Smart Cities project in the Times
Prof Mark Deakin, an associate of the CSI and ITC, was quoted yesterday in a Times supplement, where he highlighted the impact of e-Government, which “not only replaces over the counter services with online services available 24/7 but begins to customise them in a way which is personal to the user". He goes on to say: "such a transformation of service provision does not come cheap and while offering many long-term cost savings, has considerable upfront costs, not to mention technical and other culturally- related challenges".
Mark was speaking in relation to the Smart Cities project, which is looking at ways of integrating academic and government people-based networks to allow effective information sharing and turning that into economically viable information and technologies. Edinburgh Napier's involvement is led by the Faculty's Institute for Sustainable Construction.
The Times supplement can be read here (external, Flash-driven website)