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SmartCity Bologna

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2014   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Bologna Smart City aims to create a strategic alliance between the world of research, business and public administration aiming to pool resources, talents and ideas to use Internet of Things technology to make the city more environmentally sustainable, reduce costs, avoid energy waste, improve the general quality of life, guarantee social inclusion and the right to participation, education and health, promoting culture as a means for the growth and economic development of the community.
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SOLUTIONS

  • Redesigning the Iperbole Civic Network, based on cloud technologies and an integrated digital identity, joining the contents and services of the PA, businesses and the local community
  • Developing intelligent networks (Smart grid, Ultra-Broadband Fibre to the Home (FFTH) and Smart Lighting);
  • Promoting sustainable mobility (development of an intelligent mobility network – also electricity based);
  • Promoting safe and sustainable neighbourhoods Health and Welfare

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LINK:www.unibo.it/it/ricerca/progetti-e-iniziative/bologna-smart-city

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SUPERHUB

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The SUPERHUB project (SUstainable and PERsuasive Human Users moBility in future cities )provides a user-centric, integrated approach to multi-modal smart metropolitan mobility systems. It will design and test an open platform able to combine in real time all mobility offers from the relevant stakeholders together with a set of enabling mobility services able to address users mobility needs, to redesign transport route options and to foster behavioural changes.

Several partners from all over Europe are engaged in the realisation of a user-centric, integrated approach to multi-modal smart metropolitan mobility systems. The ultimate project goal is to create an open platform able to combine in real time all mobility offers together with a set of enabling mobility services able to address users mobility needs, to redesign transport route options and to foster behavioural changes.

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SOLUTIONS

  • SUPERHUB promotes the creation of a new urban mobility services ecosystem, where all actors are represented and the take-up of virtuous behaviours is facilitated by the development of an open platform able to:
    • Gathering real-time data from all possible mobility sources
    • Providing matchmaking and negotiation capabilities between providers and consumers of mobility offers for better routing decisions
    • Enabling the development of mobility services able to fulfil users’ needs and stimulate behavioural changes.

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LINK: http://superhub-project.eu/

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EyeHub

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The EyeHub project aims to build an open hub to enable “smart city” services to be developed and trialled, firstly within the University of Surrey campus and then throughout the town of Guildford.

The project team are focusing on designing applications based on Internet of Things technology to enhance the safety and security of people and places.

EyeHub consists of a consortium of UK developers and data owners tackling Internet of Things challenges through innovative use of connected technologies.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Creating integrated sensor networks with machine two human communication systems
  • Developing a suite of apps, incorporating a wide range of heterogeneous data sources, which can help make communities safer
  • Designing a remote monitoring system to keep tabs on valuable business equipment

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LINK: http://eyehubiot.com/

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Future Cities

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

This project aims to tackle issues arising from the exponential growth of the urban population. This global trend is leading to the deterioration of urban facilities quality of life, posing an unparalleled set of challenges.

The Future Cities Project is an FP7 funded project which aims at unlocking the full potential of interdisciplinary research in urban technologies, as well as strengthening knowledge transfer activities in close cooperation with local and global industrial partners.

The project’s primary goal is to turn the city of Porto into an urban-scale living lab, where researchers, companies and start-ups can develop and test technologies, products and services, exploring such subjects as sustainable mobility, urban-scale sensing, safety and privacy, as well as quality of life for citizens and their families.
Work will be conducted across a multiplicity of disciplines, engaging not only engineers and computer scientists, but also psychologists, urban studies specialists, and social scientists. The University of Porto will conduct the research through various groups from the Engineering (FEUP), Psychology (FPCEUP) and Sciences (FCUP) faculties, amongst others.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Aggregating a critical mass in key areas of expertise for future cities that also signals a closer and more profitable connection among research groups and Portuguese companies
  • Creating new knowledge in key areas of future city technologies, operations and management
  • Recruiting and training highly qualified individuals for the industry and academia with relevant scientific expertise, as well as international experience and proven leadership qualities
  • Adopting and consolidating the best practice of top research and innovation centres in Europe at the University of Porto
  • Implementing mechanisms and routine practices for brainstorming, exchanging ideas, attaining technical depth, publishing in top scientific periodicals, protecting of intellectual property and developing security products with the industry
  • Increasing the number and quality of scientific publications, which should be targeted towards technical depth with strong impact in the real world
  • Fostering technology transfer of future city solutions to the local and international industry and end users, leading to significant increases of Portugal’s comparative advantages and exports
  • Promoting the stronger participation of the Future Cities’ researchers and collaborating companies in the activities of the European Research Area

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LINK: http://futurecities.up.pt/site/

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Smart City

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Smart City project aims to create a dynamic ecosystem in which administrators, companies, citizens and research institutions jointly produce comprehensive, innovative and impactful services. The project seeks to assist the various interest groups to arrive at optimum, ICT-integrated solutions to the problems arising from city life through balancing collective and individual interests. The smart use of Big Data will enable the development of tangible solutions from a systematic overview. The project comprises a number of varied, multi-disciplinary sub-projects within the domain of research

