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Dr. Jiao is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the School of Architecture. His research focuses on Smart Cities, Urban Informatics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He utilizes information technologies to quantify how urban infrastructures influence people's behaviors. By employing machine learning methods, he investigates the spatial-temporal patterns of shared mobility activities in major U.S. cities. Dr. Jiao has led various smart city projects, including the NSF-funded CIVIC Challenge Community Hub for Smart Mobility (Smart Hub) and the AI-Convergent, Responsible, Ethical, Applied Training Experience Roboticists (Ethical AI). His collaborative research with colleagues from the University of Houston has expanded Smart City studies in the Houston area. He has secured funding from notable sources such as the NSF, USDOT, and Google. His work has garnered attention from major media outlets like ABC, CNN, and Wired.
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