Smart Cities 37 Years On
June 17, 2013
“If you work for a young web company,” writes Jasmine Gardner, “you probably think your office is pretty cool. Maybe it has a pool table or even a roof terrace. Pah! Give
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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.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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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
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 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
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 4, What Lies Ahead?
May 17, 2013
To get a glimpse of what lies ahead for smart cities, one need only to look to Singapore. As Mark Fischetti reported last year, “LIVE Singapore uses real-time data recorded by myriad
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 3, Where Things Stand
May 10, 2013
“What makes a city?” That is a question asked on IBM’s Smarter City website. The company believes that a city is “an interconnected system of systems” that rests on three pillars: infrastructure,
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 2, Moving Forward
May 3, 2013
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed recommendations about how urban areas can begin efforts to make their cities smarter and more efficient. In this post, I discuss why moving forward is
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 1, Getting Started
April 26, 2013
On Friday, for the next several weeks, I’ll be posting a series of articles examining how the world is becoming more urbanized and how governments, businesses, and citizens must adapt to ensure
Urbanization, Innovation, and Wealth
February 15, 2013
Richard Florida, Co-Founder and Editor at Large at The Atlantic Cities, recently penned an article that focuses on two of my favorite topics innovation and cities. [“Innovation and the Wealth of Cities,”
Countries and Cities Need to Get Smarter About Natural Disasters
December 17, 2012
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, managing director of the Wharton Risk Center at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that “extreme events are on the rise” and, as a result, “governments must implement national and integrated