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SOLUTIONS

  • Producing an model for strategic urban planning:
    • Designing a calculation model for interactive planning which comprises of leading-edge software and TNO expertise
    • Composing realistic simulations using precise data such as up-to-date digital maps, traffic flows and demographic data
    • Calculating the affect of modifying a variable such as the width of a road on a whole list of different criteria such as traffic intensity, air quality, noise pollution and external security
  • Developing a psychological model that describes the factors that influence self-reliance amongst citizens:
    • Identifying a range of interventions which can boost self-reliance through altering individual and social factors
    • Pilot-testing prototype solutions
  • Enabling municipal authorities to manipulate and exploit Big Data generated by social media
    • Localising Twitter messages on a large scale, collecting and collating the most reliable and useful messages
    • Investigating the power of online social influence from micro, macro and reflective perspectives

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LINK: http://www.tno.nl/content.cfm?context=uitgelicht&content=uitgelicht_content&laag1=1275&item_id=1275

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SmartCity Haluza

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

SmartCity Haluza is a comprehensive programme whose aim is to create progressive, sustainable society based on leading edge Internet of Things technologies.

Haluza’s municipal services such as health, education, water and energy-supply will be integrated into self-managing, interconnected networks capable of automatically reallocating resources to suit demand.Residents will live in smart house equipped with the most advanced technology there is, such as electronic locks, built-in video-call infrastructure, a smart electricity system, VOD TV and more.

The ultimate aim is to create an egalitarian society that respects every race, religion, sex or nationality, and where everyone’s basic needs or provided for by leading-edge smart technology.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Designing a smart urban infrastructure to provide on-demand municipal services

  • Facilitating the development of Haluza as an independent economic unit, managed by its residents with the use of the latest smart technology

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LINK: http://www.haluzasmartcity.org/smartcityen-welcome-welcome_to_haluza_%E2%80%93_israels_first_smart_city

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ILIas

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Due to the increasing frequencies of natural disasters as well as potential terrorist attacks, the protection of critical infrastructures from natural and man-made catastrophic events has become a central challenge. However, as the scale complexity and mutual interdependence these critical infrastructures grows, finding solutions becomes more and more challenging. Furthermore, new technology paradigms such as All-IP networks and Smart Grid functionality blur the classical domain boundaries and facilitate novel attack types.

The ILIas project will develop intelligent solutions for protecting critical infrastructures that provide electricity and telecommunication services to the general public. These solutions will be scalable and reconcile the need for fast automated reaction with manual supervision for highly critical decisions.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Protecting critical societal infrastructures through leading edge ICT
  • Developing a flexible peer-to-peer-based distributed management system to provide a robust and fault tolerant foundation for the network analysis and administration functionalities
  • Ensuring data availability and system control in case of different network failures until overall control can be re-established
  • Designing models for simulating attack scenarios and evaluating the efficiency of protection mechanisms in large-scale networks

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LINK: http://www.gt-arc.com/projects/ilias/

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Witty City

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The aim of the Witty City programme is to provide people with better living and working environments and to create opportunities for enterprise to bring new products and services on the market. City and town administrations will play a key role in the project as they are central players in such areas as planning, procurement and the choice of energy sources.

There will be between three and six smart city pilot projects in different parts of Finland, which will allow programme partners to gain market experience and to test new solutions. The pilot projects will involve such areas as local energy, use of open data in traffic and the reduction of the carbon footprint.

The development work will take place in real-life environments and will be a joint effort between users, companies and the public sector. The focus will be on embedding ICT-based services in everyday situations, and on ensuring that the services are easy to use.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Enhancing the functionality of various aspects of quotidian urban life, such as mobility and energy use, through the embedding of ICT solutions and services
  • Aiding city and town administrations to develop their ICT knowledge pool and to gain an awareness of how they can integrate their services and functioning with the latest ICT technology
  • Providing the resources for Finnish enterprise to be at the leading edge in the emerging Smart City market

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LINK: http://www.tekes.fi/en/programmes-and-services/tekes-programmes/witty-city/

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Sense Smart City

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 6, 2011   |   Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The aim of this project is to turn the small, northern municipality of Skellefteå into a Smart City – an urban space interconnected through sensor networks which manage the collection, measurement and communication of data and the allocation of resources. The end result will be the provision of more efficient, comprehensive and energy-aware services to Skellefteå’s citizens.

The project supports the collaboration of local SMEs with municipal authorities in researching innovative mobile systems technology and developing SmartCity products and services at the local university.

A platform will also be developed by the project team to manage collected sensor data and security, which will enhance existing Smart services and enable the provision of new ones.

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SOLUTIONS

  • Designing a new product which measures sewage flow so as to detect and report leaks and overflows.
  • Collaborating with local SME’s on other Smart prototypes.
  • Constructing a “Sense Smart City platform” to store collected sensor data and security in the cloud and host new applications utilising the gathered data.

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LINK: www.sensesmartcity.org

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