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Resources for faculty and students, with exemplars

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Resources: The Watson IoT educators guide URL is at https://developer.ibm.com/academic/resources/internet-of-things-educator-guide/ IBM Bluemix online course: Getting Started with IBM Bluemix – 6hrs online training – https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/courses/getting-started-with-bluemix/ Watson IoT developers page Redbook: The Interconnecting of Everything Whitepaper: Is your business ready for the Internet of Things Four ways to drive service innovation with the Internet of Things …

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Early Registration Ends 2/19 for T Summit 2016 – Washington, DC March 21-22, National Academy of Sciences building

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From:    “T-Summit 2016” <tsummit@issip.org> A reminder that EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS 2/19 for T-Summit 2016: Transformational Approaches to Creating T-Shaped Professionals.  Please join us at the historic National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC on March 21-22, 2016 for this conference.  We invite your attendance and active participation! Featured speakers on the future of T-shaped …

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Multiple Perspectives on Service

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Multiple perspectives on service from three authors – Maglio, Alter, and Manhaes: Paul Maglio (UC Merced): Just read Paul Maglio’s Metaphor piece: http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/serv.2015.0115 Editorial Column—Metaphors of Service and the Framing of Service Science Paul wrote: There are many metaphors related to service. There is the “service encounter” (Bitner et al. 1990), the “moment of truth” …

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New Textbook: Fundamentals of Service Systems

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Fundamentals of Service Systems Editors: Cardoso, J., Fromm, H., Nickel, S., Satzger, G., Studer, R., Weinhardt, C. (Eds.)   From the website and order here on Amazon: This textbook addresses the conceptual and practical aspects of the various phases of the lifecycle of service systems, ranging from service ideation, design, implementation, analysis, improvement and trading …

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T-Shapes by many other names…

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The attributes of a T-shaped person are often described in other terms…. (click phrase to see article) consilience critical thinking and communication data analytics across disciplines disciplinary expertise empathetic empathy integrative learning interdisciplinary collaboration inclusive excellence lifelong learners project-based learning Renaissance Man synthesizing generalists Thanks to: Jana Markowitz Tony Boccanfuso

PhD Scholarships in the Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University Business School

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Six PhD Scholarships Available! The Centre for Systems Studies, based in the Business School at the University of Hull (UK), has a strong international reputation for its cutting edge work on the theory, methodology and practice of systems thinking. We have six scholarships for our Systems Science PhD program to offer to successful candidates wanting …

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Mycroft Cognitive Mediator: Enhancing Team Science

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Mycroft Cognitive Mediator: Enhancing Team Science: An ISSIP Discovery Summit/OHSL Workshop at IBM Research – Almaden Dec 15-16 Team Science researchers and developers are working together to expand awareness of Team Science tool kits, and find practical measurable ways of boosting team performance.   Team Science tool kits and the Team Science community are focused on …

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