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Book Towards Cognitive Cities

Download or read book Towards Cognitive Cities written by Edy Portmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities. It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a concept of cognitive city is needed. It highlights the main building blocks of cognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases. Following a concise introductory chapter the book features nine chapters illustrating various aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. The logic of its structure proceeds from more general considerations to more specific illustrations. All chapters offer a comprehensive view of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and will help pave the way for this new and innovative approach to governing cities in the future.

Book Designing Cognitive Cities

Download or read book Designing Cognitive Cities written by Edy Portmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates various aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. Following a comprehensive introduction, the first part of the book explores conceptual considerations for the design of cognitive cities, while the second part focuses on concrete applications. The contributions provide an overview of the wide diversity of cognitive city conceptualizations and help readers to better understand why it is important to think about the design of our cities. The book adopts a transdisciplinary approach since the cognitive city concept can only be achieved through cooperation across different academic disciplines (e.g., economics, computer science, mathematics) and between research and practice. More and more people live in a growing number of ever-larger cities. As such, it is important to reflect on how cities need to be designed to provide their inhabitants with the means and resources for a good life. The cognitive city is an emerging, innovative approach to address this need.

Book Towards Cognitive IoT Networks

Download or read book Towards Cognitive IoT Networks written by Mohammad Abdul Matin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers state-of-the-art research contributions written by academics and researchers, which address emerging trends in system design and implementation for the Internet of Things (IoT), and discuss how to promote IoT technologies and applications. The book is chiefly intended for researchers and academics who want to get caught up with the latest trends in enabling technologies for IoT and related applications and services. However, it also includes chapters on the fundamentals of IoT, offering essential orientation for general readers.

Book Keeping Up with Technologies to Create the Cognitive City

Download or read book Keeping Up with Technologies to Create the Cognitive City written by Aleksandra Krstic-Furundzic and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Third International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, held at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade, Serbia in April 2016. The conference brought together researchers, PhD students and practitioners, in order to create a platform for sharing knowledge in the fields of growth, new technologies, and the environment, as well as particular aspects of achieving the concept of cognitive city. The book will appeal primarily to members of the academic community in the fields of urban design, planning and architecture, engineering and technical sciences, and the humanities and social sciences. It will also be of interest to professional institutions and companies, governments, and NGOs, who will directly benefit from the knowledge presented here.

Book Technology and the City

Download or read book Technology and the City written by Michael Nagenborg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city. The chapters demonstrate how urban technologies shape, and are shaped, by fundamental concepts and principles such as citizenship, publicness, democracy, and nature. The many authors herein explore how to think of technologically mediated urban space as part of the human condition. The volume will thus contribute to the much-needed discussion on technology-enabled urban futures from the perspective of the philosophy of technology. This perspective also contributes to the discussion and process of making cities ‘smart’ and just. This collection appeals to students, researchers, and professionals within the fields of philosophy of technology, urban planning, and engineering.

Book Driving the Development  Management  and Sustainability of Cognitive Cities

Download or read book Driving the Development Management and Sustainability of Cognitive Cities written by Ahuja, Kiran and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technological advancements of today not only affect individual’s personal lives. They also affect the way urban communities regard the improvement of their resident’s lives. Research involving these autonomic reactions to the growing needs of the people is desperately needed to transform the cities of today into the cities of the future. Driving the Development, Management, and Sustainability of Cognitive Cities is a pivotal reference source that explores and improves the understanding of the strategic role of sustainable cognitive cities in residents’ routine life styles. Such benefits to residents and businesses include having access to world-class training while sitting at home, having their wellbeing observed consistently, and having their medical issues identified before occurrence. This book is ideally designed for administrators, policymakers, industrialists, and researchers seeking current research on developing and managing cognitive cities.

Book Science and Technologies for Smart Cities

Download or read book Science and Technologies for Smart Cities written by Henrique Santos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Annual Smart City 360° Summit, held in Braga, Portugal, in December 2019. The volume combines selected papers of four conferences, namely IoT in Urban Space, Urb-IoT 2019, Smart Governance for Sustainable Smart Cities, SmartGov 2019, Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2019, and Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, Intetain 2019. The 5 keynote and 32 conference papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 113 submissions and present results of multidisciplinary scientific and industry collaboration to solve complex societal, technological and economic problems Smart Cities. As such, the main goals are to promote quality of life, work conditions, mobility and sustainability.

