Other Affiliated Programs: Global Social Impact Fellowship

Students on Summer Project Team:
Ugochi Amadi '23, IDEAS
Iman Faris '22, International Relations & Economics
Sameer Merchant '22, Computer Science
Tommy Persaud '21, Computer Science & Engineering
Emily Thampoe '21, Journalism / Health, Medicine & Society

Faculty Mentor(s): Khanjan Mehta, Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry

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Project description:
Smart city project innovations are being introduced throughout Kazakhstan, particularly in the country’s largest city, Almaty. These innovations are happening in the areas of health care, education, and safety/security, among many others. As Almaty continues to grow and develop into a major world capital, the need for it to be on the leading edge of the “smart cities” movement will only increase. This project is working with community organizations and leading universities in Kazakhstan, as well as students from Lingnan University in Hong Kong, to design and develop the next generation of smart city urban design innovations, and find ways to work with governmental and NGO entities to implement those solutions into the Kazakh capital.