There are many ways to reduce the risk of cycling accidents, such as building separate cycling infrastructure, increasing the visibility of cyclists and reducing the speed of cars where cyclists and cars share the same road. The SAFECYCLE project, which is co-funded by the European Commission – DG MOVE, took a different approach. It investigated how ICT can be used to increase the safety of cyclists. This is newsletter #3, the final newsletter of this research project that was finalized in November 2012. Check out more publications and presentations on www.safecycle.eu
Horizon 2020 & EC Innovation policy and Smart Cities EIPby Director Mario Campolargo, European Commission, Directorate F: Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures. DG INFSO. Smart Cities & the Future Internet organised by Fireball, Eurocities and ENoLL on January 25th, 2012.
Karim Baïna (ENSIAS) Cloud research opportunitiesKarim Baïna
research opportunities on cloud computing : Karim Baïna presentation at « Les Journées Technologies du Cloud Computing », UCAM, Marrakesh, April 20 & 23, 2012, EA for cloud transition, cloud interoperability, SOA for cloud, cloud-government (c-gov).
Karim Baïna, Alqulasadi research team on enterprise architecture, ENSIAS
these slides on slideshare : http://bit.ly/RnbBoN
inside youtube video : http://youtu.be/HPHx22dtJUw
Karim Baina AI For Smart Cities Information Systems ISSM2019Karim Baïna
Karim Baïna Invited Keynote intitled "Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities Information Systems"
at
ISSM'2019, International Conference on Information System
ICPET'2019, Power and Energy Technology October, Mohammed V University In Rabat, 14-16 2019
Horizon 2020 & EC Innovation policy and Smart Cities EIPby Director Mario Campolargo, European Commission, Directorate F: Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures. DG INFSO. Smart Cities & the Future Internet organised by Fireball, Eurocities and ENoLL on January 25th, 2012.
Karim Baïna (ENSIAS) Cloud research opportunitiesKarim Baïna
research opportunities on cloud computing : Karim Baïna presentation at « Les Journées Technologies du Cloud Computing », UCAM, Marrakesh, April 20 & 23, 2012, EA for cloud transition, cloud interoperability, SOA for cloud, cloud-government (c-gov).
Karim Baïna, Alqulasadi research team on enterprise architecture, ENSIAS
these slides on slideshare : http://bit.ly/RnbBoN
inside youtube video : http://youtu.be/HPHx22dtJUw
Karim Baina AI For Smart Cities Information Systems ISSM2019Karim Baïna
Karim Baïna Invited Keynote intitled "Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities Information Systems"
at
ISSM'2019, International Conference on Information System
ICPET'2019, Power and Energy Technology October, Mohammed V University In Rabat, 14-16 2019
This publication describes some of the research highlights achieved in the focus areas of the Open Smart Spaces spearhead programme 2009–2012: interoperability, smartness, and natural interaction.
Interoperability between devices, software and other resources is essential for the emergence of smart spaces. The different levels of interoperability are discussed together with the importance of a common language for the devices. Semantic interoperability in resource limited devices is also elaborated and an implementation example is given. Context recognition has taken significant technical steps and matured from laboratory to real world applications during last couple of years. This development from recognising user’s physical activity – sitting, walking, running – to more elaborate life pattern analysis is discussed. Development of VTT Node, a wireless sensing and processing device bringing distributed intelligence into industrial condition monitoring is explained. An overview of how existing near field communication antennas and circuits can double for the purpose of wireless charging is given. Finally, the interesting possibilities given by augmented and mixed reality and 3D cameras are introduced.
I-ESA 2010, The International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise S...Le Scienze Web News
I-ESA 2010, The International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications
COVENTRY, United Kingdom
Doctoral Symposium: April 12th, 2010
Workshop Day: April 13th, 2010
Conference: April 14th – 15th, 2010
The CHOReOS European FP7 project that started 2 years ago, linked to OW2 Future Internet initiative, has now reached a level of maturity that provides concepts and concrete technical solutions for actual choreography enactment. It has defined several methods, toolkits and artifacts to enable this innovative distributed way of coordinating services, while at the same time dealing with some of the inherent difficulties to enacting choreographies in a Large Scale context. This presentation will cover CHOReOS base concepts as well as specific developments that were undertaken in these first two years, while putting them in perspective of a simple business-driven use-case in Air-Traffic Management.
Business intelligence on the chinese greentech marketEC2i
EC2i objective is to support the internationalisation of European Cleantech SMEs in China and the United States by conducting cluster missions and facilitating cross-cluster partnerships. In this sense, attention is paid to developing tools to guide SMEs through the process of forming consortia and developing projects with clients.
Business intelligence for relevant US and Chinese markets have been collected in reports and are here disseminated to SMEs.
The tools presented here address general barrieres to internationalisation as well as more specific problems SMEs face when integrating themselves into complex, international value chains.
This publication describes some of the research highlights achieved in the focus areas of the Open Smart Spaces spearhead programme 2009–2012: interoperability, smartness, and natural interaction.
Interoperability between devices, software and other resources is essential for the emergence of smart spaces. The different levels of interoperability are discussed together with the importance of a common language for the devices. Semantic interoperability in resource limited devices is also elaborated and an implementation example is given. Context recognition has taken significant technical steps and matured from laboratory to real world applications during last couple of years. This development from recognising user’s physical activity – sitting, walking, running – to more elaborate life pattern analysis is discussed. Development of VTT Node, a wireless sensing and processing device bringing distributed intelligence into industrial condition monitoring is explained. An overview of how existing near field communication antennas and circuits can double for the purpose of wireless charging is given. Finally, the interesting possibilities given by augmented and mixed reality and 3D cameras are introduced.
I-ESA 2010, The International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise S...Le Scienze Web News
I-ESA 2010, The International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications
COVENTRY, United Kingdom
Doctoral Symposium: April 12th, 2010
Workshop Day: April 13th, 2010
Conference: April 14th – 15th, 2010
The CHOReOS European FP7 project that started 2 years ago, linked to OW2 Future Internet initiative, has now reached a level of maturity that provides concepts and concrete technical solutions for actual choreography enactment. It has defined several methods, toolkits and artifacts to enable this innovative distributed way of coordinating services, while at the same time dealing with some of the inherent difficulties to enacting choreographies in a Large Scale context. This presentation will cover CHOReOS base concepts as well as specific developments that were undertaken in these first two years, while putting them in perspective of a simple business-driven use-case in Air-Traffic Management.
Business intelligence on the chinese greentech marketEC2i
EC2i objective is to support the internationalisation of European Cleantech SMEs in China and the United States by conducting cluster missions and facilitating cross-cluster partnerships. In this sense, attention is paid to developing tools to guide SMEs through the process of forming consortia and developing projects with clients.
Business intelligence for relevant US and Chinese markets have been collected in reports and are here disseminated to SMEs.
The tools presented here address general barrieres to internationalisation as well as more specific problems SMEs face when integrating themselves into complex, international value chains.
Virtualisation taking place – Martin BrynskovMartin Brynskov
How understanding virtualisation, the computing continuum and communities of practice is essential for making the right investments in research, innovation and deployment. A global perspective from Europe. By Martin Brynskov https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynskov/
This presentation gives an overview of the SAFECYCLE project that started on June 1, 2011. I\'m leading this project. Reactions are most welcome; see also the SAFECYCLE group on linkedIn.
Self-Improving Sustainable Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Using Video Con...Mikolaj Leszczuk
Objective: to develop VCA algorithms that are suitable for big data processing, and designing visual, audio and environmental sensors/actuators ready to support sustainable transport
Expected results
Short-term: increasing and expanding technical excellence by creating a set of innovative solutions integrating various sensors and actuators designed & developed for enabling ITS
Long-term: significant impact on the urban environment in areas of transit efficiency, pollution & safety
DISTRCTplus project Good practice guide summarising the 43 selected good practices.
A cross reference showing the relevance of the sub projects to Horizon 2020.
See http://www.districtplus.eu for more information on the project.
Future of Autonomous Vehicles
The dream of self-driving vehicles has been a long time coming. It is however now within reach and the pressure is on the deliver on the vision. With sustained technology development, increased investment and raising public awareness, there is enormous interest in the imminent mainstream use of autonomous vehicles on the streets.
Although approaches vary from around the world, policy makers and urban planners in leading locations are now seeking to collaborate more with manufacturers, mobility providers, tech suppliers, logistics operators in order to align regulation for testing and mass deployment. And it goes both ways.
