Bratislava, October 15, 2015

Technology Transfer in the
Area of Smart Cities
The CINI Smart Cities National Lab
Giuseppe Anastasi
Director, CINI Smart Cities National Lab
Dept. of Information Engineering
University of Pisa
giuseppe.anastasi@unipi.it
www.iet.unipi.it/~anastasi/

How to make cities smarter Environment
 Economy People Living
 Mobility
 Energy
 Planning Governance2

Technology Transfer
 More complex than in other areas• Multi-disciplinary field• Integrated approach required• Many actors involved‒ Public administrations‒ Citizens‒ Associations‒ Industries‒ Academia3‒ ….

Technology Transfer
 Should not be limited to industry• City administrators• City operators• Citizens• Associations• …
Actively involving city administrators/operators andcitizens (citizen associations) is not so easy4Technology Transfer• Just want to present an Italian initiative• Smart Cities National Lab– Promoted by CINI
– Activated in January 2015

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CINI
• Italian University Consortium for Informatics– Founded in 1989
– Includes 41 public universities• Involves 1.300+ Researchers– Computer science & engineering• Mission

6– Promotes research activities andtechnology transfer– Stimulates cooperation with industries
and Public Administrations (PAs)– Facilitates participation to research programs

CINI National Labs
• Adaptive Software• Assistive Technologies (AsTech)• Bio-Informatics (InfoLife)• BigData• CyberSecurity• ICT Certification• Smart Cities & Communities

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Smart Cities National Lab
MissionServing as nationalcompetence centerin the field of ICT
for Smart Cities &Smart Communities
Developing innovative solutions, in cooperation withother actors, for improving the citizens’ quality of life8

Motivation• Reaching the critical mass
– to participate in major research initiatives– both at national and international level• Stimulating the cooperation– among researchers from different Universities and …
– … between academia and industry– making the development of innovative (complex) solutions
feasible• Promoting collaborative actions– based on common needs and shared strategies
9Motivation• Providing a single academic Interface– Industries– Public institutions– ...

• Offering the available know-how– Mainly in the ICT field, but also in other fields– To solve complex problems

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Organization
The Lab consists of 26Nodes• Distributed throughout thenational territory• Corresponding to physicallabs• Located at different italian
universities

Each node is directed by alocal coordinator
11Organization• Nodes (Local Labs): 26• Researchers Involved: 349
Electronics &Telecommunicati
ons
10%

ComputerEngineering48%

12Operations
Research1%

Economics
2%

Civil Engineering
2%Computer Science35%

Industrial
Engineering4%Research Areas•
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E-Health
Food
Smart Energy & Smart Buildings
Mobility, Transports & Logistics
Climate & Environment Management
E-tourism & E-culture
E-education
E-government
E-inclusion
Urban Security

Focus Groups• FG are aimed at stimulating the collaboration with– industrial partners– city administrators/operators– citizens’ associations• Goal– joint research projects– technology transfer programs
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Focus Groups• E-tourism/culture– Gian Paolo Rossi, University of Milano• E-government– Eugenio Zimeo, University of Sannio• Smart Energy/Buildings– Michela Milano, University of Bologna• Smart Mobility– Paolo Nesi, University of Florence• Smart Education– Giuseppe Visaggio, University of Bari

• E-health & Well-being• IoT for Smart Cities
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I-CiTies 2015 Workshop

http://www.dicgim.unipa.it/networks/icities2015/16

I-CiTies 2015 Workshop• Opportunity for people from academia, industries
and public institutions to meet and define newcollaborations– in the perspective of next national and international
project calls• No dissemination of theoretical scientific activities• Goals– Elaborate novel ideas for new project proposals– Form new partnerships
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I-CiTies 2015 Workshop• About 100 participants– Academia, industry, public institutions, associations• Major Industrial Stakeholders– Telecom Italia, ENEL, Engineering, HP, Vitrociset, IREN, ..

• More than 70 contributions– Active projects or novel project ideas• Thematic Tables– To elaborate new project ideas• Keynote speakers

18– Mathias Reddmann, DG CONNECT, European Commission– Simona Vicari, Vice Minister for Economic Development– Davide Faraone, Vice Minister for Education & Research

2014 Report on Active Projects• Analysis of Active Projects– Funded Projects: 132• Type of Funding• Application Domain• ...

– Other Relevant Activities: 51• Self-funded research projects• Postgraduate Courses• PhD Summer Schools• Delivered to the Italian Ministryof Economic Development
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The 2015 Report is under construction2014 Report on Active Projects
Projects Funded by
Public Institutions: 92%

Private Institutions: 8%

LocalInstitutions
4%
Regional
Government
20%
ItalianGovernment
38%

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EuropeanCommission
38%

PrivateFoundations:55%

Industries45%

2014 Report on Active Projects
Application Domains
e-inclusion
4%

urban security
10%

food
2%
e-health
12%

e-governement
9%
smart energy & smart
buildings
20%

e-education5%
e-tourism & e-culture
9%
climate & environment
management
9%21

mobility transport &logistics
20%

Conclusions• No definitive solution– for speeding up the technology transfer process in thesmart city context• Just presented an Italian initiative– in the ICT field– The National Smart Cities Lab promoted by CINI

• Expected results– Research projects and other technology transfer programs
active by the next year
– involving the Lab and other industrial partners
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Thank you!
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