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INGENIEUR Smart Cities and Smart Agriculture By Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Industry and smart city experts from around the world gathered at HUAWEI CONNECT 2018 to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is being harnessed to build smart cities. Cases in focus at the Huawei event included the TEDA system, which applies the Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) and four large-scale AI platforms for Tianjin’s Binhai New Area; land digitalisation to smartify agriculture in Qingdao; 6 48 VOL 2019 VOL 77 55 JANUARY–MARCH JUNE 2013 and the case study of Germany’s Duisburg, where cloud computing and IoT are making the city smarter and more attractive. C hina’s urbanisation rate has risen 37% in 37 years, bringing a host of challenges for urban areas, including traffic congestion and pollution. Driven by services and technology, smart city construction has emerged as a solution to these problems. Service drivers comprise customers, service requirements, and architecture, while technological drivers include AI, data, and cloud. Collaboration in terms of these drivers are key topics today.