Introduction: The CityIQ column aims at developing a data model to provide evaluation services for global cities, undertaking sustainable development research tasks, relating to themes of urban planing, transportation, environment, safety and encouraging cities to provide data and best practices to support database construction and to improve the worldwide competences of city database and city evaluation system.

Source: Intelligent City Knowledge Service

Release date: Oct. 2021

Provided by: CAO Buyang

Introduction: Dr. Philipp Späth, senior researcher of School of Environmental and Social Sciences and Geography, Freiburg University, Germany, head of China-Netherlands-France-Britain-Germany international joint research on smart eco city management. Starting from the current research project, "Smart Eco-Cities", Doctor Späth introduces the background of smart city in Germany from several different perspectives.

Source: Intelligent City Knowledge Service

Release date: Oct. 2021

Provided by: LI Xiang

Introduction: Prof. Shangwu Zhang, assistant dean of College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University and vice dean of Shanghai Tongji Institute of Urban Planning and Design. Prof. Zhang mainly focuses on Shanghai development review, Shanghai 2040's macro trends and challenges, Contradictions and characteristics of Shanghai's urban space growth, national strategy and Shanghai's global urban prospect.

Source: Intelligent City Knowledge Service

Release date: Sep. 2021

Provided by: LI Xiang

Introduction: A knowledge application for comprehensive display and inquiry of Pakistan University is built to comprehensively display four internationally recognized world university rankings, such as QS, THE, US News and ARWU rankings.

Source: Silk Road Sciences and Technology Knowledge Service

Release date: Oct. 2021

Provided by: Zhang Qianglong

Introduction: In our attempt to understand neural systems, it is useful to identify statistical principles that may be beneficial in neural information processing, outline how these principles may work in theory, and demonstrate the benefits through computational modelling and simulation. Negative correlation is one such principle, and is the subject of this work. The main body of the work falls into three parts. The first part demonstrates the space filling and accelerated central limit convergence benefits of negative correlation, both generally and in the specific neural context of V1 receptive fields. I outline two new algorithms combining traditional ICA with a correlation objective function.

Source: Silk Road Sciences and Technology Knowledge Service

Release date: Oct. 2021

Provided by: Liu Jun

Introduction: The knowledge application of Women Engineers is developed to respond to the UNESCO's initiative and focus on gender equality in the scientific academic circle by integrating relevant data and resources. The application collects women engineers' profiles, highlights their contributions, stories and academic achievement, aiming at encouraging more female students and young ladies to be excellent engineering S&T talents. It is also an online museum storing data and resources about women engineers.

Source: IKCEST General Platform

Release date: Sep. 2021

Provided by: Cai Lingli, Zhang Xinxing, Wang Suyun

Introduction: Human beings have experienced different times from thatched cottages to high-rise buildings, dirt roads to expressways, and carriages to airplanes. It is those engineering projects that witness the development of human civilization. Until now, human beings have created numerous engineering miracles. The second Global High-Quality Engineering Project Collection Activity held by IKCEST has come to an end. After evaluation by professional judges, a total of seven excellent engineering projects have stood out to be the winners. And, the winner list has been released on the IKCEST platform for you to check. So far, the first phase of the activity has come to an end. If you have missed it, don't worry. The second phase of the activity is still underway. We look forward to your participation!

Source: IKCEST General Platform

Release date: Sep. 2021

Provided by: Cai Lingli, Zhang Xinxing, Wang Suyun

Introduction: The Silk Road has a long history, representing glories rarely known by people. In the 2nd Unveil the Beauty of the Silk Road Activity, seven excellent articles from countries along the Belt and Road are selected to be winners. The award result has been published on the IKCEST platform, and you can click on the column of Unveil the Beauty of the Silk Road to check it. So far, the first phase of the activity has come to an end. If you have missed it, don't worry. The second phase of the activity is still underway. We look forward to your participation!

Source: IKCEST General Platform

Release date: Sep. 2021

Provided by: Cai Lingli, Zhang Xinxing, Wang Suyun

Introduction: This data set uses the surface temperature index to evaluate the risk, uses night light data, population density indexes to evaluate exposure, and uses indexes such as NDVI, distance from the hospital, and slum area ratio to assess disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities. Comprehensive risk assessment is conducted through hazard, exposure, disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities.

Source: Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service

Release date: Jun. 2021

Provided by: Yuan Yuelei

Introduction: This dataset mainly records the types of land degradation and restoration, as well as the characteristics of spatial and temporal distribution, with a total of 18 vector files. This data set can provide important basis for monitoring and prevention of land degradation disaster.

Source: Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service

Release date: Oct. 2021

Provided by: Yuan Yuelei

Introduction: This lecture focused on four questions: 1) Why IKCEST. 2) What IKCEST does. 3) What users can get from IKCEST platform. 4) How IKCEST did its job. In addition, Prof. Liu introduced four sub-platforms: Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service, Silk Road Science and Technology Knowledge Service, Engineering Education Knowledge Service, Intelligent City Knowledge Service, and showed the high evaluation of IKCEST from all sides.

Source: Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service

Release date: Jan. 2021

Provided by: Yuan Yuelei

Introduction: Pakistan is faced with many disasters, earthquake being the most serious. This report mainly introduces the basic situation of natural disasters in GB area and an innovative geospatial technological method for disaster risk reduction in mountainous areas, and illustrates the importance of disaster mapping by taking disaster maps in Saudi Arabia as an example.

Source: Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service

Release date: Jan. 2021

Provided by: Yuan Yuelei