Title :
Building the intelligent island
Author :
Motiwalla, Juzar ; Yap, Michael ; Ngoh, Lek Heng
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Syst. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The IT2000 project, Singapore´s national information technology (IT) effort to create the intelligent island, is introduced. The motivation for Singapore´s government and other parties in taking an active role in the development of the National Information Infrastructure (NII) is outlined, and a strategic framework for coordinating the development of different aspects of the NII is presented. The architectural framework of a prototype system that is being developed as part of IT2000, as well as some research activities and their relevance to the building of NII, are described.<>
Keywords :
B-ISDN; government policies; internetworking; IT2000 project; National Information Infrastructure; Singapore; broadband networking; information technology; natural language interfaces; systems integration; Application software; Buildings; Business; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Intelligent structures; Power system management; Road transportation; Technology management; Telecommunication computing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
