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SMART LEEDS is the Leeds City Council-led programme created to identify and deliver new technologies and innovative solutions to help make Leeds the best place to live, work and visit.

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Location data is one of the key resources driving digital transformation right now. Today, more data about location – from more sources and in more detail – is being created and used than ever before. That data makes possible great advances in existing services, and […]

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Artificial Intelligence, cities and climate change

November 2019

It’s clear that a lot of action to reduce emissions and climate change will play out in urban areas, where most people in the world live, and an even higher proportion of economic activity happens. Save the city, save the world. But it’s hard to […]

Transport Smart Classes, North of England 2019

June 2019

During Digital Leaders Week 2019, TRANSPORT Smart Classes held an event in Leeds to teach attendees how their organisations can deploy the latest digital technology-enabled solutions, data-driven strategies and best practices to tackle transport sector challenges and deliver a transport system that will allow passengers […]

How we’re helping people to Find a job

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Our Find a job service was created in just 5 months in partnership with external job search engine specialists Adzuna. The service, which helps people find full-time or part-time jobs, replaced Universal Jobmatch. I worked with our Leeds and Sheffield based digital teams on developing the […]

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IoT is transforming the world and creating a connected society

June 2018

Lets look at IoT in the beginning. When modems were modems and GSM was the standard, 9600 baud, with provenance back to Emile Baudot, the inventor of one of the early telegraphic codes, creating a yardstick for data communication. One baud (Bd) is one bit […]

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