In our era, as cities become hubs of societal growth, the concept of smart cities attains a pivotal status in optimizing the lives of urban dwellers and reducing negative impacts on the environment.

Mohammadamin Ahmadfard receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Mitacs Inc. for his postdoctoral research at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Smart city innovation is accelerating—so fast, in fact, that distant visions of the future are now becoming present-day realities, transforming how communities live, work and play. At the heart of ...

Intelligent traffic lights adapt to real-time driving flow in cities around the world. Predictive safety systems prevent accidents before they occur. And data-rich ecosystems are optimizing everything ...

The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how we live, work and interact within urban environments. As cities around the globe embrace ...

It has been at least 50 years since examples of what we now call ‘smart cities’ began to appear. In 1974, officials in Los Angeles, California, used IBM mainframe computers to study poverty in the ...