Enabling Cognitive Cities with Artificial Intelligence

Have you ever imagined yourself living in a city where everything seems to be magical, where public services have great quality, where you know the best time you can go to your office or school avoiding traffic, and where the city itself talks to you and supports you in your daily activities? Well, this city is already under development, thanks to the revolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques that makes a city to understand its situation in real time, and to act to change something that is going wrong, without a person to take a decision for it. Welcome to the world of Cognitive Cities. According to the United Nations, the world will be predominantly urban by 2050, when more than 60% of the people will live in cities. That's mainly because it is in cities that the opportunities of good jobs, education, health and social interactions are. When people share a space with efficient resources and services to enable their daily activities, no matter these activities are, they can live better and can expect a better future for themselves and their beloveds.