Universal Village (UV) is a new concept proposed by MIT’s Universal Village Program which exemplifies an ideal future society that pursues harmony between humans and nature through the wise use of advanced technology. The 8th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2026) will be held virtually and locally from October 17-20, 2026. IEEE UV2026 features the theme of “Human-Centered AI Transformation for Future Empowerment: Explainable & Human-Intelligible Understanding, Intent-Aware Reasoning & Accountable Decision-Making, Human-Authorized AI Action, and Human-Supervised Reflective Learning.”

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Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities

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Registration

 

Sunday, October 25| 8:00 p.m. – 12 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)

Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities
Lu Gao
Session Chair

Deputy director, UVS Canada

Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities
Dr. ZHANG Hongliang
Keynote Speaker

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University

Title: After-School Tutoring, Household Substitution and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from Rural China

Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities
Dr. Jianxiang Huang
Keynote Speaker

Assistant professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

Title: Characterizing Public Perception of Urban Environmental Pollutions using Geo-coded Twitter Data: A Case of the Greater Taipei Metropolitan Region

Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities
Dr. Shan Jiang
Keynote Speaker

the Eileen Fox Aptman, J90, and Lowell Aptman Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University

Title: Critical Urban Data Science for Resilient Smart Urbanism

Session 9-A Urbanization and Smart Communities
Dr. Mengdi Guo
Keynote Speaker

Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Tianjin University

Overview

The ratio of city population will increase from 50% to 70% in the world. The rapid urbanization makes it hard for new residents to access city resources and public services and poses new challenges, including crowdedness, traffic, energy, pollution.

Individuals can form communities with common characteristics like interest, geography, experience, etc. Smart communities have special features and functions in the city.