Presentation Videos from Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities

We are pleased to bring you 38 presentation videos from the 2018 Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities. Welcome to the Video Gallery of presentations from the 2018 Global Tech Jam in Portland. Bringing together forward-looking research institutions, federal agencies, leading private sector companies, and municipalities interested in preparing their … [Read more...]

Video: Why Build a Smart City?

In this video, city planners describe the challenges facing ever-growing urban centers and how the Smart Cities approach will benefit everyone. What if a street light was capable of more than simply illuminating the street? Imagine a lamp post that could help lower civic costs, increase efficiencies, drive economic growth, engage citizens, and … [Read more...]

Sensors, AI, and Storage: Accelerating Smart City Development

 In this video from the DDN User Group at SC17, Joel Zysman from the University of Miami Center for Computational Science presents: Sensors, AI, and Storage: Accelerating Smart City Development. Joel Zysman is the Director of Advanced Computing for the University of Miami’s Center for Computational Science. Mr.  Zysman has been an active … [Read more...]

A Rolling Development Platform for Autonomous Cars

In this video from SC17 in Denver, Bobby Hambrick from AutonomouStuff describes the company's rolling development platform for self-driving cars. AutonomouStuff is the world’s leader in supplying components used within autonomy systems. The company got its start when CEO Bobby Hambrick noticed a large gap in the industry's supply chain. He … [Read more...]

Interview: ACM Forms Special Interest Group on Smart Cities

In this video, Wilf Pinfold from Urban.Systems describes the Smart Cities Emerging Interest Group, a new addition to ACM. What is a Smart City? The way we like to think about it is that bringing technology to make a city more livable, more workable, more enjoyable to live in, it starts to qualify as smart city. Now there are a lot of ways in which … [Read more...]