Building a Smart City

Building a Smart City Building a Smart City Building a Smart CityIt was going to be a gleaming ghost town, shimmering amid an arid expanse of southeastern New Mexico. Energy and infrastructure consultant Marble Arch Partners proposed building The Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation to do full-scale testing of the smart cities systems and technologies that will define the future of urban development.The ambitious plan called for spending $1 billion to build an uninhabited city large enough for 35,000 people, fitted with intelligent building, transportation, and energy systems. Without human drivers on the road or children playing in the streets, engineers could test new systems without worrying about disrupting everyday life. Drones could hover over autonomously operated vehicles while streetlights watched buses to see if they were running on time.Five years after the announcement, ground still has bedrngnis been broken and the window may be closing. Instead of running tests in the middle of nowhere, cities are installing smart systems at an increasing pace, beginning with pilot projects and expanding them as the results prove out. Using their own infrastructure as a test bed, their results promise to change how cities manage utilities and services while providing citizens with tools to exploit the information they generate.According to a report by Navigant Research, smart cities are a global phenomenon. There are 250 projects underway in 178 cities worldwide, with Europe leading the way because of its aggressive climate change policies. The research firm estimates the global market for smart city technologies and services to be worth $40.1 billion in 2017, with growth expected to reach a whopping $97.9 billion by 2026. Barriers to entry are falling as sensors improve and smart technologies grow more efficient, more capable, more interoperable, and less expensive.In a smart city, wireless motion and flow sensors, low-cost video cameras, temperature and noise monitors, and air quality devices feed data continuously into systems, which use them to control besucherzahlen lights, streetlights, pedestrian displays, power distribution and more. Cities use them to monitor traffic, mass transit, pedestrian flows, and crime. All these devices link with rugged wide area networks that send data to the cloud, where powerful analytic engines the data to make cities efficient and safer.There are so many different technologies, but lighting is one of the big growth areas, said Ryan Citron, a Navigant analyst who co-authored the report. lumineszenzdiode lighting is becoming the go-to replacement technology.There are two key reasons why LEDs have become the foundational technology of smart city networks, Citron said. First, they offer energy savings of up to 80 percent and a fast payback period. Second, each light carries a microprocessor, making it a potential node in a system that is ideal for setting up a wireless wide area network. behauptung networks create a scaffold that supports the buildout of future smart system capabilities.Leveraging DataSan Diego officials are spending $30 million to make their city smarter. The effort, the fruchtwein ambitious in the world, involves replacing 14,000 streetlights with LED lights and 3,200 sensors. Those sensors will gather information on everything from vehicular traffic and pedestrian movement to changes in air quality. The data will enable the city to reroute emergency vehicles around congestion, smooth the flow of the daily commute, and point drivers to vacant parking spaces as they come available.Just as important, San Diegos emerging open-source platform will put raw, anonymous data in the hands of entrepreneurs searching for new opportunities and citizens looking for ways to make city life better, said David Graham, the citys deputy chief operating officer.San Diego has both an educated population and a strong tech startup community, and Graham is actively courting two-wa y interaction with them by sponsoring hackathons using city data. A favorite that has emerged from those sessions will tell food trucks where people are congregating and where they can park.Entrepreneurs could also use the data for more traditional market research, analyzing pedestrian traffic to decide where to locate a new retail store or how much rent to charge for commercial property. The system was developed by GE, which now is deploying it through a spin-off, Current. It retrofits existing lighting infrastructure by installing energy-efficient LED lights that are fitted with sensors, controls, wireless transmitters, and microprocessors.By repurposing light poles, you can transform to a digital infrastructure, said Austin Ashe, general manager of Currents intelligent cities program. This becomes a digital engine that extracts metadata from the environment.Of course, smart hardware needs equally smart software. GE believes that it has a proven system in its Predix software platf orm, which is already used by industry to generate operating data from factory machines and devices.In cities, the networked system extracts very granular data in real time, and retains historical data it can use to predict trends in the movement of people, traffic, or whatever topic city officials identify.It also creates an opportunity to leverage the data with the broader software development community, Ashe said. It allows the broader community to take the data and transform it into an appropriate application.In fact, smart city applications generate more data than most cities can use. The volume of data is intimidating, said Ken Thompson, global technology leader for smart cities and sensors for engineering giant CH2M. It scares a lot of people to death about how to process all of that data, Thompson said.As a result, many industries and cities today use only a small fraction of the data available to them, he said. In one internal survey, Thompson found that water clients proce ss only about 10percent of their data. That is not efficient, though it is driving the development of faster analytics engines that can process large volumes of data more quickly.That data crunching ability is important, Thompson said, but when youre developing the technology, you must have a subject matter expert involved. While IT professionals can develop all sorts of algorithms, it takes a subject matter expertsomeone who understands city traffic or water distributionto make sure they are capturing the information needed to make intelligent decisions.Data-Driven DecisionsGE first approached San Diego when city officials were dealing with the result of years of underinvestment in infrastructure.Looking forward, rather than replace what we had with something that was just a little better, it became a conversation about building an intelligent platform, Graham said. The two parties decided to build a pilot network using 40 streetlights in San Diegos East Village neighborhood.After putting the sensors in the lights, we developed enough information for a parking application, Graham said. The city found there was a value proposition with parking, and that it could use sensors to identify abandoned vehicles and other roadway threats.Just by themselves, the upgrade to LED lights made a lot of sense, Graham said. With 2,000 lights, we found we could