INTEC professors and students participate in the VII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2024)
They presented partial results of research developed in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to creating sustainable urban environments
SANTO DOMINGO. – Teachers and students of the Engineering Areas y Basic and Environmental Sciences of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), in collaboration with the Ibero-American network RIBIERSE-CYTED - Network for the large-scale integration of renewable energies into electrical systemsThey participated in el VII Ibero-American Congress on Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2024) in which researchers shared knowledge to advance the development of solutions for smart cities.
Held at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, this event featured more than 120 scientific articles which were presented in hybrid sessions (virtual and in-person), poster sessions, keynote talks, and company presentations on smart city topics.
The themes of the Congress were based on IoT and device integration, smart mobility, energy & energy efficiency, smart grids, governance and citizenship, smart industry, smart environment, smart economy and education, smart public services, urban computing, electrical and renewable systems, training of technicians, real-world experiences and other topics based on the development of smart cities.
"The topics presented by the teachers and students of the doctorates en Environmental science y Energy Management for Sustainable Development , the races of Mechatronic Engineering and Electrical Engineering from INTEC, and the RIBIERSE Network were the following: in the Energy Efficiency and Sustainability session, “Comparative analysis of different passive technologies to improve the energy performance of buildings", Scientific article on the research on energy and home automation systems modelling by INTEC.
In the session on Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities and Urban Computing, Big Data, Data Management and Analysis, the presentation was made on “Flood vulnerability assessment in urban areas based on machine learning: a case study of Santo Domingo”, part of the research of a PhD student in Environmental Sciences at INTEC.
In the session on Electrical Systems, the papers “Design of a kickback control for output voltage regulation in an unknown linear load interconnected through a DC-DC converter” were presented, a scientific article resulting from collaboration between the universities that belong to the RIBIERSE CYTED NETWORK and INTEC, and “Hybridization of renewable energy sources with hydroelectric pumping for energy system stability”, from the research of a PhD student in Energy Management for Sustainable Development at INTEC.
INTEC contributing ideas for smart cities
Through its research, education and collaboration with the public and private sectors, INTEC has contributed to the creation of more sustainable, inclusive and competitive smart cities by collaborating with the Council for Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES) in the Santiago Smart City project. Likewise, he has made great contributions to the RD-Lab, an innovation and territoriality laboratory of INTEC that is dedicated to Development of smart city solutions for the Dominican Republic.
The university has carried out Numerous research projects in the field of smart citiesThese projects have addressed issues such as sustainable mobility, waste management, energy efficiency, citizen security and Smart microgrids.