During the Second International Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in the Internet of Things and Computing (TIOTC 2022), A vision by the title “Al-Ramadi Smart City” was launched. The vision idea was inspired by the conference tracks and the emerging advancements in IoT and computing technologies.
The vision was launched by the director of the IT unit at Al-Maarif University College, Dr. Mahmood Alsaadi. Dr. Mahmood the lecturer of the Computer science department gave a speech explaining the aspects and the importance of the vision and its future role in the city and province development. Moreover, the speech included the launch of the special vision website that is dedicated to showcasing, receiving and sponsoring ideas and projects of the vision. The website can be accessed at the link below.
https://smartcity.uoa.edu.iq/
It is worth highlighting, that the vision included the proposal of a set of projects in smart homes, environment solutions, green energy, power consumption, cybersecurity, and remote agriculture. The projects were proposed and discussed during the session of Al-Ramadi Smart City vision, by members of the IT unit at Al-Maarif University College. Moreover, the session included short demonstrations and prototypes of the proposed IoT projects.
Finally, the session ended with a discussion with the audience, namely, the member of the parliament, and the member of the communication committee at the Iraqi parliament, Eng. Akram Al Assafi, and the head of the communication directorate of Al-Anbar province, Eng Suhaila I. Farag. The audience praised the vision and proposed projects and offered to provide support to enable and accomplish the vision.
