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ZTE Communications ›› 2015, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (4): 3-9.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2015.04.001

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Barcelona Smart City: The Heaven on Earth (Internet of Things: Technological God)

Somayya Madakam, Ramaswamy Ramachandran   

  1. National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai-400087, India
  • Received:2015-06-19 Online:2015-12-25 Published:2015-12-25
  • About author:Somayya Madakam (somu4smart@gmail.com) received his B.Tech (CSE) and MBA (IT) from Andhra University, India. He later worked for TISS, Mumbai for six years as a systems analyst cum programmer. Due to keen interest in teaching and research, he joined NITIE, Mumbai in 2012 to pursue the Fellow Program. His research topic is on“Internet of Things Technologies in Smart Cities: An Exploratory Study in India”. During these three years, he presented and published circa 10 articles and posters in both national and International conferences. The article“Smart Cities: Six Dimensions”presented at ACIT-2014 conference, shot journal citations. The poster“The Lavasa Smart City is in Indian Clouds”got one of the best posters in ICCC-2015 conference. Besides, the article“A Re-View on Internet of Things”is presented in ICNGCCT - 2014 conference. Further work includes Smart Homes (IEEE CPS), 100 New Smart Cities (NSITNSW 2015), and“GIFT Smart City: A Business Model”at (ICWR-2015).
    Ramaswamy Ramachandran (ramaswamy2008@gmail.com) is a professor of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai with more than 30 years. He is expertise in the subject areas of Management Information System, Data Communications, Computer Networks, programming in C++, programming methodology, software engineering, IT strategy & Knowledge Management, Internet of Things and Smart Cities to name a few. He has vast experience in teaching, research and administrative work. He has made good corporate consultancy and written research papers, publications, and presentations in both national and international conferences. He bagged many prizes and awards during his rich academic periods including Best Professor too. He also trains the corporate people, public sector employees in Management Development Programmes (MDP) and Unit based Programmes (UBP).
  • Supported by:
    This research work is carrying out in partial fulfillment of Somayya’s Fellow Programme at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. The financial support is fully funding by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and the technical guidance from NITIE Professors.

Barcelona Smart City: The Heaven on Earth (Internet of Things: Technological God)

Somayya Madakam, Ramaswamy Ramachandran   

  1. National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai-400087, India
  • 作者简介:Somayya Madakam (somu4smart@gmail.com) received his B.Tech (CSE) and MBA (IT) from Andhra University, India. He later worked for TISS, Mumbai for six years as a systems analyst cum programmer. Due to keen interest in teaching and research, he joined NITIE, Mumbai in 2012 to pursue the Fellow Program. His research topic is on“Internet of Things Technologies in Smart Cities: An Exploratory Study in India”. During these three years, he presented and published circa 10 articles and posters in both national and International conferences. The article“Smart Cities: Six Dimensions”presented at ACIT-2014 conference, shot journal citations. The poster“The Lavasa Smart City is in Indian Clouds”got one of the best posters in ICCC-2015 conference. Besides, the article“A Re-View on Internet of Things”is presented in ICNGCCT - 2014 conference. Further work includes Smart Homes (IEEE CPS), 100 New Smart Cities (NSITNSW 2015), and“GIFT Smart City: A Business Model”at (ICWR-2015).
    Ramaswamy Ramachandran (ramaswamy2008@gmail.com) is a professor of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai with more than 30 years. He is expertise in the subject areas of Management Information System, Data Communications, Computer Networks, programming in C++, programming methodology, software engineering, IT strategy & Knowledge Management, Internet of Things and Smart Cities to name a few. He has vast experience in teaching, research and administrative work. He has made good corporate consultancy and written research papers, publications, and presentations in both national and international conferences. He bagged many prizes and awards during his rich academic periods including Best Professor too. He also trains the corporate people, public sector employees in Management Development Programmes (MDP) and Unit based Programmes (UBP).
  • 基金资助:
    This research work is carrying out in partial fulfillment of Somayya’s Fellow Programme at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. The financial support is fully funding by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and the technical guidance from NITIE Professors.

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Abstract: Cities are the most preferable dwelling places, having with better employment opportunities, educational hubs, medical services, recreational facilities, theme parks, and shopping malls etc. Cities are the driving forces for any national economy too. Unfortunately now a days, these cities are producing circa 70% of pollutants, even though they only occupy 2% of surface of the Earth. Public utility services cannot meet the demands of unexpected growth. The filthiness in cities causing decreasing of Quality of Life. In this light our research paper is giving more concentration on necessity of “Smart Cities”, which are the basis for civic centric services. This article is throwing light on Smart Cities and its important roles. The beauty of this manuscript is scribbling “Smart Cities” concepts in pictorially. Moreover this explains on“Barcelona Smart City”using Internet of Things Technologies”. It is a good example in urban paradigm shift. Bracelona is like the heaven on the earth with by providing Quality of Life to all urban citizens. The GOD is Interenet of Things.

Key words: smart cities, Barcelona City, Internet of Things, smart mobility, open access data

摘要： Cities are the most preferable dwelling places, having with better employment opportunities, educational hubs, medical services, recreational facilities, theme parks, and shopping malls etc. Cities are the driving forces for any national economy too. Unfortunately now a days, these cities are producing circa 70% of pollutants, even though they only occupy 2% of surface of the Earth. Public utility services cannot meet the demands of unexpected growth. The filthiness in cities causing decreasing of Quality of Life. In this light our research paper is giving more concentration on necessity of “Smart Cities”, which are the basis for civic centric services. This article is throwing light on Smart Cities and its important roles. The beauty of this manuscript is scribbling “Smart Cities” concepts in pictorially. Moreover this explains on“Barcelona Smart City”using Internet of Things Technologies”. It is a good example in urban paradigm shift. Bracelona is like the heaven on the earth with by providing Quality of Life to all urban citizens. The GOD is Interenet of Things.

关键词: smart cities, Barcelona City, Internet of Things, smart mobility, open access data