Complex systems are characterised by specific time-dependent interactions among their
many constituents. As a consequence they often manifest rich, non-trivial and unexpected …

Abstract In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Agenda 2030,
which comprises a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by 169 …

This study carries out an in-dept overview of GIS-based rural electrification planning models
with a trace to their historical evolutions. The study focuses on web-based and desktop …

In many parts of the world, access to basic electricity services remains a significant
challenge. The status quo mode of electrification is central grid extension; however, in many …

Energy efficiency is a key challenge for building sustainable societies. Due to growing
populations, increasing incomes and the industrialization of develo** countries, the world …

In the age of data driven solution, the customer demographic attributes, such as gender and
age, play a core role that may enable companies to enhance the offers of their services and …

The Data for Refugees (D4R) Challenge is a non-profit challenge initiated to improve the
conditions of the Syrian refugees in Turkey by providing a special database to scientific …

The ability to understand and predict the flows of people in cities is crucial for the planning of
transportation systems and other urban infrastructures. Deep-learning approaches are …

Energy management strategies that ensure that energy supply and demand related policies
and investment decisions consider all feasible demand-and supply-side options and are …

Good governance is necessary to make cities resilient and sustainable. To achieve this, we
propose the Responsive City, in which citizens, enabled by technology, take on an active …