Trustworthy urban AI
Lead MapAI civic lab at UNSW City Futures Research Centre, working with FrontierSI to build a large language model that turns plain-language questions into rigorous geospatial intelligence alongside planning teams.
Senior Research Associate · City Futures Research Centre
Guanhua Wang
Guiding MapAI, Urban Copilot, and mechanism design labs so governments, planners, and communities can trust generative urban intelligence.
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Contact
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What I focus on
Responsible generative AI, policy labs, and measurable impact across cities and public services.
Mechanism design & fairness
Blend a PhD-grounded background in game theory and machine learning to design automation that aligns revenue, fairness, and accountability in public interest systems.
Policy labs & partnerships
Co-design Urban Copilot alongside Archistar, PEXA, and MapAI partners, coaching government, philanthropy, and civic tech groups through workshops that test frameworks before deployment.
Leadership in action
Profile & recognition
MapAI wins, doctoral honours, and cross-sector traction.
City Futures Research Centre
Senior Research Associate overseeing MapAI civic lab under Prof. Chris Pettit, translating urban analytics into measurable policy labs and public sector capacity building.
PhD & honours
Completed a 2022 PhD in Computer Science (University of Adelaide), earning the Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence and the Mace Bearer role for the convocation ceremony.
Recognition
MapAI was awarded the 2024 Geospatial Excellence Awards (Innovation + Technical Excellence) and continues to win traction with pre-seed, seed, and Commonwealth grant customers.
2024
MapAI won two Geospatial Excellence Awards
2022
PhD in Computer Science (University of Adelaide)
500K+
MapAI pre-seed, seed, and grant funding for trustworthy geospatial AI