Practical experience with smart cities platform design

A successful smart nation is one which uses information and Internet of Things (IoT) technology in a seamless integrated form to enhance transport, healthcare and other public services to improve the quality of life for citizens. In this paper we present our practical experience with smart cities platform design: A∗DAX, a powerful framework for extracting insight from heterogeneous, real-time and complex data sets. In fact, A∗DAX has been successfully deployed at the multi-agency Jurong Lake District (“JLD”) Smart City Test Bed in Singapore, with integration to a shared sensor network of close to 1,000 urban sensors and video analytics of more than 25 video sensors. The vision for JLD is to be a leading model for developing a mixed-used urban area that is sustainable, smart and connected. Through the A∗DAX data exchange portal and repository, test bed users will be able to access real-time and historical environmental data collected by the sensors, as well as video analytics from the camera streams and benefit from a variety of Smart Nation solutions providing real-time sensing and analytics.