The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is to launch a smart cities technology pilot in the US city of St. Louis, Missouri.
DHS S&T will work with the city and the Open Geospatial Consortium to design and test smart city interoperability reference architecture (SCIRA) as a framework that integrates Internet of Things sensors for public safety applications.
Lyda Krewson, mayor of St. Louis, says: “Community level application of existing technologies is essential
The submission date for papers for the 11th ITS European Congress has been extended by two weeks from 13 January to 25 January 2016.
The extension only applies to Technical, Scientific or Commercial Papers and Special Interest Session proposals. The deadline for Special Interest Session proposals remains 13 January 2016.
Topics, guidelines and requirements for all paper and session categories can be found in the Call for Papers brochure.
The 10-page ‘complete’ paper submission is not compulsory –
Tracking and tracing devices have been universally adopted in ITS for freight transport and logistics. In addition, through its policies and research initiatives, the European Union is stimulating technological innovation in the use of advanced satellite-based technologies to support smart mobility, higher efficiency and security of freight transport in the logistics chain
