From “Dumb” To “Smart” Ingrediënts for a Smart City

From “Dumb” To “Smart”
Ingrediënts for a Smart City
Government and ICT Fair 9 april 2014
Erik van der Zee (Geonovum/Geodan/VU)

 Drs. Erik van der Zee
 Physical Geographer and Business Economist
 Senior Consultant at Geodan (www.geodan.nl)
 PhD Candidate “Added value of location in the Internet of
Things and Smart Cities”
 Subject matter expert in the Geonovum pilot Making Sense
for Society (#labms4s)
 E-mail Erik.van.der.Zee@geodan.nl
 Twitter @erikvanderzee
Brief introduction…

 Dumb Cities
 Smart Cities
 What is a Smart City?
 How do I make a City Smart? – Ingrediënts!
 Examples of Smartness
 Sensor Pilot Geonovum
 Questions
What is it about today?

Dumb
=
“showing a lack of intelligence”
Or
“not having the capability to
process data”
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
What is Dumb…
Dumb Cities > Smart Cities > Sensor Pilot Geonovum > Questions

The Evolution of Dumbness …

Transition to Smartness…

 “A city that makes extensive use of information and
communications technologies, including mobile networks,
to improve the quality of life of its citizens in a
sustainable way. A Smart City combines and shares
disparate data sets captured by intelligently-
connected infrastructure, people and things, to
generate new insights and provide ubiquitous services
that enable citizens to move around easily, improve the
efficiency of city operations, enhance security, fuel
economic activity and increase resilience to natural
disasters” (GSMA, 2013)”
What is a smart city?

How does a smart city operate? (sense–analyse–predict–actuate)
Sensing Analysis Act(uat)ing
Predicting
raw events
raw events
future events
meaningful
events
• Data creation • Controlling / alerting /
notification / routing of
objects and people
• Data usage

 Almost everything can be made SMART…
 So in principe boundless possibilities
Ingredient 1. Use Cases (ideas) and Business Cases

 Dumb thing
 +Micro computer (Arduino / Raspberry Pi / MEMS)
 + Sensors and Actuators
 + Internet connection
 + Digital identity (avatar)
 = Smart Thing
Ingrediënt 2. Smart Things
+ + + + +

 Measuring is Knowing…
 “Quantified City”  Sensors  (BIG) Data
 Transparancy (“open unless” policy)
 Linked Open Data gives maximum possibilities for
development of Smart Cities (combining data sets)
 No transparancy can lead to initiatives where citizens start to
monitor on their own (Geluidsnet, Fukushima)
 Smart Cities create BIG Data  Smart use of BIG Data
Ingrediënt 3. Open Data

 Front End applications (Apps for users)
 Back End applications (CEP engines, ESBs)
Ingrediënt 4. Apps!

 Multi disciplinairy teams with smart
thinkers, builders, makers, tinkerers,
developers, database experts,
designers and other specialists that
can realize smartness
 Smart users (using the smartness)
 Learn people how to use new
technology
 Create awareness on what is available
 Provide hardware at low cost for Citizen
Science (e.g. iSPEX, Smart Citizen Kit,
Air Quality Egg)
Ingrediënt 5. Smart People

Creative working spaces and test locations
 Fab Labs (building smart objects and small scale testing)
 Living Labs (testing concepts indoor + outdoor)
Ingredient 6. Smart Places (werkplaatsen)

 Financing and sponsoring of
 A Smart City framework (basic infrastructure)
 Ideas and initiatives (fab labs, living labs, open data
initiatives, hackathlons, etc.)
 Sponsoring of Hardware (e.g. smart citizen kits)
 Support governance of promising results
Ingredient 7. Sponsors

 Create awareness (stimulate participation)
 Publicity for smart city initiatives in town
 Compete in smart city awards
Ingredient 8. Publicity

 Think about possible consequences…
 Security, Privacy, Intellectual property, Liability
Ingredient 9. Smart Issues

 Create a Vision on how the future of the city has to look like
Ingredient 10. Smart Future

The ingredients all together
1. Ideas, Use Cases, Business Cases
2. Smart Things (Technology)
3. Linked Open Data
4. Apps!
5. Smart People en (multi disciplinairy) Teams (golden
triangle)
6. Smart Place(s) (“workrooms”)
7. Sponsors (governance, finance)
8. Publicity (initiatives, awards, create awareness)
9. Smart Issues (liability, privacy, …)
10. Smart Future (vision)
How do I make my city smart?

The ingrediënts visually
+
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++
Ideas
Use Cases
Business Cases
Smart Things Linked Open
Data
+ ++ +
Smart
People
Sponsors Smart
Issues
Smart
Vision
Publicity
+
Smart
Places
Apps!

 Location and Time (xyzt) are connection factors in Smart
Cities
Role of Location in Smart Cities

A few Smart City
Initiatives and ideas
Smart Grid (Groningen Living Lab)
Smart Street (Eindhoven living Lab)
Smart Traffic (NDW)
Smart Politics (Geluidsnet)
Smart Parking
Smart Bins
…

 xxx
Smart Grid (Groningen “powermatching city”)

 xxx
Smart Street (Eindhoven “Stratumseind 2.0”)

 xxx
Smart Traffic (Rijkswaterstaat NDW)

 xxx
Smart Parking

Smart Bins

Smart Protest (geluidsnet)

Making Sense for Society
Geonovum Living Lab for the
Internet of Everything

Subjects

Sponsors
Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu
Rijkswaterstaat
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu

Golden triangle
Research and Education
Companies Government

 Visit the 6 public gatherings, free of charge. Participate in a
working group and experience and discuss the use of
sensor web technology and the internet of things
 Subscribe on the Geonovum web site (www.geonovum.nl)
Participate!

Any questions?
info@geonovum.nl | www.geonovum.nl | @geonovum

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