Training of Crisis Mappers and Map Production from Multi-sensor Data: Vernazza Case Study (Cinque Terre National Park, Italy)

This aim of paper is to presents the development of a multidisciplinary project carried out by the cooperation between Politecnico di Torino and ITHACA (Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action). The goal of the project was the training in geospatial data acquiring and processing for students attending Architecture and Engineering Courses, in order to start up a team of "volunteer mappers". Indeed, the project is aimed to document the environmental and built heritage subject to disaster; the purpose is to improve the capabilities of the actors involved in the activities connected in geospatial data collection, integration and sharing. The proposed area for testing the training activities is the Cinque Terre National Park, registered in the World Heritage List since 1997. The area was affected by flood on the 25th of October 2011. According to other international experiences, the group is expected to be active after emergencies in order to upgrade maps, using data acquired by typical geomatic methods and techniques such as terrestrial and aerial Lidar, close-range and aerial photogrammetry, topographic and GNSS instruments etc.; or by non conventional systems and instruments such us UAV, mobile mapping etc. The ultimate goal is to implement a WebGIS platform to share all the data collected with local authorities and the Civil Protectio

A Systematic Literature Survey of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structural Health Monitoring

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being employed in a multitude of civil applications owing to their ease of use, low maintenance, affordability, high-mobility, and ability to hover. UAVs are being utilized for real-time monitoring of road traffic, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue operations, delivery of goods, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, and civil infrastructure inspection. They are the next big revolution in technology and civil infrastructure, and it is expected to dominate more than $45 billion market value. The thesis surveys the UAV assisted Structural Health Monitoring or SHM literature over the last decade and categorize UAVs based on their aerodynamics, payload, design of build, and its applications. Further, the thesis presents the payload product line to facilitate the SHM tasks, details the different applications of UAVs exploited in the last decade to support civil structures, and discusses the critical challenges faced in UASHM applications across various domains. Finally, the thesis presents two artificial neural network-based structural damage detection models and conducts a detailed performance evaluation on multiple platforms like edge computing and cloud computing

The Qualitative Role of Big data and Internet of Things for Future Generation-A Review

The Internet of Things (IoT) wireless LAN in healthcare has moved away from traditional methods that include hospital visits and continuous monitoring. The Internet of Things allows the use of certain means, including the detection, processing and transmission of physical and biomedical parameters. With powerful algorithms and intelligent systems, it will be available to provide unprecedented levels of critical data for real-time life that are collected and analyzed to guide people in research, management and emergency care. This chapter provides a quick overview of IoT features and how they relate to wireless discovery and technology to deploy the medical applications you need. In the world, the revolution in any industry is to connect your products and devices to the Internet and make them independent and remotely connected, so that anyone can use and view them from anywhere and anytime. The Internet of Things provides us with a home automation system that uses smart devices to overcome this obstacle, allowing us to easily manage our appliances. A smart city is a vision to integrate a variety of information and communication solutions for residents with essential services, such as smart parking on all streets. The main motivation for using the Internet for parking objects is simply collecting data to get free parking. The IoT-based RTSSPS architecture is divided into three parts: a WSN-based smart street parking module, an IoT-based smart street parking module, and an IoT-based smart street parking module. IoT-based cloud with street parking algorithm, rating and future directions

