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“We are aiming for a platform of services and tools which will enhance the privacy and security of communication in the future hyper-connected smart cities”: Interview with Antonis Litke, M-Sec partner

18/11/2019

Antonis Litke is a Senior Research Engineer at ICCS, part of the National Technical University of Athens, and a technical partner on the M-Sec project. We caught up with Antonis to get up to speed on their latest developments in blockchain applications, how their work fits within the wider M-Sec framework at what the associated […]

EU & JP partners meet for plenary meeting in picturesque Santander setting

18/11/2019

Bringing together over 25 partners from the M-Sec consortium across Europe and Japan, the 3rd plenary review meeting in Santander, Spain was a vibrant week of important progress updates on the project, as well as absorbing the local culture, history and food. Taking place at the splendid century-old Palacio de Magdalena on the tip of […]

Successful M-Sec Review Meeting in Tokyo

30/09/2019

The first review meeting of the M-Sec project took place in Tokyo on 18 September of 2019, at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) premises.

Is your smart city secure enough and what can you do about it?

17/09/2019

Currently, smart city platforms are mainly centralized IoT/Cloud infrastructures, which introduces several limitations as these infrastructures tend to be: Inefficient in handling actuation and control over sensors and physical devices; Prone to “complete failures” since they dispose with centralized control by a limited number of administrative entities; Inflexible in the incorporation of innovative applications and […]

What does it mean to be a ‘citizen as sensor’?

02/08/2019

From graffiti, to broken pavements, to left rubbish/trash, there can be many problems that pop-up in shared public spaces, especially in large cities. In many countries, local governments and authorities rely on traditional ways of receiving feedback from citizens, as well as from their own workforce, on the state of the city. These processes are […]

Will you be at these autumn/winter 2019 events? Let’s connect!

13/06/2019

The partners behind M-Sec project come from a range of organisations, including companies, universities, and local government bodies, and are based all over Europe (Greece, France, Spain, Portugal) and Japan. This geographic and organisational diversity means that representatives of our M-Sec project will be attending many different events across the world throughout the next few […]

What does it mean to support the wellbeing of the elderly using technology?

04/06/2019

The population of the world is increasingly an elderly one. With rising numbers of births, better healthcare and quality of life, the percentage of elderly people in our commnunities is set to grow year on year. Elderly populations are facing lonliness and isolation, as well as health problems that come with age – from remembering […]

The European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec meet in Barcelona, Spain

03/10/2018

On 16-18 October 2018, the global partners behind M-Sec will gather in Barcelona, Spain, for their first in-person meeting. The partners will travel from over Europe and Japan to meet in the ‘Poble Nou’ district of Barcelona. This neighbourhood, whose name aptly means ‘New town’ in Catalan, was originally an area penned for industrial growth […]

M-Sec project kicks off its global ambitions with its first EU-JP meeting

12/07/2018

This two-day online meeting was a unique chance for the European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec to meet ‘face-to-face’, sparking the first of the many cross-border connections expected to grow throughout M-Sec project. At 08:00 in central Europe and 15:00 in Japan, on 11 July 2018, the partners behind M-Sec project gathered behind their webcams […]

The EU and Japan join forces to improve the security and connectivity of smart cities

10/07/2018

M-Sec is a new project based on technology, but at the core of its mission is a very human ambition: the goal to improve the well-being of citizens living in smart cities. M-Sec is a collaborative project between the EU and Japan, strengthening connections in the technological spheres of Big Data, IoT, Blockchain and Cloud […]

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