Haluk Demirkan compiled this helpful list:   http://california-center-for-service-science.org/nsf-workshop/ http://california-center-for-service-science.org/nsf-workshop-final-agenda/ http://california-center-for-service-science.org/nsf-workshop-attendee-info/ http://california-center-for-service-science.org/nsf-workshop-position-papers/ http://california-center-for-service-science.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/NSF-Workshop-Proposal-Summary.pdf https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1353337 http://cogsci.ucmerced.edu/2014/01/01/cis-faculty-wins-nsf-support-for-conference/ http://ccss.ucmerced.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NSF-Report.final_.pdf

“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.” Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician Recommended reading: To better understand the socio-technical systems design loop read: Kline, S. J. (1995). Conceptual foundations for multidisciplinary thinking. Stanford University Press. (doesn’t mention T-shaped skills, but very relevant to this concept …

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Curating pointers to open source AI/Intelligent Tutoring Systems software and data sets, especially interested smartphone implementations.   Abbeel_P (Berkeley): https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/ Pointers: Berkeley, CMU, Stanford faculty.  MOOC organizations. Great video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NDEzdg-Qsg   AI Resources: http://airesources.org/ Pointers: ?   Aleven V (CMU): http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aleven/ Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Pointers: Some incorporated herein plans for …

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TODO Read   Collins C, Pearl M (2016) Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good. Chelsea Green Publishing http://www.marketplace.org/2016/12/07/world/ending-inequality-america-task-all https://www.amazon.com/Born-Third-Base-Inequality-Committing/dp/1603586830/ [NPR recommended]     Garten J (2016) From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Tem Extraordinary Lives. Amberley …

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Phil Gardner just sent me this T-shaped Image:  

  Certain books and papers, I enjoy reading and re-reading as many times as I can, learning something new each time as I change my mental models over time. In the annotated bibliography below, I have selected some of the special reading that I hope you will enjoy too… 1. Auerswald P. The coming prosperity: …

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Friedman TL (2016) Thank-you for being late: An optimist’s guide to thriving in the age of accelerations.  NY: Farrae, Stauss, Grioux. https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Being-Late-Accelerations/dp/0374273537/ Part I: Reflecting Chapter 1: Thank-you for being late “I enjoy taking a complex subject and trying to break it down so that I can understand it and then help readers better understand …

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How well do we understand the future? How well do we understand “value-seeking” and these two inequalities? Transformation > Experience > Data > Software > Hardware Wisdom > Understanding > Knowledge > Information > Data Some service science researchers are trying to deepen our understanding of these two inequalities to understand better the future of …

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FYI –  I have started my holiday project already! …I am working on a series of lectures for next generation cognitive curriculum, understanding cognitive systems… Lecture One: Two Worlds Today: Learning vs Building Cognitive Systems video: https://youtu.be/S1KD_cliGeU slides: http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/understanding-20161128-v8 Lecture Two: One World Coming: Learning By Interacting video Pieter Abbeel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NDEzdg-Qsg slides: http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/understanding-two-20161212-v2 Next up …

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1. 5th Naples Forum on Service  Servitization and Datafication of Services Track (Abstract Submission Deadline: Jan 20, 2017) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/business_transformation/ssg/naplescfp_hallfinal.pdf 2. Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy (CADE) 2017, June 1-3, Venice, Italy (Abstract Submission deadline: March 6, 2017) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/business_transformation/ssg/ssgabout/sswmgactivities/cade2017/