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Information Science & Library Science
L. G. Pee, Shan L. Pan
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of cities in addressing climate change and identifies four information research themes and research questions. It also illustrates research opportunities through examples in Singapore.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Md Onais Ahmad, Mohd Abdul Ahad, M. Afshar Alam, Farheen Siddiqui, Gabriella Casalino
Summary: The paper discusses key components and issues in transforming conventional cities into smart cities, with a focus on cyber-physical systems in the Indian context. It primarily focuses on infrastructural facilities and technical know-how to smartly convert classical cities into smart cities that were built haphazardly due to overpopulation.
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Miaowen Wen, Qiang Li, Kyeong Jin Kim, David Lopez-Perez, Octavia A. Dobre, H. Vincent Poor, Petar Popovski, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis
Summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of research on private 5G networks, covering the concept, architecture, implementation issues, key technologies, use cases, and research challenges.
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING
(2022)
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Urban Studies
Izabela Jonek-Kowalska, Radoslaw Wolniak
Summary: The research on smart cities in Poland reveals that the key barriers to their development lie in residents' prosperity levels and cities' financial difficulties. Polish cities prioritize business cooperation over relationships with communities or ecological organizations, which may lead to urban pathologies such as unsustainability and socio-economic exclusion.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Simona Balasescu, Nicoleta Andreea Neacsu, Anca Madar, Alexandra Zamfirache, Marius Balasescu
Summary: This article analyzes the Smart City concept in Romania, including its advantages, difficulties, and obstacles, and highlights four key features of a sustainable Smart City. The study finds that over half of Romanians are familiar with the concept and consider health as a priority for technology investment.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Viviana Bastidas, Iris Reychav, Alon Ofir, Marija Bezbradica, Markus Helfert
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of modeling and digitizing city services in Smart Cities, emphasizing the role of Enterprise Architecture in dealing with complexity and the importance of achieving Smart City strategies and meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders. The paper also introduces an extension mechanism for adjusting EA metamodels and notations to address alignment of business and IT, particularly in complex environments like Smart Cities.
BUSINESS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Dingqi Yang, Bingqing Qu, Philippe Cudre-Mauroux
Summary: The article explores the unique characteristics of location-centric social media data, including spatial, temporal, semantic, and social dimensions, and emphasizes three key challenges in data analytics. It also discusses the opportunities of leveraging this data for urban analytics and smart city development, including data analysis within and across the four data dimensions.
IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pierfrancesco Bellini, Paolo Nesi, Gianni Pantaleo
Summary: This paper provides a review of the research literature on IoT-enabled smart cities, focusing on the main trends and challenges in adopting IoT technologies for sustainable and efficient smart city development.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Zeli Wang, Hai Jin, Weiqi Dai, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Deqing Zou
Summary: Blockchain technology, particularly smart contracts, has gained significant attention in various industries, with Ethereum standing out as a prominent player. However, the use of smart contracts in commercial settings poses security implications that need to be addressed through systematic research efforts. This paper reviews existing research on Ethereum smart contract security, focusing on malicious exploitation, vulnerabilities, and safety considerations in program execution environments while also identifying potential research opportunities for the future.
FRONTIERS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
(2021)
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Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Yangyishi Zhang, Minglei You, Gan Zheng, Anas Al Rawi, Anvar Tukmanov
Summary: This article discusses the implementation of cell-free massive MIMO in fixed wireless access (FWA) and its application as a complementary solution to fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP). While cell-free access can eliminate interference, the dynamic nature of wireless channels poses challenges for maintaining up-to-date channel state information (CSI). Offline simulations based on real-world measurements show limitations of assuming long coherence time in FWA channels. The article concludes by presenting new research opportunities in physical infrastructure, data processing, and machine learning for cell-free FWA.
IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Tarana Singh, Arun Solanki, Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Anand Nayyar, Anand Paul
Summary: Smart City is an emerging research domain that has attracted the attention of government, businesses, and researchers. This research paper provides a systematic literature review of the smart city domain, discussing its origin, definitions, characteristics, and components. Through a comprehensive literature survey, the paper identifies challenges and future trends in the smart city field. It serves as a guide for government, businesses, and researchers aiming to enhance the concept of smart cities.
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Ibrar Yaqoob, Khaled Salah, Raja Jayaraman, Mohammed Omar
Summary: In recent years, there has been a global trend towards the metaverse, which consists of immersive and interconnected digital spaces where users can interact through computer-generated environments. This paper discusses how leveraging the metaverse can revolutionize and reshape smart cities by stimulating innovations and bringing about significant improvements. It explores the key enabling technologies, benefits, and opportunities of implementing the metaverse in smart city applications, along with ongoing projects and case studies. The paper also highlights critical research challenges and outlines future directions for the development and integration of the metaverse with smart cities.
INTERNET OF THINGS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Usman Khalil, Owais Ahmed Malik, Mueen Uddin, Chin-Ling Chen
Summary: Smart devices are crucial in architectures like IoT, CPSs, and IoE. The security and authentication of these devices pose significant challenges in ensuring the integrity of the infrastructure. This paper provides an updated review of authentication mechanisms, discusses security issues, and evaluates proposed schemes in terms of computational costs and communication overheads. The study highlights the need for lightweight solutions and explores potential areas like blockchain and AI-based solutions. The future research challenges are also discussed to address existing ambiguities and improve the overall authentication process.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Swarna Priya Ramu, Parimala Boopalan, Quoc-Viet Pham, Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta, Thien Huynh-The, Mamoun Alazab, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu
Summary: Recent advances in AI and IoT have contributed to the improvement of smart city applications. However, the adoption of Digital Twin (DT) in smart city applications is still at an early stage due to trust and privacy concerns. Federated Learning (FL) can be integrated with DT to address these issues. This paper focuses on the integration of FL and DT and its application in real-time and life-critical scenarios in smart city contexts.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Yandja Lalle, Mohamed Fourati, Lamia Chaari Fourati, Joao Paulo Barraca
Summary: The aging water infrastructure faces challenges like pipe leaks and water pollution, and integrating ICT is a viable solution. The paper discusses the exploration of LPWAN technologies for Smart Water Grid applications, recommending them for their low power consumption and long communication range.
