The explosion of data spurred on by technologies such as the Internet of Things, along with the growth of computing power and emerging data science techniques such as machine learning, makes possible a renewed understanding of a community's behaviour, which in turn, can assist in more accurately quantifying the effects of operational and planning decisions made by government officials and by those who provide them services. High fidelity demographic and movement mapping through telecommunications data, connected and autonomous vehicles, and mobile location-based services all provide unprecedented data sources to planners, designers, engineers, and technologists alike, opening up a myriad of improved outcomes for how communities are built and will be built in the future. If this data could be better shared and harnessed, it will be possible to reduce traffic congestion and pollution, better identify transportation barriers, plan for more inclusive and sustainable economies, prevent crime and mitigate the impacts of disasters, all with smarter, better coordinated, more efficient planning and operations.
Mark has spent over a decade in government and politics and has been a featured speaker on the future of smart cities and analytics at the White House, World Bank, State Department, and Harvard Smart Cities Accelerator. Mark serves as a director to humanitarian and environmental non-profits and was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.
The explosion of data spurred on by technologies such as the Internet of Things, along with the growth of computing power and emerging data science techniques such as machine learning, makes possible a renewed understanding of a community's behaviour, which in turn, can assist in more accurately quantifying the effects of operational and planning decisions made by government officials and by those who provide them services. High fidelity demographic and movement mapping through telecommunications data, connected and autonomous vehicles, and mobile location-based services all provide unprecedented data sources to planners, designers, engineers, and technologists alike, opening up a myriad of improved outcomes for how communities are built and will be built in the future. If this data could be better shared and harnessed, it will be possible to reduce traffic congestion and pollution, better identify transportation barriers, plan for more inclusive and sustainable economies, prevent crime and mitigate the impacts of disasters, all with smarter, better coordinated, more efficient planning and operations.
