Model of a smart apartment building developed by Estonian University of Life Sciences used to demonstrate ideas constituting a Smart City within the Tartu Smart City project.
Satish Narayana Srirama: Because of our work, future smart devices and solutions will be a lot cheaper
Satish Narayana Srirama worked in the University of Tartu for many years, but last summer moved back to his native India and joined University of Hyderabad. He is still a guest professor in Tartu, and still leads the lab that has been created there. Srirama’s research group is working on issues that are essential to our much smarter future.
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ur society has been dreaming of smart cities for many decades. Artificial intelligence and machine learning were already a topic of discussion in the 70s. Today, we have the knowledge, technologies, possibilities, and the infrastructure to make that dream a reality. It seems so close, yet we still have a long journey ahead of
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us. Nevertheless, it is not merely science-fiction anymore. “We will get there. The next generations will see it for sure, but there are many obstacles along the way. We are walking with baby steps at the moment,” Professor Srirama begins. Srirama speaks about how our world is becoming more digital and smarter every day. Compelling Internet of Things (IoT) applications are
launching constantly in all domains. Srirama’s group vision strives to provide IoT and cloud services at a minimal cost for every person, whilst keeping an eye on the quality of the user experience. They design differEstonian Centre of Excellence in ICT Research
