The study presented in this paper is the outcome of the activity carried on within the program
“Party Cloud Challenge per Genova”, promoted by IBM in collaboration with the city …

Indiscriminate disposal of solid waste is a major issue in urban centers of most developing
countries and it poses a serious threat to healthy living of the citizens. Access to reliable data …

The Cognitive Approach in Cloud Computing and Internet of Things Technologies for
Surveillance Tracking Systems discusses the recent, rapid development of Internet of things …

Increased population and usage of more unnatural particles create dangerous waste in
society. Environmental Sustainability is ensured based on proper waste management …

This paper presents a framework for the virtualization of real world objects and the cognitive
management of their virtual counterparts. The framework consists of three levels of …

Turning a city into a smart city has attracted considerable attention. A smart city can be seen
as a city that uses digital technology not only to improve the quality of people's life, but also …

Smart environment is about incorporating smart thinking in the environment and
implementing the technical intervention that improvise the city's environment. Artificial …

The major objective of a smart city is to provide ripest and rightest services to its residents
with minimal human intervention. The data collected from various sensors, receptors and …

Cloud Computing can bring multiple benefits for Smart Cities. It permits the easy creation of
centralized knowledge bases, thus straightforwardly enabling that multiple embedded …

In this paper the use of augmented reality and cloud computing technology to enrich the
scenes of sites with a relevant cultural interest is proposed. The main goal is to develop a …