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Urban computing is an interdisciplinary field which pertains to the study and application of computing technology in urban areas. This involves the application of wireless networks, sensors, computational power, and data to improve the quality of densely populated areas. Urban computing is the technological framework for smart cities. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Urban computingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Networks for Predictive Learning in Urban Computing: A SurveyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Representing landscapesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Computer Movie Simulating Urban Growth in the Detroit RegionCited 7,723 times
- Go sideways: Ubiquitous computingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CrowdsensingA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Computer Movie Simulating Urban Growth in the Detroit Region
Urban Computing
Cloud Computing for Agent-Based Urban Transportation Systems
Visual Analytics in Urban Computing: An Overview
Guest Editors' Introduction: Urban Computing
Culturally Responsive Computing in Urban, After-School Contexts
Urban Computing Leveraging Location-Based Social Network Data
Urban computing: enabling urban intelligence with big data
🆕 Influential since 2022
Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Networks for Predictive Learning in Urban Computing: A Survey
Energy‐Efficient Resource Allocation for Urban Traffic Flow Prediction in Edge‐Cloud Computing
GeoBEM: A geospatial computing empowered framework for urban-scale building energy modeling
Multi task dynamic edge–end computing collaboration for urban Internet of Vehicles
Connecting Internet of Drones and Urban Computing: Methods, protocols and applications
📚 Books worth reading
Representing landscapesNadia Amoroso · 2012
Open source GISMarkus Neteler, Helena Mitasova · 2002
Screw the valleyTimothy Sprinkle · 2015
CybersecurityKim J. Andreasson · 2011- 📕Urban InformaticsKristene Unsworth, Andrea Forte · 2015
- 📕Surface-water hydrology and runoff simulations for three basins in Pierce County, WashingtonM. C. Mastin · 1996
UberlandAlex Rosenblat · 2018
Digital drawing for designersDouglas R. Seidler · 2010
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