Book Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing for Mobile Communications and Wireless Networks

Download or read book Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing for Mobile Communications and Wireless Networks written by Krishna Kant Singh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication and network technology has witnessed recent rapid development and numerous information services and applications have been developed globally. These technologies have high impact on society and the way people are leading their lives. The advancement in technology has undoubtedly improved the quality of service and user experience yet a lot needs to be still done. Some areas that still need improvement include seamless wide-area coverage, high-capacity hot-spots, low-power massive-connections, low-latency and high-reliability and so on. Thus, it is highly desirable to develop smart technologies for communication to improve the overall services and management of wireless communication. Machine learning and cognitive computing have converged to give some groundbreaking solutions for smart machines. With these two technologies coming together, the machines can acquire the ability to reason similar to the human brain. The research area of machine learning and cognitive computing cover many fields like psychology, biology, signal processing, physics, information theory, mathematics, and statistics that can be used effectively for topology management. Therefore, the utilization of machine learning techniques like data analytics and cognitive power will lead to better performance of communication and wireless systems.

Book Complexity  Cognition and the City

Download or read book Complexity Cognition and the City written by Juval Portugali and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complexity, Cognition and the City aims at a deeper understanding of urbanism, while invoking, on an equal footing, the contributions both the hard and soft sciences have made, and are still making, when grappling with the many issues and facets of regional planning and dynamics. In this work, the author goes beyond merely seeing the city as a self-organized, emerging pattern of some collective interaction between many stylized urban "agents" – he makes the crucial step of attributing cognition to his agents and thus raises, for the first time, the question on how to deal with a complex system composed of many interacting complex agents in clearly defined settings. Accordingly, the author eventually addresses issues of practical relevance for urban planners and decision makers. The book unfolds its message in a largely nontechnical manner, so as to provide a broad interdisciplinary readership with insights, ideas, and other stimuli to encourage further research – with the twofold aim of further pushing back the boundaries of complexity science and emphasizing the all-important interrelation of hard and soft sciences in recognizing the cognitive sciences as another necessary ingredient for meaningful urban studies.

Book From Bioinspired Systems and Biomedical Applications to Machine Learning

Download or read book From Bioinspired Systems and Biomedical Applications to Machine Learning written by José Manuel Ferrández Vicente and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volume set LNCS 11486 and 11487 constitutes the proceedings of the International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2019, held in Almería, Spain,, in June 2019. The total of 103 contributions was carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in two volumes, one on understanding the brain function and emotions, addressing topics such as new tools for analyzing neural data, or detection emotional states, or interfacing with physical systems. The second volume deals with bioinspired systems and biomedical applications to machine learning and contains papers related bioinspired programming strategies and all the contributions oriented to the computational solutions to engineering problems in different applications domains, as biomedical systems, or big data solutions.

Book Spatial Planning in the Big Data Revolution

Download or read book Spatial Planning in the Big Data Revolution written by Voghera, Angioletta and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through interaction with other databases such as social media, geographic information systems have the ability to build and obtain not only statistics defined on the flows of people, things, and information but also on perceptions, impressions, and opinions about specific places, territories, and landscapes. It is thus necessary to systematize, integrate, and coordinate the various sources of data (especially open data) to allow more appropriate and complete analysis, descriptions, and elaborations. Spatial Planning in the Big Data Revolution is a critical scholarly resource that aims to bring together different methodologies that combine the potential of large data analysis with GIS applications in dedicated tools specifically for territorial, social, economic, environmental, transport, energy, real estate, and landscape evaluation. Additionally, the book addresses a number of fundamental objectives including the application of big data analysis in supporting territorial analysis, validating crowdsourcing and crowdmapping techniques, and disseminating information and community involvement. Urban planners, architects, researchers, academicians, professionals, and practitioners in such fields as computer science, data science, and business intelligence will benefit most from the research contained within this publication.

Book Complexity  Cognition and the City

Download or read book Complexity Cognition and the City written by Juval Portugali and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complexity, Cognition and the City aims at a deeper understanding of urbanism, while invoking, on an equal footing, the contributions both the hard and soft sciences have made, and are still making, when grappling with the many issues and facets of regional planning and dynamics. In this work, the author goes beyond merely seeing the city as a self-organized, emerging pattern of some collective interaction between many stylized urban "agents" – he makes the crucial step of attributing cognition to his agents and thus raises, for the first time, the question on how to deal with a complex system composed of many interacting complex agents in clearly defined settings. Accordingly, the author eventually addresses issues of practical relevance for urban planners and decision makers. The book unfolds its message in a largely nontechnical manner, so as to provide a broad interdisciplinary readership with insights, ideas, and other stimuli to encourage further research – with the twofold aim of further pushing back the boundaries of complexity science and emphasizing the all-important interrelation of hard and soft sciences in recognizing the cognitive sciences as another necessary ingredient for meaningful urban studies.

