On the 14^th of December, 2011, a MOU between School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness Center of Stanford University and Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, was signed by Dr. WANG Guangbin, Deputy Dean of SEM, academician James O.LECKIE from Stanford University, Mr. ZHANG Yuxin, Dean of Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute.

 

Sino-American Research Program on Smart-cities (RPSC) aims to promote the interdisciplinary research of "Smart-cities", and to realize the sustainable development of the cities by use of information technology and knowledge integration. RPSC is expecting the new partner from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.