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To truly develop Smart Cities a combination of multi-media, human factors, and user-centered systems methodology and design principles will have to be applied. Large capital projects and development of Smart Cities could turn to the use of cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security solutions, which could change the outcomes of economic investments and employment opportunities. In addition, the 'Internet of Things', the interconnection of sensors, devices, and everyday objects, requires a standard platform and 'battle-tested' framework for the next generation of Smart Cities. Improved productivity, asset health, profitability, quality, employee safety, and environmental impact are the desired outcomes. Capitalizing on technology to deliver positive results and preventing 'black swan' events or accidents is a complex puzzle. Legacy infrastructure adopting new technologies, gaps in the workforce, regulatory guidelines, safety performance criteria, unexpected risks, and political challenges can add to the complexity and difficulty. We are finding ourselves in a dilemma where detailed specifications, changes and relationships among key elements in the market are needed but still are ambiguous, changing, and untraceable. In order to be successful, critical best practices in process, requirements, engineering, and risk modeling using interdisciplinary engineering practices could enable successful and rapid transformation. In response to these increasing challenges; governments, academics and industry are increasingly leveraging the systems and software engineering best practices developed in fail-safe industries such as nuclear power, aerospace, defense and capital intensive heavy industries, to aid in optimally balancing competing interests and dealing with increased complexity to deliver results. The presentation will introduce "Systems Thinking", "Continuous Engineering" and "Internet of Things" concepts and technologies to describe how they can be successfully leveraged in the transformation to Smart Cities.
Ben Amaba (Mon,) studied this question.