Sunderland connects the data dots with smart city platform

Sunderland in north-east England is implementing a new data platform to inform action on issues such as anti-social behaviour, social care, health, and environmental incidents.

The ConnexinOS platform, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify trends in datasets and suggest the best course of action, will pool data from the council and third parties to support early intervention and coordinated multi-agency responses.

Liz St Louis, Assistant Director of Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council, told Cities Today: “We were spending an awful lot of time trying to match spreadsheets and trying to work things out, whereas the system should automate some of that, al...