Ambient Intelligence in the City Overview and New Perspectives

Böhlen, Marc; Frei, Hans W.

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“…Indeed, the range of urban applications that utilize these new technologies in connection with sustainability is potentially huge, as these technologies-combined through what has been identified as big data and context-aware computing-usher in automation in nearly all urban domains. Efforts emanating from these technological fields modulate and influence every aspect of urban life (Böhlen and Frei 2009). Accordingly, in view of their synergy and integration in terms of their operational functioning, UbiComp and AmI application areas include healthcare and social support, public services, learning and tele-working within the networked home, social groupings and community building, social inclusion, public safety, energy efficiency, environmental monitoring, disaster management, transport and mobility, water and waste management, and large-scale deployments in relation to smart cities (e.g.…”

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“…Accordingly, in view of their synergy and integration in terms of their operational functioning, UbiComp and AmI application areas include healthcare and social support, public services, learning and tele-working within the networked home, social groupings and community building, social inclusion, public safety, energy efficiency, environmental monitoring, disaster management, transport and mobility, water and waste management, and large-scale deployments in relation to smart cities (e.g. ISTAG 2003ISTAG , 2006Batty et al 2012;Böhlen and Frei 2009;Shin 2009;Lee et al 2008;Bibri 2015b;Al Nuaimi et al 2015;Kramers et al 2014). Likewise, the IoT application areas encompass environmental monitoring and protection (air and water quality and atmospheric conditions), urban infrastructure monitoring and management, waste management, energy management, medical and health systems, public safety, environment and disaster, building automation, natural ecosystems, transportation, and large-scale deployments in relation to smart cities (e.g.…”

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“…These indicators involve the numerous ongoing and intended urban projects and master urban plans of the so-called smarter cities as information society initiatives, smart sustainable city programs, smart urban metabolism implementations, ICT foresight studies, urban planning policies, ICT industry consortia for smart cities, research in big data analytics and context-aware computing, and development of new urban sensing technologies and computing platforms (e.g. Batty et al 2012;Bibri and Krogstie 2016b, c;Al Nuaimi et al 2015;Shepard 2011;Böhlen and Frei 2009;Kyriazis et al 2014;Shin 2009;Lee et al 2008;Townsend 2013;Kramers et al 2014;Shahrokni et al 2015;Bibri 2015b). Today, the informational urban landscapes entail pervasive data sensing, data storage facilities, big data and context-aware computing platforms, urban intelligence functions and simulation models, and communication and networking capabilities.…”

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“…Besides, the common claim made about future cities is that they will become sentient, ambient, ubiquitous, and Internet of everything (e.g. Böhlen and Frei 2009;Crang and Graham 2007;Shepard 2011;Thrift 2014;Shin 2009;Lee et al 2008;Kyriazis et al 2014), as they will be loaded with ICT and resultant extensiveness and profusion of data. In fact, the city development in this direction is happening and increasingly fueled by ICT of the new wave of computing.…”

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On the social shaping dimensions of smart sustainable cities: A study in science, technology, and society

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Krogstie

2017

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Visions of future advances in science and and technology (S&T) inevitably bring with them wideranging common visions on how cities as social fabrics will evolve in the future as well as on the immense opportunities and potential risks this future will bring. Situated within what is described as science of science, this study analyzes the nature, practice, and impact of ICT of the new wave of computing for urban sustainability as a form of S&T. Specifically, it probes the ways in which this form has emerged from a variety of perspectives, and why it has become institutionalized and interwoven with politics and policy-urban dissemination-within the defining context of smart sustainable cities. Also, it addresses the risks this form poses to environmental sustainability in the context thereof. To achieve these aims, an analytical and philosophical framework of Science and Technology Studies (STS) is adopted, which supports analyses and evaluations whose approaches are drawn from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. The study shows that smart sustainable cities are produced by the socially constructed understandings and socially anchored and institutionalized practices pertaining to ICT of the new wave of computing for urban sustainability and thus medicated by ecologically and technologically advanced societies. Accordingly, these cities as a manifestation of scientific knowledge and technological innovation are shaped by and also shape techno-scientific, socio-cultural, and politico-institutional structures. Moreover, the study demonstrates that the success and expansion of ICT of the new wave of computing for urban sustainability and thus smart sustainable cities stem from the morphing power, knowledge/power relation, productive and constitutive force, and legitimation capacity underlying computing and ICT as science and science-based technology. These are, however, shown to pose risks to environmental sustainability. Hence, they need to be reoriented in a more environmentally sustainable direction, as they can not, as currently practiced, solve the environmental problems placed in the agenda of smart and sustainable cities as a holistic approach to sustainable urban development.

