RAPID: MIT in Nashik: Creating a Model for Smart Citizens

本研究考察了为弹出式城市提供服务所面临的技术挑战。弹出式城市是指人口在很短的时间内以数量级或更多的速度迅速增长的地方。其中一个例子是印度的大壶节。该活动预计将在2015年夏末秋初吸引3000万朝圣者前往印度纳西克市。该提案是一个RAPID，旨在收集关于弹出式城市的人群和服务需求的数据。这些信息将涉及人群动态和基础设施需求。该提案提供了收集大量数据的机会，这些数据可用于分析由于新兴弹出城市而产生的基础设施和服务需求。数据不受时间影响，只能在事件进行时收集。当社区在短时间内快速增长时，可以对数据进行挖掘，以便了解对智能和互联社区的需求。这项研究将有助于了解需要提前建设多少基础设施（例如，为奥运赛事或类似的大型聚会提供支持），以及可以及时建设多少基础设施。它将有助于确定智能和互联社区所需的许多技术的服务需求。

This research examines the technology challenges with providing services to pop-up cities. Pop-up cities are locations where the population expands very rapidly by an order of magnitude or more in a very short time. One of these examples is provided by the Kumbh Mela in India. This event is expected to attract 30 million pilgrims to the city of Nashik, India in late summer and early fall 2015. This proposal is a RAPID and is designed to collect data on crowd and service needs for a pop-up city. The information will relate to crowd dynamics and infrastructure needs.The proposal offers the opportunity to collect huge amounts of data that can be used for analyzing infrastructure and services needs due to emergent pop-up cities. The data is time perishable and can only be collected when the event is in progress. The data can be mined to enable the understanding of requirements for smart and connected communities when a rapid community growth occurs over a short but extended period. The research will provide insights into how much infrastructure needs to be built-up well in advance (for example supporting Olympic Events or similar large gatherings) and how much can be created just in time. It will help identify service needs spanning many of the technologies needed by smart and connected communities.