A proposal from Professor Luque, Mr. Taoboada and Dr. Valero was accepted for a grant award by IBM’s in the framework of Smarter Cities project.
IBM considers that a Smart cities know how to transform their systems and optimize the use of largely finite resources. To help drive efficiency and increase effectiveness, they leverage technology to make systems instrumented, interconnected and intelligent
- Instrumentation, or digitization, means that the workings of that system are turned into data points and the system is made measurable.
- Interconnection means that different parts of a core system can be joined and “speak” to each other, turning data into information.
- Intelligence refers to the ability to use the information created, model patterns of behavior or likely outcomes and translate them into real knowledge, allowing informed actions.
To help these objectives, the project led by IBM offers a set of services, tools and collaboration working groups that facilitate and will enable smart cities can become a reality (http://smartercitieschallenge.org/)
The proposal presented by this group include the following objectives:
- Research activities: Introduce HPC and Advanced Simulation in the Management and Optimization of Health Services.
Exploit the possibilities opened by this research field developing, in cooperation with IBM, powerful tools such as Decision Support Systems (DSS), for smarter management in the health services area. - Teaching activities: Introducing Advanced Simulation and Health Services management in the Computer Science and Services degree.
Increasing the IBM cooperation, as an educational partner, in the areas of HPC and services for the student of the CS&S degree.