1. The document discusses smart and connected communities efforts across the US government and NSF's role in driving research and community impact through its Smart and Connected Communities program.
2. NSF's program focuses on fundamental science and engineering research with emphasis on community engagement and long-term sustainability.
3. Community stakeholders and universities have a key role in enabling smart communities through partnerships with NSF and each other.
Using a lens of feedback and engagement this paper discusses the relationships between people, organisations, and energy use in workplaces. It reflects on two projects that explored participatory energy practices in public and private organisations. The first, “Working with Infrastructure, Creation of Knowledge, and Energy strategy Development (WICKED)”, explored energy management practices in a range of different retail companies. The second, ‘Gooddeeds’ aimed to collaboratively create an ICT based tool and related social processes with a city municipality. The paper concludes, firstly, that energy management sits against the backdrop of competing organisational, institutional and political priorities and the core strategy of an organisation matters. Second, we need to move beyond the ‘them and us’ culture and ‘information-deficit’ approach intrinsic in the notion of dashboards and feedback to appreciate the positive contribution all can make to energy efficiency. Finally, there are still large discrepancies across organisations with regards to energy management capabilities and metering technologies. In conclusion we note that relationships and partnerships are central in moving forward.
“Broadband Strategies: Linking Rural Wisconsin with the Global Market Place”,...WI Broadband
A presentation by Professor Andy Lewis, Center for Community Technology Solutions at the Broadband Research Summit at TreeHaven, Wisconsin. The presentation provided an overview of broadband issues in Wisconsin and reviewed strategies that could be applied by local leaders to increase their connectivity.
CESA Webinar: Solarize Connecticut - Program Results and Secrets of SuccessSolarizeCT
The Clean Energy States Alliance hosted a webinar on the Solarize Connecticut program. In this webinar presentation, participants heard firsthand how Solarize, a remarkable group purchasing residential solar program, is transforming the residential solar landscape in Connecticut.
Guest Speakers:
Bob Wall, Director of Marketing and Outreach at Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), explained why CEFIA is supporting Solarize.
Brian F. Keane, President of SmartPower walked the participants through the key pieces of the campaign that has dramatically boosted residential solar installations in Connecticut.
Ken Gillingham, Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, shared his ongoing research that is measuring and verifying that the Solarize model works.
Using a lens of feedback and engagement this paper discusses the relationships between people, organisations, and energy use in workplaces. It reflects on two projects that explored participatory energy practices in public and private organisations. The first, “Working with Infrastructure, Creation of Knowledge, and Energy strategy Development (WICKED)”, explored energy management practices in a range of different retail companies. The second, ‘Gooddeeds’ aimed to collaboratively create an ICT based tool and related social processes with a city municipality. The paper concludes, firstly, that energy management sits against the backdrop of competing organisational, institutional and political priorities and the core strategy of an organisation matters. Second, we need to move beyond the ‘them and us’ culture and ‘information-deficit’ approach intrinsic in the notion of dashboards and feedback to appreciate the positive contribution all can make to energy efficiency. Finally, there are still large discrepancies across organisations with regards to energy management capabilities and metering technologies. In conclusion we note that relationships and partnerships are central in moving forward.
“Broadband Strategies: Linking Rural Wisconsin with the Global Market Place”,...WI Broadband
A presentation by Professor Andy Lewis, Center for Community Technology Solutions at the Broadband Research Summit at TreeHaven, Wisconsin. The presentation provided an overview of broadband issues in Wisconsin and reviewed strategies that could be applied by local leaders to increase their connectivity.
CESA Webinar: Solarize Connecticut - Program Results and Secrets of SuccessSolarizeCT
The Clean Energy States Alliance hosted a webinar on the Solarize Connecticut program. In this webinar presentation, participants heard firsthand how Solarize, a remarkable group purchasing residential solar program, is transforming the residential solar landscape in Connecticut.
Guest Speakers:
Bob Wall, Director of Marketing and Outreach at Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), explained why CEFIA is supporting Solarize.
Brian F. Keane, President of SmartPower walked the participants through the key pieces of the campaign that has dramatically boosted residential solar installations in Connecticut.