The investments being made in autonomy have rapidly shifted from millions to billions, so unsurprisingly those public and private organisations that are providing the funds are keen to ensure that the ROI is credible. There is much to play for and, although there has been substantial progress over recent years, significant questions on safety, social impact, business models and performance are still unanswered.
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles project was undertaken to canvas the views of a wide range of experts from around the world in order to create a clearer, informed global perspective of how autonomy will evolve over the next decade. Beginning with a discussion with government officials just outside Shanghai in July 2018 and ending with leaders from across the US autonomous vehicle community in the hills above Silicon Valley in February of 2020, this project has covered a lot of ground. In all, eight workshops and six additional discussions have engaged with hundreds of different opinions, shared perspectives and built considered future pathways.
This report is a synthesis of many voices and opinions on the likely future of autonomous vehicles. We hope that is useful.
Full project details are available on the dedicated mini site www.futureautonomous.org
The CYRAIL consortium and the International Union of Railways (UIC) held the CYRAIL Final Conference today at UIC Headquarters in Paris. The conference brought together around 50 participants – including railway suppliers, research groups, railway operators (undertakings and infrastructure managers), EU bodies and standardisation representatives to learn more about cybersecurity for rail and obtain recommendations to address this issue.
Let’s talk about IT, because I think there is a lot going on in the transportation technology sector that will affect cycling and cyclists. What I talk about are Intelligent Transportation Systems. On these slides you see some examples of the possibilities that are either already available, or are being developed. like
- blind spot detection on cars
- a braking light on the bike
- communication between the infrastructure and cars and bikes
- information sharing on mobile devices
So there is some ‘intelligence’ (computer / technology) component.
This topic has a worldwide relevance as the technology and car industry is a worldwide business. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it will begin to take steps to enable vehicle-2-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles, meaning that vehicles will be able to ‘talk’ to each other and avoid crashes. Although the words cyclist and pedestrian pop up in the documents and there is some research that includes cycling, I am not confident that the transportation technology sector will naturally include the needs of all cyclists, pedestrians, and also children playing on the street. I think that cyclists themselves are not yet involved enough in the whole vehicle-2-vehicle conversation. Not in Europe and not in North America.
Fietsveiligheid staat de laatste paar jaar weer flink in de belangstelling. Vallende ouderen met e-bikes en jongeren die hun smartphone op de fiets gebruiken zetten ons aan het denken over welke maatregelen er nodig zijn om het fietsen in Nederland verder veilig te maken en houden voor iedereen.
En ja, laten we het in dat kader maar eens hebben over fietsen en IT.
February 2014 I attended the Winter Cycling Congress in Winnipeg, Canada. Together with my colleague Quentin Dumont-Freixo I gathered data about cycling in winter in the Netherlands and conducted a survey amongst 303 Dutch respondents, asking about their use of the bicycle in winter and their opinions on topics like lighting, special tyres and clothes in winter.
Cooperation and communication for a new bicycle policyMobycon
A paper I wrote for the European Velocity 2007 cycling conference in Munich, Germany. It is about the importance of cooperation and communication when developing a (local) bicycle policy. Based on my personal experiences in my hometown Tilburg, Netherlands
Route planners for bicycling are a great tool for cyclists, municipalities and tourism (related) organisations. It makes way finding much more easy and gives cyclists the independence that they often seek. Also, it makes it easier for municipalities, regions and organisations to give information to (potential) cyclists. The interactive route planner and navigation “Naviki” is an even more attractive means of transportation for commuters, citizens and visitors.
In the years to come urban areas in the EU face the challenge of making transport sustainable in terms of environment and competitiveness. Cycling is the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transport. SAFECYCLE looks at how ITS / ICT can help making cycling safer through the use of e-safety applications.
Cycling cultures - upbeat to a comparative study of human scale mobilityMobycon
This is a presentation prepared for the Scientists for Cycling network. Connected with the European Cyclist Federation during Velocity 2012 in Vancouver.
Get on your bike; cycling education in the NetherlandsMobycon
In the Netherlands cycling is a crucial part of the transport system and culture. For men and women, for young, middle-aged and old, the rich and the poor.
Cycling education is an essential element to keep up the high cycling rates. Also, it is an important instrument to make traffic safe for cyclists. In practice this means that there are three main target groups for cycling education: children, adults that come from countries with a non-cycling background and elderly.
This formal and informal education plays an important role in keeping up the high level of independent mobility for all.