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On the social shaping dimensions of smart sustainable cities: A study in science, technology, and society

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“…Among these technologies are big data analytics and context-aware computing, which are rapidly gaining momentum and generating worldwide attention in the realm of smart sustainable urban development (e.g. [1,2,5,6,[9][10][11]). Big data and context information constitute the fundamental ingredients for the next wave of urban functioning and planning, especially in relation to sustainability.…”

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The core enabling technologies of big data analytics and context-aware computing for smart sustainable cities: a review and synthesis

2017

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Data sensing, information processing, and networking technologies are being fast embedded into the very fabric of the contemporary city to enable the use of innovative solutions to overcome the challenges of sustainability and urbanization. This has been boosted by the new digital transition in ICT. Driving such transition predominantly are big data analytics and context-aware computing and their increasing amalgamation within a number of urban domains, especially as their functionality involve more or less the same core enabling technologies, namely sensing devices, cloud computing infrastructures, data processing platforms, middleware architectures, and wireless networks. Topical studies tend to only pass reference to such technologies or to largely focus on one particular technology as part of big data and context-aware ecosystems in the realm of smart cities. Moreover, empirical research on the topic, with some exceptions, is generally limited to case studies without the use of any common conceptual frameworks. In addition, relatively little attention has been given to the integration of big data analytics and context-aware computing as advanced forms of ICT in the context of smart sustainable cities. This endeavor is a first attempt to address these two major strands of ICT of the new wave of computing in relation to the informational landscape of smart sustainable cities. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review and synthesize the relevant literature with the objective of identifying and distilling the core enabling technologies of big data analytics and context-aware computing as ecosystems in relevance to smart sustainable cities, as well as to illustrate the key computational and analytical techniques and processes associated with the functioning of such ecosystems. In doing so, we develop, elucidate, and evaluate the most relevant frameworks pertaining to big data analytics and context-aware computing in the context of smart sustainable cities, bringing together research directed at a more conceptual, analytical, and overarching level to stimulate new ways of investigating their role in advancing urban sustainability. In terms of originality, a review and synthesis of the technical literature has not been undertaken to date in the urban literature, and in doing so, we provide a basis for urban researchers to draw on a set of conceptual frameworks in future research. The proposed frameworks, which can be replicated and tested in empirical research, will add additional depth and rigor to studies in the field. In addition to reviewing the important works, we highlight important applications as well as challenges and open issues. We argue that big data analytics and context-aware Krogstie J Big Data (2017) 4:38 DOI 10.1186/s40537-017-0091-6 Data (2017) 4:38 computing are prerequisite technologies for the functioning of smart sustainable cities of the future, as their effects reinforce one another as to their efforts for bringing a whole new dimension to the operating and organiz...

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A Step Towards More Eco-responsible Computing

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Payet³

2021

Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems

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On a global scale, the environmental footprint of digital technology represents a continent two to three times the size of France and five times the size of the French car fleet. In order to limit the negative impact of this overabundance and to optimize the emerging computing potential of our environment, we propose an architecture model and its implementation in order to allow the mutualization of the components embedded in our connected devices.

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Ambient Intelligence in the City Overview and New Perspectives

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On the social shaping dimensions of smart sustainable cities: A study in science, technology, and society

On the social shaping dimensions of smart sustainable cities: A study in science, technology, and society

The core enabling technologies of big data analytics and context-aware computing for smart sustainable cities: a review and synthesis

A Step Towards More Eco-responsible Computing

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