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Here is my thought experiment, and I welcome your criticism of it: The gist of my argument is that (from a service science perspective) there are named resources in the world that people communicate about (with words), and they fall into four categories based on two dichotomies (also words/phrases): Of course, physicists and lawyers argue …
Dr. Florin G. Filip recently sent two presentations to me. The two presentations are regarding decision support systems (Florin 2018a, 2018b). This short blog posts provides my summary of the presentations, but for more information about computer-supported collaborative decision-making see the Springer book (Filip, Zamfirescu, Ciurea 2017). Both presentations that were shared with me by …
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Wishing everyone a relaxing/festive holiday season and productive/inspiring new year 2019. Please join us at HICSS 52 (Maui), Naples Forum (Ischia), Frontiers (Singapore), AHFE HSSE 2020 (San Diego) – where ISSIP sponsors best paper awards to advance our members professional development. Also, please submit on behalf of your organization a proposal for ISSIP’s Annual Excellence …
Nice documentary video now available on Amazon Prime. Today is Sunday December 9, 2018. Fifty years ago at an early computer conference in San Francisco, a researcher from SRI (Stanford Research Institute) unveiled what he and his team had created – a view of the future of augmented human performance with advanced technologies in computing …
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Thanks to Rohith Jyothish and Anil Srivastava for pointers. The first paper (Freeman 2018) present three laws of “robo-economics” – and is important to read carefully. The pros and cons of profit sharing with employees is well explored in the second and third papers (Weitzman & Krause 1990; Krause 1986), especially from an incentives for …
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The Naples Forum on Service Program The Forum starts on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, with registration and a reception at 6.00 pm. On Wednesday, June 5, the Forum opens at 8.30 am and ends on Friday, June 7, at 5.00 pm. For details and continuous updates, see http://www.naplesforumonservice.it. Venue Hotel Regina Isabella, Piazza Santa Restituta …
Jeff Saperstein and Hunter Hastings co-authored the book “The Interconnected Individual” – read my summary here. Jeff just sent Hunter and I the following Bertrand Russell quote about living in a more and more closely interconnected world… “Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we …
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The four innovations that I would most like to see… (1) Education: Rapid rebuilding from scratch as basis of entrepreneurial education (2) Healthcare: Self-cleaning exoskeleton with AR/VR hoody display clothing linked to tele-robots as basis of healthy aging (3) Retail: 3D printed steaks that remove carbon from the atmosphere and recycling as basis of retail …
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Yes, some of the top ISSIP roles are demanding – especially being ISSIP VP is about one hour a week and one full day workshop, and ISSIP President is two hours a week and at least two full days of workshops – so a pretty serious commitment for sure, and not for the faint of …
The importance of open source software (OSS) in university-industry collaborations is on the rise – generating an ever growing two way flow of advanced code and high tech talent, spinning up a wide range of startups as well. The best practice open source communities has three parts: (1) open access to code, (2) a commercially …
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