Dr Behzad Heravi

Vortex IoT

CTO

Behzad Heravi is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Vortex, developing innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies for Smart Cities, Industry 4.0 and Smart Infrastructure. Behzad has a background in delivering Wireless Mesh Networks, Hyper-local Air Quality Monitoring, LiDAR Urban Scanning Systems and AI/5G-enabled technologies.

His career spans over 18 years in leading innovation projects and published research in Information Theory, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensor Fusion and Artificial Intelligence.

Behzad and his team were awarded for Innovation in Air Quality as recently as 2020

Behzad has a PhD degree in Communication Systems from Lancaster University and is currently an honorary research fellow at Swansea University.

TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021 Retrospectives Round-Up

#Emissions&AirQuality #Health&Living #SmartCities #SmartCommunities #SmartEnergy #SmartInfrastructure #SmartSpaces&PublicRealm #SmartTransport

Six weeks ago today we hosted TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021 in Manchester. If you’ve missed any of the presentation “Retrospectives”, here’s another […]

Manchester, UK Nicola Kane Jack Holland Stuart Scott Dr Annette Pass Adrian Sutton Dr Behzad Heravi Aurelien Cottet Simon McGlone

Connect the Unconnected: TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021 Retrospective

#SmartCities #SmartInfrastructure #SmartTransport #SmartWaste #SmartWater

Vortex IoT’s Co-founders – CEO, Adrian Sutton and, CTO, Dr Behzad Heravi – joined us at TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021 last month […]

Manchester, UK Adrian Sutton Dr Behzad Heravi

TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021 Filmed! REGISTER NOW for Free Access to the Presentation Video Recordings and Slides from our Latest In-Person Event!

#Emissions&AirQuality #Health&Living #SmartCities #SmartCommunities #SmartEnergy #SmartInfrastructure #SmartSpaces&PublicRealm #SmartTransport

On Friday 10th September we assembled in the Stoller Hall at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, to host TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2021, […]

Manchester, UK Nicola Kane Jack Holland Stuart Scott Dr Annette Pass Adrian Sutton Dr Behzad Heravi Aurelien Cottet Simon McGlone

Is Air Pollution Correlated With Climate Change?

#Emissions&AirQuality #SmartCities

Growing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been directly linked to climate change and the warming of the planet in recent decades. On […]

Dr Behzad Heravi

EMISSIONS & AIR QUALITY Smart Class 2019 “Retrospectives Round-Up” and Announcing Addition of 2H 2019 Emissions & AQ Edition to the Smart Classes Schedule

#Emissions&AirQuality #SmartCities

Back on April 17th we hosted EMISSIONS & AIR QUALITY Smart Class 2019 in London, at Browns Courtrooms, Covent Garden. Here’s the feedback from some […]

London, UK Ines Lopez Adrian Sutton Dr Behzad Heravi Ashley Bijster Tim Daniels Kit Stormont Graham Mills Christopher Snelling Councillor Tim Mitchell

Enabling Hyper-Local Air Quality Monitoring with Emerging Technologies: EMISSIONS & AIR QUALITY Smart Class Retrospective

#Emissions&AirQuality #SmartCities

Government and local authorities globally are coming under increasing legislative pressure to better monitor air quality, and to deploy and actively manage ‘clean air zones’ […]

London, UK Adrian Sutton Dr Behzad Heravi

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