About/Papers

Digital Urban is written by Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith, Director and Deputy Chair of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at The Bartlett, University College London. Andy is a Reader in Digital Urban Systems and Editor-in-Chief of Future Internet Journal, he is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the Greater London Authority Smart London Board  and Course Founder of the MRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation at University College London.

With a focus on key research around smart cities, digital communication and the Internet of Things his work has featured widely in the media including, Sky Television, The New York Times, The Guardian and most recently, Channel 4 News, New Scientist, Wired, ABC Australia, The Japan Times, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5.

The blog aims to cover everything relating to sensing, mapping and visualising digital technologies in urban environments, with a view towards smart cities, smart places and urban technology.

Publications:

• Ross, C., Carnall, M., Hudson-Smith, A., Warwick, C., TERRAS, M. M., & Gray, S. (2013). Enhancing Museum Narratives: Tales of Things and UCL’s Grant Museum. In J. Farman (Ed.), Digital Storytelling and Mobile Media: Narrative Practices with Locative Technologies. Routledge.
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2012). Discussions on systemic architecture: the liquid city. In M. Poletto, C. Pasquero (Eds.),Systemic architecture: operating manual for the self-organising city (pp. 18-20). Routledge.
• Ross, C., Gray, S., Warwick, C., Hudson-Smith, A., & Terras, M. (2012). Engaging the Museum Space: Mobilising Visitor Engagement with Digital Content Creation.
  
• Gray, S., Ross, C., Hudson-Smith, A., Warwick, C., & Terras, M. (2012). Enhancing Museum Narratives with the QRator Project: a Tasmanian devil, a Platypus and a Dead Man in a Box.
  
• De Jode, M., Barthel, R. A., Rogers, J., Karpovich, A., Hudson-Smith, A., Quigley, M., & Speed, C. (2012). Enhancing the ‘Second Hand’ Retail Experience with Digital Object Memories.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Gray, S., Ross, C., Barthel, R., de Jode, M., Warwick, C., & Terras, M. (n.d.). Experiments with the Internet of Things in Museum Space: QRator.
• Crooks, A. T., Hudson-Smith, A. P., & Patel, A. (2011). Advances and techniques for building 3D multi-agent systems for Urban Systems. In D. Marceau, I. Benenson (Eds.), Advanced Geosimulation Models. Bentham Books.
• Barthel, R., Leder Mackley, K., Hudson-Smith, A., Karpovich, A., De Jode, M., & Speed, C. (2011). An Internet of Old Things as an Augmented Memory System. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. doi:10.1007/s00779-011-0496-8
  
• Barthel, R., Leder Mackley, K., Hudson-Smith, A., Karpovich, A., de Jode, M., & Speed, C. (2011). An internet of old things as an augmented memory system. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 1-13.
• Birkin, M., Malleson, N., Hudson-Smith, A. P., Gray, S., & Milton, R. (2011). Calibration of a Spatial Simulation Model with Volunteered Geographical Information. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
• Warwick, C., Hudson-Smith, A. P., Ross, C., & McDonald, S. (2011). Enhancing Museum Narratives: Tales of Things and UCL’s Grant Museum. In J. Farman (Ed.), Mobile Media Narratives. University of Minnesota Press.
• DE JODE, M., Barthel, R., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2011). Tales of things: the story so far. Proceedings of the 2011 international workshop on networking and object memories for the internet of things, 19-20. ACM Digital Library: ACM. doi:10.1145/2029932.2029940
  
