MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism
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The MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism is a research hub at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to urban design, planning, and policy for contemporary cities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1511206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism Context triple: [MIT School of Architecture and Planning, hasAcademicUnit, MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism]
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MIT School of Architecture and Planning
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning is a leading academic division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known for pioneering research and education in architecture, urbanism, design, media, and technology.
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Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
The Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT is a leading academic department dedicated to research and education in city planning, urban policy, and design, known for its interdisciplinary approach to addressing complex urban challenges worldwide.
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C.
Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities is a research center at Harvard University dedicated to advancing sustainable, energy-efficient building design and urban development through interdisciplinary research and innovation.
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D.
Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation is a University of Chicago research hub dedicated to advancing data-driven, interdisciplinary solutions to complex urban challenges worldwide.
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E.
Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis
The Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis is a research hub at Harvard University that advances the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis across disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism Target entity description: The MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism is a research hub at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to urban design, planning, and policy for contemporary cities.
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A.
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning is a leading academic division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known for pioneering research and education in architecture, urbanism, design, media, and technology.
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B.
Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
The Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT is a leading academic department dedicated to research and education in city planning, urban policy, and design, known for its interdisciplinary approach to addressing complex urban challenges worldwide.
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C.
Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities is a research center at Harvard University dedicated to advancing sustainable, energy-efficient building design and urban development through interdisciplinary research and innovation.
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D.
Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation is a University of Chicago research hub dedicated to advancing data-driven, interdisciplinary solutions to complex urban challenges worldwide.
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E.
Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis
The Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis is a research hub at Harvard University that advances the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis across disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MIT research laboratory
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research center ⓘ urbanism research institute ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CAU ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | MIT School of Architecture and Planning ⓘ |
| approach |
design-driven research
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interdisciplinary ⓘ policy-oriented research ⓘ |
| campus | MIT campus ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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surface form:
MIT Department of Architecture
Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT ⓘ
surface form:
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
external municipalities and city governments ⓘ industry partners ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
housing and density
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infrastructure planning ⓘ landscape urbanism ⓘ resilience and climate adaptation ⓘ transportation and mobility ⓘ urban data and analytics ⓘ urban design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ urban policy ⓘ |
| focus |
contemporary cities
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environmental performance of cities ⓘ large-scale urbanization ⓘ regional and metropolitan systems ⓘ social equity in urban development ⓘ urban form and public space ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mission | to advance design, research, and education for the future of cities and urbanization ⓘ |
| name | MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism self-link ⓘ |
| organizes |
conferences
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public lectures ⓘ symposia ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| produces |
design proposals
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policy recommendations ⓘ research publications ⓘ |
| supports |
graduate research
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studio-based teaching ⓘ |
| website | https://cau.mit.edu/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism Description of subject: The MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism is a research hub at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to urban design, planning, and policy for contemporary cities.
Referenced by (2)
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