Towards Future Smart Cities
Smart City Technology Innovation Award - Industry (2025)
| Prize | Title of invention | Authors | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | "Hong Kong Smart City: 3D Digital Ecosystem" A Visionary Leap into the Future | 1) Lands Department, The Government of the HKSAR, and 2) AECOM Asia Company Limited | Lands Department, AECOM Asia Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Q3D Spatiotemporal Information Platform | Qingdao Surveying and Mapping Institute, Zhang Zhihua, Ding Penghui, Sun Weichen, Wang Haiyin, Hu Zhenbiao, Zhou Shengchuan, Zhao Jun, Zhong Nana, Li Junjie, Qiao Xin | Qingdao Surveying and Mapping Institute |
| Gold | PolyPi: Edge-Al Empowered Autonomous Robot for Pipeline inspection | UbiquiTech Innovations Limited | UbiquiTech Innovations Limited |
| Gold | Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI) in Hong Kong | Development Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited | Development Bureau, HKSAR Government and PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited (PwC) |
| Silver | AlgoSeries | Smart Data Automation Department at ATAL Engineering Limited | ATAL Engineering Limited |
| Silver | Meat the Next - the world's first foodtech AI platform for acclerated R&D with lower R&D cost | Food Tech AI Platform Empowered by Meat the Next | Meat the Next Company Limited |
| Silver | Breakthroughs and Deployment of Spatial Temporal Sensing Technologies in Megacities | Yang Liu, Ming Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Xin Hu and Guanyao Li from Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute Co., Ltd. | Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
| Bronze | Customized Street Level Mobile Mapping System | Insight Robotics Limited | Insight Robotics Limited |
| Bronze | Digital Twin Empowers High-Tech Zone With Intelligent Governance | Zhangqi Zhou, Lu Li, Faming Jin, Yinying Zhou, Li Yan, Zhenhao Zhu | Ningbo Institute of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing;Ningbo Alatu Digital Technology LTD |
| Bronze | Digital twins and large model drive future industrial innovation in cities | Zhang Xiaochun, Zhu Runsu, Long Hao, Lin Tao, Zhang Bin, Chen Zhewu, Li Xi, Hong Weijie, Tian Feng, Yang Yuxing, Deng Xuren, Lyu Yunshan, Zhou Yong, Liu Fei, Ding Yi | Shenzhen Smart City Technology Development Group Co., Ltd and Shenzhen urban transport planning center Co., Ltd. |
| Bronze | Fine identification and dynamic management technology for ecological space in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone | Shanghai Surveying and Mapping Institute: Hong Zhang, Wei Wang, Chen Pan, Yuting Yin, Wenjuan Ye, Muke Lin, Chengren Li, Ming Yang, Shuyao Li, Jinyang Wang, Jiaman Zhao, Zhaoxi Yue; East China Normal University: Kun Tan, Xue Wang; Tongji Universit: Jiang Wu | Shanghai Surveying and Mapping Institute,East China Normal University,Tongji University |
| Bronze | Real Scene 3D-Based Urban Planning and Construction Consultation and Decision-Making System | Xueye Chen, Shuisong Ke, Haibo Xiao, Shaoqing Shen, Fangfang Zhang, Gengxuan Mao, Xuehui Dong, Ping Ren, Qin TIan, Sheng Li | Shenzhen Data Management Center of Planning and Natural Resource(Shenzhen Geospatial Information Center) |
| Bronze | A Method for 3D Digital Map Reconstruction of Ancient Architecture | Minmin Li, Shilong Wei, Xiaojun Sheng, Yiyan Li, Jinghao Gu, Yafei Wang, Sunli Wang, Qi Yang | Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (SZ) |
Smart City Technology Innovation Award - Academic (2025)
| Prize | Title of invention | Authors | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Geographically Weighted Models: Diversified Application and Development Actions | Binbin Lu | Wuhan University |
| Gold | Yangtze River Delta Geo-Simulator | Min Chen,Yuanqing He, Zaiyang Ma, Fengyuan Zhang, Peilong Ma, Junzhi Liu, Fei Guo | Nanjing Normal University |
| Gold | Geospatial Tokenization Framework (SPOK) | Yang YUE, Fei Huang | Shenzhen Uinversity, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) |
