Congratulations to Dr. Yan Wang<\/a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and a core faculty member of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), who has received the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. This honor is one of the NSF\u2019s most competitive awards, recognizing early-career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars and have the potential to lead advances in research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Wang\u2019s CAREER project, titled \u201cGenerative Deep Learning for Post-Disaster Spatial Regeneration Planning<\/em>,\u201d will integrate cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) techniques into urban and regional planning methodologies and processes. This groundbreaking research addresses the critical need for innovative spatial planning approaches during long-term disaster recovery and community redevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By fusing GenAI with planning theory and ethics, Dr. Wang\u2019s work seeks to promote spatial equity, economic vitality, and housing affordability while ensuring responsible use of advanced technologies. Her approach is designed to enhance the ability of planners to guide redevelopment in ways that avoid repeating past spatial disadvantages and to strengthen community resilience across a variety of disaster and planning contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur goal is to responsibly harness the power of GenAI to create resilient and thriving communities,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cThis research not only reimagines spatial regeneration but also contributes to national workforce development in urban planning and AI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project will develop novel GenAI algorithms capable of balancing multiple planning goals, accounting for spatial interconnectivity, and supporting incremental, transactive planning processes. 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Dr. Yan Wang Receives NSF\u2019s Most Prestigious CAREER Award to Lead AI Research for Spatial Regeneration Planning Congratulations to Dr. Yan Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and a core faculty member of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), who has received the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. 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