The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is thrilled to announce that NEC Corporation, a global information and communications technology company, has joined its Industry Advisory Board. NEC will play a vital role in shaping CS3’s research strategy, mentoring a globally competitive smart streetscape workforce, and facilitating partnerships with diverse stakeholders to identify and solve urban streetscape challenges.
NEC has a global presence in the smart city space, including the E.U., India, and the U.S., and collaborates with over 60 municipalities in Japan while promoting infrastructure-collaborative mobility solutions with private 5G connectivity and C-V2X technologies, as well as portable private 5G solutions that can be built rapidly and temporarily. Moreover, in the area of climate change adaptation, the company promotes the concept of adaptation financing for disaster prevention and mitigation.
Starting in 2024, NEC joins the CS3 Industry Advisory Board. As a member of the Board, NEC will regularly advise CS3 leadership on research proposals and industry engagement, participate in activities with the CS3 community and government stakeholders, and help evaluate external testbed pilot proposals. NEC will also participate in CS3 accelerator programs and provide mentorship and other support to its cohort teams.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.
NEC has R&D bases in 7 locations across the world. NEC Laboratories America, Inc. is the US-based research center for NEC Corporation’s global network of corporate research laboratories with locations in Princeton, New Jersey, and San Jose, California.
For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.
About the Center for Smart Streetscapes
The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is a Gen-4 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center based at Columbia University taking a new approach to smart cities. Researchers are working closely with a diverse cohort of more than 80 non-academic community stakeholders – industry partners, community organizations, municipalities, and K-12 schools – both as collaborative co-producers of knowledge and as auditors of technology research and development.