save a quarter-million dollars and cut energy use up to 60 percent.Overall, the city expects a 13-year payback period for the entire project.Yet the networked smart lights gave San Diego a new way to provide better and more site-specific neighborhoods services. For example, it could dim lighting around the nearby Palomar Observatory and in areas where people need dark sky, Graham said. At the same time, the city could intensify the lighting elsewhere, depending on pedestrian and vehicular traffic data provided by their sensor.Like GE, Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services provides real-time data and predictive models. It claims that its mit anspruch Urban Exchange platforms machine learning technology cuts the payback period for LED lighting almost in half. It uses machine learning to build models that customize the operation of individual streetlights based on such historic data as crime patterns and pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The platform will suggest optimal streetlight brightness and the most cost-effective schedule to save energy.Tata is using the same platform to optimize public transportation in Belfort, a city of 50,000 in eastern France. Belfort operates 100 buses along five bus routes. Tatas system gathers data such as the number of bus tickets sold and bus speed and schauplatz. It is using the data to help Belfort optimize bus schedules to reduce crowding, determine the savings from new road construction projects, and discover ways to reduce costs.Senthil Gunasekara, who heads corporate development and strategy for Tatas Digital Software Solutions Group, said his company develo ped the lighting and transportation applications as part of a staged rollout of smart city applications on a common software platform.Adding new application modules enables cities to phase in the expansion of their smart city capabilities within a single platform. The software acts like a lingua franca, enabling it to access, exchange, and analyze different types of urban data, from streetlights and transportation to water and electrical systems.That is a critical capability because most cities already collect a voluminous amount of information. Much of it comes from sensors and reporting systems that have been in place for years. These range from weather stations and traffic loggers to footfall data and crime videos. The software can integrate this data to help city managers make better day-to-day decisions, and to help them manage emergency response during a crisis.It can take data from any source, analyze it, and present solutions, Gunasekara said. The platform is quite open.Secu ring the NetworkAlthough cities want an open platform, they also want a secure platform to keep hackers from tampering with urban infrastructure, Ashe said. After all, in a system designed to respond automatically to sensor data, every LED light is also a portal into the citys digital control processes.Most systems use proven methods to discourage tampering. Predix, for example, monitors individual devices and applications for signs of intrusion. It encrypts communications between devices, networks, and the Cloud. The system allows only authorized users to log in and will shut down any user who tries to do something if he or she lacks permission.New security standards are emerging to bring better security to every device on the smart network. The recently released ISO/IEC 18598, for example, governs the security of the physical elements of automated infrastructure management systems. AIM components include computers, computer rooms, sensors, devices, cables, and all other hardware.T he standard sets out a list of defined features AIM systems must have, said Hans-Jurgen Neithammer, who led the ISO/IEC 18598 project. He is an expert on data center architectures with CommScope, a New York-based firm that builds and manages communication networks.Under the new standard, AIM systems must know the location of all devices and cabling, and be able to identify and block viruses or intrusions at the level of those components. It must also monitor cable ports for unauthorized changes, even something as mundane as the accidental disconnection of a cable. When a critical circuit or element is removed, the system sends an alarm to a manager, Neithammer said.The new standard also mandates secure but interoperable interfaces for software from different vendors. The software interface is now defined, so no longer does a user have to rely on one vendor, Neithammer said.This plug-and-play capability will allow cities to integrate new devices and technologies into existing infrast ructure without having to worry about the compatibility of proprietary systems or equipment. That is the biggest advantage from the user side, Neithammer said.Interoperability is really important, agreed San Diegos Graham. It gives the city more flexibility in how it deploys future systems, and it also reduces cost, since it opens the door to greater competition.Yet smart cities will require significant investments that go well beyond the initial build. With digital infrastructure evolving so quickly, municipal officials will probably need to update software frequently to improve capabilities.Cities will also need new types of professionals to manage and interpret the data. San Diego, for example, has hired a chief data officer to coordinate the integration of its smart infrastructure with various city departments, and a data scientist to monitor artificial intelligence and other technologies that it may one day want to incorporate it into its system.When a city builds a road or a b ridge, it confidently expects it to last for 50 years or more. That is not the case with digital infrastructure.Cities will also have to rethink what they know about utility service lifecycles. When a city builds a road or a bridge, it confidently expects it to last for 50 years or more. That is not the case with digital infrastructure.Everyone needs to understand the lifecycle, Thompson said. Theres a three-to-five year lifecycle for communications systems.All of this requires significant investments, yet more and more cities seem willing to take the plunge.In many ways, they have no other choice. The buildout of a private digital infrastructure points the way toward even greater connectivity, and it is happening rapidly whether cities are leading the way or not.Everything is moving toward everything within cities being connected, Ashe said. In ten years or sooner, autonomous cars will be traveling on city streets and they need to know not only where they are going, but what is com ing at them and what is around the corner. Drones will be flying overhead. People will have wearable devices constantly communicating.Cities must learn to master those flows of traffic, energy, and information to create a smarter city that makes life better for those who are connected and those who are not. Either that, or they will descend into digitaland perhaps physicalchaos as independent smart devices create their own ad hoc networks and fight for their own piece of turf.It is too soon to tell how this will all work out. Yet one thing is certain Smart city technology is moving so fast, it has no time to wait for a mock city in the desert. It is happening now.Readthe latest issue of theMechanical Engineering Magazine.