Book eDemocracy   eGovernment

Download or read book eDemocracy eGovernment written by Andreas Meier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook reviews and systematically presents the use of the Internet in public administration and politics. Further, it employs a process-oriented layer model to define the opportunities for exchange and participation for all stakeholder groups, covering the following topics: eAssistance, eProcurement, eService, eContracting, eSettlement, eCollaboration, eDemocracy, and eCommunity. In turn, real-world case studies demonstrate the practical applications in industry, administration and research. The second edition of this book has been completely revised and extended, and includes several new case studies. It offers a valuable asset for students in Business, Economics and Political Sciences courses, as well as practitioners interested in emerging opportunities for digital exchange and participation in the knowledge society.

Book Computing and Communication Systems in Urban Development

Download or read book Computing and Communication Systems in Urban Development written by Anandakumar Haldorai and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most recent challenges and developments in sustainable computing systems with the objective of promoting awareness and best practices for the real world. It aims to present new directions for further research and technology improvements in this important area.

Book Applied Research Approaches to Technology  Healthcare  and Business

Download or read book Applied Research Approaches to Technology Healthcare and Business written by Burrell, Darrell Norman and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our contemporary era, while diversity is acknowledged, true inclusion remains an elusive goal, as society grapples with multifaceted challenges. The "great resignation" and movements like #MeToo have exposed workplace culture issues, while events like Black Lives Matter protests underscored glaring disparities. Simultaneously, rapid technological advancements introduce new risks, from cyber exploitation to biased AI. These complexities demand innovative solutions that address these challenges, fostering environments of genuine respect, understanding, and collaboration. Applied Research Approaches to Technology, Healthcare, and Business, edited by Dr. Darrell Norman Burrell, emerges as a transformative force. This dynamic anthology presents insights, research, and actionable recommendations from diverse fields and perspectives, taking an interdisciplinary approach to unravel workplace dynamics, health disparities, and technological advancements. Topics include inclusive leadership, equitable technology, bias in AI, and forging collaboration across religious and cultural differences. By harmonizing voices and expertise, this book offers transformative approaches for individuals, educators, and professionals. This rich resource empowers readers to navigate today's societal challenges, equipping them to become architects of a more inclusive, equitable, and harmonious future across technology, healthcare, and business.

Book Computational Science and Its Applications     ICCSA 2023 Workshops

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2023 Workshops written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nine-volume set LNCS 14104 – 14112 constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2023, held at Athens, Greece, during July 3–6, 2023. The 350 full papers and 29 short papers and 2 PHD showcase papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 876 submissions. These nine-volumes includes the proceedings of the following workshops: Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2023); Advanced Processes of Mathematics and Computing Models in Complex Computational Systems (ACMC 2023); Artificial Intelligence supported Medical data examination (AIM 2023); Advanced and Innovative web Apps (AIWA 2023); Assessing Urban Sustainability (ASUS 2023); Advanced Data Science Techniques with applications in Industry and Environmental Sustainability (ATELIERS 2023); Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2023); Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2023); Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2023); Choices and Actions for Human Scale Cities: Decision Support Systems (CAHSC-DSS 2023); and Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2023).

Book Cognitive Computing for Human Robot Interaction

Download or read book Cognitive Computing for Human Robot Interaction written by Mamta Mittal and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Computing for Human-Robot Interaction: Principles and Practices explores the efforts that should ultimately enable society to take advantage of the often-heralded potential of robots to provide economical and sustainable computing applications. This book discusses each of these applications, presents working implementations, and combines coherent and original deliberative architecture for human–robot interactions (HRI). Supported by experimental results, it shows how explicit knowledge management promises to be instrumental in building richer and more natural HRI, by pushing for pervasive, human-level semantics within the robot's deliberative system for sustainable computing applications. This book will be of special interest to academics, postgraduate students, and researchers working in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Key features: - Introduces several new contributions to the representation and management of humans in autonomous robotic systems; - Explores the potential of cognitive computing, robots, and HRI to generate a deeper understanding and to provide a better contribution from robots to society; - Engages with the potential repercussions of cognitive computing and HRI in the real world. - Introduces several new contributions to the representation and management of humans in an autonomous robotic system - Explores cognitive computing, robots and HRI, presenting a more in-depth understanding to make robots better for society - Gives a challenging approach to those several repercussions of cognitive computing and HRI in the actual global scenario