Big data, open data and telepathy:technologies for smart, human-scale cities

Dr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSAExecutive Architect, IBM Smarter Cities

Open Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect

rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com@dr_rick

http://theurbantechnologist.com/http://ibm.com/smartercities/

Analysis of bus movements in Dublinhttp://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41068.wss

Image captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto et al, UC Berkley, 2011https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011

Pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UKhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

3D printer by Media Lab Pradohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/5839088528/

World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 Revision, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

Competition

Survey of fund managers

responsible for $14 trillion of assets“Global Investor Survey on Climate Change”, Global

Investor Coalition on Climate Change, 2013

EM-DAT Emergency Disasters Database

Resilience

(“Lives on the Line” by James Cheshire at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, showing the variation in life

expectancy and correlation to child poverty in London. From Cheshire, J. 2012. Lives on the Line: Mapping Life

Expectancy Along the London Tube Network. Environment and Planning A. 44 (7). Doi: 10.1068/a45341)

Inequality

Images captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto, Alex G. Huth, An Vu and Jack L. Gallant, UC Berkley, 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011

3D printed prosthetic leg by Bespoke Innovationshttp://www.bespokeinnovations.com/content/gallery

The future is here, and telepathy is now technology

The IBM Watson Computer: http://www.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/index.html

The self-powering SenSprout soil moisture sensorhttp://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/09/start/print-your-sensors-then-plant-your-crops

“While the population in Mumbai grew by 25% between 1991 and 2010, the number of

people traveling by trains during the same years increased by 66% and the number of

vehicles grew by 181%.

At the same time, the number of enterprises in the city increased by 56%.

All of this indicates a restructuring of the economy, where the nature of work and

movement has changed.”

“Being Nicely Messy”, Collaborative Research Initiative Trust, Audi Urban Future Awards, 2012

Packages from Amazon delivered to Google’s San Francisco office. Photo bymoppet65535 https://www.flickr.com/photos/9880707@N02/

Drawing insight from data

http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/smarter-computing/smarter-cities-rio/

Rio and Deep Thunder: predicting the impact of weather

Minneapolis: Smarter City Planning and Operations

Smarter water: the Digital Delta

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All assets of the same

type in this area

highlighted in blue

Search for all assets of the

Type ‘natural channel’ with

condition = 3 in this area.

Results are highlighted in

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Wireless network links

monitoring devices to

central command center

Sewer system data can also be

linked with asset & workflow

tools to manage any specific

maintenance requests

Innovative technologies such as

Smart Manhole Covers are used

to detect sewer flow levels

Data can also drawn from more

traditional SCADA/sensors systems.

High resolution weather and flooding models

are used to generate accurate flood maps with

details for impacted areas

Advanced analytics and

optimization engines

generate recommended

actions for flood avoidance

Stormwater Management

Command Center

Valves, pumps or inflatable

dams are controlled

dynamically to balance

inline sewer storage and

avoid potential overflows.

Storm water: South Bend

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pressrelease/41097.wsshttps://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/ibmireland/entry/innovative_new_data_sharing_network_to_create_commercial_opportunities1

Open data seeds open innovation

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/predictive-analytics-at-work-predicting-traffic-jams-before-they-occur/10543http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21971.wss

Smarter city services

Smarter buildings in smarter cities

Traffic flow analysis: tracks,

heat-maps and directional flows

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Vehicle, people

counting,

Queue & lane

monitoring

Trajectory, speed,

object counting

Virtual trip wires,

statistical output,

pattern recognition

Watching the

display?

Passing by the

display?Person

Vehicle(Exiting-Lot)

Group

(Walking)

Smarter public safety: video analytics

Smarter homes and communities

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/05/inspiring-social-sustainability-one-village-at-a-time.html

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/leadership/uofbari/assets/pdf/IBM_UofBari.pdf

http://malaria.novartis.com/innovation/sms-

for-life/index.shtml

Photo of 3D-printed objects by Shapeways,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51579195@N02/5523472239/

Emerging Infrastructure

Kilimo Salama: http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=562

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34575.wss

Where next - precision agriculture?

ThankyouDr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA

Executive Architect, IBM Smarter CitiesOpen Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect

rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com@dr_rick

http://theurbantechnologist.com/http://ibm.com/smartercities/

Analysis of bus movements in Dublinhttp://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41068.wss

Image captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto et al, UC Berkley, 2011https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011

Pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UKhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

3D printer by Media Lab Pradohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/5839088528/