Smart Sustainable Cities Research Group
Nowadays, cities worldwide are becoming larger, connected and more innovative as they undergo rapid growth, population increases and witnessing the fourth industrial revolution.
Industry 4.0 is marked by several breakthroughs in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Cyber technology, Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. On the other hand, Climate change, population growth, transportation, international security issues, and globalization are the main challenges for future urban development and smart cities. Therefore, the right assembly of emerging technologies, components, skills, and needs can deliver smart/future city objectives. Examples of these objectives are developing technologies for smart mobility, smart transportation systems, digital connected health framework, smart infrastructure, sustainability and facilitating planning.
Smart sustainable cities is an interdisciplinary area concerned with the development of innovative technologies for innovative cities that use information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social and environmental aspects.
The proposed research group brings together high-profile researchers from different Colleges and departments at UoS, Qatar University and Harokopio University of Athens to conduct advanced interdisciplinary research addressing problems in the areas of computational intelligence, IoT, cyber security, smart mobility and transportation systems and sustainable smart urban design for smart cities applications.