Dr. Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at the Rotman School of Management, presented “Data-Driven Approaches in Smart City Operations” on February 19, 2021. In this UT-ITE seminar, Liu discussed two projects around data-driven solutions for city…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail comments in “Mobility tech offers cities enormous opportunities for helping residents get around – if they can avoid the quagmire,” The Toronto Star (Online), January 11, 2021. The article examines many aspects of smart…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki comments in “Smart cities will be cleaner, accessible, even more democratic, proponents say. But governments adopting new tech must contend with risks, too,” published in the Toronto Star, January 4, 2020. The article by…
Pervasive and seamless connectivity is a cornerstone of smart transit systems Advanced network infrastructure is the key to smart cities The ‘Smart Cities’ paradigm is predicated on a modern mobility system that connects residents and visitors with places they wish to visit…
From Miovision, Sajad Shiravi, P.Eng, presented “Traffic Engineering in the Age of Technology and AI” on October 2, 2020. The current state of traffic management is held back by old infrastructure, undisrupted technology, budget constraints, and legacy systems. Due to…
All the recordings from the plenary and parallel sessions as well as the presentations can be found here. The evolution of transit data The first international TransitData symposium, held in 2014, focused primarily on using smart card data to develop…
“Just” Cities: Traffic-related air pollution and justice in the context of urban sustainability,” a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Dr. Julian Marshall of the University of Washington, drew a large audience to U of T’s George Ignatieff Theatre on February 5.…
“How Toronto Reined In Big Tech,” an opinion piece by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe and Professor Matti Siemiatycki was published in the New York Times November 1st with the subheading “Its deal with Sidewalk Labs harnesses private “smart city” planning…
Are smart intersections the first step to smart cities? With traffic volume increasing every day, it is a challenge for traffic analysts to study signalling at intersections. Miovision’s representatives, Salman Ladha and Sajad Shiravi addressed this issue as a part…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe took part in Elevate‘s Smart City Summit 4.0 “Why Are We Even Doing This? with Dr. Shoshanna Saxe & Bilal Khan” on September 25, 2019. Saxe tweeted the day before the debate: “Shall we…
