Publications

Minwei Zhao, Weiming Zhang, Jiawang Du, Qiming Liu, Weiming Zhuang, Pei Nie, Cai Wu (2026). Urban Boundaries, Social Barriers: A Benchmark and Vision-Centric Framework for Mapping Gated Communities and Equity Implications. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2026).

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Qiming Liu, Shaoqing Dai, Guosheng Yang, Cai Wu (2026). Understanding multi-perspective urban green space patterns under urban expansion: Evidence from Guangzhou. Sustainable Cities and Society, 147, 107534.

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Minwei Zhao, Dailuo Zhang, Zhecheng Shi, Cai Wu (2026). Theory-informed and interpretable graph learning for urban commuting flows. Sustainable Cities and Society, 148, 107575.

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Guosheng Yang, Yunlei Su, Minwei Zhao, Chaosu Li, Cai Wu (2026). Beyond single snapshots: Quantifying multi-scale heterogeneity from street-view imagery and what it reveals about perception. Cities, 175, 107227.

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Yunlei Su, Guosheng Yang, Wufan Zhao, Cai Wu (2026). Beyond fidelity: Rethinking realism through human behavior in VR city modeling LOD design. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 152, 105484.

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Minwei Zhao, Sanja Šćepanović, Stephen Law, Ivica Obadić, Cai Wu, Daniele Quercia (2026). UST-GNN: A unified spatial–topological graph neural network framework for urban analytics demonstrated through a case study on urban health prediction. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 129, 102466.

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Hanmo Wang, Zhuyin Lu, Shawn Owyong, Huan Ting Chen, Cai Wu, Tam H. Nguyen, Alexander Lin (2025). Advancing graph-supported machine learning in generative design for architectural engineering. Automation in Construction, 180, 106530.

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Minwei Zhao, Cai Wu (2025). GravityGNN: A Novel Graph Neural Network for Modelling Home-to-Work Spatial Flows in England. 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2025).

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Yunlei Su, Wufan Zhao, Cai Wu (2025). From Visual Perception to Behavioral Insights: A Comprehensive Workflow for Collecting and Processing Human-Built Environment Interaction Data. 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2025).

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Cai Wu, Mingshu Wang, Jiong Wang, Duncan Smith, Menno-Jan Kraak (2025). 'Local Hubs and Global Gateways': Understanding the impact of Singapore's master plan on urban polycentricity. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 52(4), 789–803.

Cai Wu, Jiong Wang, Mingshu Wang, Filip Biljecki, Menno-Jan Kraak (2025). Formalising the urban pattern language: A morphological paradigm towards understanding the multi-scalar spatial structure of cities. Cities.

Cai Wu, Jiong Wang, Mingshu Wang, Menno-Jan Kraak (2024). A Spacematrix and Clustering Approach to understanding the morphology of Singapore's Housing Development Board (HDB) Estates. AGILE GIScience Series.

Cai Wu, Jiong Wang, Mingshu Wang, Menno-Jan Kraak (2024). Machine learning-based characterisation of urban morphology with the street pattern. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

Cai Wu, Yanwen Wang, Jiong Wang, Menno-Jan Kraak, Mingshu Wang (2024). Mapping Street Patterns with Network Science and Supervised Machine Learning. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Cai Wu, Jiong Wang, Menno-Jan Kraak (2023). Urban spatial structure from a street network perspective: mapping street patterns with random forest classification. 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2023.

Wufan Zhao, Mengmeng Li, Cai Wu, Wen Zhou, Guozhong Chu (2022). Identifying Urban Functional Regions from High-Resolution Satellite Images Using a Context-Aware Segmentation Network. Remote Sensing 2022, Vol. 14, Page 3996.

Cai Wu, Duncan Smith, Mingshu Wang (2021). Simulating the urban spatial structure with spatial interaction: A case study of urban polycentricity under different scenarios. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.