Find the right people
Connect urban questions with complementary methods, local knowledge, data access, and domain expertise.
Start a collaboration →Open computational urban research
Better cities need shared intelligence.
A global community for researchers, students, and practitioners using geospatial data, sensing, simulation, and AI to understand cities.
Find collaborators, share datasets and tools, discuss research ideas, and turn urban questions into open, reproducible projects.
Public betaOpen to read and explore
7 structured post typesFrom introductions to events
Open governanceRules and decisions are documented
GitHub-poweredFree accounts, discussions, and notifications
What is city computing?
Urban questions, computational methods, local knowledge.
City computing connects urban theory with spatial data and computation. It brings together urban science, GIS, sensing, simulation, data engineering, and responsible AI to study how cities work—and how urban knowledge can become more open, rigorous, and useful.
ObserveSensing, imagery, mobility and administrative data
ModelSpatial analysis, simulation, ML and urban AI
InterpretUrban theory, lived experience and local context
ShareOpen data, code, benchmarks and research outputs
Start with what you need
Move from conversation to collaboration.
Every pathway begins with a structured post, so people can understand the question, geography, data, methods, timeline, and contribution needed.
Publish data and tools
Document datasets, code, indicators, maps, models, and reusable urban research workflows.
Explore resource pathways →Find the next opportunity
Surface verified calls, grants, events, positions, reading groups, and emerging research directions.
Browse opportunities →Research across urban systems
One city, many interacting systems.
Research themes become common tags across discussions, projects, datasets, tools, and events.
UC.01Mobility & Transportation
UC.02Built Environment & Land Use
UC.03Housing & Urban Economics
UC.04Climate, Energy & Resilience
UC.05Health, Equity & Accessibility
UC.06Urban Sensing & Spatial Data
UC.07Governance & Participation
UC.08Urban AI & Simulation
Open research lifecycle
Ideas should become inspectable artifacts.
The Collective supports the path from a well-framed city question to a team, evidence, feedback, and reusable outputs.
01 / QUESTIONFrame the problem
Define the urban context, stakeholders, and evidence gap.
02 / TEAMConnect expertise
Bring together domain knowledge, methods, data, and place.
03 / BUILDWork in the open
Share milestones, assumptions, limitations, and requests for feedback.
04 / RELEASEPublish the result
Release documented code, data, papers, benchmarks, or tools.
Founding community
Help shape the Collective.
Introduce your work, start the first collaborations, or contribute to the community infrastructure and governance.