Smart Cities
CNH-S: Coupling of Physical Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, and Communities
This interdisciplinary research project will examine the connectivity and functional interdependencies among co-located, critical infrastructure systems, such as gas, water and sewer pipes, roads, and the urban canopy, as well as the networks of people and institutions that depend on and manage and maintain the urban infrastructure. The project will center on an aged, leaking […]
CISE-Led Project Nets 2nd Place in IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Competition
As part of a multifaceted collaboration to create technology to solve urban problems, the City of Boston and a Boston University-led research team developed an iPhone app, Street Bump, to upgrade management of local road repairs. Now IBM and IEEE have recognized Street Bump as a significant contribution to Boston, awarding its developers the second […]
Workshop on Smart Cities, Arlington, Virginia, December 3-4, 2015
This Workshop will bring together researchers and technical leaders from academia, industry, and municipal government in order to set a short and long-term research agenda for Smart Cities aiming to integrate the three broad fields of Engineering, Computer Science, and Social Science. The Workshop topics cover a variety of fields and specialized disciplines including: transportation, […]
Boston is Becoming a “Smart City” with ENG Support
IBM & IEEE recognize ECE & SE research contributions that are expected to improve urban life in Boston. By Gabriella McNevin Ushered in with the 21st century, are challenges that require real technological innovations. The global population is growing and, like magnets, people are moving to cities. According to the UN, by 2030, 60% of the […]
PFI:BIC A Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform and Ecosystem (SCOPE)
This NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) project from Boston University will research, prototype, and evaluate novel “smart-city” services for the city of Boston and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The centerpiece of the project is a Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform and Ecosystem (SCOPE), which creates a multisided marketplace for smart-city services based […]
A BU Center to Promote Cleaner Cities?
Just one idea proposed at Smarter Cities conference BU Today article by Rich Barlow As both an engineer and a motorist, Christos Cassandras feels the pain of drivers on Commonwealth Avenue. Although he usually leaves work after the evening rush has waned, he invariably hits a red light at the BU Bridge, even when there’s […]
CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: A Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for the “Smart City”
The project aims at making cities “smarter” by engineering processes such as traffic control, efficient parking services, and new urban activities such as recharging electric vehicles. To that end, the research will study the components needed to establish a Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for urban environments and address fundamental problems that involve data collection, resource allocation, real-time […]