AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs

This report is the latest in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center's Internet Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25).The report covers experts' views about advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, and their impact on jobs and employment

Enfoque específico para la creación de un sistema de información intelectual en la formación de profesionales del derecho

In this article, we have tried to reveal the basic approaches in the development of an intelligent information system of management of the educational process. By working out, it was considered the experience of some foreign and national high schools, taking into account the general principles of the educational process. The analysis has shown that at IS development there is a necessity in the specific approach to system development. Since the systems of educational process management, where training specializes in the exact sciences differs from training in the humanitarian sphere. While in most cases the control of the educational process implies the management of the educational activities of higher education institutions, the system under development set us the task of developing an integrated system that includes other types of events in higher education institutions, emanating from the specifics of public education management in our country.En este artículo, hemos tratado de revelar los enfoques básicos en el desarrollo del sistema de información inteligente de gestión del proceso educativo. Al hacer ejercicio, se consideró la experiencia de algunas escuelas secundarias extranjeras y nacionales, teniendo en cuenta los principios generales del proceso educativo. El análisis ha demostrado que en el desarrollo de IS existe una necesidad en el enfoque específico para el desarrollo del sistema. Desde los sistemas de gestión de procesos educativos, donde la formación especializada en ciencias exactas difiere de la formación en el ámbito humanitario. Si bien en la mayoría de los casos el control del proceso educativo implica la gestión de las actividades educativas de las instituciones de educación superior, el sistema en desarrollo nos asignó la tarea de desarrollar un sistema integrado que incluya otros tipos de eventos en las instituciones de educación superior, emanando de los detalles de gestión de la educación pública en nuestro país

Active learning based laboratory towards engineering education 4.0

Universities have a relevant and essential key role to ensure knowledge and development of competencies in the current fourth industrial revolution called Industry 4.0. The Industry 4.0 promotes a set of digital technologies to allow the convergence between the information technology and the operation technology towards smarter factories. Under such new framework, multiple initiatives are being carried out worldwide as response of such evolution, particularly, from the engineering education point of view. In this regard, this paper introduces the initiative that is being carried out at the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain, called Industry 4.0 Technologies Laboratory, I4Tech Lab. The I4Tech laboratory represents a technological environment for the academic, research and industrial promotion of related technologies. First, in this work, some of the main aspects considered in the definition of the so called engineering education 4.0 are discussed. Next, the proposed laboratory architecture, objectives as well as considered technologies are explained. Finally, the basis of the proposed academic method supported by an active learning approach is presented.Postprint (published version

Integration of BPM systems

New technologies have emerged to support the global economy where for instance suppliers, manufactures and retailers are working together in order to minimise the cost and maximise efficiency. One of the technologies that has become a buzz word for many businesses is business process management or BPM. A business process comprises activities and tasks, the resources required to perform each task, and the business rules linking these activities and tasks. The tasks may be performed by human and/or machine actors. Workflow provides a way of describing the order of execution and the dependent relationships between the constituting activities of short or long running processes. Workflow allows businesses to capture not only the information but also the processes that transform the information - the process asset (Koulopoulos, T. M., 1995). Applications which involve automated, human-centric and collaborative processes across organisations are inherently different from one organisation to another. Even within the same organisation but over time, applications are adapted as ongoing change to the business processes is seen as the norm in today’s dynamic business environment. The major difference lies in the specifics of business processes which are changing rapidly in order to match the way in which businesses operate. In this chapter we introduce and discuss Business Process Management (BPM) with a focus on the integration of heterogeneous BPM systems across multiple organisations. We identify the problems and the main challenges not only with regards to technologies but also in the social and cultural context. We also discuss the issues that have arisen in our bid to find the solutions