IoT in Cities: How to really make our Cities smart - Alex Gluhak

Abstract: This seminar will introduce the data marketplaces and how they could play a critical role within the smart city ecosystems. Urban Data Collective provides solutions to facilitate the sharing of real time urban data. Our mission is to level the playing field and democratise access to urban data so people can use it to create a better world. We are building a global community of providers and users of urban data streams. Our solutions empower individuals, communities and organisations to unlock new value through urban data sharing and reuse, removing the complexities that go along with it. Together we are building the foundations of a fair urban data economy of tomorrow.

Bio: With over 20 years’ experience in smart city technologies, IoT and urban data solutions, Alex founded Urban Data Collective in 2020 following successful terms at Intel, Ericsson and Digital Catapult. Over the years, Alex has been involved in leading European smart city initiatives and has led technical work and eco-system development activities. He is a member of the Open and Agile Smart Cities’ technical council and has a strong track record of expertise in the field.

  Emergence of the Sentient Web and the revolutionary impact of Cognitive AI - Dave Raggett

Abstract: This seminar will introduce the Sentient Web and Cognitive AI. This draws upon advances in the cognitive sciences to mimic what we've learned about the brain in terms of perception, cognition and action, and its mapping to Web architecture using a combination of REST APIs, graph databases, statistics, rules and graph algorithms. A number of demos will be presented along with ongoing work on natural language processing, and plans for scalable high performance cognitive databases.

Bio: Dr Dave Raggett is a member of the W3C’s European staff attached to ERCIM (the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics), and a visiting professor at the University of the West of England. He was closely involved with early work on web standards especially HTML and HTTP. He has been involved in many European projects, and currently focuses on the Web of Things and Cognitive AI. He was educated at the University of Oxford, followed by assignments at the University of Edinburgh, Imperial College and MIT, along with industry experience at HP, Canon, Openwave, Volantis and JustSystems.

  Inbodied interaction and how the body works, inside: why should an engineer/designer care? - m.c. schraefel

Abstract: The more i look into how we work as complex systems of systems, from our physiology, our neurology, to our three hundred thousand years of evolution, the more it seems we’ve done everything exactly wrong to be healthy and to thrive without poverty or disease. But now that we’re here, what do we do about it? and especially what is the role for or field of interactive computational technology?

Bio: m.c. schraefel holds the post professor of computer science and human performance. m.c. also leads the Wellthlab.ac.uk where our vision is: make normal better for all at scale and our challenge is how to do this through human systems interactions science engineering and design. In particular, we see this as a community/social design challenge targeted at revisions of fundamental infrastructure rather than focused on the individual (alone). If this sounds interesting, please work with us.