JDF Journal of Digital Frontier Digital Intelligence Press HK https://dipscie.com/index.php/JDF/index 3135-7695 22 Articles <bold>Computational Modeling of Soundscape and Visual Imagery in Beijing Old City Communities Based on Multi-modal Data</bold> Shen Ziyan shenzy@buct.edu.cn Qi Xuanyi qixysylvia1995@163.com Liu Mengyu daimou971231@naver.com College of mechanical and electrical engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Department of Art and Design, Beijing City University, Shunyi District, Beijing, China Digital Media Art Specialty, Department of Art and Design, Beijing City University, Shunyi District, Beijing, China 06 08 2026 61 82 Received: 682026 Copyright (c) 2026 Ziyan Shen, Xuanyi Qi, Mengyu Liu (Author) 2026 Ziyan Shen, Xuanyi Qi, Mengyu Liu (Author) <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="//i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><p>This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> Soundscape; Visual imagery; Multimodal learning; Cross-modal correlation; Beijing old city community [1] Wang, S., Zhang, J., Wang, F., & Dong, Y. 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