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: Step into the Future of Smart Cities
March 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
In this video, the Axa Group describes some of the many ways that Smart Cities will make life better for urban dwellers. Did you know that by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will be city dwellers? Smart cities use new technologies and data management to achieve sustainable development and adapt to this rise in urbanization. At AXA, our … [Read more...]
Ranking the TOP100 Smart Cities
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While numerous projects on Smart Cities dot the globe, which community is in the lead? According to a study published by the good folks at EasyPark, the city of Copenhagen has the highest ranking of all the Smart Cities. Singapore and Stockholm come in at number 2 and 3 respectively. At EasyPark, our ambition is to build more livable cities for … [Read more...]
Global Tech Jam Event for Smart Cities returns to Portland in June
March 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The Global Tech Jam conference is coming up June 20-22 in Portland, Oregon. This symposium will provide a leading venue for the presentation of the highest-quality original research, groundbreaking ideas, and compelling insights on future trends in Smart City Technology and Deployment. The Second Annual Global Tech Jam returns to Portland to … [Read more...]
Call for Papers: Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities in Portland
March 4, 2018 By 1 Comment
The Global Tech Jam conference on Smart Cities has issued its Call for Papers. The event takes place June 20-22 in Portland, Oregon. In collaboration with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Emerging Interest Group (EIG) on Smart Cities and Communities (SCC), we will be hosting a Technical Papers Symposium as part of Tech Jam. This … [Read more...]
Video: Why Build a Smart City?
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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
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
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
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
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
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
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...]
