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As the Cursor Blinks: Electronic Scholarship and Undergraduates in the Library
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Big Data and the Internet of Things
Advances in sensing and computing capabilities are making it possible to
embed increasing computing power in small devices. This has enabled the sensing
devices not just to passively capture data at very high resolution but also to
take sophisticated actions in response. Combined with advances in
communication, this is resulting in an ecosystem of highly interconnected
devices referred to as the Internet of Things - IoT. In conjunction, the
advances in machine learning have allowed building models on this ever
increasing amounts of data. Consequently, devices all the way from heavy assets
such as aircraft engines to wearables such as health monitors can all now not
only generate massive amounts of data but can draw back on aggregate analytics
to "improve" their performance over time. Big data analytics has been
identified as a key enabler for the IoT. In this chapter, we discuss various
avenues of the IoT where big data analytics either is already making a
significant impact or is on the cusp of doing so. We also discuss social
implications and areas of concern.Comment: 33 pages. draft of upcoming book chapter in Japkowicz and Stefanowski
(eds.) Big Data Analysis: New algorithms for a new society, Springer Series
on Studies in Big Data, to appea
The future of work: Towards a progressive agenda for all. EPC Issue Paper 9 DECEMBER 2019
Europeâs labour markets and the world of work in general are being transformed by the megatrends of globalisation, the fragmentation of the production and value chain, demographic ageing, new societal aspirations and the digitalisation of the economy. This Issue Paper presents the findings and policy recommendations of âThe future of work â Towards a progressive agenda for allâ, a European Policy Centre research project. Its main objectives were to expand public knowledge about these profound changes and to reverse the negative narrative often associated with this topic. It aimed to show how human decisions and the right policies can mitigate upcoming disruptions and provide European and national policymakers with a comprehensive toolkit for a progressive agenda for the new world of work
European integration and complementarities driven network alignment: the case of ABB in Central and Eastern Europe
The depth of industry integration between European âWestâ and âEastâ depends on the
simultaneous existence of several factors, which, through mutual complementarities,
align global and local networks. This paper takes the case of Asea Brown Bowery (ABB),
one of the first large investors in central and eastern Europe (CEE), to show that the
successful penetration of this company into CEE was the result of the simultaneous
occurrence of several factors, which had mutually reinforcing complementarities.
Changes in the strategy of ABB towards knowledge-based services may be weakening
these complementarities and dis-aligning local and global networks in CEE. By
integrating the insights of Milgrom and Roberts (1995) on complementarities the paper
further develops the ânetwork alignmentâ perspective (Kim and von Tunzelmann, 1998)
on growth
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