Ken Gillingham, Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, shared his ongoing research that is measuring and verifying that the Solarize model works.
The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
Cook library at the broadband conference 2018Ann Treacy
Cook Public Library https://www.alslib.info
Crystal Phillips crystal.phillips@alslib.info
Cook Public Library allows patrons to checkout mobile hotspots so that patrons can access broadband from home. She will tell us about the program and maybe some other innovative ways they are using broadband especially with teens.
Cities around the world are facing a crisis of investment. An integral part of solving this challenge requires building local government capacities and providing practitioners, academics, and advisors who work with cities with leading strategies that have the potential to advance infrastructure investment in ways that contribute to sound municipal fiscal systems. This presentation was originally delivered as a webinar on November 9, 2016 as part of a series of webinars on Municipal Fiscal Health. The webinar featured Dr. Julie Kim, a global infrastructure finance expert at Stanford University's Global Projects Center with over 30 years of public-private partnerships and infrastructure consulting experience in the U.S. and Asia; and Nicole DuPuis from the the National League of Cities, the nation's leading advocacy organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
NSF 16-610* is a notification of opportunities to support, foster, and accelerate fundamental research and education that addresses challenges in enabling Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC)
Colombia's Colnodo has a strong network of partnerships that allow the organization to diversificate, increase its impact and leverage different technologies. Colnodo's leadership provides a detail explanation of the model, along with recommendations for implementation.
February 2014 update: Since publishing our original report in December, 2013, we've received dozens of emails from peers in the budding civic tech community proposing additions. On Feb. 26, we released an updated version of the civic tech investment analysis, which includes an additional 34 companies and $265 million of investment. Find out more at http://kng.ht/1cPi3Ar.
Investments by private capital funders and foundations in technology that spurs citizen engagement, improves cities and makes governments more effective is growing significantly, with more than $430 million going to the field between January 2011 and May 2013, according to a major report released today by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The first report of its kind, “The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field,” provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of private capital and foundation investments in civic technology. It aims to help organizations and investors better understand civic tech funding, so that they can strengthen their work and help shape the field. The analysis applies a new approach to research and advances the use of data in the social sector; it showcases an interactive data visualization map that allows users to explore investments across multiple areas of civic tech. Find out more at www.knightfoundation.org/features/civictech
Introduction to Implementing the Balanced Value Impact Model - Workshop for N...Simon Tanner
The Balanced Value Impact Model is intended to aid the thinking and decision making of those wishing to engage in Impact Assessment. It also acts as a guide through the process of Impact Assessment to enable the core values most appropriate to the assessment to be brought to the fore and given a balanced consideration when evaluating outcomes. It presumes that the assessment will be measuring change within an ecosystem for a digital resource.
For the purposes of this Model, the definition of Impact is: The measurable outcomes arising from the existence of a digital resource that demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities of the community.
Who should use the BVI Model?
The aim of this workshop is to provide key information and a strong model for the following primary communities of use:
Memory institutions and cultural heritage organizations, such as libraries, museums and archives.
Funding bodies who wish to promote evidence-based impact assessment of activities they support.
Holders and custodians of special collections.
Managers, project managers and fundraisers who are seeking to justify further investment in digital resources.
Academics looking to establish digital projects and digital scholarship collaborations with collection owners.
Publishing, media and business sectors which may be considering the best means to measure the impact of their digital resources and are looking to collaborate and align with collection owners, with academia or with memory institutions.
Impact Assessment practitioners considering an Impact Assessment of a digital resource.
What the workshop will cover:
Where the value and impact can be found in digital resources,
Who are the beneficiaries gaining from the impact and value,
How to measure change and impact for digital resources,
How to do an Impact Assessment using the Balanced Value Impact Model, and
How to present a convincing evidence-based argument for digital resources?
The Workshop will include case studies of how the BVI Model is being implemented at present.
This is a brief a brief review of current multi-disciplinary and collaborative projects at Kno.e.sis led by Prof. Amit Sheth. They cover research in big social data, IoT, semantic web, semantic sensor web, health informatics, personalized digital health, social data for social good, smart city, crisis informatics, digital data for material genome initiative, etc. Dec 2015 edition.
