This book explains how to build digital twin metaverse cities aimed to accelerate urban digital transformation through emerging technologies. Why do we need to live in a smart city? The book presents a novel architectural design of digital twin metaverse cities and the digital twinning process. Let’s dive into emerging technologies as building blocks to construct smart cities.

Rapid urbanization causes compelling city problems worldwide, such as housing, traffic, schooling, healthcare, employment, and pollution. Numerous smart-city scholars and practitioners have attempted to tackle these problems but lack an integrated approach and practical implementation tools to solve them. In this book, we will build digital metaverse cities using emerging technologies. This approach begins by identifying a problem statement, designing a novel digital twin metaverse architecture, reviewing emerging technologies as building blocks and showcasing interesting applications.

Moreover, we will review state-of-the-art digital twin metaverse development tools and present readers with interesting engineering prototypes of my proposed digital twin smart cities. Finally, we will discover how to avoid some management pitfalls during the construction of innovative smart cities, including project management, change management, leadership skills, and modern management information systems, providing a bonus for our readers.

You will:

• Explore complex issues arising from rapid urbanization.
• Discover how emerging technologies like 5G, IoT, and AI can solve urban problems.
• Master the digital twinning process powered by the Data Analytics Flywheel.
• Explore core and enabling technologies shaping Digital Twin Metaverse Cities.
• Gain hands-on experience with development tools and prototypes for smart city applications.

Dr. Samuel Li has 23 years of intensive management and leadership experiences in global ICT multinationals, including Nortel, Nokia, Motorola, BTI, Linaro and Anhub in USA, Canada, and Asia. He is credited with successful technology management for the world’s first touchscreen Linux smartphone: Motorola A760, the global first Nokia mobile Internet applications: MIA, and pioneering Android mobile platform: SavajeOS.

Dr Li also has over 10 years of high education teaching experience. He is currently actively engaging in academic research and teaching roles at Northeastern University, Anna Maria College, University Canada West, University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, Hangzhou Dianzi University, and Zhejiang University of Technology. He holds an MBA degree from University of Toronto, Global Executive MBA program, a Master’s degree of System Design Engineering, and a Bachelor’ degree in Computer Sciences. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo, focusing on advanced study in the Internet platform sharing economy, big data/AI/machine learning, and online trust and reputation systems.

Dr Li has also published various papers and books in subjects of IT management, digital transformation, data analytics, machine learning, AI, etc.