Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities: Enhancing Urban Life

Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive analysis of how AI reengineers urban life, governance, and infrastructure. The book explores key thematic areas, including smart government, economy, environment, living, people, cybersecurity, and innovation, complemented by Central European empirical case studies. Each chapter examines the impact of AI technologies--machine learning, natural language processing, and IoT integration--on augmented decision-making, sustainability, health, education, urban resilience, and social inclusiveness.

The book integrates empirical evidence, conceptual reflection, and practical deployment to illuminate how AI can be harnessed for inclusive urban growth. It guides readers through the complex landscape of ethics, economics, and privacy concerns while offering insights on algorithmic fairness, data protection, public trust, and AI innovation. This thoughtful examination advocates for a human-centered and ethical approach to Smart City development, balancing technological advancement with societal needs.

Addressed at researchers, urban planners, policymakers, technologists, and graduate students, this resource provides both policy-driven expertise and analytical capability. Readers will gain valuable perspectives on the convergence of urban futures and Artificial Intelligence, equipping them with the knowledge to navigate the challenges and opportunities of AI-enhanced urban environments while ensuring technology serves the public good.

The book provides a thorough and systematic examination of the role of AI in Smart Cities, covering its applications, benefits, and challenges in various aspects of urban development, including governance, economy, environment, mobility, living, and people.

• Offers an in-depth analysis of the key principles and technologies of AI, as well as its applications in Smart Cities, providing readers with a detailed understanding of the potential of AI to transform urban environments
• Presents case studies of successful AI implementations in Central European cities, providing practical insights and lessons learned for policymakers, urban planners, and business leaders seeking to harness the power of AI to create more liveable, sustainable, and resilient cities
• Adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on insights from urban planning, computer science, engineering, economics, and social sciences to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of AI in Smart Cities
• Provides a vision for a future where AI is used to create a better life for all citizens and inspires a new wave of innovation and collaboration in the development of Smart Cities

Radoslaw Wolniak is a full professor at the Department of Economics and Informatics at the Silesian University of Technology (Poland). For over 20 years he has been dealing with the issues of management, including the Industry 4.0, Smart City, digitalization, artificial intelligence. His achievements include over 500 publications issued at national and international publishers, as well as many undertakings and projects implemented in cooperation with the business environment.

Kinga Stecula received the PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Faculty of Organization and Management, Poland, in 2021. Currently, she works at SUT in Faculty of Organization and Management, in Department of Production Engineering. Dr Stecula deals with research in the field of technical sciences, connected with production engineering, but she is also interested in examining human-machine / human-computer interaction and communication. Currently, she is interested in the issues of human-machine relation in the context of virtual reality, augmented reality, and different means of technology. She is also into smart cities, Industry 4.0, and management.

Wieslaw Grebski is Professor Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University. He was an Engineering faculty and Coordinator of the Engineering Program at Penn State Hazleton. His research interests evolved from computer-aided manufacturing to sustainable forms of energy. Professor Grebski was always promoting a close cooperation between university and industry. Under his leadership a new Engineering program focusing on renewable energy was developed. He has coauthored two hundred publications and nine books. Professor Grebski promoted different unconventional methods for teaching and learning. He was the recipient of the Milton S. Eisenhower Award. (This is one of the highest recognitions at The Pennsylvania State University.) He has also received eleven other awards for teaching and advising. He has also taught the dual enrollment class, Introduction to Engineering Design, as a form of promoting the Engineering profession and recruiting students for the Engineering program. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, American Society of University Professors, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Association of Engineering Educators.