The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
Cook library at the broadband conference 2018Ann Treacy
Cook Public Library https://www.alslib.info
Crystal Phillips crystal.phillips@alslib.info
Cook Public Library allows patrons to checkout mobile hotspots so that patrons can access broadband from home. She will tell us about the program and maybe some other innovative ways they are using broadband especially with teens.
Cities around the world are facing a crisis of investment. An integral part of solving this challenge requires building local government capacities and providing practitioners, academics, and advisors who work with cities with leading strategies that have the potential to advance infrastructure investment in ways that contribute to sound municipal fiscal systems. This presentation was originally delivered as a webinar on November 9, 2016 as part of a series of webinars on Municipal Fiscal Health. The webinar featured Dr. Julie Kim, a global infrastructure finance expert at Stanford University's Global Projects Center with over 30 years of public-private partnerships and infrastructure consulting experience in the U.S. and Asia; and Nicole DuPuis from the the National League of Cities, the nation's leading advocacy organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
NSF 16-610* is a notification of opportunities to support, foster, and accelerate fundamental research and education that addresses challenges in enabling Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC)
Colombia's Colnodo has a strong network of partnerships that allow the organization to diversificate, increase its impact and leverage different technologies. Colnodo's leadership provides a detail explanation of the model, along with recommendations for implementation.
February 2014 update: Since publishing our original report in December, 2013, we've received dozens of emails from peers in the budding civic tech community proposing additions. On Feb. 26, we released an updated version of the civic tech investment analysis, which includes an additional 34 companies and $265 million of investment. Find out more at http://kng.ht/1cPi3Ar.
Investments by private capital funders and foundations in technology that spurs citizen engagement, improves cities and makes governments more effective is growing significantly, with more than $430 million going to the field between January 2011 and May 2013, according to a major report released today by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The first report of its kind, “The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field,” provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of private capital and foundation investments in civic technology. It aims to help organizations and investors better understand civic tech funding, so that they can strengthen their work and help shape the field. The analysis applies a new approach to research and advances the use of data in the social sector; it showcases an interactive data visualization map that allows users to explore investments across multiple areas of civic tech. Find out more at www.knightfoundation.org/features/civictech
Introduction to Implementing the Balanced Value Impact Model - Workshop for N...Simon Tanner
The Balanced Value Impact Model is intended to aid the thinking and decision making of those wishing to engage in Impact Assessment. It also acts as a guide through the process of Impact Assessment to enable the core values most appropriate to the assessment to be brought to the fore and given a balanced consideration when evaluating outcomes. It presumes that the assessment will be measuring change within an ecosystem for a digital resource.
For the purposes of this Model, the definition of Impact is: The measurable outcomes arising from the existence of a digital resource that demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities of the community.
Who should use the BVI Model?
The aim of this workshop is to provide key information and a strong model for the following primary communities of use:
Memory institutions and cultural heritage organizations, such as libraries, museums and archives.
Funding bodies who wish to promote evidence-based impact assessment of activities they support.
Holders and custodians of special collections.
Managers, project managers and fundraisers who are seeking to justify further investment in digital resources.
Academics looking to establish digital projects and digital scholarship collaborations with collection owners.
Publishing, media and business sectors which may be considering the best means to measure the impact of their digital resources and are looking to collaborate and align with collection owners, with academia or with memory institutions.
Impact Assessment practitioners considering an Impact Assessment of a digital resource.
What the workshop will cover:
Where the value and impact can be found in digital resources,
Who are the beneficiaries gaining from the impact and value,
How to measure change and impact for digital resources,
How to do an Impact Assessment using the Balanced Value Impact Model, and
How to present a convincing evidence-based argument for digital resources?
The Workshop will include case studies of how the BVI Model is being implemented at present.
This is a brief a brief review of current multi-disciplinary and collaborative projects at Kno.e.sis led by Prof. Amit Sheth. They cover research in big social data, IoT, semantic web, semantic sensor web, health informatics, personalized digital health, social data for social good, smart city, crisis informatics, digital data for material genome initiative, etc. Dec 2015 edition.
