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Urban Science
- Urban population modellingSRC-funded
- Level of vegetation land fragmentation in the Western ProvinceSRC-funded
GeoAI network · Urban Simulation Lab
The city as an adaptive & dynamic system.
Smartmind is a GeoAI network of Town & Country Planning alumni and students at the University of Moratuwa, reimagining how future cities are simulated.
In numbers
Four research themes
Cities, disasters, movement and learning machines, studied as one system.
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Disaster Management
- A framework linking land use, accessibility, density and surface runoff as a decision tool for plannersSRC-funded
- An urban flood modelling app testing how building regulations cope with uncertain rainfallSRC-funded
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Transport & Mobility Systems
- Road crash magnitude versus road network configuration, Kegalle
- Built environment versus travellers’ mode choice, Colombo
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AI and machine learning
- A deep-learning framework for road inventory systems
- Deep learning for road inventories and 3D urban simulation
The Journey of Smartmind
From the first planning chatbot in 2023 to flood and landslide warnings in 2026.
2023
2023
First chatbot launched at EXMO 2023
2023
2023, after EXMO
Chatbot 2.0
2023
29 December 2023
Meeting with NBRO and the University of Manchester, UK
2026
20–22 May 2026
Participatory flood and landslide chatbot
