Handbook of Smart Cities

Dr. Juan Carlos Augusto, (Licenciate in Computer Science - 1992, Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence - 1998, M.Sc. in Higher Education Practice - 2009) is Professor of Computer Science at Middlesex University, London, UK.  He is also the Head of the Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments and its Smart Spaces Lab. With a technical background on Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interfaces, his research interests are on the design and implementation of Intelligent Environments with special interest in the improvement of the intelligence, interfaces and development process of systems in this area.  The application domain he most often explored has been Ambient Assisted Living, physical and emotional wellbeing, and technology supported Education, however he is interested in other applications of sensing too.  His interests intersect with several areas, for example, User-centred computing Context-awareness, Internet of Things, and Ubiquitous Computing.
He has contributed to the research community with more than 230 publications, including the following co-edited books: Designing Smart Homes (Springer, 2006), Advances in Ambient Intelligence (IOS Press, 2007), Human-Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence (Academic Press, 2009), the Handbook on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (Springer, 2009), the Handbook on Ambient Assisted Living (IOS Press, 2012), and Recent Advances in AAL (IOS Press, 2016). 
He has given more than a dozen invited talks and tutorials, most of them related to AmI and AAL, for international workshops and conferences.  He has also chaired numerous technical events.  More recently he has been Programme Chair of Pervasive Healthcare 2011 (Dublin), Program Chair of Intelligent Environments 2011 (Nottingham), Landscape Track Chair for AmI'11 (Amsterdam), Program co-Chair of Intelligent Environments 2012 (Guanajuato, Mexico), General co-Chair of EvAAL'13, Program co-Chair of Intelligent Environments 2013 (Athens, Greece), and General Chair of Intelligent Environments 2016 (London, UK).  
He was appointed as Editor in Chief of the Book Series on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (IOS Press), co-Editor in Chief of the Journal on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (IOS Press); and co-Editor in Chief of the Journal on Reliable Intelligent Environments (Springer), and as Editorial Board member for several international journals including the journal on Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (FTRA-Springer) and the Journal of Sensors and Networks (MDPI).  
He has participated in fourteen research projects and has been the Principal Investigator for eight of them.  He has recently led the Middlesex University team for an EU funded project: "PersOnalized Smart Environments to increase Inclusion of people with DOwn's syndrome (POSEIDON)", Objective ICT-2013.5.3 "ICT for smart and personalised inclusion", and is currently leading the healthcare validation setting of the CHIST-ERA funded project "SecUre aCCESSibility for the internet of things (SUCCESS)". He is also currently involved in two projects with London companies and Boroughs to encourage citizens to be more aware of their level of physical activity and nutrition choices.
He is a member of several European advisory boards for government and funding organizations, including assessment of proposals submitted to funding calls in nine different countries around the world.  He has also advised the EC as an external referee for funding calls as well as a monitoring expert on following the development of two ARTEMIS-JU research projects.  He is also a member of the following professional organizations: IEEE (SMC branch), BCS (British Computer Society), ACM, and AAAI. He was recognized as an AAAI

Smart Cities: Fundamental Concepts.- Smart Cities Can Be More Humane and Sustainable Too.- NEOM Smart City: The City of Future (The Urban Oasis in Saudi Desert).- Smart Energy Frameworks for Smart Cities: The Need for Polycentrism.- Urban Computing: The Technological Framework for Smart Cities.-Smart Cities Data: Framework, Applications, and Challenges.- Smart Institutions: Concept, Index, and Framework Conditions.- Smart City Needs a Smart Urban-Rural Interface. An Overview on Romanian Urban Transformations.- Building Smart City Solutions with Focus on Health Care and GDPR.- User Interfaces in Smart Cities.- Stockholm: Smart City.- Smart City Wien – A sustainable future starts now.-Smart City Transformation for Mid-sized Cities: Case of Canakkale, Turkey.- Urban Innovation Ecosystem & Humane and Sustainable Smart City: A Balanced Approach in Curitiba.- From Invention City to Innovation City: The Case of Racine Wisconsin.- Smart City Edmonton.- Holistic, Multifaceted, and Citizen-Centric Smart Taipei Strategies.- Tehran in the Path of Transition to a Smart City: Initiatives, Implementation, and Governance.- Rebranding Umhlanga as an Intelligent City.- Bandung Smart City: The Digital Revolution for a Sustainable Future.- Malaysia Smart City Framework: A Trusted Framework for Shaping Smart Malaysian Citizenship?.- Social inclusion in Smart Cities.