Current Disruptions in Media: Earthquakes or New Openings? Stanford as CatalystMartha Russell
Across the globe, new word-of-mouth messaging methods are emerging. Many of these involve new technologies. The strategic use of media has become a game changer for both local and global businesses. Traditional media platforms are outpaced by the speed of flash movements as they unfold. Technical discoveries outpace the scientific journals available to announce them. Journalists, entertainers, academics, scientists, and citizens are experimenting with new tools and platforms for content creation, consumption and curation.
When the news about Tahir Square, or Occupy Wall Street or, more recently the Brazilian protests, hit the headlines of newspapers and magazines, they were already outdated. Documentaries were equally incapable of tracking and fully describing these movements. Traditional narratives – and the technologies used to tell them - fall short of accurately portraying the ideas and behaviors that are emerging through new modes of communication. Information travels so fast, that news is no longer "new". Ubiquitous media disintermediates traditional business ecosystems. And every company must take on roles of a media company.
The world of digital content is experiencing an explosion of innovation in both creation and consumption of media. It may well have been consumer applications that ignited the transformation, but business, enterprise and government interests have joined the party. Across the entire innovation ecosystem of media, new technologies and new uses of it by people are creating a sea change in the way people participate and in the responses they expect, Streaming coverage, both amateur and professional – both business and community, is powered by cutting edge technology in combinations of smartphones, 4G, drone cameras and, even, Google Glass can report on events and movements, products and services. The new role of the Chief Digital Officer has emerged in many organizations - to help management bridge the changing roles usually played by Chief Information Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Technology Officers.
Labs affiliated with mediaX at Stanford University study how people and information technology interact. We invite discovery collaborations on the future of content for business, education, and entertainment.
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
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Open Data Innovation in Smart Cities: Challenges and TrendsEdward Curry
Open Data initiatives are increasingly considered as defining elements of emerging smart cities. However, few studies have attempted to provide a better understanding of the nature of this convergence and the impact on both domains. This talk examines the challenges and trends with open data initiatives using a socio-technical perspective of smart cities. The talk presents findings from a detailed study of 18 open data initiatives across five smart cities to identify emerging best practice. Three distinct waves of open data innovation for smart cities are discussed. The talk details the specific impacts of open data innovation on the different smart cities domains, governance of the cities, and the nature of datasets available in the open data ecosystem within smart cities.
Lakeland, FL: What would you do with Internet speeds that are 4x faster for 1/4 of the cost of the major Internet providers? With your support, we can make this a reality.
Presentation to the National Association of Regional Councils describing the issues surrounding broadband access, adoption, and use and how the Connected program from Connected Nation is helping to address those issues in communities across the country.
Slides from US Ignite Smart Gigabit Community lighting rounds. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday afternoon sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
NSF PI Meeting presentation on US Ignite - Nishal MohanUS-Ignite
Presentation by Dr. Nishal Mohan, National Community Leader of US Ignite. Part of the Monday NSF PI meeting sessions of the Smart Cities Connect conference 2017
New Smart Gigabit Community 2017 announcement - Nishal MohanUS-Ignite
Welcoming new US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities members for 2017. Part of the US Ignite Tuesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
RFP announcement for new US Ignite Smart Gigabit Cities - Nishal MohanUS-Ignite
Presentation by US Ignite National Community Leader, Dr. Nishal Mohan on the RFP for new members of the Smart Gigabit Communities program. Part of the US Ignite Tuesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Holograms in Your City: Smart Training, Data Visualization and Communication ...US-Ignite
A demonstration on innovative approaches to education and engagement by Professor of Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University, Mark Griswold. Part of the US Ignite Tuesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Innovation in Gigcity, Chattanooga TN - Ken HayesUS-Ignite
Director of the Enterprise Center presents on the incredible success story that is Chattanooga Tennessee. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Compute for Cancer features an application that harnesses unused computing power in Smart Gigabit Communities and applies the computing power towards efforts to help cure cancer. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Towards Wireless-Networked Real-Time Augmented Vision - Hongwei ZhangUS-Ignite
Presentation by Hongwei Zhang, professor of Computer Science at Wayne State University. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Data-Driven Green Design Case Studies - Dominique DavisonUS-Ignite
Presentation on as part of the demonstration of PlanIT Impact, a smart gigabit application from Kansas City for enable data-driven green design. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Innovation in Phoenix: City on the Rise - Dominic PapaUS-Ignite
Presentation on Innovation in the city of Phoenix, AZ by Dominic Papa, Executive Director of the Arizona Institute for Digital Progress. Part of the US Ignite Wednesday morning sessions at the 2017 Smart Cities Connect conference in Austin Texas.
