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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: A smart city relies on widely distributed smart devic
 es to monitor the urban environment in real-time\, collects information fo
 r intelligent decision making\, and facilitates various services to improv
 e the quality of urban living. The distributed network of intelligent sens
 or nodes\, as well as data centers/clouds where sensor data are stored and
  shared\, constitutes a smart city infrastructure. Smart cities address ur
 ban challenges such as pollution\, energy efficiency\, security\, parking\
 , traffic\, transportation\, and others by utilizing advanced technologies
  in data gathering and communications interconnectivity via the Internet. 
 It provides real time and remote monitoring for different aspects of data 
 management in areas such as transportation\, communication\, video surveil
 lance\, and sensors distributed throughout the city. Simultaneously\, the 
 Smart City building blocks like education\, telemedicine\, health care\, I
 T applications\, pollution management\, etc. can be deployed in the IEEE S
 mart Village initiative to have a greater impact on the rural population t
 hroughout the world. through reliable electricity and internet connectivit
 y.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Ottawa Section PES\, IMS\, RRS/PELS\, ComSoc/C
 ESoc/BTS\, EA\, and Algonquin College IEEE Student Branch \n\nSpeaker(s): 
 Dr. Saifur Rahman\, \n\nAgenda: \nDATE: Wednesday\, August 12\, 2020.\nTIM
 E: Webinar: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.\n\nAdmission: Free. Registration requi
 red.\nFor any additional information\, please contact sahar.azad@uwaterloo
 .ca.\n\nPlease note\, this is an online webinar All registered attendees w
 ill receive an email notice on how to sign in to the webinar \, Waterloo\,
  Ontario\, Canada
LOCATION:Please note\, this is an online webinar All registered attendees w
 ill receive an email notice on how to sign in to the webinar \, Waterloo\,
  Ontario\, Canada
ORGANIZER:sahar.azad@uwaterloo.ca
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Webinar: The Smart City Building Blocks & Their Synergy with Smart 
 Villages
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/237342
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Abstract:&nbsp\;</strong><span sty
 le="font-size: medium\;">A smart city relies on widely distributed smart d
 evices to monitor the urban environment in real-time\, collects informatio
 n for intelligent decision making\, and facilitates various services to im
 prove the quality of urban living. The distributed network of intelligent 
 sensor nodes\, as well as data centers/clouds where sensor data are stored
  and shared\, constitutes a smart city infrastructure. Smart cities addres
 s urban challenges such as pollution\, energy efficiency\, security\, park
 ing\, traffic\, transportation\, and others by utilizing advanced technolo
 gies in data gathering and communications interconnectivity via the Intern
 et. It provides real time and remote monitoring for different aspects of d
 ata management in areas such as transportation\, communication\, video sur
 veillance\, and sensors distributed throughout the city. Simultaneously\, 
 the Smart City building blocks like education\, telemedicine\, health care
 \, IT applications\, pollution management\, etc. can be deployed in the IE
 EE Smart Village initiative to have a greater impact on the rural populati
 on throughout the world. through reliable electricity and internet connect
 ivity.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>DATE</strong>: Wedne
 sday\, August 12\, 2020.<br /><strong>TIME</strong>: Webinar: 6:30 p.m. &n
 dash\; 7:30 p.m.</p>\n<p>Admission: Free. Registration required.<br />For 
 any additional information\, please contact sahar.azad@uwaterloo.ca.</p>
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