Customize this Billing Specialist Resume

Customize this Billing Specialist ResumeCustomize this Billing Specialist ResumeCreate this Resume Charles Gilbert3400 Smith StreetWorcester, MA 1608(777)-606-5890c.gilberttmail.comObjectiveTo obtain a position as Billing Specialist in an organized company that will benefit from my expertise.Summary of QualificationsGeneral understanding of A/R and A/PProficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Internet and Experience with Great PlainsAbility to write business reports and correspondence and ability to speak effectivelyAbility to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentagesAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situationsProfessional ExperienceBilling Specialist, January 2007 PresentSt. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, ND ResponsibilitiesAssisted clients and/ or guarantor regarding issues concerning clients balances.Resolved issues regarding services that have been posted to a clients account.Assisted patients in resolving credit balances.Responded to inquiries from various individuals.Encoded data into the systems and compiled all necessary information and records.Billing Clerk, May 2004- December 2006Mednax, Wilmington, NC ResponsibilitiesExecuted and performed reporting/ queries and verification billing for residential commercial and roll off lines of business. Created and distributed manual invoices and spreadsheets. Compiled account reconciliations and payment histories. Monitored departments schmelzglas box and distributed accordingly.Assisted and helped management in providing data to various Market Area Office and District personnel. EducationBachelors Degree in Office Management, 2004Yale UniversityAssociate Degree in Office Management, 2002Yale UniversityCustomize ResumeMore Sample ResumesBilling Specialist Resume Blogger Resume Board Member Resume Board Of Director Resume Bodyguard Resume Boilermaker Resume Bond Trader Resume

