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    How can the functionality of cities with digitally networked infrastructures be ensured in extreme situations, crises, and disasters?
    To address the different aspects of this complex question, our scientists team up in interdisciplinary, inter-connected groups from various fields of research. The goal of our research is to enable and optimize crises handling to improve our everyday life in any situation.

    Our Publications

    Program Areas

    City and Society

    We investigate the chances and needs of a digital society regarding resilient information and communications technology

    Information

    We focus on data analysis, data visualization and data utilization to optimize crisis detection and recovery

    Communication

    We work on maintaining and supporting communication between citizens even if central communication systems

    Cyber-Physical Systems

    We explore the potential of autonomous systems to support humans with emergency response and recovery

    Missions

    eHUB

    We seek to mitigate the impact of crises utilizing resilient infrastructure and smart appliances

    ReSON

    We focus on empowering citizens to organize and help each other in any situation

    Knowledge Base

    We aim to combine and share data about the city to speed up and improve emergency reactions

    Smart Digital Situation Control Center

    We investigate data gathering and usage targeted to inform helpers during emergencies

    Aerial Crisis Networks

    We work on upholding communication networks during crises using unmanned vehicles

    Research Highlights

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    Passwordless yet Secure – Best Paper Award at Flagship Conference

    With their publication on smartphone authentication, Leon Würsching, Florentin Putz and Steffen Haesler from TU...

    May 8, 2023

    Lively Internal Exchange on emergenCITY Demonstrators

    The collaboration of diverse disciplines and the approach to crisis and disaster scenarios from different...

    Apr 5, 2023

    An Advertising Pillar 4.0

    A central question of emergenCITY research is how disaster management can possibly reach all people...

    Mar 28, 2023