Mitigating the impact of overheating cities
Deputy Department Chair of Computer Vision and Professor of Computer Vision
Associate Professor of Computer Vision
In collaboration with IBM, MBZUAI faculty are developing AI foundation models capable of measuring, monitoring, and visualising the effects of climate change on our overheating cities.
A complex phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island Effect is caused when inner city surfaces such as concrete and asphalt absorb and release solar radiation. Making cities hotter, more energy-demanding, and often deadlier for vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens.
Our vision is to be able to provide city managers and governments with the data-driven evidence they need from AI to implement strategies to reduce the temperatures of urban surfaces providing a real-time solution to a real-world issue.