When girls see female superheroes, they are more likely to feel confident

When girls see female superheroes, they are more likely to feel confidentWhen girls see female superheroes, they are more likely to feel confidentWhen young girls watch superhero Wonder Woman fight off villains and seek out justice in a movie, they may be following more than an entertaining plot - they may be internalizing lessons for their future, a new study by the Womens Media Center andBBC America suggests. The research is a reminder of the importance of being represented on screen, suggesting that female superheroes help young girls feel more confident and brave.If you cant see her, you cant be her, BBC America President Sarah Barnett said in a statement. Its time to expand what gets seen.Female superheroes superpower confidence of girlsIn its survey of over 2,000 participants ages 10-19, the report found a confidence eu-agrarpolitik existed between genders. Young women ages 15 to 19 were significantly less likely to describe themselves as confident, brave, and heard, compared t o teenaged boys. More than half of young adult women said that they were not listened to, compared to 38 % of teenaged boys who felt the same.But having a female role model, even if the hero was fictional, made a difference.Girls in the survey said their favorite female superheroes and science fiction characters helped them identify as strong, brave, confident and motivated. They left a more lasting positive impact than a male superhero did. Girls were more likely to think female superheroes were more powerful and smarter, than a male action figure.From Wonder Woman to the character Storm Reid from A Wrinkle in Time, there are more female heroes going onscreen for young women to look up to, but there is still much work to be done. The majority ofgirls and young women surveyed said there were not enough female role models, strong female characters or relatable female characters.

How to Recover When You Get Stumped in a Job Interview

How to Recover When You Get Stumped in a Job InterviewHow to Recover When You Get Stumped in a Job InterviewHeres the type of question that stumps people in job vorstellungsgesprchs.It is always the crazy, curveball interview questions. They are designed by the company to catch you, the job seeker, off guard.There is no way you could have prepared for it because no one ever heard the question beforeCompanies know the typical interview questions are too easy. The answers have been online for years. Well-rehearsed answers say nothing about you other than your ability to mimic.They want to know that you can solve problems without getting frustrated. They want to know you can think up ideas for solutions on the spot.You cannot prepare for these questions. So, heres the best way to recover when one catches you off guard.Do not make anything personalErase any thought in your head along these linesWhy are they asking me that?Oh no. They are trying to trick me.This question is unfair. It has nothing to do with the job.These are dangerous, toxic thoughts. They cause you to make the process personal.Do not forget. Job interviews require preparation because they are not just given to anyone. They are not about you. They are about the company and whether you would be the best hire.Ask your own questionsDo you really think everyone knows everything all of the time? Your job interview is not an exam with right or wrong answers.Ask a question that shows the interviewer you are thinkingAm I understanding your question right? You said restate the question. Are you referring to tell them what you are thinking.This first requires listening to the question, not with intentions to reply, but instead to start a dialogue.It is ok to start a dialogue with the very people you hope to work with.Turn the job interview into a collaboration of ideasThey threw the curveball question at you and it left you stumped.So, turn this opportunity around to show them how to collaborate while defendi ng your capabilities.Here is an example of what executives can doYou are an executive with exposure to technology and a pro at mergers and acquisitions.The company asks you a question about the technology used behind a major acquisition you had once led. You are not an engineer. But you know you are a leader who has had hired them.Try thisState your ability to leadAcknowledge that you hired others to cover areas of your weaknessState your resultsInvite the interviewers to brainstorm for a moment about a problem they currently haveShare some ideas on how you would lead a team through this challengeRemind them of your valueWhenever a question has you grasping for an answer, share a safe job story about your career accomplishments that the company will find valuable.Reveal something about yourself that they will not find online.Reveal the thing that will make you the companys secret weapon.QuestionSo, how would you solve the ongoing problem of insert company dilemma.AnswerThis very que stion reminds me of experiences I had solving the very same problem. I was once reveal hidden amazing secret and I had traveled the world to insert how you learned to solve the problem.The positive side of curveball interview questions that leave you stumped is that it gives you the chance to speak your mind a bit about why you applied for such a great job in the first place.

The Pain of Cpr Certification on Resume

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Lies Youve Been Told About Resume Writing Tense

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