Ph.D. at IT, City Scanner Project Scientist Simone Mora and Chief Scientist at MIT Senseable City Lab, Ph.D. in Communication and Technology Fabio Duarte have visited EKTU after D. Serikbayev.
In the first half of the day, MIT scientists conferred with EKTU scientists, resolved issues of interaction within the framework of the joint project "Sensing Kazakhstan", as well as ways to implement it. After heated discussions and making a number of decisions, the foreign guests went to hold a lecture for EKTU students. Duarte Fabio told a little about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also talked about the latest projects that were implemented within the walls of MIT. These are projects: City Scanner, Sonic cities, Favelas 4D, Roboat.
At the end of the lecture, students had the opportunity to ask questions of interest to them, and many even approached a foreign scientist for a personal conversation. Fabio Duarte was touched by the lively interest of the audience and was happy to answer all questions.
In the afternoon, MIT Ph.D. doctors told and showed what parts mobile sensors consist of and how they work. Having disassembled the devices, the scientists thoroughly answered the questions of their colleagues and students, who watched the process with great interest. Further, foreign installations that were assembled specifically for monitoring the atmospheric air of Ust-Kamenogorsk were installed on a couple of cars. All the information that the sensors record is transmitted via 4G to the servers, in the event that there is no connection, the data will be stored in the sensor's memory. "Therefore, there should be no interruptions," American scientists say.
With the help of several machines, it will be possible to quickly collect environmental data and provide advanced analytical solutions for local executive bodies. The joint work will make it possible to assess the quality of atmospheric air in different parts of the city and determine the influence of air velocity, humidity, and temperature on dispersion. Several sensors will be installed on city trams to track pollution along the route. Trams will cover both the city center and the industrial zone.
