SMART CITY (as the abbreviation of Scientific Modeling, Application, Research & Training for City-Centered Innovation & Technology) Center for Collaborative Research encourages research groups, technical laboratories and individual researchers to use interdisciplinary approaches in their work, collaborate on a global scale, and create scientific and technological innovations as response to facing urban challenges, including the adoption of green technology, information technology in urban administration, services, and governance; reliability of urban infrastructure; and the rapidly declining quality of life, health, and general wellbeing.