Hoon Han

Professor Hoon Han is a leading academic in urban planning, serving as Director of the UNSW Cities Institute and Associate Director of the City Futures Research Centre. He has held academic positions at Griffith University and the University of Queensland, where he completed his PhD.

• Education: PhD (University of Queensland), MPlan (University of Queensland), BArch

Research Interests: His work spans Urban AI, smart cities, automated real estate analytics, and spatial modeling. He explores how urban AI tools can address real-world challenges through machine learning, 3D visualization, and spatial analysis.

Article Trends: Recent publications focus on machine learning in urban planning, smart city sustainability, climate modeling, and housing market dynamics. Key subfields include eco-urban development, NLP applications, and volumetric urbanism.

• Scientific Awards:
  • 2020 Cutting Edge Research and Teaching Award
  • 2017 Smart City Service Awards (Seoul)
  • 2016 Dean’s Research Excellence Award (UNSW)

Grants: He has secured major grants including Chief Investigator roles for projects like MapGPT (2023) and inquiries into Australia’s urban futures (2022). His supervision includes PhD candidates on topics like elderly housing mobility and smart city transformations in India.