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Mit diesem Buch geben die Herausgeber einen umfassenden Überblick zur Nutzung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Städten und urbanen Gebieten, um den sozialen und ökologischen Lebensraum nachhaltig zu entwickeln. Unter dem Begriff „Smart City“ werden entsprechende Initiativen zusammengefasst. Dazu zählen Projekte zur Verbesserung der Mobilität, Nutzung intelligenter Systeme für Wasser- und Energieversorgung, Förderung sozialer Netzwerke, Erweiterung politischer Partizipation, Ausbau von Entrepreneurship, Schutz der Umwelt sowie Erhöhung von Sicherheit und Lebensqualität. Das Herausgeberwerk widmet sich der Vielfalt dieser webbasierten Entwicklungen für urbane Räume und zeigt erste Erfahrungen aus Pionierprojekten. Das Werk richtet sich an Stadtentwickler, Politiker und Citoyen sowie Wirtschaftsinformatiker. Es hilft dem Leser, Einsatzgebiete im öffentlichen Lebensraum zu erkennen und Lösungsansätze zu bewerten. Der Inhalt Smart Governance Smart Partizipation Smart Living Smart Education Smart Mobility Smart Energy Smart Economy Die Zielgruppen Führungsverantwortliche, Projektleiter, Stadtentwickler Informatiker, Wirtschaftsinformatiker Interessierte, die sich einen Überblick über die Entwicklung und das Potenzial von Smart City-Initiativen verschaffen möchten Die Herausgeber Andreas Meier ist Professor für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. Seine Forschungsgebiete sind eBusiness, eGovernment und Informationsmanagement. Meier habilitierte an der ETH in Zürich und forschte am IBM Research Lab in Kalifornien/USA, war Systemingenieur bei der IBM Schweiz, Direktor bei der Großbank UBS und Geschäftsleitungsmitglied bei der CSS Versicherung. Edy Portmann ist Assistenzprofessor für Informationswissenschaft an der Universität Bern, Schweiz. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung. Im Anschluss an das Studium in Wirtschaftsinformatik, Betriebs- und Volkswirtschaftslehre promovierte Portmann in Informatik. Er war u. a. bei Link, Swisscom, PwC und E&Y tätig und forschte an der Universität Kalifornien in Berkeley.

Computers and civilization. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Application software. --- Computers and Society. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

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This book provides insights on how emerging technosciences come together with new forms of governance and ethical questioning. Combining science and technologies and ethics approaches, it looks at the emergence of three key technoscientific domains - body enhancement technologies, biometrics and technologies for the production of space -exploring how human bodies and minds, the movement of citizens and space become matters of technoscientific governance. The emergence of new and digital technologies pose new challenges for representative democracy and existing forms of citizenship. As citizens encounter and have to adapt to technological change in their everyday life, new forms of conviviality and contestation emerge. This book is a key reference for scholars interested in the governance of emerging technosciences in the fields of science and technology studies and ethics. .

Philosophy --- General ethics --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Computer. Automation --- computers --- ethiek --- filosofie --- informatica --- maatschappij --- biometrie --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- Ethics. --- Computers and civilization. --- Philosophy. --- Computers and Society. --- Philosophy of Technology.

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Paul U. Unschuld bietet eine kulturhistorisch begründete Analyse der politischen Geschichte Chinas der vergangenen zwei Jahrhunderte. Ein erster Teil beschreibt die verschiedenen Traumata, die dem Land im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert durch ausländische Interventionen zugefügt wurden. In der zweiten Hälfte werden die Ursachen offen gelegt, die zu einem historisch einmaligen Vorgang geführt haben: dem Wiederaufstieg eines Staates, der von Staaten einer fremden, militärisch-technisch überlegenen Kultur besiegt und an den Rand des Abgrunds gebracht wurde. In seinem Geleitwort erläutert Ulrich Sendler die Bedeutung des Wissens um diese Hintergründe für ein Verständnis der Motivation und Erfolgsaussichten der Modernisierungsstrategien Chinas in einer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt.

Computers and civilization. --- Comparative politics. --- China—History. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Cultural heritage. --- Computers and Society. --- Comparative Politics. --- History of China. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Cultural Heritage. --- China --- History.

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In this book readers will find technological discussions on the existing and emerging technologies across the different stages of the big data value chain. They will learn about legal aspects of big data, the social impact, and about education needs and requirements. And they will discover the business perspective and how big data technology can be exploited to deliver value within different sectors of the economy. The book is structured in four parts: Part I “The Big Data Opportunity” explores the value potential of big data with a particular focus on the European context. It also describes the legal, business and social dimensions that need to be addressed, and briefly introduces the European Commission’s BIG project. Part II “The Big Data Value Chain” details the complete big data lifecycle from a technical point of view, ranging from data acquisition, analysis, curation and storage, to data usage and exploitation. Next, Part III “Usage and Exploitation of Big Data” illustrates the value creation possibilities of big data applications in various sectors, including industry, healthcare, finance, energy, media and public services. Finally, Part IV “A Roadmap for Big Data Research” identifies and prioritizes the cross-sectorial requirements for big data research, and outlines the most urgent and challenging technological, economic, political and societal issues for big data in Europe. This compendium summarizes more than two years of work performed by a leading group of major European research centers and industries in the context of the BIG project. It brings together research findings, forecasts and estimates related to this challenging technological context that is becoming the major axis of the new digitally transformed business environment.                                                    .

Information storage and retrieval. --- Management. --- Industrial management. --- Application software. --- Computers and civilization. --- Information Storage and Retrieval. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Computer Applications. --- Computers and Society. --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Information Storage and Retrieval --- Innovation/Technology Management --- Computer Applications --- Computers and Society --- Big data

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This book investigates the question as to whether technological developments will ultimately mean the end of work and, if so, what the consequences will be. The author addresses this question from the perspective of a technologist well versed in econometrics and game theory, and argues that it is not technology alone that could lead to the end of work, but its utilization by the capitalist system. Technology allows us to minimize the costs of work and increase profits, while the system is worsening unemployment, socio-economic inequality and stratification – which could lead to the end of capitalism in a massive global revolution. As such, the book proposes an evolutionary reform based on a seemingly minor but in fact essential correction of the corporate income tax, which he proposes should decrease in accordance with the percentage of the enterprise’s revenues expended to pay employee salaries. In this way, entrepreneurs will be motivated to implement new professions and occupations, as well as new workplaces. Only in this way, the book argues, can reforms be used to prevent the end of work, which would have catastrophic consequences.

Political economy. --- Public policy. --- Computers and civilization. --- Labor economics. --- Economics. --- Labor Economics. --- Political Economy. --- Computers and Society. --- Public Policy. --- Information society --- Business enterprises --- Economic aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Technological innovations. --- Computer science. --- International Political Economy. --- Informatics --- Science --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Economics --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization