New awards program at IBM Check it out! The IBM Innovation Awards is a worldwide program designed to encourage proposals that focus on teaching, research, or community building using key technologies. New! IBM is proud to announce the 2010 Industry Skills Award programs to encourage the developement of innovative courseware and curriculum that contribute to …
Service Science Transdisciplinary Framework (WW) Journal of Service Science (Pp. 8-9) http://www.sersci.com/magazine/v2n1_2/ Inventing the Future of Services (US) CMU Course http://tinyurl.com/2ak5na4 Mental Models of Time (WW) Thanks to Bob Lusch for pointer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg Transportation (US) Driverless Cars http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/02/2124104/driverless-cars-to-hit-the-streets.html Transportation (WW) RFID for Airports http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/f3dc86/rfid_for_airports_and_airlines_20082018 Water/Environment (France) City Sensors http://www.lamontreverte.org/en/ Water/Climate (EU) Knowledge Community http://www.climate-kic-proposal.org/ …
Handbook of Service Science (Springer) http://tinyurl.com/3798ybl Service Science Progress and Directions (Spohrer) http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/service-science-progress-and-directions-20100620 International Conference Exploring Service Science (Switzerland) http://iess.unige.ch/ http://www.slideshare.net/ServicesScience/iess-10-welcome Public Service Delivery (EU) COCKPIT http://www.cockpit-project.eu/ Ecoblocks (WW) Harrison Fraker UCBerkeley http://www.slideshare.net/geoff848/harrison-fraker-ecoblocks Grand Challenge Summit (US) USC http://www.naegrandchallengessummit2010.org/ Energy and Climate Change Network (Greece) http://www.kepa.uoa.gr/PROMITHEAS_general.htm Nano Progress (Lux Populi) Green Science and Tech Research …
High schools face many challenges. First, the fluctuating high school drop out rate in the US (around 8-10% over all), especially in the largest urban areas (as high as 50% or more), is setting off alarm bells with many stakeholders. Part of the solution is universities getting more involved in high schools. Second, funding shortages …
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Some of the Amazing People I Know: Many people amaze me — let me give two examples — one outside IBM and one inside IBM. Outside IBM, one person who is a constant source of wonder to me for his energy and activities is Prof. Jay Kandampully Ohio State University, Professor of Services Management , …
The CEO study is posted: http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/ceo/ceostudy2010/index.html This year, IBM interviewed student (our future leaders!) from around the world. A couple of key points were: Students are at least twice as likely to focus on globalization and sustainability issues as CEOs Students see scarcity of resources as a challenge they will need to address during their …
Read the article here: from USNews & World Report Agility / Skills Combos / Tacit skills / A broad vision /Analytics Curiosity / Self Reliance I don’t think these are NEW; they should look familiar to promoters of service science. They really spell out more details about the breadth – the horizontal part of the …
Home Schooling: In preparation for a K-12 education panel I will participate in, I was looking for some help to understand home-schooling in the Bay Area of Northern California (Silicon Valley)…. Marlene Turner, Associate Dean College of Business at San Jose State University helped by providing me with some perspective and then some pointers: “Getting …
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (Germany) AIFB http://www.aifb.kit.edu FZI Research Center for Information Technology (Germany) Karlsruhe http://www.fzi.de Jobs Policy Debate (US) Andy Grove article http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html Jobs and skills (US) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/business/economy/02manufacturing.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=todayspaper Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (India) IIT Bombay http://www.sineiitb.org/ Association of Cost Engineers (UK) Rajkumar Roy, Professor of Competitive Design, Cranfield University …
Studying Engineering Before They Can Spell It: NYT FRONTPAGE, By Winnie Hu (June 14, 2010) To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten. “…the big bad wolf had to do more than just huff and puff to blow down the three little pigs’ house. To start, …