Numbers in the City, Part 2
June 14, 2013
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed an emerging movement called quantitative urbanism and how mathematics can be used to better understand life in city. The goal of the movement is
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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Numbers in the City, Part 1
June 7, 2013
You’ve probably heard the expression, “I’m tired of being treated like a number.” In the past, “being treated like a number” has been a bad thing. That may change if experts in
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 6, Getting Personal
May 31, 2013
In the final segment of this series about tomorrow’s population, big data, and personalized predictive analytics, I want to get personal. The series has primarily focused on cities because that is where
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 5, Beyond Smart Cities
May 24, 2013
I borrow the tagline for this post from Dr. Tim Campbell, author of a book entitled Beyond Smart Cities. Explaining the premise of his book, Campbell writes, “To really achieve smart cities
Water, Water, Everywhere — What Can We do About It? — Part 1
April 8, 2013
In the Part Two of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the bard discusses the distress of mariners floating upon a windless ocean under a withering sun and running
Infrastructure, the Supply Chain, and Economic Growth
February 4, 2013
“Deficiency in transport and communications infrastructure is one of several supply chain barriers that act as obstacles for speeding up global economic growth.” At least that is one of the conclusions of
Hurricane Sandy and the Resilience of Cities
November 5, 2012
“New Yorkers are known for their resilience,” writes Deborah L. Jacobs. “But Hurricane Sandy was a whack on the side of the head.” [“How Do You Spell Resilience?” Forbes, 30 October 2012]
America’s Infrastructure
August 8, 2011
Following the publication of my post entitled Analysts Raise Warnings about the Fragility of Logistics (which, among other things, discussed the disturbing state of U.S. infrastructure), I was contacted by Jennifer Lynch
Let’s Talk Water, Part 3
July 1, 2011
In the first segment of this 3-part series, I discussed some of the challenges that are going to be confronted as freshwater becomes more scarce (either because supplies dry up or the
Let’s Talk Water, Part 2
June 30, 2011
In the first segment of this 3-part series, I discussed some of the reasons that there is likely to be a shortage of fresh water in the decades ahead and some of
