The success of the Array of Things is rooted in it being a collaborative effort among scientists, universities, federal & local government, industry partners, and communities.
Together, the group started an initiative that continues to grow to cities and classrooms across the world.
The Array of Things project is led by Charlie Catlett and researchers from the Urban Center for Computation and Data, a joint initiative of Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago hosted by the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago.
The underlying open software and hardware platform, known as Waggle, was developed at Argonne National Laboratory by Pete Beckman, Rajesh Sankaran, Charlie Catlett, and Nicola Ferrier.
The custom enclosure for the nodes was developed by Product Development Technologies, based on early designs from Douglas Pancoast and Satya Mark Basu of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The project is executed in partnership with the City of Chicago.
AoT has been guided by a series of scientific collaborations and workshops beginning in 2013, with participation from scientists and students from academic institutions around the world.
AT&T is the project’s communications partner, providing all AoT connectivity for Chicago. Technical advice and support has come from a many industry partners including AT&T, Arm, BigBelly Solar, Cisco, Crown Castle Communications, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, Intel, Motorola Solutions, and Zebra Technologies.
Array of Things is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Chicago Innovation Fund, the University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory.