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Transforming Cities with Real-Time IoT Solutions: An Interview with Gady Vekslar, CEO of Thinkz

Thinkz is at the forefront of transforming IoT data into actionable insights, making cities smarter and more sustainable Are you ready to revolutionize your city’s sustainability efforts and elevate citizen well-being? Now is your chance! We’re thrilled to announce the We Love Your IoT Stories contest, a unique opportunity for Smart Cities and IoT Integrators…

Clusters: Catalysts for European Sustainability and Economic Competitiveness – An Interview with Prof. Pierre-Alexandre Balland

Professor Pierre-Alexandre Balland states, "We need to increasingly connect smaller regions to larger hubs." In the dynamic arena of the European Cluster Conference in Brussels, I had the privilege of engaging with Prof. Pierre-Alexandre Balland, a prominent French economist and leading authority on complex systems, urban futures, and emerging technologies. As an expert in Complex…

What Have the Bots Learned about Us?

We talked to Prof. Tauhid Zaman, who studies how bots manipulate opinions on social networks After the 2016 election, Twitter found that 50,000 Russia-linked bots were active on its network during the campaign. As we barrel into the 2024 presidential election, the emergence of generative AI has opened new possibilities for the mass creation and…

What Einstein would think of Pi Day, and how he crossed paths with Oppenheimer

We talked with Princeton University historian of science Michael Gordin, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era,” about the life and times of Princeton’s most famous resident, Albert Einstein, who lived here from 1933 until he died in 1955 Gordin has been selected as Princeton’s next dean of the college, beginning July 1. Here, he…

How Radix is Solving Today’s Device Management Problems for Businesses and Smart Cities

Nadav Avni (CMO): The world of smart cities is a priority for us and, as mentioned earlier, we’re currently involved in many projects” Today we are witnessing the emergence of several innovative technologies at a pace never seen before. One such technology is smart technologies, which leverages smart devices, systems, and machine learning to enable…

Singapore, the city-state that serves the world around us

James Tan: “Our goal is to be a country that serves as an international mediator in a global world” There are few places like Singapore in the world. It is a unique country (a city-state of 719 square km), geographically located in a special place (an island situated on the sea coast of the South…

We need to help create a future we cannot predict

Professor Soumitra Dutta the Dean of Oxford’s Saïd Business School talks about the possible impact on education AI will have a dramatic effect on universities: in terms of staffing, students, courses, marking, everything, he insists. Everything you ever thought you knew, be prepared to forget. But, maintains the enthusiastic educator, the opportunities are going to…

“More than 350 Smart Cities worldwide use FIWARE-based solutions”

Ulrich Ahle (CEO) highlights the valuable work of his organization just before the FIWARE Global Summit, which will take place in Vienna in a few days There may be a before and after the FIWARE Global Summit, scheduled for June 12-13 in Vienna. On the eve of its start, The Smart City Journal had the honor…

Using the circular economy to evoke a paradigm shift

Interview with “Circular Growth Guru” and CEO of Green Leadership, Harald Friedl What will be the key messages you would like to deliver I will give a global view on where the circular economy transition is at the moment as I’m working in several continents, from Africa to America and Europe. As a global speaker…

Mongolia on fire

Mr. Hutagt: “We are sitting on trillions of dollars of natural wealth under the ground” During the last Mobile, Mongolia was the big surprise. A virtually unknown country that is fast-forwarding into the future. For The Smart City Journal it is an honor to be able to bring to our platform one of the leading promoters…