Data management and decision making for smart cities

[2017-01-19 Thu 18:31:58] speaker: Richard Karp event: SMU Panel

Optimization of the energy grid, even when future demand is known, is a non convex optimization problem.

Renewables depend on unknown factors like the weather that introduce stochastic control issues.

Timing of traffic lights, opening of lanes to optmize road traffic. Offer rewards for off peak travels, for example, in Bangalore

Deep Drive project at Berkeley, getting self driving car to learn from human driver.

Scheduling of buses adaptively in Bangalore.

Bike sharing system in NY and how it adapts to peak hour, using matching theory