distributed and heterogeneous data analysis for smart urban planning

Distributed and heterogeneous data analysis for smart urban

planning

Eduardo Oliveira Michael Kirley

Tom Kvan Justyna Karakiewicz

Carlos Vaz

Outline

•  Living Campus Project

•  Research Ques:ons

•  Related Work: an introduc:on to middleware

•  Device Nimbus

•  Case Study: proof of concept demonstra:on

•  Conclusions and Future work

Living Campus

University campuses represent an urban space that in many circumstances reflects what is happening on a larger scale across a city.

Living Campus

Living Campus: an interdisciplinary perspec:ve

[architecture]

•  Architects, planners, and urban designers typically require access to spa:al and temporal data, which considers how people perceive, behave and interact with their environment

•  Data collec:on and analysis is rarely pitched at the `micro’ scale

[computer science]

•  PaSS = People as Sensors

•  Large amounts of data from social networks, mobile devices and sensors

Guiding research ques:ons

Is it possible to automa:cally collect, combine and analyze data from sensors (e.g. environmental sensors) and crowd-‐sourcing (e.g. using mobile devices)? Can this data be stored and processed, in order to extract useful informa:on to aid planning and decision-‐making?

This leads to:

(i)  What is the most effec:ve way to integrate and organize mul:ple heterogeneous, autonomous sub-‐systems and sensors data?

(ii)  How can data mining techniques be used to provide `smart’ outputs for urban planners, architects and designers when proposing small interven:ons?

Computing!Urban Planning !

Architecture!

Middleware data collection data integration data analysis

Social Network Twitter Facebook*

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Other NFC GPS Tracking

MSD Analysis [space] Behaviour Analysis [people] Survey/Interview Media

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Living !Campus!

Source: IoT Tech World

Smart Ci:es

Smart Campus

Middleware

Middleware

•  Middleware refers to the software that is common to multiple applications and builds on the network transport services to enable ready development of new applications and network services.

Middleware: Device Nimbus

Concept


Design Architecture


Prototypes

Technologies used

Case Study: The Living Campus project

Case study area

Case Study: The Living Campus project

Case Study

Methodology

Case Study

Case study area

Case Study

Research Data Collec:on

Case Study: Analysis


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•  keywords

[0, 'dale', 176.2412992020248] [1, 'melbourne', 84.96667087748327] [2, 'cartilage', 67.16367302941084] [3, 'info', 63.22857982073028] [4, 'footscray', 49.39121003122881] [5, 'anisotropy', 49.39121003122881] [6, 'melb', 49.39121003122881] [7, 'unimelb', 49.39121003122881] [8, 'uni', 45.847364141486885] [9, 'lawn', 39.54234371115054] [10, 'exhibition', 38.41879050304468] [11, 'hyperelastic', 32.92747335415254] [12, 'mentoring', 32.92747335415254] [13, 'alumni', 32.92747335415254] [14, 'music', 28.579490109712147] [15, 'adventures', 26.19895312931797] [16, 'cars', 21.81943844754072] [17, 'volunteering', 20.62029663783727] [18, 'park', 19.880551254825853] [19, 'geometry', 19.34844564484119]



#unimelb

•  ngrams

[(14, (u'dale', u'robinson', u'phd', u'seminar')), (11, (u'http', u'dale', u'robinson', u'phd')),

(10, (u'biomechanics', u'engunimelb', u'unimelb', u'http')), (8, (u'unimelb', u'http', u'dale', u'robinson')),

(8, (u'engunimelb', u'unimelb', u'http', u'dale')), (5, (u'your', u'troubles', u'music', u'in')),

(5, (u'when', u'there', u'no', u'cars')), (5, (u'war', u'is', u'now', u'open')),

(5, (u'up', u'your', u'troubles', u'music')), (5, (u'uni', u'it', u'nice', u'when')),

(5, (u'troubles', u'music', u'in', u'the')), (5, (u'there', u'no', u'cars', u'in')), (5, (u'the', u'great', u'war', u'is')),

(5, (u'south', u'lawn', u'car', u'park')), (5, (u'park', u'at', u'melbourne', u'uni')), (5, (u'pack', u'up', u'your', u'troubles')), (5, (u'our', u'exhibition', u'pack', u'up')),

(5, (u'open', u'more', u'info', u'http')), (5, (u'now', u'open', u'more', u'info')),

(5, (u'no', u'cars', u'in', u'it')), (5, (u'nice', u'when', u'there', u'no')), (5, (u'music', u'in', u'the', u'great')),

(5, (u'more', u'info', u'http', u'unimelb')), (5, (u'melbourne', u'uni', u'it', u'nice')),

(5, (u'lawn', u'car', u'park', u'at')), (5, (u'it', u'nice', u'when', u'there')), (5, (u'is', u'now', u'open', u'more')),

(5, (u'info', u'http', u'unimelb', u'http')), (5, (u'in', u'the', u'great', u'war')), (5, (u'in', u'it', u'unimelb', u'http')), (5, (u'great', u'war', u'is', u'now')),

(5, (u'exhibition', u'pack', u'up', u'your')),


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Conclusions and Future Work

•  The Device Nimbus middleware can be used to collect/combine data from heterogeneous sources.

•  Device Nimbus can be used to build a richer understanding of urban systems, based on data collected, leading to improved tools for planning and policymaking.

•  The full implementa:on of Device Nimbus will provide the means to effec:vely monitor users’ rou:nes – help us to understand the use of small open spaces, providing important feedback of collec:ve experience.

•  We also plan to scale-‐up our ini:al inves:ga:on to include data collec:on from a diverse range of loca:ons distributed across the main university campus.

Distributed and heterogeneous data analysis for smart urban

planning

Eduardo Oliveira – [email protected] Michael Kirley Tom Kvan Justyna Karakiewic Carlos Vaz

distributed and heterogeneous data analysis for smart urban planning

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