Parents play an important role in the informal cycling education of their children. Schools add to this with theoretical and practical lessons. Apart from this education for children, there are also trainings for adults with a background from non-cycling countries. Especially women with young children want to learn to cycle, as the opportunity that cycling offers fits very well to their specific transportation needs.
Another specific target group for cycling education are the elderly. Traditionally elderly keep on cycling. Through education they are more aware of the specific aspects that many elderly face in traffic on their bicycle.
In the Netherlands the vast majority of the inhabitants know how to bicycle and know the rules of traffic for cyclists. People that drive a car are also cyclists at other moments during the day or week. Together with a lot of attention for road design, separation of transportation modes and traffic calming where necessary this has created a relatively safe environment for the many cyclists that are on the road each day.
The formal and informal cycling education system that has evolved in the Netherlands over the years, can be an inspiration for other countries that are developing their own cycling culture. Parents, schools, community groups and e.g. associations of elderly all play their specific role. At the same time, examples from other countries that are developing their cycling culture can be a source of inspiration for Dutch initiatives.
The historical city Zwolle is the provincial capital of Overijssel. It has about 115.000 inhabitants and 65.000 jobs, 450.000 movements each day, for 46% by bicycle. From 1975 onwards the city actively stimulates cycling. It has a lot of cycling facilities: an almost finished cycle network, consisting of many cycle lanes, ‘bicycle streets’ and guarded and unguarded bicycle parking. Zwolle is a top level cycle-city!
Balance on the bike, an essay on the relationship between gender and cycling.Mobycon
It is clear from statistics and statements that many less women are cycling than men in the world, though they are (over) half the world’s population. With this essay we intend to rethink the reasons why women are still in the minority in comparison to men in the context of bicycle use. It is a call to the cycling world to think twice before speaking about women and cycling; that it is important to look at the issue with a more detailed and in-depth analysis and not leave it at the superficial level of fashion, as much of the mainstream media and mainstream biking world is doing. This debate must have more depth, and explore the root causes of why women are not cycling as much as men in almost all places in the world. Once we clearly define the root causes we can do the important work of changing the situation so as to bring women into the empowering world of cycling.
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SAFECYCLE... Final conference in Vienna
... is an EU-funded project that investigates On October 25 2012 the final SAFECYCLE conference took place in Vienna, parallel to the
how intelligent transport systems (ITS) and ITS World Congress. In total 35 participants from 12 different countries participated in
ICT applications can be used to increase the the conference.
safety of cyclists in Europe. was said that standardization takes a lot of
time, often eight to ten years. On the other
... published recommendations for standardization, hand, participants stated that if you want
harmonization and a research agenda on the the (car) industry to invest in intelligent
project website. applications, you need standards, because
the industry needs some perspectivein order
... recently presented the outcomes so far to invest. The second statementwas about
at VeloCity in Vancouver, The Cycling and future research and demonstrations. One
Society Annual Symposium UK in London, important notion is that there is not a lot
World Cycling Research Forum in Enschede, The conference started with a presentation of research available about intelligent
CIVINET in Genova, ITS World Congress in by Andrea Weninger about VeloCity 2013 in applications for cyclists. There is also little
Vienna, Verkeerskunde Congress in Den Bosch Vienna. Thereafter moderator Ronald Jorna research available about how and why
and at ICTC in Hasselt. introduced the project in general. Marjolein cycling accidents happen. So it is hard to
de Jong presented an overview of the intelligent conclude which intelligent applications for
… is going to present the outcomes at the cycling applications found, followed by a cycling are the most promising related to
Transportation Research Board in Washington presentation by Antonino Tripodi about the improving the safety of cyclists. The final
and at BICY in Prague. impact assessment of the eleven most statement was about future cycling and ITS
promising applications. After a short break policy. More data collection is needed to
... published the impact assessment report Zbynek Sperat introduced the rules for small evaluate applications and put ITS and cycling
on the project website. group discussions to the participants. The forward. It is also important to know where
groups were asked to rank more than 20 there is cycling potential and why you want
... has more than 300 members in the
intelligent applications from most promising to invest in certain applications.
SAFECYCLE LinkedIn group (40 different
to least promising. In the end the bicycle
nationalities) to discuss the project,
route planner Gent and bicycle braking light The conference was concluded with a cycling
preliminary results and related topics. You
came out as the most promising e-safety tour in the city of Vienna. Two Austrian cycling
can join the discussion!
applications. After the group discussion experts showed intelligent applications and
Ronald Jorna introduced statements about the cycling infrastructure in the city.
