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Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.

Awards recognise smart city progress made by North America municipalities

Projects ranging from the use of AI and machine learning to inspect roadways to a housing rights challenge were among those highlighted as making “unprecedented progress”.

Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.

Awards recognise smart city progress made by North America municipalities

Projects ranging from the use of AI and machine learning to inspect roadways to a housing rights challenge were among those highlighted as making “unprecedented progress”.

Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.

Awards recognise smart city progress made by North America municipalities

Projects ranging from the use of AI and machine learning to inspect roadways to a housing rights challenge were among those highlighted as making “unprecedented progress”.

Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.

Awards recognise smart city progress made by North America municipalities

Projects ranging from the use of AI and machine learning to inspect roadways to a housing rights challenge were among those highlighted as making “unprecedented progress”.

Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.

Awards recognise smart city progress made by North America municipalities

Projects ranging from the use of AI and machine learning to inspect roadways to a housing rights challenge were among those highlighted as making “unprecedented progress”.

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Daniel Chick: Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Zipabout

Londoners deserve better transport information

Opinions09 Jul 2021by Daniel Chick: Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Zipabout

If we’re serious about getting better quality crowding information, we need to leave historic data in the past and replace it with data based on travel intent, says Zipabout’s Daniel Chick.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nadim Abdulrahim, Global Government Industry Expert, Huawei

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Opinions02 Dec 2020by Nadim Abdulrahim, Global Government Industry Expert, Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

York Yuekun, President of the Global Government Business Dept, Huawei

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban livesSponsored by Huawei

Opinions24 Nov 2020by York Yuekun, President of the Global Government Business Dept, Huawei

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

Jacques Vermeulen, Director of Future Cities, Nokia

Think Tank: collaboration, as much as tech, will rebuild smart cities

Opinions26 Oct 2020by Jacques Vermeulen, Director of Future Cities, Nokia

In the first of a new series, SCW board members will write about the burning issues facing smart cities. First is Jacques Vermeulen, Nokia’s Director of Future Cities.

Hong-Eng Koh, Public Services Digital Transformation Champion, Huawei

Q&A: Huawei's Hong-Eng Koh on the value of digital transformationSponsored by Huawei

Opinions23 Oct 2020by Hong-Eng Koh, Public Services Digital Transformation Champion, Huawei

Hong-Eng Koh discusses how data is central to a smart city and the value technology offers.

Control of data debate could finally come out in the wash

Opinions05 Oct 2020by Shiv Malik, Head of Growth, Streamr

A new battle is starting over the control of data, writes Shiv Malik, Head of Growth for Streamr

The Value of Life in Smart Cities

Opinions24 Sep 2020by Graeme Neill: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Huawei’s York Yue about how smart city technology can change society.

Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

Creating truly open cities: why interoperability and 6LoWPAN matterSponsored by Paradox Engineering

Opinions14 Sep 2020by Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

Interoperability is the way forward for dynamic and effective smart cities, writes Gianni Minetti, CEO at Paradox Engineering

Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

With AI, Yanbu has become smarter and saferSponsored by Huawei

Opinions30 Jul 2020by Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

Yanbu has used Huawei’s Intelligent Traffic Management system to make a smarter, safer and better city, writes Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networksSponsored by Kerlink

Opinions02 Jul 2020by Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer at Kerlink.

Neil Manthorpe: Associate Director of Design, Atkins

Using data to transform the way we interact with our cities

Opinions12 May 2020by Neil Manthorpe: Associate Director of Design, Atkins

By integrating technology into the landscape, data can be collected in a non-intrusive way and help to inform how public space responds to the citizens that use it, says Neil Manthorpe, associate director of design at Atkins.

W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

What smart homes can teach us about smart citiesSponsored by AVEVA

Opinions20 Apr 2020by W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

To fully realise his smart home vision, AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell found much commonality with creating smart cities, especially when it came to breaking down siloed sub-systems.

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