News & Events

Recent news and events from the iAdapt community and our partners.

Table showing four types of urban planning AI, their roles, and planner/AI collaboration. Diagrams illustrate agent/planner relationships as loops, with increasing AI autonomy from out-of-the-loop to planner-out-of-the-loop.

From “Smarter Models” to “More Accountable Decisions”: Human-AI Symbiosis in Urban Planning in the Digital Intelligence Era

September 19, 2026

Editor’s Introduction The 10th “Chengyuan Cup Planning Decision Support Model Design Competition” is now underway….

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From Pathway to Symbiosis: Rethinking Urban Planning in the Age of AI

September 19, 2026

This feature interview traces eight years of research by Professor Zhong-Ren Peng of the University…

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Six people stand side by side, smiling at the camera, in an outdoor modern concrete architectural setting with stairs and ramps in the background. Four wear casual clothing, one wears a pink shirt, and another wears patterned pants.

Symbiotic Planning Theory: The CORE Framework for Human–AI Cocreation in Urban Planning

April 24, 2026

A new JAPA article by Zhong-Ren Peng and collaborators introduces the CORE framework for accountable…

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Side-by-side aerial views of a multi-story building before and after collapse. The outlined area shows the intact building on the left and the remains of the destroyed structure on the right, reduced to rubble.

Unveiling the Linkage between Climate Change and Miami-Area Condominium Collapse

March 12, 2022

By Yanghe Liu. Featured Image adapted from NY Post. On Thursday, June 24th, 2021, the…

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