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. P. (2011). The Liquid City in Pasquero. In C. Pasquero, M. Poletto (Eds.), Systemic Architecture: Operation Manual for the Self Organising City. Routledge.
• Arnand, S., Batty, M., Crooks, A., Hudson-Smith, A. P., Jackson, M., Milton, R., . . . Rosser, J. (2010). Data Mash-Ups and the Future of Mapping ((Technology and Standards Watch).). Bristol, UK.
• Batty, M., Hudson-Smith, A. P., Milton, R., & Crooks, A. T. (2010). Map MashUps, Web 2.0 and the GIS Revolution. Annals of GIS, 16 (1), 1-13.
• Leder, K., Karpovich, A., Burke, M., Speed, C., Hudson-Smith, A. P., O’Callaghan, S., & Simpson, M. (2010). Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion. Journal of Media and Culture, 13 (1).
• Leder, K., Karpovich, A., Burke, M., Speed, C., Hudson-Smith, A., O’Callaghan, S., . . . Blundell, B. (2010). Tagging is Connecting: Shared Object Memories as Channels for Sociocultural Cohesion. M/C Journal of Media and Culture, 13 (1).
• BARTHEL, R., Hudson-Smith, A., & De Jode, M. (2010). Tales of Things – The Internet of ‘Old’ Tales of Things: Collecting Stories of Objects, Places and Spaces.
• Birkin, M., Allan, R., Beckhofer, S., Buchan, I., Finch, J., Goble, C., . . . Sinnott, R. (2010). The Elements of a Computational Infrastructure for social Simulation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368 (1925), 3797-3812.
• BARTHEL, R., Speed, C., Hudson-Smith, A., Leder, K., Karpovich, A., De Jode, M., & O’Callaghan, S. (2010). The Internet of Things as Design Space for Exploring Social Memories.
• Shingleton, D., Burke, M., Hudson-Smith, A. P., Karpovich, A., O’Callaghan, S., Simpson, M., & Speed, C. (2010). The Memorable: Applying the Internet of Things to small communities. In Web Studies. Proceedings of the 1st. international congress. europia Productions.
• Crooks, A. T., Hudson-Smith, A., & Dearden, J. (2009). Agent Street: An Environment for Exploring Agent-Based Models in Second Life. The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Stimulation, 12 (4).
• Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Crooks, A. T., & Batty, M. (2009). Crowd Sourced Data for the Social Sciences: Web Based Services and Real-Time Geographic Surveys.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Batty, M., Crooks, A. T., & Milton, R. (2009). Mapping for the masses : accessing web 2.0 through crowdsourcing. Social Science Computer Review, 27 (4). doi:10.1177/0894439309332299
• Hudson-Smith, A., Crooks, A. T., Gibin, M., Milton, R., & Batty, M. (2009). Neogeography and web 2.0 : concepts, tools and applications. Journal of Location Based Services, 3 (2), 118-145. doi:10.1080/17489720902950366
• Batty, M., Hudson-Smith, A., Crooks, A., Milton, R., & Smith, D. (2009). New Developments in GIS for Urban Planning.Geospatial Today.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2009). The Future Internet. Future Internet, 1, 1-2. doi:10.3390/fi1010001
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Crooks, A. (2009). The Renaissance of Geographic Information: Neogeography, Gaming and Second Life. In H. Lin, M. Batty (Eds.), Virtual Geographic Environments (pp. 25-36). Beijing: Science Press.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Crooks, A. T. (2008). Building space in the machine : digital tool kits for mirror worlds. AGORA, 4 (24), 27-29.
• Singleton, A. D., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2008). Digital Geography in a Web 2.0 World. GIS Professional, 21, 20-21.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2008). Digital Geography; Geographic Visualisation for Urban Environments. London: CASA.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Batty, M., Crooks, A., & Milton, R. (2008). Mapping for the Masses: Accessing Web 2.0 through Crowdsourcing (CASA Working Paper Series). London: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Crooks, A. T., Milton, R., & Batty, M. (2008). Neogeography, Tools and Applications. Journal of Location Based Services, 40-43.
• Batty, M., Carvalho, R., Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Smith, D., & Steadman, P. (2008). Scaling and Allometry in the Building Geometries of Greater London (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
• Batty, M., Carvalho, R., Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Smith, D., & Steadman, P. (2008). Scaling and Allometry in the Building Geometries of Greater London. The European Physical Journal B – Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 63 (3), 303-314. doi:10.1140/epjb/e2008-00251-5
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2008). Teaching in Virtual Worlds: Innovation and Interaction in Design Education. Habitat, 7 (Spring), 30-31.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Batty, M., & Dearden, J. (2008). The Neogeography of Virtual Cities: Digital Mirrors into a Recursive World. In M. Foth (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City. Information Science Reference, IGI Global.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Crooks, A. (2008). The Renaissance of Geographic Information: Neogeography, Gaming and Second Life (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
  
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2008). The Visual City. In M. Dodge, M. T. McDerby, M (Eds.), Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications (pp. 183-198). WileyBlackwell.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., & Batty, M. (2007). Constructing and Using Virtual Cities: The Virtual London Project.International Journal of Geoinformatics, 7 (4), 23-28.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2007). Digital Urban – The Visual City (CASA Working Paper Series). London: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
• Batty, M., Carvalho, R., Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R. S., D, S., & P. (2007). Geometric Scaling and Allometry in Large Cities. Istanbul: I.T.U Faculty of Architecture.
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2007). Imagining the Recursive City: Explorations in Urban Simulacra. In H. J. Miller (Ed.),Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access (pp. 39-55). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/1-4020-5427-0
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2007). Imagining the recursive city: explorations in urban simulacra. In H. J. Miller (Ed.), null(pp. 39-55). SPRINGER.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Batty, M., Gibin, M., Longley, P. A., & Singleton, A. D. (2007). Public Domain GIS, Mapping & Imaging Using Web-based Services (CASA Working Paper Series). London: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
  
• Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Dearden, J., & Batty, M. (2007). Virtual Cities: Digital Mirrors into a Recursive World (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Evans, S., Hudson-Smith, A., & Batty, M. (2006). 3-D GIS; Virtual London and beyond: An exploration of the 3-D GIS experience involved in the creation of Virtual London. CyberGeo, 2006, 1-20.
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2006). Digital cornucopias: changing conceptions of the virtual city. Environment and Planning B, 33 (6), 799-802. doi:10.1068/b3306ed
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., & Batty, M. (2005). Building the Virtual City: Public Participation Through e-Democracy.Knowledge Technology and Policy, 18 (1), 62-85. doi:10.1007/s12130-005-1016-9
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., Batty, M., & Batty, S. (2005). Community Participation in Urban Regeneration Using Internet Technologies. LONDON’S ENVIRONMENT: PROSPECTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD CITY, 221-240.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., Batty, M., & Batty, S. (2005). Community Participation in Urban Regeneration using Internet Technologies. In J. Hunt (Ed.), London’s Environment: Prospects for a Sustainable World City (pp. 221-240). London: Imperial College Press.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Evans, S. (2005). Global Networks: the Virtual City and Digital Earth. London: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL.
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2005). Imagining the recursive city: explorations in urban simulacra (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: UCL (University College London), Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
  
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2005). Urban Simulacra: From Real to Virtual Cities, Back and Beyond. UCL Architectural Design, 75 (6), 42-47.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Batty, M. (2005). Virtual London – BBC Radio London, The Robert Elms Show.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., & Batty, M. (2005). Virtual London: From CAD to 3D-GIS to Global Digital Cities. In M. -. L. Chiu (Ed.), Insights of Digital Cities (pp. 75-92). Taipei, Taiwan: Archdata CAAD Talks 4.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2005). Virtual Worlds and Urban Planning – BBC World Service, Go Digital.
• Longley, P. A., Batty, M., de Smith, M., Evans, S., Farr, M., Hudson-Smith, A., . . . Webber, R. (2003). Envisioning cyber-geospace and spatially enabled e-government: Proceedings of the 8th International Seminar on GIS. Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements.
• Evans, S., Hudson-Smith, A., & Batty, M. (2003). Experiments in Web-Based PPGIS: Multimedia in Urban Regeneration. In P. A. Longley, M. Batty (Eds.), Advanced Spatial Analysis: The CASA Book of GIS (pp. 369-390). Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.
• Longley, P. A., Batty, M., de Smith, M., Evans, S., Farr, M., Hudson-Smith, A., . . . Webber, R. (2003). GIS and Cyberspace: Virtual London and the E-Society. Envisioning Cyber-Geospace and Spatially Enabled E-Government. Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Evans, S. (2003). Virtual Cities: From CAD to 3-D GIS. In P. A. Longley, M. Batty (Eds.), Advanced Spatial Analysis: The CASA Book of GIS (pp. 41-60). Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2002). 30 Days in Active Worlds – Community, Design and Terrorism in a Virtual World. In R. Schroeder (Ed.), The Social Life of Avatars (pp. 77-89). Springer.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Evans, S. (2002). A Collaborative Three Dimensional Geographic Information System for London: Phase 1 Woodberry Down. In D. Kidner, G. Higgs, S. White (Eds.), Socio-Economic Applications of Geographic Information Science (Innovations in Gis, 9) (pp. 93-106). CRC.
• Batty, M., Hudson-Smith, A., & Evans, S. (2002). Homes in Hackney Point to the Future. Planning, 14-15.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Evans, S., Batty, M., & Batty, S. (2002). Online participation: the Woodberry Down experiment (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2002). Planning Through E-Government in Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
• Schroeder, R., Huxor, A., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2001). Activeworlds: Geography and Social Interaction in Virtual Reality.Futures, 33, 569-587. doi:10.1016/S0016-3287(01)00002-7
• Evans, S., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2001). Information Rich 3D Computer Modeling of Urban Environments (CASA Working Paper). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL.
• Evans, S., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2001). Information rich 3D computer modeling of urban environments (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
  