Next Generation Broadband Cities - Lightning TalksUS-Ignite
Lightning Talks fromMegan Smith U.S. Chief Technology Officer
NIST, OSTP, Tech Hire, Maker Movement, CitySDK, Regional Big Data Hubs, Start-up in a Day, Broadband Connectivity Index, ConectED, Community Gigabit Fund
at the Launch of Smart Gigabit Communities event January 26, 2016
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
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A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
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State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
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Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
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During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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The Future of Smart & Connected Communities: Driving Science and Community Impact - Erwin Gianchandani
1. The Future of Smart & Connected Communities:
Driving Research and Community Impact
Erwin Gianchandani, PhD
Deputy Assistant Director
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
June 27, 2017
3. Smart Cities and Communities
Activities across the Federal Government since 2015
Smart Cities and
Communities Task Force
(SCC)
Coordination efforts began in June 2016
7. National Science Foundation’s Mission
“To promote the progress of science; to advance the
national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the
national defense...”
8.
9. Tremendous Economic Impact of Computing Research
Advances in computing, communications,
information technologies, and
cyberinfrastructure:
drive U.S. competiveness
- IT accounts for 25% of economic growth since 1995;
- resulted in many billion-dollar industries: networking,
software, digital communications, computer graphics, AI and
robotics, and more
have profound impacts on our daily lives.
Source: National Research Council. 2012. Continuing Innovation in Information Technology.
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
University
Industry
Product
($B,$10B)
10. Computer Science
Education
Manufacturing, Robotics, &
Smart Systems
Big Data R&D
Image Credit: CCC and SIGACT CATCS
National Strategic Computing
Initiative
Image Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center
Image Credit: Eliza Grinnell/HarvardSEAS
Understanding the Brain
Image Credit: ThinkStock
Image Credit: Calvin Lin, University of Texas, Austin
Smart & Connected
Communities
Image Credit: US Ignite
Cybersecurity
Image Credit: ThinkStock
Computing Research Addresses National Priorities
11. NSF Provides the Foundation of
Knowledge for Smart and
Connected Communities
12. Cyberlearning: $1M
Cyber-physical Systems: $4M
BIGDATA: $1MUS IGNITE: $10M
Smart and Connected Health: $1M
Big Data Hubs & Spokes: $2M
Partnerships for
Innovation: $7M
Global Cities Teams Challenge: $1M
NSF Invested >$35M in Smart and Connected Communities
in FY 2016
Smart and Connected Communities DCL: $8M
Energy &
Environment
Transportation
Health
Networking
Public Safety
Energy
Environment
Health
Learning
Networking
Public Safety
Transportation
Image Credit: iStock
13. Builds Upon, Expands NSF’s Investments in US Ignite
• Launched in June 2012;
celebrating five years this
month
• Supported over two dozen
projects directly pursuing
next-gen application
prototypes, pilots
• Nontraditional approaches:
US Ignite, Inc., and Mozilla
Foundation
NSF Smart & Connected Communities
Scaling up across communities
US Ignite, Inc.:
Smart Gigabit Communities
Mozilla Foundation:
Gigabit Community Fund
Application prototypes, leveraging “gig” islands
NSF grants
Micro-grants,
Challenge prizes
14. Builds Upon, Expands NSF’s Investments in US Ignite
• Launched in June 2012;
celebrating five years this
month
• Supported over two dozen
projects directly pursuing
next-gen application
prototypes, pilots
• Nontraditional approaches:
US Ignite, Inc., and Mozilla
Foundation
• Advanced networks are a
core building block for smart
and connected communities
15. Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR)
Platforms enabling at-scale experimentation on advanced wireless technology (e.g., robust new
wireless devices, communication techniques, networks, systems, and services).
