Provide policy-makers, stakeholders, and citizens the necessary digital tools to undertake the climate change, economic crises and natural hazards on the scale needed by megalopolises.

Megalopolises are complex systems—multi-scale, self-organized, and with numerous feedback loops.

One of our main motivations is the need to manage critical collective issues such as transportation, energy, services (e.g., healthcare and education), resources (e.g., water and food), logistics, supply chains, and housing. 

This must be done within the context of global changes, including climate change, economic crises, and natural hazards (e.g., floods and fires).

To address these challenges, policymakers, stakeholders, and citizens require tools to:

• Anticipate future situations;

• Test alternative scenarios;

• Develop mitigation strategies;

• Facilitate system transitions and behavior changes;

• Implement effective actions on the system (introduce effectors, e.g., intelligent infrastructures; establish regulations and incentives).

There are numerous models addressing different aspects of megalopolis dynamics, such as traffic simulation, air pollution, energy consumption, flood evacuation, and the diffusion of diseases like COVID-19.

For each scientific challenge (SC), we have set specific goals, which include, but not limit to:

• SC1: Data Management & Analysis — Modeling the correlation and causality relationships between variables and indicators.

• SC2: Efficient Structured Model Repository — Identifying and (re)using suitable models in different contexts depending on the purpose.

• SC3: Efficient Coupling of Models — Designing scientific workflows for model integration.

• SC4: Scaling Issues — Utilizing green and sustainable high-performance computing (HPC).

• SC5: Humans in the Loop — Enabling participatory processes through simulations of megalopolises.

🔗 Adenilso Simao, Professor at ICMC USP

🔗 Alfredo Goldman, Professor at IME USP

🔗 Andrea Lucchesi, Professor at EACH USP

🔗 Benoit Gaudou, Professor at the Université Toulouse Capitole

🔗 Daniele Canavese, Postdoc at IRIT

Danielle Ziebellin, Professor at the Université Grenoble Alpes/LIG 

🔗 Danilo Carastan-Santos, Professor at the Université Grenoble Alpes/LIG 

🔗 Dominique Mouette, Professor at EACH USP

🔗 Emmanuelle Grislin, Professor at Professor INSA Hauts-de-France

🔗 Fabio Kon, Professor at IME USP

🔗 Flávia Noronha Dutra Ribeiro, Professor at EACH USP

🔗 German Vega, Research Engineer at at the Université Grenoble Alpes/LIG 

🔗 Jiefu Song, Professor at the Université Toulouse Capitole

🔗 Johanne Cohen, Research Director at Laboratory LISN

🔗 Káthia Marçal de Oliveira, Professor at the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France

🔗 Kelly Rosa Braghetto, Professor at IME USP

🔗 Philippe Lalanda, Professor at the University Grenoble-Alpes

🔗 Romain Reuillon, CNRS Researcher / ISC-PIF / Géographie-cités

🔗 Ursula Dias Peres, Professor at EACH USP