Connected Urban Twins (CUT) is currently the largest German smart city project and a collaboration between the cities of Hamburg, Munich and Leipzig. The City Science Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg is leading the research, with a focus on modelling, simulation, AI and machine learning, among other things. This has resulted in prototypes for an Urban Model Builder for collaborative modelling of urban systems, an Urban Model Platform as a central infrastructure for sharing and providing models and the Scenario Explorer, an add-on to the urban geoportal for using the models and scenarios. The tools were developed in close cooperation with the State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying, the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing and the Hamburg Port Authority.
The latest publications from the CUT project show how these infrastructures and open source building blocks enable the move from separate systems to collaborative and integrated ‘what if?’ simulations. simulations. Two contributions summarise the current discussion:
CUT Academy webinar »Das Chaos abbilden – Tools & Methoden für ›Was‑wäre‑wenn?‹‑Szenarien« (in German)
In the new CUT Academy webinar, Rico Herzog from the City Science Lab explains how the open source tools cover the model workflow. The webinar not only illustrates the current prototypes, but also discusses next steps: Model integration across domains, impact measurement in administration and securing digital sovereignty.
FOSSGIS conference paper »Was wäre, wenn wir Algorithmen demokratisieren?« (in German)
The paper discusses the tools as building blocks of a publicly democratic modelling infrastructure, describes initial user tests and outlines governance models for open simulation ecosystems
Links:
- CUT‑Akademie‑Webinar »Das Chaos abbilden – Tools & Methoden für ›Was‑wäre‑wenn?‹‑Szenarien«
- Tagungsbeitrag FOSSGIS »Was wäre, wenn wir Algorithmen demokratisieren?«
Contact:
Rico Herzog (rico.herzog(at)hcu-hamburg.de)
