The document summarizes the MK:Smart project in Milton Keynes, which aims to secure future economic growth through the use of data and smart city technologies. MK:Smart is creating an integrated innovation program and data hub to provide solutions to infrastructure problems like congestion and water availability. It will act as a platform for businesses and researchers to access data from various sensors and sources. The project is funded at £16 million and led by The Open University to enhance the contribution of higher education to economic growth. It will govern data access and address privacy through a data governance process.
1. @mksmartproject | #mksmart
Helping to secure the future economic growth of Milton Keynes
Prof
Enrico
Mo+a
Director,
MK:Smart
The
Open
University
2. Milton Keynes: A great success story
Facts about growth in Milton
Keynes (2004-2013)
• Highest population growth
(16.5%)
• Highest job increase (18.2%)
• Highest growth in number of
homes (16.4%)
• 2nd highest percentage of
start-ups (after London)
Source: Cities Outlook 2015
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3. Potential barriers to growth
3
The
rapid
growth
of
Milton
Keynes
is
nonetheless
introducing
stress
elements
in
the
infrastructure.
• Conges'on
is
forecast
to
increase
by
60%,
with
engineering
soluCons
only
able
to
tackle
half
of
this
• Milton
Keynes
is
situated
within
one
of
the
driest
parts
of
the
country
and
water
availability
is
likely
to
come
under
increasing
pressure
in
the
future
due
to
climate
change
and
populaCon
growth.
• Minimising
the
cost
of
energy
and
reducing
carbon
emissions
are
key
goals
to
ensure
sustainable
growth.
4. What is MK:Smart?
• A £16M project partly funded by the HEFCE’s Catalyst Fund
– Aim of the fund is to enhance higher education’s contribution to
economic growth
• Main objective of the project is to put in place:
An integrated innovation and support programme, which will
leverage large-scale city data to provide solutions to the key
demand problems and will also provide a generic enabling
infrastructure to sustain and accelerate economic growth by
promoting innovation.
6. ...
MK Data Hub
Services
Data
IT Infrastructure
Sensors
Data
Mobility
map
Water
mgmt
Energy
Mgmt
An infrastructure for business and research
7. Approach
• Information as an asset
– Evidence in the literature that data releases generate value per se
– Variety of data sources, including different types of sensor data
• Data ownership
– Providers own their data and can control access
• Security/Privacy
– Privacy by default
– Support for sophisticated policy specification and management
– Data governance processes
• Data-centric Software Engineering
– Sophisticated data acquisition and management – not just a data repository
– Support for effective and efficient development of data-intensive applications
• Supporting Open Innovation
– A platform for businesses and researchers
– Sophisticated service layer – from e-commerce to reusable analytics
8. Data governance process
Formal project body meets on a weekly basis to sort out, for all new
datasets, questions of ownership and licences.
9. Experimental Sensor Networks
MK Datahub
Analytics
Integration
Curation
Storage
Import
TVWS
UNB
MESH
SENSORS NETWORKS
DATA HUB AND
APPLICATIONS
10. Experimental Sensor Networks
MK Datahub
Analytics
Integration
Curation
Storage
Import
TVWS
UNB
MESH
SENSORS NETWORKS
DATA HUB AND
APPLICATIONS
14. Currently working with companies in:
transport, mobile, marketing, technology, data analytics, forensic
triage, recruitment, media, design, web, wireless internet, market
research, system integration, software development, satellites,
publishing, printing, RFID management, IoT/sensors, catering,
children activities, e-learning, healthcare, social media, sports,
architecture, radio, sound, cloud, legal…
15. Pre-‐ProducCon/
Open
trials/
Sustainability
Requirements/Design/
Infrastructure
Advanced
SoluCons/
Closed
Trials
§ Data Hub Design, Initial
API/Datasets, Cloud
Infrastructure
§ Reqs elicitation and
design for demonstrators
§ Reqs, Design, Workshops,
Citizen engagement
platform
§ Physical space for
business engagement,
Initial project marketing
§ Initial marketing of
educational activities,
design of course materials
2014 2015 2016
§ Advanced Data and
Privacy Mgt, Scalability,
Restricted
§ Initial Demonstrators/
Closed trials
§ Citizen Collaboration
platform, Funding
Decisions, Projects start
§ Initial set of SMEs
piloting data hub,
widening network
§ Initial presentations,
revision of course
materials
§ Active marketing, Federation to
other envs, Analytics and app
support, Open to business
§ Final demonstrators, public trials,
public releases, sustainability
§ Engagement with Business,
Project results, Project
Evaluation, Sustainability
§ Sustainable legacy for business
engagement and MK:Data Hub,
Exploring additional sectors
§ Scaling up delivery, in-depth
evaluations, sustainability
Project Strategy
16. UK
set
to
lead
the
way
for
smart
ci'es
Smart
Ci)es
Forum
Minister
praises
OU’s
contribu'on
to
MK:Smart
MK:Smart
featured
in
UKTI
Video
MK’s
Technology
Trials
Showcased
in
Government’s
White
Paper
MK:Smart
featured
in
Future
Ci'es
Report
17. Satellite
ApplicaCons
Internet
of
Things
City
Network
Smart
Waste
Smart
Homes
Electric
Mobility
Intelligent
and
on-‐
demand
mobility
Smart
Grid
&
Energy
MK:Smart
City
Data
Hub
Milton Keynes Future City: Innovation Cluster
“Today’s economic
map of the world is
dominated by what I
call clusters:
critical masses of
unusual competitive
success in one field”
Michael Porter