The seminar will set forth specific topics under the general subject of Smart Cities, Transportation, and Construction. Cost analysis and productivity improvement related to the construction projects are also covered in the seminar. Experts from multiple areas (e.g., Smart Cities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Safety Systems, Water Supply, Energy Networks, and Construction Management) are invited to give presentations and lead discussions during the seminar.

Smart City Infrastructure has been identified as a promising potential application domain for the Internet of Things (IoT) with a wide range of possible services that can benefit City Administration/Municipal Governance. The Internet of things (IoT) is the internetworking of physical devices, e.g., vehicles, construction equipment, crops, the human body, buildings, and other items, each embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. This course provides an overview of IoT applied while architecting smart city infrastructure monitoring applications. Students will learn the fundamentals of IoT infrastructure and networking technologies including hardware, smart city sensors, IoT cloud technologies, and IoT communication protocols. The students will develop smart city infrastructure monitoring solutions using IoT-focused design methods. The course will run as a hands-on, multi-discipline project-oriented course, with project discussions, presentations, and demonstrations led by the student teams.