PAWR Project Office established (PPO; US Ignite, Inc.; Northeastern University) to lead design,
development, deployment, and initial operations of a set of research platforms.
Platforms will be supported by public and private partners:
• $50M NSF/CISE.
• $50M in-cash & in-kind contributions from Industry Consortium of 24 leading technology companies and
associations.
• First RFP for platforms preliminary proposals were due June 9th, 2017.
16. NSF Support for GCTC Project Team
& DOT Smart City Challenge Researchers
Electric Shuttles for Safe and Reliable First-Mile, Last-Mile Mobility
• Developing scalable and adaptable
architecture and control system for first-mile,
last-mile autonomous shuttle solution, part of
DOT Smart City Challenge winning team
• Partnerships with Easton Town Center, the
proof-of concept demo site; the City of
Columbus to replicate results in other parts of
the city; and Innova UEV, manufacturer of the
electric vehicles
• Partnering to scale and replicate technology
to several U.S. cities
(Guvenc, et al., Ohio State University)
Image Credit: Meghan Murphy
18. Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Program
Approximately $18.5M cross-agency FY 2017 investment
Community
Impact
Fundamental
Science and
Engineering
• What are the fundamental science and engineering research questions that
must be addressed within and across disciplines, for community impact?
• How do partnerships enable piloting, testing, and future research in
communities to improve community functioning and quality of life?
20. Key Themes for S&CC Research
• Integration of Sectors:
Research and solutions that integrate across sectors (e.g., energy, health,
transportation) and address the interdependencies
• Diversity of Communities:
Inclusivity of all types of geographic communities (e.g., rural, tribal, urban,
suburban), including a range of populations sizes.
21. How do communities get involved?
• Through programs like S&CC, NSF helps to facilitate partnerships
between community stakeholders and researchers to work
collaboratively.
• You can also partner with NSF to initiate new opportunities to address
issues facing your communities and your residents.
22. Summary
1. Agencies across the U.S. government are engaging in and
coordinating Smart Cities and Communities efforts.
2. NSF’s Smart & Connected Communities program is focused on
fundamental science and engineering research, with a strong
emphasis on community engagement and long-term sustainability.
3. Community stakeholder and universities have a key role in enabling
Smart and Connected Communities of the future.
4. You can get involved! Reach out to your local universities, or
contact us: SCCquestions@nsf.gov.
23. It All Starts With You!
1. Agencies across the U.S. government are engaging in and
coordinating Smart Cities and Communities efforts.
2. NSF’s Smart and Connected Communities program is focused on
fundamental science and engineering research, with a strong
emphasis on community engagement and long-term sustainability.
3. Community stakeholder and universities have a key role in
enabling Smart and Connected Communities of the future.
4. You can get involved! Reach out to your local universities, or
contact us: SCCquestions@nsf.gov.
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your material has been used unfairly, or if you have any suggestions, feedback, or
support, please contact: ciseitsupport@nsf.gov.
• Except where otherwise indicated, permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or
modify all images in this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
license, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the
license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation license” at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License.
• The inclusion of a logo does not express or imply the endorsement by NSF of the
entities' products, services, or enterprises.
Credits
25. Partner No.
Solicitations
NSF
investment
Partner
investment
Semiconductor
Research
Corporation (SRC)
5 $32 million $16 million
Intel Labs 4 $12 million $12 million
VMware, Inc. 1 $4 million $2 million
PAWR Industry
Consortium
(comprising 24
companies)
1 $50 million $50 million
Amazon, Google,
and Microsoft
1 $24 million $9 million
Totals 12 $122 million $89 million
Investment Overview: Joint investments
between CISE and industry in FY 2014-2017
26. Key Themes for S&CC Research
• Interdisciplinary Research that Advances Fundamental Science:
Research that integrates and advances social, behavioral, and economic sciences, policy
and implementation, and technical disciplines
• Community Engagement and Iterative Research with Authentic Evaluation:
Research questions inspired by community needs and iterative cycle of conducting
research, and piloting and evaluating solutions in the community
• Capacity Building and Sustainability for Long-term Benefit:
Enabling university-community partnerships, civic engagement, and education and
workforce development to facilitate long-term benefits of innovation
27. Smart and Connected Communities is a priority for CISE, and universities
have a key role, in partnership with community stakeholders, in achieving
the vision of enhanced community functioning and quality of life.
