The future of value-seeking in two inequalities

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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Course: Understanding Cognitive Systems

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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Conferences: Naples Service Forum and Venice Digital Economy

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/

Service Science Special Issue: Service-Dominant Logic: Institutions, Service Ecosystems, and Technology

Service Science Special Issue: Service-Dominant Logic: Institutions, Service Ecosystems, and Technology    SERVICE SCIENCE Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2016, pp. 1–2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/serv.2016.0147 Call for Papers Service Science Special Issue: Service-Dominant Logic: Institutions, Service Ecosystems, and Technology Coeditors : Irene CL Ng, WMG, University of Warwick, Stephen L. Vargo, Shidler College of Business, University of …

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Rebuilding Science from Scratch

Rebuilding Science from Scratch One of my interests is using digital cognitive systems to accelerate the exploration of “rebuilding science from scratch” – given 20-20 hindsight what is the sequence of steps to rebuild science from scratch – data, experiments, models? I find Pat Langley (AAAI Fellow, doctoral work with Herb Simon (CMU)) presentation below …

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Empowering (T-shaped Entrepreneurial) Makers in the Cognitive Era

Empowering (T-shaped Entrepreneurial) Makers in the Cognitive Era Uploaded here: http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/empowering-makers-in-the-cognitive-era-20161203-v5 To create more T-shaped Entrepreneurial Makers in the Cognitive Era – you might all enjoy reading about Kartik Gada’s ATOM argument… The argument is not for the faint of heart – and it is about using quantitative easing (government printing money) direct to people …

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Conferences upcoming service science related

Upcoming service science related conferences as well: Systems Sciences – Jan 4-8, Hawaiihttp://hicss.org Exploring Service Science – May 24, Rome, Italy https://service-science.info/archives/4292 Naples Forum on Service – June 6-9, Sorrento, Italy https://service-science.info/archives/4294 Serviceology – July 12, Vienna, Austria https://service-science.info/archives/4290 Human-Side of Service Engineering – July 17-21, Los Angeles, CA http://www.ahfe-hsse.org/ ISSIP sponsors HICSS (http://hicss.org) and …

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Conference Naples Forum on Service – June 6-9, 2017

The 5th Naples Forum on Service SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC, NETWORK & SYSTEMS THEORY AND SERVICE SCIENCE: INTEGRATING THREE PERSPECTIVES FOR A NEW SERVICE AGENDA URL: http://www.naplesforumonservice.it/uploads/file/CFP%202017.pdf HOSTED BY The University of Naples “Federico II” and the University of Salerno CHAIRPERSONS Evert GUMMESSON, Stockholm University, Sweden Cristina MELE, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy Francesco POLESE, …

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Conference IESS 2017 – 8th Exploring Service Science – Rome, May 24

(Apologies for any cross-posting) *************************************************************************** IESS 2017 – The 8th International Conference on Exploring Service Science May 24-26, 2017, Roma, Italy http://www.itais.org/conference/iess2017/ *************************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, There is almost one month left before the submission deadline (December 24). We would like to remind you that the 8th International Conference on Exploring Service Science – IESS 2017 …

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Conference Serviceology – ICServ2017, Vienna, July 12

********************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS: 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERVICEOLOGY – ICServ2017 July 12-14, 2017, University of Vienna, Austria http://icserv2017.serviceology.org/home ********************************************************************************** The International Conference on Serviceology is an annual academic event initiated by the Society of Serviceology (www.serviceology. org) in Japan aiming to bring together researchers, academics and industry leaders, active and interested in the latest …

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