Department of the Built Environment

Design and Decision Support Systems

The Design and Decision Support Systems research program focuses on planning, development and management of cities and large-scale urban artefacts such as malls, green spaces and offices.

Design and Decision Support Systems (DDSS)

Recognizing that the structures and functions constituting the city interact with each other and with the users, integrated and human-centered solutions to urban and transport planning as well as real estate management are needed. Using a system’s approach, the objective of the DDSS research program is to conduct innovative and groundbreaking research, to develop and apply models and systems that allow planners and managers often in co-creation with users to address the major challenges cities are facing to create healthy living environments for users and attain sustainability objectives.

Research meets practice: DDSS Laboratory

The Information Systems group manages an advanced computer laboratory. The ISBE Lab is located on the 9-th floor of the Vertigo building. In the lab you find high-end computer systems and various peripherals for (3D) printing, projecting, etc. A VR Powerwall is available for visualization and navigating full scale models of the built environment. Virtual servers can be set-up for running special jobs. A database is available with geo data from the Netherlands. PhD’s and Master students use these facilities for performing experiments as part of their research projects. Professional support is available to support students in their work.

Our research groups

The DDSS research program consists of three research groups.

Department of the Built Environment

Information Systems in the Built Environment

The ISBE Group carries out research and education in the field of information systems used for the engineering and management of the built…

Department of the Built Environment

Real Estate and Urban Development

The REMD group is responsible for education and research in the area of real estate management and urban development.

Department of the Built Environment

Urban Planning and Transportation

The focus of the Urban Planning Group is on developing models and integrating these into decision support systems for urban planning design…

Datamanagement/GDPR

Responsible data management is part of good research. Timely measures need to be taken to ensure that collection, analysis, storage and reuse of the data are organized properly and in line with the law.
This page provides templates and guidelines to help USRE-researchers to draw a good data management plan for their studies.

Meet some of our Researchers

Full Professor

Bauke de Vries

DDSS Research Day

For the DDSS Research Day we bring senior scientists and young (PhD) researchers together in an intimate setting. During this day there is ample room for discussions during the presentations and outside the official program. Cross-fertilization between disciplines is deemed necessary to advance DDSS research. Senior researchers from the TU/e (Prof. Arentze, Prof. Rasouli and Prof. de Vries) welcome young researchers from the DDSS program to present their work and those who are still exploring their research topic and are looking for discussions on that topic.

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

Interview about Smart Cities by Physicsworld

In this video recording Bauke de Vries gives his opinion on Smart Cities research, and he explains the new Brainport Smart District project. The video is published by Physicsworld.

News

March 10, 2023
‘I take care of the deadlines; the researchers take care of content’
When it comes to large research projects, the Research Support Office’s project managers know how to chase deadlines and, where necessary, support researchers....
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PSV stadium Photo: Uslatar/Shutterstock
March 2, 2023
Jumping supporters in the PSV stadium
How do you prevent stands from collapsing? An interview with construction expert Simon Wijte.
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February 24, 2023
Individual and household decision-making in shared parking
Qianqian Yan defended her PhD thesis at the department of Built Environment on January 31st.
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Student opportunities

Are you interested in the Bachelor’s and Master’s courses we offer? Read more about our student opportunities on our special education page:

 

 

Events

  • 21 Mar

    Graduate School Event 2023

    March 21, 2023 3:00 PM / TU/e campus

  • 21 Mar
    Monitoring the critical newborn

    PhD defense Gabriele Varisco

    March 21, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 22 Mar
    Quantification of Nanomaterials with Spectrally-Resolved Super-Resolution Microscopy

    PhD defense Emmanouil Archontakis

    March 22, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 23 Mar
    Can we end fossil fuels?

    EnergyDays

    Join us for a debate on the future of fossil fuels chaired by Heleen de Coninck.

  • 23 Mar
    Understanding the divergence of prostate cancer genomics among patients

    PhD defense

    March 23, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 23 Mar
    Discrete-to-continuum limits of evolutionary equations via generalized gradient flows

    PhD defense Anastasiia Hraivoronska

    March 23, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 23 Mar
    Quantum Crystals or Selective-area heteroepitaxy platform for IV-Te nanowires

    PhD defense Alexander Gerardus Schellingerhout

    March 23, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 24 Mar
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    Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Michel Chaudron

    March 24, 2023 4:00 PM / Blauwe Zaal

  • 24 Mar
    28 Mar
    March 13, 2023
    Departmental Webinar series for TU/e Faculty and Staff

    JoVE in Teaching and Practical Training

    March 24, 2023 / Online

  • 24 Mar
    Membrane‐assisted direct dehydrogenation technology for light olefins production

    PhD defense Camilla Brencio

    March 24, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 24 Mar
    Unraveling the physics of the hygro-expansion of paper

    PhD defense Nicolaas Hendrikus Vonk

    March 24, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 27 Mar
    AI for the real world

    Women in Data Science Eindhoven 2023

    After a succesfull in-person event last year, Women in Data Science (WiDS) Eindhoven will return on Monday 27 March 2023.

    • Contact

    • Visiting address

      Vertigo
      Groene Loper 6
      Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Postal address

      Department of the Built Environment
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands

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