We invite you to join us for at the 5^th ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Advances In Resilient and Intelligent Cities (ARIC 2022), which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 1^st, 2022 in Seattle, Washington.

The socio-technological innovations have enabled the generation of a large volume of disparate, dynamic and geographically distributed data, thus motivating the creation of smart and connected cities. A smart and connected city leverages electronic methods, sensors, and data science approaches to collect data, manage assets and services efficiently, thereby providing citizens with high-quality life. With increasing extreme events, the focus is also to build resilient cities. A resilient city focuses on bouncing back to its previous stage in the face of an emergency while meeting the daily activities and needs of its citizens. While resilient city discussion is still revolving around using socio-cultural and political factors and values, the smart city discussion focuses on where and when to use sensor technologies and how to automate decision-making. It is imperative for cities to be both resilient and smart so that technologies can be leveraged to tackle the challenges ranging from climate change, public health, traffic congestion, economic growth, to digital divide, social equity, political movements, and cultural conflicts, among others.

Following the successes of the last four ARIC workshops held at ACM SIGSPATIAL Conferences between 2018 and 2021, the vision of the post-COVID world, and the global agenda for a net-zero economy, the 5th International Workshop on Advances on Resilient and Intelligent Cities (ARIC 2022) is very timely. This workshop is motivated by three recent advances: a technology driven future; new regulations to combat emerging social challenges; and advances in computational sciences.

Visit the workshop site for more details: https://urbands.github.io/ARIC2022/

Visit the ACM SIGSPATIAL site for details about the conference: https://sigspatial2022.sigspatial.org/

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full research paper (8-10 pages). These papers should present a specific problem or topic and discuss methodology and findings along with future research directions.
• Short paper or application demo paper (4 pages). These papers should demonstrate existing methods, toolkits, and best practices for building intelligent and resilient cities.
• Vision or statement paper (2 pages). These papers should be more situational in their coverage and focus on future directions while identifying gaps and challenges.

Manuscripts must be submitted in PDF format using the ACM camera-ready templates available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.   

Submission Deadlines:

• Full paper for review: August 31^st
• Reviews to authors: September 16^th
• Camera Ready Paper: September 30^th

List of Topics

The ARIC 2022 workshop invites papers in the following topics (but not limited to):

• AI/ML driven solutions to assess and model resilience
• Real-time analytics of dynamic and distributed data
• Data fusion techniques and analytics for prediction and forecasting across space and time
• Edge and distributed computing for data mining about cyber-physical systems

• Human dynamics in the Age of Smart/Intelligent Systems
• Spatial social network analytics in the built environment
• Theoretical and practical applications of Internet of Things in urban settings
• Optimizing sensor locations for resilience informatics
• Augmented reality, simulations and 3D-geovisualization for intelligence
• Analytical frameworks for net zero carbon and energy efficiency
• Network modeling, logistics and mobility analysis to quantify resilience
• Open knowledge graphs and networks for modeling and analytics

Program Committee

• ZhiQiang Chen, University of Missouri - Kansas City
• Hamdi Kavak, George Mason University
• Edward Oughton, George Mason University
• Taylor M. Anderson, George Mason University
• Kuldeep R. Kurte, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Melissa Dumas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Yan Liu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Haowen Xu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Thomaz Carvalhaes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Nasir Ahmad, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Xiaohui Liu, University of Utah
• Avipsa Roy, UC Irvine
• Clio Andris, Georgia Tech
• Sungmin Lee, Texas A & M University
• David Rechless, Texas A&M University at Galveston
• Kayode Atoba, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas
• Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University
• Joslyn Zale, University of Southern Mississippi
• Lei Zou, Texas A&M University
• Ayodeji Iyanda, Prairie View A & M University

Organizing committee

• Bandana Kar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Shima Mohebbi, George Mason University
• Guangtao Fu, University of Exeter
• Xinyue Ye, Texas A & M University
• Olufemi A. Omitaomu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Invited Speakers

Publication

ARIC 2022 proceedings will be published in ACM.

Venue

The 2022 ACM SIGSPATIAL conference will be held in-person in Seattle, Washington.

Contact

Please contact the organizers at acmARICWorkshop@gmail.com for all questions pertaining to the workshop and paper submission.

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