Fostering Citizen Engagement in Smart Cities through Gamification

A mid-way presentation on an on-going project of development of my Master Thesis.

Transcript

1. FOSTERING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN SMART CITIES THROUGH GAMIFICATION José Pinto Rosaldo Rossetti
2. OVERVIEW i. Motivation ii. Problem iii. Solution iv. Outcome
3. MOTIVATION ▪ Within the context of Smart Cities – Citizen Engagement ▪ It’s importance in the development/innovation of Smart Cities – Creation of quality services – Contribute to the state of mobile app development ▪ Specifically apps that provide services for citizens
4. Problem ▪ Lack of means of collecting citizen related information ▪ No centralized location for such collected data ▪ Poor quality and short-term use of apps
5. Solution ▪ Development of a methodology for app developers – Based on the concept of Gamification – Directed to apps on mobility, energy efficiency, etc. ▪ Protocol of communication between app and centralized DB ▪ Creation of standard patterns for data on Citizens ▪ An API that consolidates all the developed features
6. OUTCOME ▪ A tool in the form of an API, publicly accessible ▪ Facilitate data collection on Citizens ▪ Large number of API users, to validate and obtain continuous information ▪ Provide a way for local governmental agencies to access citizen data
7. THANK YOU Questions?