Editor's Notes
8:55 - 9:20
The title of the press release in case you prefer to use that: Connecting Research with Local Communities: Building a Foundation for Smart and Connected Communities
Thank you for the intro. Happy to join you all today.
Bill Wallace precedes you and will be talking about SGC Competition. May be announcing the winning new teams.
Thank you also to Tech Connect, including Matt Laudon and Laura Benolds’s team, and the entire US Ignite team, for putting together wonderful programming, yesterday, today, or tomorrow. There will be several onstage advanced network application demonstrations, but please also be sure to check out another set of exciting demonstrations later today on the Expo floor.
NIST blue prints
DOT community needs and linking mobility to the challenge: in this case to address high infant mortality rates that were revealed as a key need
NSF role includes support for researchers as part of the winning team (Guvenc, GCTC EAGER grant, see slide 25)
Community engagement, teachers and public art (teacher and architect came to event on capital hill)
From the Federal Strategic Plan I would just like to highlight Strategic Priority #1: Accelerate Fundamental R&D for Smart Cities/Communities… which includes:
2.1.1 Facilitate city/community engagement in an iterative research cycle
2.1.2 Support research transition to practice in cities/communities
2.1.3 Accelerate local solutions using community-centric programs
Economic impact
w/ animation: we are all here because we believe that advancing S&CC is a priority.
As part of the Advanced Wireless Research effort, NSF/CISE announced that a new program called Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research, or PAWR (pronounced “power”). These platforms will enable fundamental research, including testing and experimentation, on advanced wireless technology concepts and approaches.
The first stage in the program is the establishment of Project Office that will support the design, development, deployment, and initial operations of a set of research platforms.
NSF/CISE is investing $50 million in this effort over the next 7 years; this investment will be integrated with more than $40 million in cash and in-kind contributions from over 20 leading technology companies and associations – including carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint; device manufacturers like Samsung and Nokia-Bell Labs; and equipment vendors like Juniper and InterDigital.
This effort aims to catalyze academic, industry, and community leaders to work together to prototype, test, and transition to practice innovative wireless approaches that will impact transportation (e.g., vehicle-to-vehicle communication), energy, healthcare, and public safety – and ultimately the smart and connected communities of the future.
EAGER: Unified and Scalable Architecture for Low Speed Automated Shuttle Deployment in a Smart City (1640308)
Let me provide some detail about NSF’s flagship program for Smart and Connected Communites
The solicitation supports research and research capacity-building activities that integrate multiple disciplinary and stakeholder perspectives and undertake meaningful community engagement.
Integrative Research
Encompasses innovation that addresses combined social and technological aspects of smart and connected communities
Research Capacity-Building
Develops interdisciplinary teams and team members that can contribute to research and applications for smart and connected communities through training, collaborations, networks, seminars, or other approaches
This includes efforts to ensure the sustainability of the research outcomes within the community, for example upon completion of the research, or at the conclusion of the grant.
Community Engagement
Interaction with individuals, institutions, and other organizations in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in target communities to develop and evaluate creative research approaches for mutual benefit
I’m not sure if the second bullet is suggesting cities partner with us or industry partners with us to support S&CC research? Maybe there is a model we haven’t thought of yet for the former and we should…. Like the micro workshops. Anyway, I’ll leave this to you.
Universities, in partnerships with community stakeholders, that means each and everyone of you in this room, have a key role to play in enabling the Smart and Connected Communities vision.
And as a reminder, when looking for future opportunities to build the teams and identify the research challenges for S&CC, NSF has funding available through the Convergence DCL.
Leave it on this to focus their questions on this.
Universities, in partnerships with community stakeholders, that means each and everyone of you in this room, have a key role to play in enabling the Smart and Connected Communities vision.
And as a reminder, when looking for future opportunities to build the teams and identify the research challenges for S&CC, NSF has funding available through the Convergence DCL.
Leave it on this to focus their questions on this.