Research & Development

Smart City Data Analytics Prototype

Processing 10M+ sensor records to validate a scalable smart city architecture

Processed over 10 million sensor records during testing

Reduced analytical reporting time by 82%

Validated a scalable architecture for future smart city initiatives

Overview

Smart city initiatives generate enormous quantities of data from IoT sensors monitoring traffic, air quality, energy consumption, and infrastructure conditions. The challenge is not collecting the data — it is processing, analysing, and visualising it in a way that produces actionable insight for urban planners. We designed and built a research prototype that validated the architecture needed to scale before the full system was commissioned.

The Challenge

A public-sector initiative sought to understand urban traffic, environmental conditions, and infrastructure usage through data-driven insights — but needed to validate the architectural approach before committing to full-scale deployment.

The Solution

Designed a research prototype combining IoT data collection, stream processing, real-time analytics, and interactive visualisation dashboards to evaluate feasibility at scale.

How We Approached It

1

Architecture Design

Evaluated stream processing approaches and selected Kafka-based architecture to handle the ingestion rates required at production scale.

2

Prototype Build

Built the full pipeline from sensor ingestion to analytics dashboard using real IoT data from pilot sensor deployments.

3

Load Testing

Simulated full-scale sensor volumes to identify bottlenecks and validate that the architecture held performance targets at 10M+ records.

4

Findings Report

Delivered a technical feasibility report with architecture recommendations, cost projections, and a phased implementation roadmap.

Key Features Built

IoT Data Ingestion
Stream Processing
Real-Time Analytics
Interactive Dashboards
Traffic Analysis
Environmental Monitoring
Anomaly Detection
Scalability Benchmarking

Results & Impact

Processed over 10 million sensor records during testing

Reduced analytical reporting time by 82%

Validated a scalable architecture for future smart city initiatives

Technologies

PythonApache KafkaPostgreSQLTimescaleDBReactD3.js

Service Area

Research & Development

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