2. As a world-leading R&D hub, we aspire the impossible and aim for
radical innovation. We maximize societal impact by creating smart
sustainable solutions that enhance life.
At imec, we shape the future.
IMEC’S VISION
10. HOW TO MAKE A CITY “SMART”?
10
Top-down Bottom-up
Centrally driven and controlled Driven by citizens and companies
Efficiency is key Diversity and relevancy is key
Can be too highly reliant on governmental
and commercial control
Governmental and commercial control is
optional
Privacy issues tend to surface Can pose challenges in terms of economic
sustainability and regulation
12. City of Things – Antwerp - Mission
IoT reference Living Lab and technology
lab in Europe
for international and local stakeholders
to create, test and validate IoT services,
applications and technologies
in a large scale, real life and real time
smart city environment
13. City of Things – Service offering
Co-create new IoT products and services with
real prospective users
Quickly deploy on the existing IoT testbed in the
city of Antwerp
Validate new IoT products and services in a real-
world environment
Leverage imec IoT hardware and software
expertise
Assess privacy risks of IoT products or services
Guide Smart City IoT Business model
innovation
14. Application Layer
(Living Labs)
Data Layer
Network Layer
Hardware Layer
Privacy,ethics,trust,security
CITY OF THINGS
CONCEPTUAL
STRUCTURE
USERS INDUSTRY RESEARCH GOVERNMENT
23. Hardware Layer
Network Layer
Data Layer
Application Layer
Impact
Modelling
Application Prototype
Management
& Monitoring
Data PaaS
Network Management
Services Framework
Discovery & Mapping
Platform
Interface
Privacy &
Trust Mgmt.
City of Things
R&D Platform
Cross-Cutting
System Aspects
Application PrototypeApplication PrototypeApplication Prototype
Network Orchestration
Edge
computing
External Services
Management Platform
(Big) Data Software
Data Services
Incentivation Platforms
Service Platforms
Device Programmability
Network Hubs
Sensors & Actuators
Prototyping Framework
Data-Driven Living Labs
Device Programmability
Multi-Technology Gateways
Sensors & Actuators
Notas do Editor
We used to be called iMinds, but on october 1st iMinds merged with imec
we use these skills in order to create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, mobility and smart cities, logistics and manufacturing and energy.
Sensors: measure things, like temperature, air quality, crowds,…
Actuators: react to sensor data, like robot arms, traffic lights, doors,…
Radio technologies: connect senors and actuators to internet...
Has to be low power
Advances in recent years, like LoRa and SigFox
Data services
Store
Analyze
Make available
Big data, machine learning,...
A central question that many people are working on all over the world.
If we can sense more, then what can we do with this ?
What do we want to sense and what not ? And what do we want to do with the resulting data ?
Balanced approach to Smart Cities: the Smart City as an innovation platform
Invite actors to develop new products and services on an IoT infrastructure, within the city as a Living Lab
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