Convergence Theory
About the Book
Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence offers a comprehensive view of how cities are evolving as smart ecosystems through the convergence of technologies incorporating machine learning and neural network capabilities, geospatial intelligence, data analytics and visualization, sensors, and smart connected objects.
Applications
Operating Systems
System Architecture
System Architecture
Operating system typologies relating all elements within the living system from Macro to Micro.
System Architecture
System Architecture
System Architecture
Urban OS as the convergence of human user experience, physical infrastructure and software applications.
Communication Protocols
IoT / Smart Connected Objects
IoT / Smart Connected Objects
New forms of communication emerging between human, nature and machine intelligence.
IoT / Smart Connected Objects
IoT / Smart Connected Objects
IoT / Smart Connected Objects
Smart connected objects imbedded within diverse scales and environments from buildings to people to nano objects.
Core Ai Platform Functions
Ai Platform
Data Integration
Data Integration
Data Integration
Data Integration
Data Integration
Scalable Interface
Workflow Optimization
Workflow Optimization
Workflow Optimization
Workflow Optimization
Workflow Optimization
Management Team
C. Mustafa Kirwan
Christopher is a multidisciplinary professional and educator with more than 30 years’ experience spanning the fields of urban planning, architecture, new media, and branding. Living and working in international hubs of innovation—Milan, New York, Dubai, Beijing, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, London and Riyadh—he has been involved in all phases
Christopher is a multidisciplinary professional and educator with more than 30 years’ experience spanning the fields of urban planning, architecture, new media, and branding. Living and working in international hubs of innovation—Milan, New York, Dubai, Beijing, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, London and Riyadh—he has been involved in all phases of project implementation including the research, planning, design, and business of technology integration, urban development, and smart cities. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Henley Business School Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading, United Kingdom, and has previously taught at Parsons School of Design, Harvard GSD, and Tsinghua University where he co-founded the Design Beijing Lab with Dr. Zhiyong Fu.
New Publication in 2022
Cities as Convergent Autopoietic Systems
As the first chapter in this comprehensive anthology, we describe the future direction of cities as autonomous, self-regulating, biomimetic systems based on principles in nature and evolution itself.