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City Science Lab @ Andorra

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Kent Larson

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Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally Recognized Intelligent Country.” The Andorra Living Lab project combines different research topics (tourism, innovation, energy and environment, mobility, dynamic urban planning) for the future urban challenges of the country. We are collaborating on a unique initiative providing Andorrans with the research, knowledge, methods, and tools to carry out such transformation.

Learn more below about City Science Andorra research below.

Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally Recognized Intelligent Country.” The Andorra Living Lab project combines different research topics (tourism, innovation, energy and environment, mobility, dynamic urban planning) for the future urban challenges of the country. We are collaborating on a unique initiative providing Andorrans with the research, knowledge, methods, and tools to carry out such transformation.

Learn more below about City Science Andorra research below.

Research Topics
#design #architecture #data #developing countries #energy #environment #government #kids #learning + teaching #open source #transportation #urban planning #sensors #machine learning #behavioral science #data visualization #public health #data science
Event Events

Tourism Mapping Workshop

With more than eight million visitors a year, tourism represents almost 46% of the economy of Andorra. By gathering and analyzing multiple …
Article Research

Lima: What is the road that must be followed for the development of an intelligent city?

Gestión and Universidad del Pacífico (UP) organized a round table on the concept of smart cities.
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Dynamic Traffic Prediction in Andorra: a Bayesian network approach

Data Fusion for Dynamic Traffic PredictionTraffic congestion has huge negative impacts on the productivity, health and personal lives …
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Reversed Urbanism

Predicting Urban Performance through Behavioral Patterns in Temporal Telecom DataThis study explores a novel method to analyze diverse beha…
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Andorra | Innovation

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.The MIT Media Lab's City Science research group, the University of Andorra, and national…
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Innovation Challenge Andorra kicks off with City Science workshop

In January 2019, members of the City Science team traveled to Andorra to further explore Andorra’s innovation opportunity to improve urban …
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Top Ten Andorra Workshop Quotes

Highlights from the Andorra workshop
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City Science Summit Andorra

In September 2017 the City Science group launched the first city science summit, held in Andorra, where urban planners, industry leaders, a…
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Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV)

An Alternative Autonomous Revolution System design for emerging urban contexts and societal aspirationsThe Persuasive Electric Vehicle…
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Andorra | Dynamic Urban Planning

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.Research in dynamic tools, mix users (citizens, workers) amenities, services, and land u…
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Andorra | Tourism

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.With more than eight million visitors a year, tourism represents almost 30% of the econo…
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How a study of school energy efficiency inspired a new generation of Electronautes

Public buildings account for the greatest energy demands in the Andorran economy. As part of the City Science Lab @Andorra, a team of scien…
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Andorra | Mobility

View the main City Science Andorra project profileWith no airport or train service, most of the 8 million tourists who visit Andorra each y…
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Andorra | Energy + Environment

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.

WHY ANDORRA?

Andorra is committed to diversify its economy in areas such as City Science, innovative ways of tourism, education and research, sports and nature, health and wellbeing, and to draw in foreign investment. Moreover, as a micro-European nation with a population of 80,000 people, Andorra is able to expeditiously cut through bureaucratic barriers to resolve regulatory issues, provide public policy, and create incentives.

This is a unique collaborative project between the Media Lab and Andorra's government, largest public and private companies (e.g., energy and telecom), and academic institutions. The overarching paradigm of this work is the application of data science methodologies and spatial analysis on Andorra's big data, with the goal of enabling an understanding of the country's dynamics on tourism and commerce, human mobility and transportation systems, and energy and environmental impact—as well as to shed light on technological and systems innovation toward radical improvements in these domains.

THE PROJECT

The project aims to bring urban innovation in the capital of Andorra with an emphasis on a better knowledge of the pattern of the tourists in the country and how it affects mobility, entrepreneurship, and urban simulation for decision-making and community engagement.

Goals include helping to develop big data platforms for understanding, utilizing, and leveraging big data; developing concepts that have the potential to establish Andorra as an international center for innovation; and designing interventions that can improve the experience of tourists, encouraging them to visit more often, stay longer, and increase spending.