Unit name | Systems and Technologies for Smart Cities 2 |
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Unit code | CENG25300 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Theo Tryfonas |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Civil Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The aims of this unit are for the students to:
The unit will explore issues of IT within the infrastructure sector and more specifically how technologies such as sensor networks, smart meters, data fusion, information modelling, neural networks, 3D modelling etc. are used to deliver integrated services such as smart transport, sustainable planning, structural health monitoring, intelligent buildings, stakeholder engagement platforms etc.
The unit contents will cover at a broad level the following topics: wireless sensor networks and their applications, smart metering, radio-frequency identification applications, building information modelling, neural computation and artificial neural networks modelling, knowledge representation and management, 3D modelling and CAD with integrated simulation, use of new media for stakeholder engagement etc.
On successful completion of this unit the students will:
Lectures (14 hrs), invited talks and/or seminars (4 hrs), demos and/or computer classes (4 hrs).
The unit will be assessed via a combination of individual (40%) and group coursework (60%), involving two discrete but interconnected elements, as per the following: a critical analysis of contemporary topics in smart cities (ULO 1&2), urban app design and/or prototyping including requirements capture, data analysis and visualisation (ULO 2&3).
Townsend, A (2013), Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia, W. W. Norton & Company (CORE)
Various authors (2014), DESIGNING THE URBAN FUTURE: Smart Cities, Letters to the Editor, Scientific American
Foth, M. (Ed.) (2009). Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI Global.
Kymmell, W. (2008). Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations. McGraw-Hill Construction Series.
(plus a selection of key research articles from journals such as Building Research & Information, Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering etc.)