WESSEL PARDOEL

This minor is all about the future of our cities. Smart technologies play a big role in the transition towards sustainable city development. However, it is important to apply the right technologies for certain problems. Adding these technologies should fix problems, instead of creating them. Let me explain what I mean about that. Often, when smart-technologies are implemented, data is being generated. Analysis and conclusions are made with that data. These conclusions can have false information about the actual situation. Therefore, it is a dangerous thing to be fully data-driven in city circumstances, because there is always a lott that the data isn't telling you. Making quality data-analysis and having good data analysts, that dive a little deeper into the human aspacts of the data, are crucial for our future. This is the reason that my focus during this minor is on data and data analysis.