Smart cities in Arabian cultures: Dubai as a case study

This Dissertation “Smart cities in Arabian cultures: Dubai as a case study”, introduces an overview of a particular field of Civil Engineering, the urban studies. It aims to present some results about the literature review, focused on some of the main problems that are facing the cities, and how they are dealing with them by a new concept for smartness, including infrastructures, economic, social and environmental issues. It starts by considering that some of the current challenges on the global scale, trying to find solutions regarding urban societies, are based on the concept of “smart city”. Therefore, is clear that new ideas regarding the cities improvements, which are on the top of global agenda, could be found at the concept of “smart city”. This is a topic reason among the researchers, in a continuous development, in particular regarding societies, countries or regions where it is emerging, such as in the Arabian world. The case study is focused on Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates, which is an example where in a short period of time, after the oil discovery in the 1970s, one small and badly known urban settlement became a pioneer reference in terms of smart cities requirements. Thus, this Dissertation presents a background information about smart cities, their assets and key pillars, their smart infrastructures and features in cultural, social and environmental terms. The main goals are based on a theoretical approach, developed in order to get more details and requirements about smart cities, regarding the features of the Arabian culture. It argues around the case of Dubai, as a pioneer smart city in the Arab world. Among of the main conclusions, there is the idea that the urban transformation process in contemporary societies to secure the smartness, should apply to the use of ICT / information and communication technologies. This use will increase the efficiency concerns to the natural resources, and provide a high quality of life for citizens. The example of Dubai has shown that the decision-makers have built each sector and part of the city in a solid performance, in order to achieve the smart sustainability concept. This city is nowadays a reference on this matter, not only in the Middle East but also considering the global scale.Esta Dissertação “Cidades inteligentes em culturas Árabes: Dubai como estudo de caso”, introduz uma abordagem sobre um campo particular da Engenharia Civil, os estudos urbanos. Tem como objetivo apresentar alguns resultados sobre a revisão da literatura, focados em alguns dos principais problemas que as cidades enfrentam, e como é que elas poderão lidar com eles através do conceito de inteligência, incluindo ao nível das infraestruturas, economia, social e ambiental. Tem inicio considerando que alguns dos atuais desafios à escala global, tentando encontrar soluções considerando as sociedades urbanas, são baseados no conceito de ‘cidade inteligente’. Este é um assunto central entre os investigadores científicos, em continuo desenvolvimento, em particular tendo em consideração as sociedades, os países ou as regiões onde está a emergir, tais como o mundo Árabe. O estudo de caso é centrado no Dubai, uma cidade dos Emirados Árabes Unidos, que é um exemplo onde num curto período de tempo, depois da descoberta do petróleo na década de 1970, um pequeno e desconhecido povoado se tornou numa referência pioneira em termos de requisitos das cidades inteligentes. Assim, esta Dissertação apresenta um enquadramento da informação sobre as cidades inteligentes, os seus espólios e pilares chave, as suas infraestruturas inteligentes e caraterísticas em termos culturais, sociais e ambientais. Os principais objetivos são baseados numa abordagem teórica, desenvolvida de modo a sistematizar detalhes e requisitos sobre as cidades inteligentes, tendo em consideração as características da cultura Árabe. Argumenta acerca do estudo de caso do Dubai, como cidade inteligente pioneira no mundo Árabe. Entre as principais conclusões, surge a ideia de que os processos de transformação urbana nas sociedades contemporâneas, de modo a assegurar a inteligência do funcionamento dos lugares, pessoas e modos de vida, deve apelar ao uso de TIC / tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Este uso irá aumentar a eficiência acerca dos recursos naturais e promover uma elevada qualidade de vida dos cidadãos. O exemplo do Dubai mostrou que os decisores políticos, têm construído cada setor e parte da cidade, com um desempenho sólido, de modo a alcançar o conceito de inteligência sustentável. Esta cidade é atualmente uma referência nesta matéria, não apenas no Médio Oriente mas também à escala global

Sensor Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Modern society faces serious problems with transportation systems, including but not limited to traffic congestion, safety, and pollution. Information communication technologies have gained increasing attention and importance in modern transportation systems. Automotive manufacturers are developing in-vehicle sensors and their applications in different areas including safety, traffic management, and infotainment. Government institutions are implementing roadside infrastructures such as cameras and sensors to collect data about environmental and traffic conditions. By seamlessly integrating vehicles and sensing devices, their sensing and communication capabilities can be leveraged to achieve smart and intelligent transportation systems. We discuss how sensor technology can be integrated with the transportation infrastructure to achieve a sustainable Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and how safety, traffic control and infotainment applications can benefit from multiple sensors deployed in different elements of an ITS. Finally, we discuss some of the challenges that need to be addressed to enable a fully operational and cooperative ITS environment

Annual Research Report, 2009-2010

Annual report of collaborative research projects of Old Dominion University faculty and students in partnership with business, industry and governmenthttps://digitalcommons.odu.edu/or_researchreports/1001/thumbnail.jp