Big data and smart cities are closely related. Smart cities use big data and data analytics to optimize resource management, address issues like population growth and global warming, and manage tight budgets. Some examples of smart city projects utilizing big data include using sensors to manage intermittent bus lanes, powering electric buses through electric roads, and building green data centers to reduce energy usage. While mega smart cities promise advanced technology and services, they also face challenges of large budgets, construction delays, and defining success. Overall, big data and smart technologies have potential to improve city operations when applied strategically to address specific issues.

1. SMART CITIES AND BIG DATA
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Moutaz Haddara
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science, Electrical, and Space Engineering, LTU
Sweden.
Photo Courtsey of: Digitalqatar.com

2. Big Data
BDA
Projects
Final
Thoughts
Agenda
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Smart Cities

3. Big Data
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4. -Big Data
• Big data is a broad term for data sets so large or
complex that traditional data processing applications are
inadequate.
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size doesn’t matter

5. Viability
5
Volume
Variety
Value
Velocity
Big Data
Veracity
The three V’s of big data constitute a
comprehensive definition
Currently three more V’s are also
considered
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6. Smart Cities
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7. Smart cities make optimal use of all the interconnected
information available today to better understand and
control its operations and optimize the use of limited
resources.
IBM
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Smart Cities
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8. The need for smarter cities
 Growing population
 According to Frost and Sullivan, 60% of the world’s
population is expected to live in urban environments
by 2025.
 Resources management (water and energy use)
 Global warming (carbon emissions)
 Tighter city budgets
 Aging infrastructures
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9. The answer is simply..
Big Data Analytics
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How can Big data help smart
cities?

10. Mega Smart Cities
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13. • All smart services and solutions in smart cities
rely heavily on high-end sophisticated
technologies;
• All smart services/ideas require substantial
investments to implement;
• Smart services are only for citizens;
• All smart cities have to be built from
scratch,(Egypt?).
Smart Cities- misconceptions
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14. Smart City Projects
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Some Examples

15. iNeighbour TV- healthcare
The couch still rules!!
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16. Smart public transit- transportation
• Intermittent bus lanes in Lisbon, Portugal
– Bus/HOV lanes, though they improve traffic flow, are often empty
– Wireless sensors in the ground detect presence of public
transport in the bus lanes, so that lanes are only reserved when
public transit vehicles approaching
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17. Vehicles of tomorrow, or actually
of today!
• Researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST) recently constructed a seven and a half mile
stretch of asphalt roadway with specialized electric cables designed
to power batteries on a moving passenger bus.
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Photo: BBC

18. Green Data centers- energy
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19. Current big data & smart projects
• SocialTV & watching pattern analyses for elderly people- Aveiro University
• Road surface, friction, slippage, etc. Measurement for driving condition predictions- Luleå
University of Technology, Industrial partners;
• Car maintenance prediction- Luleå University of Technology, Car manufacturers;
• Future of retail- Westerdals Oslo ACT, Arcada University of Applied Sciences & University of
Reykjavik;
• Smart Factories- Luleå University of Technology & Westerdals Oslo ACT;
• Smart meters & Homes- Swedish Gov. & Luleå Univeristy of Technology;
• Green Data Centers- SCIS ICE- Luleå University of Technology
• Trajectory mining- The German University in Cairo, Telecom Operator, Gov. Agency;
• iDecide- Product Analytics – Westerdals Oslo ACT;
• Social Media Analysis for sales predictions- Copenhagen Business School;
• Sentiment analysis for city archives- Consortium of universities and Gov. agencies;
• Airline Baggage Handling System- German University in Cairo, Cairo Airport .
• SpatialC- Westerdals Oslo ACT & Harvard University
• Discursive Design and Social Data in Architectural Processes- Wetserdals- Oslo ACT and CBS
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20. Final thoughts…
and open-ended questions!
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21. Mega Smart Cities- the future
According to Forbes, “it’s thought that
by 2020 we will be spending $400
billion a year building them”.
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22. But… what do mega smart cities have in
common?
• They share two of the notoriously well-known
budget and schedule crossing elements.
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Then, should we stop building them??
• Construction and IT projects!

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Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0
“What is the best measure for success??
Happiness”.
Richard Branson

24. Thank You
moutaz.haddara@westerdals.no
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25. Bibliography
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26. How Big Data And The Internet Of Things Create Smarter Cities
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/05/19/how-big-data-and-the-internet-of-things-create-smarter-cities/.
Smarter Cities
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_cities/overview/,
Frost & Sullivan (2014). “2014 Global Best-in-Class Smart City IntegratorProduct Leadership
Award Visionary Innovation Leadership Award”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data
The Missing V’s in Big Data: Viability and Value.
http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/05/the-missing-vs-in-big-data-viability-and-value/
South Korea's $35 Billion 'Labor of Love’.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304579404579236150341041182
Korea Constructs Road That Wirelessly Charges Moving Electric Buses.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/08/11/korea-constructs-road-that-wirelessly-charges-moving-electric-
buses/
Data Center for Facebook in Luleå.
http://www.ncc.se/en/our-projects/data-center-for-facebook/
Social TV.
http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/author/jferraz/