Smarter Cities, Leaner Budgets
“Smart city solutions aren’t just the glitter of modern living; they’re the gears of efficiency, fine-tuning the rhythm of urban life while playing a symphony of savings and sustainability for us all to enjoy.”
We often rave about how these Smart Cities solutions make life a breeze for city dwellers, but hey, there’s another side to the coin.
Read more: How Smart City Solutions Elevate Living and Cut Costs
In an article published in the journal Future Internet, the researchers introduced multi-level split federated learning (SFL) as a solution for collaborative training of deep learning models in artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) systems in smart cities.
Addressing challenges like data privacy and communication latency, the proposed framework combined split learning (SL) and federated learning (FL). The architecture incorporated message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) for geographically clustering Internet of things (IoT) devices, utilizing edge and fog computing layers for initial model parameter aggregation.
Read more: Hierarchical Federated Learning for Smart City AIoT Systems
There’s No Doubt Smart City Infrastructure Will Form a Sustainable Foundation, However Electrification Doesn’t Start With Governments, But With Businesses
Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have proven themselves invaluable in the making of more sustainable cities—not just in terms of improved efficiencies and opportunities from a business standpoint, but also in terms of improving quality of life, globally revitalising the environments in which people live, move, and work.
Read more: The Corporate Incentive to Enter Smart City Conversations
Urban populations are growing rapidly. Today, over half the world lives in cities, and by 2050, over two-thirds of people will live in urban areas. With this growth comes challenges like traffic, energy use, and strained services. However, new technologies offer opportunities to meet sustainability goals while improving safety and quality of life. Video-based systems are one solution helping smart cities worldwide become greener.
Cities today face pressing problems, including worsening congestion, high energy consumption, pollution, public health threats, and limited police resources. The smart city movement uses connected, data-driven technologies to enhance city operations. When powered by flexible video management software, devices like cameras and sensors provide integrated visualization and data insights to improve services, reduce costs, and elevate sustainability and safety.
Read more: A Vision for Livable and Sustainable Cities Using Video Technology
A look into the urban financial landscape of tomorrow.
As cities evolve into interconnected hubs of innovation, the integration of smart technologies with payment systems is redefining the way residents, businesses, and city services engage in financial transactions. In this dynamic intersection, the financial services industry is playing a crucial role in shaping the future of urban living through seamless, secure, and technologically integrated payment solutions.
Read more: Payments and Smart Cities: Financial Transactions in Urban Technological Integration