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The following is a list of cities that have implemented smart city initiatives, organized by continent and then alphabetically.. The Institute for Management Development and Singapore University of Technology and Design rank cities in the Smart City Index according to technological, economic and human criteria (e.g., the quality of life, the environment and inclusiveness).
Virtual Singapore is a 3D digital model of Singapore that uses real-time and topographical data. It is a digital twin of the city-state , and the first digital twin of a country. Virtual Singapore is co-led by the National Research Foundation, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Government Technology Agency .
Cheong completed a master's degree in Urban Development Planning from the University College London, and did a six-week Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. [4] She received an honorary doctorate of architecture from the University of Newcastle in 2010. [5] Cheong started working as a public servant in 1984. [6]
The Digital Cities Workshop Series started in 1999 [24] and is the longest running academic workshop series that has focused on, and profoundly influenced, the field of urban informatics. [25] The first two workshops in 1999 and 2001 were both held in Kyoto , Japan, with subsequent workshops since 2003 held in conjunction with the biennial ...
The Smart Nation was an initiative launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 24 November 2014. [3] In financial year 2017, the government had set aside $2.4 billion to support the initiative, [4] which involves the government purchasing services from technology startups rather than offering grants to support them. [5]
An antique Chinese pavilion donated to the university by Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan. The founding president is Thomas L. Magnanti, who is a professor associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [4] SUTD's founding provost, Professor Chong Tow Chong, took over as the university's second president in 2018. [5]
This is a list of universities in Singapore. The oldest university in Singapore is the National University of Singapore, which was established in its current form in 1980, but has a history in tertiary education dating back to 1905. [1] The university along with the Nanyang Technological University are research intensive and rank the highest in ...
Planning in Singapore first began with the Jackson Plan in 1822, which divided Singapore town into multiple ethnic areas and established Singapore as a commercial and administrative centre. For a century, the colonial authorities in Singapore were not very involved in its development until they began engaging in urban regulation in the 1890s ...