Publications

Peer-reviewed and in-progress work on spatial AI, vision-language models, LLM reasoning, and applied urban computing. First-author and co-first-author works are bolded.

2026

Teaser figure for MINGLE: VLMs for Semantically Complex Region Detection in Urban Scenes

MINGLE: VLMs for Semantically Complex Region Detection in Urban Scenes

Liu Liu, Alexandra Schild, Marco Cipriano, Fatimeh Al Ghannam, Freya Tan, Gerard de Melo, Andres Sevtsuk
AAAI 2026, 2026

[Paper][arXiv]
Teaser figure for Local Government Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Vulnerability Assessments and Institutional Capacity

Local Government Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Vulnerability Assessments and Institutional CapacityUnder Review

Jungwoo Chun, Freya Tan, Cristine Chen, Yuri Sakai, Gabriel Rodriguez Castillo, Lawrence Susskind
Computers & Security, 2026

Teaser figure for Beyond Prompts: A reference-based interaction framework for generative AI in design fields

Beyond Prompts: A reference-based interaction framework for generative AI in design fieldsAccepted

Rohit Sanatani, Richa Gupta, Freya Tan, Randall Davis, Takehiko Nagakura
HCI International 2026, 2026

Teaser figure for Automated urban archetypes: Integrating urban morphology and topology for scalable urban building energy modeling

Automated urban archetypes: Integrating urban morphology and topology for scalable urban building energy modeling

Xinwei Zhuang, Freya Tan
Energy & Buildings, 2026

[Paper]
Teaser figure for Sidewalk Moments: Decompose visual impressions based on dynamic city walk video footage

Sidewalk Moments: Decompose visual impressions based on dynamic city walk video footageAccepted

Liu Liu, Freya Tan, Fabio Duarte
AAG 2026, 2026

2025

Teaser figure for Seeing "HAI": Human Activities and Interactions Detection from Streetviews through LLMs

Seeing "HAI": Human Activities and Interactions Detection from Streetviews through LLMs

Liu Liu, Marco Cipriano, Freya Tan, Aleksandra Kudaeva, Andres Sevtsuk
ACSP 65th Annual Conference, 2025