New books from URENIO Research

Posted at 27 July 2019 in Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

Two new books based on URENIO Research projects and scientific collaboration are under publication.

Smart Cities and Connected Intelligence is about digital and cyber-physical platforms that enable people, institutions and machines to connect, collaborate and resolve complex problems of the 21st century. Internet and world-wide-web platforms, big data analytics, software applications, social media and civic technologies, allow for the creation of smart ecosystems in which connected intelligence emerges and disruptive, social, and eco-innovation flourish.

The focus of the book is on three grand challenges that matter for any territory, no matter where it is located: (a) smart growth, a path that more and more cities

Triple Helix and Smart Specialisation Strategies

Posted at 31 March 2019 in Innovation Strategies

The School of Business and Society at St Mary’s University in the UK in cooperation with the Triple Helix Association and with the support from Erasmus+ programme of the European Union (Jean Monet Action) organises the workshop ‘Innovative Place-Based Triple Helix Approaches for Regional Development through Smart Specialisation Strategies’ on 28-29 June 2019.

Sponsored PhD at SEERC

Posted at 28 August 2018 in Uncategorized

The University of Sheffield and its research center SEERC is offering one scholarship position for a PhD on “Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment of Functional Materials and Devices”. The scholarship includes: (1) A fee waiver offered by the University of Sheffield

The making of the smart city paradigm

Posted at 30 July 2018 in Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

The smart city paradigm was shaped in two decades at the turn of the century, between 1990 and 2010. The paper of Mora, Bolici and Deakin “The First Two Decades of Smart-City Research: A Bibliometric Analysis” reports on these first two decades of research on smart cities, examining the literature published between 1992 and 2012 by a bibliometric analysis.

Connected Intelligence in Smart Cities

Posted at 10 May 2018 in Innovation, Videos on Intelligent Cities

My talk on “Connected Intelligence in Smart Cities” at the inauguration event of the Microcosmic Intelligent City Center, Jheronums Academy of Data Science in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Artificial Intelligence for Europe

Posted at 5 May 2018 in Intelligent / Smart Cities Strategies

The Communication on Artificial Intelligence for Europe, presented by the European Commission on 25 April, outlines a European initiative on AI that  aims to boost the EU’s technological and industrial capacity and AI uptake across the economy, both by the private and public sector.

Japan’s Smart Cities

Posted at 17 March 2018 in Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

There is very little in the literature about what Japan is doing in the field of smart cities. The report “Japan’s Smart Cities” by Andrew DeWit shows a series of domains in which smart city concepts and technologies have been applied.