Short takes – week of 6 July

Shorts:

Handbook of Service Science: http://www.springerlink.com/content/n820995328410k61/

Grand Challenge in Service (Cambridge UK 21-26 Sept 2010) http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/service/events/serviceweek/

Andy Neely (UK Cranfield/Cambridge) AIM Research http://aimresearch.org/

Future Skills https://service-science.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2010_02-IBM-SSME-final.pdf

Citizens Collaboration & Co-Creation in Public Service Delivery (COCKPIT) (EU) http://www.cockpit-project.eu/

Ann-Charlotte Plogner (Sweden) provided a heads up on the Executive Management Group for Service

Tourism Service – Paris 3D on iPhone – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n0052nWets&feature=related

Information service (US) Data.Gov http://www.data.gov/

List of least developed countries (UN) http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/lldc/list.htm

Engineering Cities (UK) http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/info/pdf/engineeringcites.pdf

The Entrepreneurial Narrative – Inspiring Other Innovators http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/bif-6

Building Architecture and Urban Design http://www.som.com/content.cfm/www_home

Great Raleigh NC (USA) http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/06/517077/planner-envisions-a-greater-raleigh.html

NSF Urban Long-Term Research Areas (USA) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09551/nsf09551.htm

And the winners are …. http://2010.thecableshow.com/mediareleases/release/winners-of-cioit-competition-2010

Georgia Tech (US) Innovation Competition http://rnoc.gatech.edu/index.php

Transylvania University of Brasov (Romania) Green Campus GENIUS http://ziuaenergiei.ro/pdf/Unitbv.pdf

IBM Global Entrepreneurship and Smart Camp https://www.ibm.com/isv/startup/welcome.html

(jazzy intro version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2qzNayQ5Fw)

IBM Watson (DEEP-QA) – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Computer-t.html?hp

IBM Smarter Cities http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/smarter-cities.html?cntxt=a1000055

Smarter Planet http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/index.html?re=sph

IBM Academic Initiative https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/academicinitiative/

IBM Global University Programs https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/

Services Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/ssme

How to make your city smarter: Creating and assessing the path to prosperity

http://www.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/smarter-cities.html?cntxt=a1000055