| Gold | Urban Hazard Mitigation: AI-Powered Multi-Source Data Fusion for Sustainable Cities | Lu Liang | University of California, Berkeley |
| Silver | Pioneering Satellite-Based Orbital System-on-Chip Platform for Real-Time Air Pollution Alerts | Xing Yan, Hang Lyu, Jiayi Chen, Yishan Yang, Rui Peng, Qiao Wang | Beijing Normal University |
| Silver | Development of a sustainable solar city | Rui Zhu, Xian Li, Yumin Chen, Wenting Li, Bei Cheng | Institute of High Performance Computing |
| Silver | Neighborhood DNA Interpreter & Predictor | Tianren YANG, Weifeng LI, Degao ZHENG, Yongbo ZHANG, Weipeng DENG, The University of Hong Kong, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design | The University of Hong Kong, Chinese Academy of Urban Planning and Design |
| Silver | Multimodal Information Drive Urban Intelligent Model | Yuan Lai, Mingyi Ma, Jiatong Li, Koei Enomoto, Jiali Wang, Haoxiang Zhao, Anni Hu | Future Urban AI Studio, Tsinghua University |
| Bronze | The AI Empowerd Direct Georeferenced Comprehension Technique for Smart Mobility Applications | CHANG YI FENG | High Definition Maps Research Center, NCKU |
| Bronze | Robust, Efficient, and Deployable Visual Localization | Jialu Wang, Dr. Bing Wang, Prof. Andrew Markham, Prof. Niki Trigoni, FREng | University of Oxford, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Bronze | Intelligent Monitoring Technology for Urban Disaster Emergency Response | Lu Chen, Penglin Zhang, Ruizhen Luo, Mengfei Yang, Zihan Dou | School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University |
| Bronze | Cross-Visual Framework for Monitoring Green View Index Using AI and Remote Sensing | Pengfei Chen, Yibin Ma, Weijing Cheng, Wei Wang, Lingyi Liang, Haotian Lin | Sun Yat-sen University; Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen Univeristy |
| Bronze | Discovering Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Life Expectancy for Global Cities | Daniel Yu Hin SHI, Fan SHI | Imperial College London, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Urban Informatics Paper of the Year Award (2025)
| Prize | Paper Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place | Input data requirements for daylight simulations in urban densifications | Karolina Pantazatou, Jouri Kanters, Per-Ola Olsson, Johannes Lande Nyborg, Lars Harrie |
| 2nd place | An urban-scale spatiotemporal optimization of rooftop photovoltaic charging of electric vehicles | Nanfan Ji, Rui Zhu, Ziyi Huang & Linlin You |
| 3rd place | Developing a social sensing index for monitoring place-oriented mental health issues using social media (twitter) data | Jaehee Park, Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Atsushi Nara, Susan Cassels, Somayeh Dodge |
Best Conference Paper Award (2025)
| Prize | Paper Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place | Comprehensive Flood Resilience Assessment Framework for Urban Areas: A Case Study of Moonee Valley and Maribyrnong, Melbourne | Prasan Lama, Qian (Chayn) Sun |
| 1st place | NSGA-II-based Cost-optimal Design for Renewable Energy Sharing Systems between Urban Buildings via Electric Vehicles | Yaxuan Li , Sunliang Cao |
| 2nd place | Designing the Future Urban Sky: A Multi-Objective Approach to Vertiport Location in a Topologically-Enabled Transport Network | Si Qiao, Jinfeng Xie, Anthony Gar-On Yeh |
| 2nd place | How Does the Urban Environment Shape Noise Perception? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in New York City | Mengjie Gong, Pengfei Chen, Jianxiao Liu, Izzy Yi Jian, Rui Xin |
| 2nd place | Carbon Reduction Assessment of PV-Assisted Mine Land Reclamation using Deep Learning from Remote Sensing Images | Ming Hao, Zhen Zhang, Weiqiang Luo, Min Tan |
| 3rd place | Zero-shot Prediction of Neighborhood Health Using Multimodal Large Language Models | Haoxiang Zhao, Yuan Lai |
| 3rd place | Spatial Inequality in England's Care Home Distribution: A Multi-Scale Hierarchical Clustering Analysis | Sijie Tan, Yijing Li, James Shearer |
