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Short Takes 27 Aug

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Service Science Ontology (Italy) http://www.loa-cnr.it/Papers/FerrarioGuarinoFIS08Proceedings.pdf Service Science Ontology (Italy) Legal framework http://www.loa-cnr.it/Papers/FerrGuarFern.pdf Transportation (China) Bus Straddles Cars http://tinyurl.com/3angwlh Water (WW) Pepsi Pledge http://tinyurl.com/369m7et Water/Environment (WW) Tropi-Dry http://tropi-dry.eas.ualberta.ca/2_who.html Energy (WW) Cool Solar Highways http://www.flixxy.com/solar-highways.htm Energy (Germany) Improved Solar Cell Models http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719083044.htm Comm/ICT (Canada) Wireless Sensors http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/research/research-areas/database-systems/wireless-sensors Buildings (US) Green Homes http://tinyurl.com/38mtdfx Retail/Media & Entertainment (Canada) Serious …

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The Value of HPC and Better Simulation Models (WW)

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Many service science researchers world wide are working on better simulation models of service systems and networks.   Some of these models will eventually require high performance computing (HPC) systems that rival super computers used in weather prediction to produce their results.  One question the community needs to be asking itself is how can the community …

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Short takes 21 August

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European Association for REsearch on SERvices (EU) http://www.reser.net/ IBM #4 2010 Most Innovative Company (WW) http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/innovative_companies_2010.html Smartest Scientist (CNN) http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_tech.fortune/41.html Transportation (US) MIT http://cee.mit.edu/graduate/mst Transportation (US) MIT http://web.mit.edu/its/research.html Transportation (US) MIT http://web.mit.edu/its/MITSIMLabOSnew.html Transportation (US) CMU http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/traffic21/about-traffic21/index.aspx Transportation (US) CMU http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/australia/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=1073 Transportation (US) NCSU http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/CE.html Transportation (US) UMichigan http://www.umtri.umich.edu/news.php Transportation (UK) Imperial http://www.geomatics.cv.imperial.ac.uk/html/research/its.asp Transportation (Belgium) UHasselt …

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NY Times article supports shared service

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Academic Bankruptcy By MARK C. TAYLOR Published: August 14, 2010 WITH the academic year about to begin, colleges and universities, as well as students and their parents, are facing an unprecedented financial crisis. What we’ve seen with California’s distinguished state university system — huge cutbacks in spending and a 32 percent rise in tuition — …

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Short takes 16 August

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Food & Products (WW) IBM Smarter Food                                http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/opinions/opinion_20081208.shtml Food & Products (US) Smart Clothes http://tinyurl.com/2duwrld Energy (US) http://www.pgsenergy.com/phone-seminar/E-101a/Fundamentals-Electric-Service-System/424 Energy (WW) Shale and Liquid Natural Gas Intro Course http://www.pmaconference.com/Shale-LNG-0810-PMA.PDF Energy (WW) IBM Rational Focal Point                                            http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/demos/summary/r-focalpointutil.html Comm/ICT (US) Silicon Valley Network http://www.aonetwork.com/ Comm/ICT (US) Future of Mobile Cloud http://tinyurl.com/35dr9rm Comm/ICT (US) Future of Augmented Reality http://tinyurl.com/2uekajb …

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Short takes

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Service Science Transdisciplinary Framework (WW) Journal of Service Science (Pp. 8-9) http://www.sersci.com/magazine/v2n1_2/ Inventing the Future of Services (US) CMU Course http://tinyurl.com/2ak5na4 Mental Models of Time (WW) Thanks to Bob Lusch for pointer to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg Transportation (US) Driverless Cars http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/02/2124104/driverless-cars-to-hit-the-streets.html Transportation (WW) RFID for Airports http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/f3dc86/rfid_for_airports_and_airlines_20082018 Water/Environment (France) City Sensors http://www.lamontreverte.org/en/ Water/Climate (EU) Knowledge Community http://www.climate-kic-proposal.org/ …

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Cities and the Future of Service

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Cities and the Future of Service (WW) James Cortada (IBM) writes in Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/28/cities-data-growth-ibm-leadership-citizenship-talent.html) : “For the first time ever, more than half of us are city dwellers. By 2050 that number will be 70%. We are adding the equivalent of seven New York Cities to the planet every year. This unprecedented urbanization is a …

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Short takes 10 August

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Service Wave Conference (Belgium) http://servicewave.eu/2010/ Submit Service Wave Abstracts (WW) https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=sw20100 T-shaped Professionals (Singapore) http://tinyurl.com/385p56e Getting Hired Team Communication Skills (WW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A42Tab_bu6A&feature=related SD Logic and Service Science  (IMM) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.06.031 Submit Service Science Abstracts (WW) https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=srii11 Technology Services World (WW) http://www.technologyservicesworld.com/ Artifact-Centric Service Interoperation (EU)  http://www.acsi-project.eu/ Smarter Transportation (Australia) http://australia.betterplace.com/ Smarter Energy (Australia) http://www.energy.unimelb.edu.au/ Smarter Buildings …

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Service in Emerging Economies conference

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Service in Emerging Economies (WW) Technology (including Information Communications Technology (ICT) and others) and new organizational forms can dramatically increase productivity in agriculture and manufacturing, but can it also enable higher skill, higher pay knowledge worker job opportunities.    For example, entrepreneurship enabled by mobile communications and smart phones, for education, healthcare, and mitigation of corruption …

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Short takes 7 August

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Handbook of Service Science (Springer) http://tinyurl.com/3798ybl Service Science Progress and Directions (Spohrer) http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/service-science-progress-and-directions-20100620 International Conference Exploring Service Science (Switzerland) http://iess.unige.ch/   http://www.slideshare.net/ServicesScience/iess-10-welcome Public Service Delivery (EU) COCKPIT  http://www.cockpit-project.eu/ Ecoblocks (WW) Harrison Fraker UCBerkeley  http://www.slideshare.net/geoff848/harrison-fraker-ecoblocks Grand Challenge Summit (US) USC http://www.naegrandchallengessummit2010.org/ Energy and Climate Change Network (Greece) http://www.kepa.uoa.gr/PROMITHEAS_general.htm Nano Progress (Lux Populi) Green Science and Tech Research  …

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