State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

Global City Teams Challenge organizer sees IoT tech making it into the field faster than ever

Statescoop: AUSTIN, Texas — Local governments are getting Internet of Things-enabled technology into the field faster than ever before, according to Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of the cyber-physical systems program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

As the program lead for the “Global City Teams Challenge” here, Rhee has been working for the last three years to encourage city and county governments from around the world to team up and share ideas about the best ways to use the IoT. This year, he was able to help persuade 140 governments to attend his event, forming teams with the private sector and academia to design “smart city” projects, and he said this approach is now generating results at a rapid pace.

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