| 3rd place | An Advanced Generative Framework for Low-Carbon Urban Morphology Optimization | Tao Wu, Zeyin Chen, Shiqi Zhou, Zhiqiang Wu |
| 3rd place | Last-Centimeter Drone Delivery in Urban Environments | Qingyang Meng, Guanzhong Zhou, Hao Cao, Bowen Lan, Zhipeng Shen, Hailong Huang |
| 3rd place | Distributed Cooperative Navigation Algorithm for Unmanned Systems Based on Multi-Agents Ranging Information Sharing | Qian Yang, Qingzhong Cai, Zeyang Wen, Gongliu Yang, Ningfang Song |
Best Student Presentation Award (2025)
| Presentation Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| Wi-Fi RTT-aided LiDAR-Inertial Odometry via Tightly-Coupled Factor Graph Optimization in Complex Scenes | Ruijie XU |
| Smart Infrastructure-Assisted Autonomous Driving | ZENG Liekang |
| A Graph Vertex-Coloring-Based Parallel Block Coordinate | Kai ZHANG |
| Automatic Extrinsic Calibration of Dual Lidars with Adaptive Surface Normal Estimation | Mingyan Nie |
| Learning Generative Object Priors for Unsupervised 3D Object Segmentation | Zihui Zhang, Yafei Yang, Jinxi Li and Bo Yang |
| Spatial Spread and Transmissibility of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in Hong Kong | Tsan Yuk Lam |
| A Global Image Analysis: Urban Visual Clusters and Road Transport Fatalities | Zhuangyuan Fan |
| Thermal Environment in a Street Canyon with Aerodynamic Interference from Dense Billboards | Daniel Ziyue Peng, Bingchao Zhang And Tim K.T. Tse |
| The Influence of Clothing Moisture Content on Heat and Moisture Transfer between the Human Body and The Environment | Cheng Zhao, Yichen Yu, And Jianlei Niu |
| Cool Down Hot Spots: Thermally Responsive Generative Design for Mixed-Used Urban Blocks | Xueqing Li, Wilson W.S. Lu, Ziyu Peng, And Zihan Xu |
| Assessing Urban Pedestrian-Level Climate Experience through Small and Big Data In Hong Kong | Jiawei Wang, Jianong Li, And Jianlei Niu |
| How does the Environment Shape Urban Cycling? Insights from Explainable Machine Learning on Cycling Speed and Flow | Yihang Chu and Xiaolin Zhu |
| Perceptual Prediction Research Based on Facial Action Unit Recognition for Smart City Soundscape Management | Xuejun Hu and Qi Meng |
| Designing the Future Urban Sky: A Multi-Objective Approach to Vertiport Location in a Topologically-Enabled Transport Network | Si Qiao, Jinfeng Xie, Anthony Gar-On Yeh |
| From Prediction to Intervention: A Causal Machine Learning Framework for Urban Science | Yuye Zhou and Lu Liang |
| Stratified AGB Inversion Driven by DGTHI: Quantifying Topographic Controls on Biomass Prediction Across Tree Species | Yihan Zhu, Jiangping Chen, Jianhua Yin, Zilong Qin, Jizhou Chen, Na Jiang, Ke Hou |
| Breakthroughs and Deployment of Spatial Temporal Sensing Technologies in Megacities | Yang Liu, Ming Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Xin Hu, Chang Sun and Guanyao Li |
| Striking a Balance between Diversity and Regularity: A Preference-Guided Transformer for Individual Mobility Prediction | Guangyue Li, Yang Xu and Shen Liang |
| Urban Distinctiveness Through Multi-Scale Visual Heterogeneity: A Computational Framework for Design Perception | Guosheng Yang and Cai Wu |
| Research on the Coupling Coordination between Green View Ratio and Green Coverage Ratio: A Case Study of theBuilt-up Area of Beijing | Yi Zhang, Feng Ni, Jun Wu, Juan Gu, Yanfeng Xie and Siyang Yin |
| Geospatial Data for Urban Village Renewal in China: A Critical Review and Assessment Towards SDG 11 | Yi Zhang and Rui Cao |
| Hydrogen-Powered Autonomous Aircraft: Solutions, Trends, and Integrated Flight and Energy Management Framework | Xiaoyu Guo |
| NSGA-II-Based Cost-Optimal Design for Renewable Energy Sharing Systems between Urban Buildings via Electric Vehicles | Yaxuan Li, Sunliang Cao |
| Exploring the Impact of Urban Morphology on Children's Well-Being using Interpretable Machine Learning | Dongsheng Chen and Liqiu Meng |
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