… has witnessed that SAVECAP, one of the
three topics to the participants. The first
eleven most promising applications, was
statement was about standardisation. It led Visit www.safecycle.eu/section/conference/
shown as a news item on the six o’clock news
to a fruitful discussion. On the one hand, it for more information
on television.
... organised a workshop in the Czech
Republic to discuss the most promising
applications and recommendations for
future research and deployment.
… held the final conference on the 25th
October 2012 in Vienna. Information about
the final conference is available on the
project website.
Project partners…
Mobycon, The Netherlands
IMOB, Belgium
CTL, Italy
CDV, Czech Republic
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Impact assessment
The objective of SAFECYCLE is to find out
if intelligent applications can be used to bicycles, two out of three seem to have a
increase the safety of cyclists. The impact Benefit Cost ratio higher than one. These
assessment deliverable describes the project are relatively cheap applications.
team’s Cost Benefit analysis. For the most
promising eleven applications the analysis mixed picture, even per country.
was made for the following countries: the
Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Czech applications have the highest Benefit Cost
Republic. These countries were chosen ratio. With relatively little investment many
because the project partners are located in
these countries and because these countries
potential users can be reached, which seems
to result in a very positive Benefit Cost ratio.
From the SAFECYCLE
represent a good mix of cycling experience. It should be stressed that the conclusions project co-ordinator
Data was collected on a European level, are based on the data available and on Per 1 December 2012 the SAFECYCLE
so that data was comparable for all four generalisation of impacts of safety measures project has come to an end. In the past
countries. with similar objectives. It is highly recommended 18 months we did a lot of research in
The outcomes of the Cost Benefit analysis are to carry out demonstrations and measure the world of ITS, cycling and e-safety. It
hinting towards the following conclusions: the observed impacts in large-scale Field has learned us that there is a multitude
Operational Tests. It is also recommended of e-safety applications already
all passenger cars result in a very low Benefit to conduct in-depth analyses of accidents to existing, and even more ideas in the
Cost ratio. develop better estimations of safety effects area of co-operative systems. The next
of intelligent cycling applications. challenge is to incorporate the topic
that need to be installed in trucks. On of ITS for cycling in the new Horizon
Visit www.safecycle.eu/section/deliverables/ 2020 programme with a focus on
investment of hundreds of millions of euros. for more information cooperative systems including cyclists.
Ronald Jorna, Mobycon
Recommendations
Ministries in the EU (25) and Norway and Switzerland were asked to fill in a questionnaire about the potential of eleven intelligent cycling
applications. Eleven Ministries returned the questionnaire. One of the questions was to rank the applications from 1 (no potential) to
5 (a lot of potential). An active blind spot system for trucks (LEXGUARD) was selected as the application with the most potential, followed
by SaveCap, an airbag on the windscreen of cars to mitigate the effects of car-bicycle accidents. The ranking of potentially promising
applications differs between Ministries in Western and Eastern Europe, especially with respect to applications related to the visibility
of cyclists. What’s more, in some countries certain applications need approval or are forbidden under current regulations.
Based on the previous SAFECYCLE Can other use of ICT and ITS in cycling (e.g. forgotten. So far the bicycle is not part of
deliverables, input from Ministries and theft protection, bike sharing) speed up the the cooperative systems and can easily be
experts recommendations for standardization introduction and harmonization of ICT for overlooked.
and future development were formulated. safety of cyclists.
In this newsletter we present a selection of recommended to set the rules in that way
these recommendations: know-how. Cooperation with local authorities that a SAFECYCLE project - version 2.0 could
and application developers to implement have opportunity to be launched at the year
communication bike-to-car and bike-to- e-safety applications that gave good 2014 (start of Horizon 2020), i.e. a project
-infrastructure has to be included in the results in other cities or areas. focusing on ICT and ITS in relation to cycling.
concept of cooperative systems that is It is possible to go for a wider scope,
already standardized. analysis of the incorporation of the cyclists including other topics than safety of cyclists.
in cooperative systems. With increasing
ways to overcome them) to deployment importance of cooperative systems Visit www.safecycle.eu/section/deliverables/
and use of e-safety applications for bicycles. in motor vehicles bicycles cannot be for more information
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