Metro21: Smart Cities Institute

Metro21 is Carnegie Mellon University’s Smart Cities Institute. We are a multi-disciplinary initiative, spanning faculty and resources from the CMU Colleges of Engineering, Public Policy and Information Systems, Computer Science, Business and Fine Arts. Our faculty are some of the world’s leading experts in smart cities. We seek to research, develop and deploy 21st century solutions to the challenges facing metro areas. Our research and forward-thinking solutions will transform and enhance both individual systems and their collective integration through communication, coordination and optimization along with the exploration and application of innovations in technologies and policy-making. In partnership with the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, corporations, foundations, and startups, we work to incubate a range of technology and policy innovations that will improve safety, enhance mobility, promote efficiency and address pollution. Be sure to follow us! Twitter (twitter.com/Metro21CMU)