• Batty, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2001). Virtuality and Cities: Definitions, Geographies, Designs. In P. F. Fisher, D. B. Unwin (Eds.), Virtual Reality in Geography (pp. 270-291). Taylor and Francis.
• Batty, M., Chapman, D., Evans, S., Haklay, M., Kueppers, S., Shiode, N., . . . Torrens, P. M. (2001). Visualizing the City: Communicating Urban Design to Planners and Decision-Makers. In R. K. Brail, R. E. Klosterman (Eds.), Planning Support Systems, Models and Visualisation Tools (pp. 405-443). Redland: ESRI Press and Center Urban Policy Research, Rutgers Universtiy.
• Batty, M., Chapman, D., Evans, S., Haklay, M., Kueppers, S., Shiode, N., . . . Torrens, P. M. (2001). Visualizing the City: Communicating Urban Design to Planners and Decision-Makers. In R. K. Brail, R. E. Klosterman (Eds.), Planning support systems: Integrating Geographic Information Systems, Models and Visualization Tools (pp. 405-443). Esri Press.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Evans, S. (2001). Wired Regeneration: GIS in the third dimension. GIS Development, 5 (12), 14-17.
• Batty, M., Chapman, D., Evans, S., Haklay, M., Kueppers, S., Shiode, N., . . . Torrens, P. M. (2000). Computer visualisation for the Corporation of London. Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London.
• Batty, M., Dodge, M., Jiang, B., & Hudson-Smith, A. (2000). New technologies for urban designers: the VENUE project (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Working Paper Series). University College London: UCL (University College London), Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Dodge, M., Doyle, S., Hudson-Smith, A., & Fleetwood, S. (2000). Realite virtuelle set SIG internet pour la planification urbaine.Cahiers du Numberique, 1 (1), 59-73.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (2000). Shared Architecture: Rapid-Modelling Techniques for Distribution via On-Line Multi User Environments. ACADIA Quarterly, 19 (1), 8-9.
• Batty, M., Dodge, M., Jiang, B., & Hudson-Smith, A. (1999). Geographical Information Systems and Urban Design. In J. Stillwell, S. Geertman, S. Openshaw (Eds.), Geographical Information and Planning (pp. 43-66). Berlin: Springer.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (1998). CVDS – Towards a collaborative virtual design studio. Habitat (6), 38-40.
• Batty, M., Dodge, M., Jiang, B., & Hudson-Smith, A. (1998). GIS and urban design (CASA Working Paper). London: UCL (University College London), Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Batty, M., Dodge, M., Doyle, S., & Hudson-Smith, A. (1998). Modelling virtual environments. In P. Longley, S. M. Brooks, R. McDonnell, B. Macmillan (Eds.), Geocomputation: a primer (pp. 139-161). Chichester: Wiley.
• Batty, M., Dodge, M., Doyle, S., & Hudson-Smith, A. (1998). Modelling virtual urban environments (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Hudson-Smith. (1998). The Collaborative Virtual Design Studio. Habitat, 6 (October), 38-40.
• Doyle, S., Dodge, M., & Hudson-Smith, A. (1998). The potential of world wide web based mapping and virtual reality technologies for modelling urban environments. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 22 (2), 137-155.
• Batty, M., Conroy, R., Hillier, B., Jiang, B., Desyllas, J., Mottrom, C., . . . Turner, A. (1998). The virtual Tate (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
  
• Dodge, M., Doyle, S., Hudson-Smith, A., & Fleetwood, S. (1998). Towards the Virtual City: VR & Internet GIS for Urban Planning. London.
• Hudson-Smith, A., Dodge, M., & Doyle, S. (1998). Visual communication in urban planning and urban design (CASA Working Papers). London, UK: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL).
• Hudson-Smith, A. (1997). Realism in modelling the built environment on the World Wide Web. Habitat (4), 17-18.
• Hudson-Smith, A. (1997). See London – virtually without moving. The Daily Telegraph (Weekend Section).
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Dodge, M. (1997). The World Wide Web – A Guide for the Planning Professional. Planning (1213).
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Dodge, M. (1997). The World Wide Web – not just for nerds. Planning (1213), 16-17.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Dodge, M. (1997). Urban Science: Virtual Cities on the Wold-Wide Web. GIS Europe, 6 (10), 26-29.
• Hudson-Smith, A., & Batty, M. (1997). Walk and talk in a 3D city. The Times.