structures
Agata Rozga

Agata Rozga

Research Scientist II
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Behavioral Science, Applications of Machine Learning to Developmental Health
Steve Rushing

Steve Rushing

Director
Health@EI2
Areas of Expertise:
Health Informatics, Health Information Exchanges, Electronic Health Records
Ted Russell

Ted Russell

Howard T. Tellepsen Chair & Regents Professor
College of Engineering
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Quality
Alex Samoylov

Alex Samoylov

Research Scientist
GTRI
Food Processing andTechnology
Areas of Expertise:
Air Quality and Transportation Systems, Policy Analysis and Analytics
Matt Sanders

Matt Sanders

Senior Research Scientist
College of Computing
Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), Research Network Operations Center (RNOC)
Areas of Expertise:
Mobile Applications
Jon Sanford

Jon Sanford

Professor
School of Industrial Design, Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)
Areas of Expertise:
Rehabilitation
Nicoleta Serban

Nicoleta Serban

Professor
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Statistics, Data Mining, Health Analytics, Health Systems, Enterprise Transformation
Jerry Sexton

Jerry Sexton

Senior Research Engineer
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Areas of Expertise:
Public Safety Communications, Wireless Communications, Systems Implementation and Integration
Dennis Shelden

Dennis Shelden

Associate Professor; Director, Digital Building Lab; Director, Ph.D. in Architecture Program
College of Design
School of Architecture
Areas of Expertise:
Applications of Digital Technology to Building Design, Construction and Operation
Richard Simmons

Richard Simmons

Director- Energy Policy and Innovation Center, Senior Research Engineer & Fellow
Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory
Strategy Energy Institute
Areas of Expertise:
Energy Policy and Innovation Center
Ramachandra Sivakumar

Ramachandra Sivakumar

Senior Research Engineer, Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization (CSPAV)
College of Design
School of City and Regional Planning
Areas of Expertise:
GIS, Spatial Databases, Networks, Information Technology
Stephen Sprigle

Stephen Sprigle

Professor
School of Industrial Design
Areas of Expertise:
Wheeled Mobility and Seating, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment, Design of Diagnostic Tissue Interrogation Devices, Design of Assistive Technologies
Thad Starner

Thad Starner

Professor
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Wearable Computing, Human-Computer Interaction
John Stasko

John Stasko

Associate Chair
College of Computing
Interactive Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, HCI
Jimeng Sun

Jimeng Sun

Associate Professor
College of Computing
School of Computational Science and Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Machine Learning for Healthcare, Deep Learning for Healthcare, Tensor Analysis