Very short overview of the work we do in the Qrowd project, qrowd-project.eu

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Making transport
smarter, leveraging the
human factor
Elena Simperl
University of Southampton
Solothurn, March 2018
Innovative mobility solutions for smart cities

2. 3 out of 4 Europeans live in urban areas
Traffic congestion costs us €100 B yearly
Road transport is responsible for 40% of CO2
emissions
In the EU, transport accounts for 4% of GDP
and 9M jobs
Transport matters

3. The joy of
parking

4. The road home

5. Transport is changing
Sharing economy
New means of transportation
Digital infrastructure

6. Challenges
Access to useful data
Purposeful analytics
Citizen engagement
Responsible innovation

7. From raw
sensors to
meaningful
data

8. Using online
crowdsourcing
in urban
auditing

9. Humans in
the loop to
train and
test AI

10. Incentivising
service and
policy co-
creation

11. From
permission-less
innovation to
personal data
empowerment

12. The tech
Standards compliant , GDPR by design
Interoperable and open (no vendor lock-in)
User-centric AI
Extendable and scalable to adapt to new urban
contexts
Cost efficient

14. The smart city of Trento
Traffic and mapping services
Human in the loop services
Q & A

15. qrowd-project.eu
@QrowdProject