An Experiment Orchestration Platform to Support Smart City Experiential Learning

Abstract

This paper presents an experiment orchestration platform, called VirtualLab@OpenCyberCity, that supports the research and education of smart city technologies. This platform will allow researchers and students to provision distributed experiments across the cyber-physical agents within OpenCyberCity. These new capabilities will support building a cyber-physical systems workforce with hands-on-experience using technologies that will be incorporated into smart city solutions. Virtual-Lab@OpenCyberCity will (a) provide a learning ecosystem of advanced CPS technologies, (b) inform the employment of advanced technologies and intelligent management systems for smart city planners, and (c) foster fruitful collaboration among academia, industry, and government stakeholders to build a smart city innovation workforce.