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João Barros
Universidade do Porto
Future Cities @ U.Porto
Why do we care about cities?
Porto
Midsized European city
Multi-modal transportation system
Fiber-optical Internet backbone
Entrepreneurial tradition
41km2 of Real Life
Universidade do Porto
• Founded in 1911 (roots in the18th century)
• 14 different schools• ~31000 students• ~6000 graduate students• ~2300 professors• 70 research institutes
Computation
Communication
Social SciencesArt & Design
Control
1. Form inter-disciplinary teams
2. Build world-class testbeds for urban-scale experiments
3. Work closely with end users from day one
4. Share data sets
5. Solve real-world problems with industry partners
6. Bring the results out to the world.
Test beds & Living labs in Porto
Collaborators
MIT
UCL
Scientific Advisory Board
University of Porto
School of Engineering
School of Sciences
School of Psychology and Education Sciences
Partners
Industrial Affiliates
Government Agencies
Municipalities
Future Cities
KTH
Supelec
Carnegie Mellon
Future Cities @ U.Porto
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Porto – Our Living Lab for Future Cities