What IS a Smart City?Making South Bend a SmartER & Connected Community

How South Bend Redefines itself as a Smart City

Santiago Garces

Cities Across the Globe Face:

•New digital expectations•Rapid rate of change

Demographic Change

•Water management•Roads and Bridges

Aging Infrastructure

•Catastrophic events•Changing context

Climate Change

•Reduced revenue•Transparency

Fiscal Constraints

Challenges Opportunities

•Residents and Things are interconnected in embedded environments•Data can be generated, analyzed, and consumed at low cost

Internet of Things

•Information technologies simplify service delivery•Metrics and accountability at the service level

Service Orientati

on

•More data and more computational power at lesser cost•Big data relevant in a local context

Analytics

Confronted by constraints and the double-edged sword of data, as city managers we need frameworks that allow us to abstract technical complexity and focus on prioritizing and communicating decisions in an accessible way to politicians and residents.

Transform Assets

City-As-A-Platform

Talent

Connectivity

Infrastructure

Transportation

Communication

Data

The Sewers Example

Smart Senso

rs

$114 Million USD Saved

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A Growing Ecosystem

+ M.O.U to Research, Develop, and Deploy• Wireless Technologies

• 5G Wireless• Internet of Things

• Talent Development Ecosystem• Tech enabled residents• Talent Pipeline

• Advanced Analytics and Modeling• Policy Evaluation• Operational Evaluation

MetroLab Network22+ Universities and Cities sharing expertise and technology

Supported by:

Universities

Technology brings:

Basics Are EasyValue

Utility Warranty

Good Government

OptimizationEffectivene

ss Efficiency

Thriving Residen

tsDevelopment

Jobs Ventures

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Opportunities

NationalMLN

Steering Commi

ttee

GCTC

ERC/NSF

FCC/ NTIA Model City

RegionalRegional Cities Lilly

LocalEconomic

Development

Wireless

Tech-enabled Residents & Talent Pipeline

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Education / Experience Level

Available Programs

South Bend Youth Task

Force

HighschoolUniversity Student /

Pre-Professional

Fellowship / Developmental

Rotation

Long-term Professional PlacementMiddle-School

Office of Innovation

South Bend Community School

Corporation

South Bend Code School

Riley Engineering

Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem Internship Program

Office of Innovation Internship Program

Society of Women Engineers

EnFocus Fellowship Program

Americorps Vista Program

Notre Dame Staff

SB Public Works Internships

Other City of South Bend Departments

South Bend Tech Startups

Regional Organizations

Enfocus Internship Program

Talent Ecosystem: Pipeline

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Civic Analytics & Policy Engine • The city produced a number of successful applications of data science

during the first four years of the Buttigieg administration• These have been ad-hoc engagements managed through the Office of Innovation

(V&A Analysis, City Report Card) • These have not up to this point leveraged the talent of Notre Dame faculty/staff,

only students (Undergrad through PhD)