REGISTRATION OPEN – LOOK!!

Registration is Open! 4rdAnnual Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education and Faculty Institute June 3-4th, 2011 Union College, Schenectady, NY www.union.edu/integration   Please join us for an exciting fourth annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education. The program includes a keynote talk by Dr. David Ferrucci, Semantic Analysis and Integration Department, IBM Watson Research Center. …

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Service Science INFORMS sponsorship – contribute scholarly articles

The <<Service Science: http://www.sersci.com/ServiceScience/>> team is working extremely hard in pursuit of receiving its full INFORMS sponsorship. If done successfully, all papers (including previously published papers) will be archived as INFORMS publications. I understand that we all are passionate about the fast development of Service Science. To ensure that we have good quality papers published …

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Education in the Age of Smart Machines

Education is arguably society’s most important type of service.  Education is also slow to change in many ways.  However, that was before the age of smart machines. To find out why and how things are about to change, be sure to be on hand, when on June 3 at Union College in Schenectady, New York, David Ferruci, the …

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digital kids –> a new kind of education

Check this out!!  I love it – these children, grades 6 – 12 are our future (needless to say). The new learning model is called “Quest to Learn” Started in 2006, the design is all about innovation, and capitalizing on the kids innate curiosity and energy with the hope to instill a love of life …

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Two-day Academic Conference, 22-23 September 2011, Cambridge, UK

Following the success of the 2010 Grand Challenge in Service week organized by the Cambridge Service Alliance, we are delighted to announce the Two-day Academic Conference to be held on 22-23 September 2011, as part of the 2011 Grand Challenge in Service Week in Cambridge. Understanding Complex Service Systems through Different Lenses Two-day Academic Conference, …

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CFP Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC

The construction of the Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC is underway.  We need session chairs and papers.  Please consider participating in one of these capacities. — Ralph D. Badinelli, Professor, Virginia Tech; Secretary, SRII Past Chair, INFORMS Service Science Section; ralphb@vt.edu (540) 231-7688 Department of Business Information Technology Pamplin …

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