Analyzing the development of AI for the transformation of Smart Cities around the world

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Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Strategic Scenarios and the Rise of Chatbots by 2030
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07 Nov 2025
Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Strategic Scenarios and the Rise of Chatbots by 2030
  The advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a pivotal transformation in the public sector, marking a shift that transcends th...
How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Cities into Net Zero Urban Environments
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07 Nov 2025
How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Cities into Net Zero Urban Environments
Urban centers, while occupying less than 2% of the Earth's land surface, are responsible for an overwhelming 78% of global energy consumption and approximat...
How Can Transport Infrastructure Be Brought Back to Life?
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06 Nov 2025
How Can Transport Infrastructure Be Brought Back to Life?
In an era marked by rapid urbanization, demographic expansion, and accelerating economic growth, cities are becoming increasingly complex ecosystems. Thes...
Stuttgart Rosenstein: The City Unveils First Cost Forecasts for a Century-Defining Urban Transformation
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06 Nov 2025
Stuttgart Rosenstein: The City Unveils First Cost Forecasts for a Century-Defining Urban Transformation
  The city of Stuttgart has taken a significant step forward in its long-term urban development strategy with the unveiling of preliminary cost esti...
Resilient Futures: How Vietnam is Redesigning Its Cities for a Changing Climate
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05 Nov 2025
Resilient Futures: How Vietnam is Redesigning Its Cities for a Changing Climate
  As Vietnam undergoes rapid socio-economic transformation, its urban areas have emerged as central engines of growth, accounting for more than 70% ...
Wired for the Future: How Fibre-Powered Smart Cities Can Transform South Africa
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05 Nov 2025
Wired for the Future: How Fibre-Powered Smart Cities Can Transform South Africa
By the year 2050, approximately two-thirds of the global population will reside in urban areas. This ongoing demographic transformation is already having si...
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Consulting services

Empowering Cities Through Artificial Intelligence

At the IDHUS Institute, we support companies, organisations, municipalities and local governments in leveraging artificial intelligence to design smarter, more sustainable, and people-centered cities. Our consulting services combine strategic vision, technological expertise, and ethical insight to help urban administrations improve decision-making, optimize public services, and accelerate digital transformation.

Strategic Intelligence for Urban Transformation

We help design tailored AI roadmaps that help cities understand where and how artificial intelligence can create the most impact. From mobility and energy management to data governance, we guide municipalities in building long-term strategies for smarter, more efficient, and sustainable urban systems.

Ethical and Data-Driven Public Services

Our consulting services focus on applying AI and data analytics to enhance public service delivery while ensuring transparency, accountability, and citizen trust. We help governments adopt intelligent solutions that make urban management more responsive, inclusive, and future-ready

Capacity Building and Innovation Partnerships

We empower city leaders and technical teams through training, workshops, and collaborative projects that bridge policy and technology. By fostering innovation ecosystems and connecting with EU and international networks, we turn AI-driven transformation into real, measurable public value

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Smart Cities Cohesive Model (SCCM)

Our AI and blockchain-based model for developing and implementing solutions for transforming cities into Smart Cities

The SCCM is a cohesive framework of structures, service levels, applications, and systems for Smart Cities, which facilitates and guides the implementation of technologies and processes that lead to the transformation of our cities towards new urban models of livability, sustainability, urban design, and technological interconnection.

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Projects

Turning Knowledge into Urban Intelligence

The IDHUS Institute develops and participates in research and innovation projects focused on applying artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to real urban challenges. Our goal is to transform data and knowledge into practical solutions that enhance sustainability, efficiency, and quality of life in cities.

Working alongside universities, public administrations, and technology partners, we co-create initiatives that address key areas such as smart mobility, energy management, climate resilience, and digital governance. Each project is designed to integrate technology with social and environmental responsibility.

Developing a City Systems Architecture Framework to facilitate the digital transformation of urban areas towards Smart Cities

Research conducted as part of a project by the Faculty of Computing and Digital Technology at Birmingham City University between November 2021 and February 2022.The objective of this research is to develop a system architecture framework for urban environments that...
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Smart Cities Cohesive Model (SCCM)

The IDHUS Institute is developing the Cohesive Smart City Model (SCCM), a framework for transforming our urban environments into Smart Cities using the most disruptive technologies and integration and development mechanisms. The aim is to enable our cities to provide...
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