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UK city launches transport challenge to better understand travel choices

Sunderland City Council is inviting start-ups and medium-sized businesses to develop solutions that analyse transport mobility patterns and behaviour.

AI-based platform aims to accelerate MaaS in Japan

The platform integrates all available mobility models and, as well as making more travel options accessible for riders, it provides data services to analyse mobility trends.

UK city launches transport challenge to better understand travel choices

Sunderland City Council is inviting start-ups and medium-sized businesses to develop solutions that analyse transport mobility patterns and behaviour.

AI-based platform aims to accelerate MaaS in Japan

The platform integrates all available mobility models and, as well as making more travel options accessible for riders, it provides data services to analyse mobility trends.

UK city launches transport challenge to better understand travel choices

Sunderland City Council is inviting start-ups and medium-sized businesses to develop solutions that analyse transport mobility patterns and behaviour.

AI-based platform aims to accelerate MaaS in Japan

The platform integrates all available mobility models and, as well as making more travel options accessible for riders, it provides data services to analyse mobility trends.

UK city launches transport challenge to better understand travel choices

Sunderland City Council is inviting start-ups and medium-sized businesses to develop solutions that analyse transport mobility patterns and behaviour.

AI-based platform aims to accelerate MaaS in Japan

The platform integrates all available mobility models and, as well as making more travel options accessible for riders, it provides data services to analyse mobility trends.

UK city launches transport challenge to better understand travel choices

Sunderland City Council is inviting start-ups and medium-sized businesses to develop solutions that analyse transport mobility patterns and behaviour.

AI-based platform aims to accelerate MaaS in Japan

The platform integrates all available mobility models and, as well as making more travel options accessible for riders, it provides data services to analyse mobility trends.

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By Frank Huang: Director, Education & Healthcare Department, Global Government Business BU, Enterprise BG, Huawei

Hybrid learning is about to become the new normal in education Sponsored article

Opinions06 Jul 2021by By Frank Huang: Director, Education & Healthcare Department, Global Government Business BU, Enterprise BG, Huawei

Huawei’s Frank Huang explores how the pandemic has highlighted the importance of building robust and resilient education systems and how technology can level the learning playing field.

Connecting the silos to open up the smart city

Opinions22 Jun 2021by Franck Le Gall: CEO, EGM

Franck Le Gall, CEO, EGM, and Juanjo Hierro, CTO, FIWARE Foundation, explains why interoperability and open systems need to be on every city’s radar.

Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

Smart lighting: why we are discussing it again Sponsored by Paradox Engineering

Opinions15 Jun 2021by Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

Smart streetlighting is one of the more mature smart city applications but, when making a business case, cities must ensure they are fully informed of its broader range of benefits, says Gianni Minetti.

Mike Ger, managing director, manufacturing and automotive, Cloudera

The road ahead for machine learningSponsored by Cloudera

Opinions06 May 2021by Mike Ger, managing director, manufacturing and automotive, Cloudera

Michael Ger, managing director, manufacturing and automotive, Cloudera, explains why the data-intensive processes behind autonomous vehicle development will light the way for future ML use cases.

Advancing adoption of digital twin technologySponsored by FIWARE

Opinions26 Apr 2021by Albert H Seubers

Albert H Seubers, Global Strategy Director Smart X, Atos, and Val De Oliveira, FIWARE Foundation explore how cities can maximise the use of this increasingly valuable technology.

Think Tank: When the sea swallows your cities

Opinions19 Apr 2021by Michael Lake

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, a grim warning is issued about the risk of flooding on coastal communities.

Watch: Cloudera and IBM Storage discuss how cities can unlock the true value of their dataSponsored by Cloudera & IBM

Opinions30 Mar 2021by Douglas O’Flaherty

SCW talks to Cloudera and IBM Storage on the power of big data and machine learning

Jeff Merritt, Head of IoT and Urban Transformation Member of the Executive Committee World Economic Forum

The path to a greener future begins in our cities

Opinions29 Mar 2021by Jeff Merritt, Head of IoT and Urban Transformation Member of the Executive Committee World Economic Forum

Transforming the way we design, construct and operate buildings cannot be left to any one industry, writes Schneider Electric’s Philippe Delorme and the World Economic Forum’s Jeff Merritt.

Alexander Zschaler, Regional sales director, Cloudera

Podcast: The data tech unlocking new value in smart cities

Opinions23 Mar 2021by Alexander Zschaler, Regional sales director, Cloudera

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Graeme Neill speaks to Alexander Zschaler, regional sales director at Cloudera Germany.

Alistair Fulton: Vice President and General Manager, Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group

We built this city (on LPWAN)

Opinions19 Mar 2021by Alistair Fulton: Vice President and General Manager, Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group

The interoperability offered with LPWAN networks enables the benefits of a truly smart city environment to be shared by all, writes Alistair Fulton, of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.

Shagun Sethi, Corporate Social Responsibility at Grant Thornton

Think tank: Sex(ism) and the city

Opinions08 Mar 2021by Shagun Sethi, Corporate Social Responsibility at Grant Thornton

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question of whether our cities are truly gender inclusive is posed.

Financing city digitisation in a post-pandemic world

Opinions05 Mar 2021by Amr Salem, CEO, Quantela

Cities are facing a post Covid financial squeeze but there are ways of funding new projects.

Bernadette Raeside-Bell, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, Cloudera

How can public services break silos to get smarter?Sponsored by Cloudera & IBM

Opinions01 Mar 2021by Bernadette Raeside-Bell, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, Cloudera

Covid-19’s unprecedented digital transformation calls for an approach that breaks down silos.

Beyond the pandemic: the technology that will remain part of our smart cities

Opinions15 Feb 2021by Kevin Grauman, President and CEO, QLess

Covid-19 has brought new kinds of technology into our lives but which will remain beyond the pandemic?

Rishi Lodhia, Managing Director EMEA, Eagle Eye Networks

The future of public safety: why smart cities need to look to the cloud

Opinions08 Feb 2021by Rishi Lodhia, Managing Director EMEA, Eagle Eye Networks

Only truly open systems can protect a city’s citizens, argues Eagle Eye Networks Rishi Lodhia

Manish Sood, Consulting Partner, Analytics & AI Consulting, Wipro and Shamit Bagchi, Data Scientist and AI

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

Opinions01 Feb 2021by Manish Sood, Consulting Partner, Analytics & AI Consulting, Wipro and Shamit Bagchi, Data Scientist and AI

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

Clare Wildfire, Global Practice Leader for Cities at Mott MacDonald

Think tank: what is infrastructure for?

Opinions11 Jan 2021by Clare Wildfire, Global Practice Leader for Cities at Mott MacDonald

In the latest in our series of opinions from our Advisory Board, Mott MacDonald’s Clare Wildfire argues the potential of smart infrastructure will need new ways of thinking.

Eitan Grosbard, VP of business development, Tactile Mobility

Covid-19 is ushering a new era in government services

Opinions04 Jan 2021by Eitan Grosbard, VP of business development, Tactile Mobility

Local government will never be the same again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Tactile Mobility’s Eitan Grosbard.

Smart waste, an opportunity cities should not trashSponsored by Paradox Engineering

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Embracing smart waste will lead to healthier, more efficient and prettier cities, writes Gianni Minnetti, CEO of Paradox Engineering.

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