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Mobile heritage practices. Implications for scholarly research, user experience design, and evaluation methods using mobile apps.
Mobile heritage apps have become one of the most popular means for audience
engagement and curation of museum collections and heritage contexts. This
raises practical and ethical questions for both researchers and practitioners, such
as: what kind of audience engagement can be built using mobile apps? what are
the current approaches? how can audience engagement with these experience
be evaluated? how can those experiences be made more resilient, and in turn
sustainable? In this thesis I explore experience design scholarships together with
personal professional insights to analyse digital heritage practices with a view to
accelerating thinking about and critique of mobile apps in particular. As a result,
the chapters that follow here look at the evolution of digital heritage practices,
examining the cultural, societal, and technological contexts in which mobile
heritage apps are developed by the creative media industry, the academic
institutions, and how these forces are shaping the user experience design
methods. Drawing from studies in digital (critical) heritage, Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI), and design thinking, this thesis provides a critical analysis of
the development and use of mobile practices for the heritage. Furthermore,
through an empirical and embedded approach to research, the thesis also
presents auto-ethnographic case studies in order to show evidence that mobile
experiences conceptualised by more organic design approaches, can result in
more resilient and sustainable heritage practices. By doing so, this thesis
encourages a renewed understanding of the pivotal role of these practices in the
broader sociocultural, political and environmental changes.AHRC REAC
A Survey on Forensics and Compliance Auditing for Critical Infrastructure Protection
The broadening dependency and reliance that modern societies have on essential services
provided by Critical Infrastructures is increasing the relevance of their trustworthiness. However, Critical
Infrastructures are attractive targets for cyberattacks, due to the potential for considerable impact, not just
at the economic level but also in terms of physical damage and even loss of human life. Complementing
traditional security mechanisms, forensics and compliance audit processes play an important role in ensuring
Critical Infrastructure trustworthiness. Compliance auditing contributes to checking if security measures are
in place and compliant with standards and internal policies. Forensics assist the investigation of past security
incidents. Since these two areas significantly overlap, in terms of data sources, tools and techniques, they can
be merged into unified Forensics and Compliance Auditing (FCA) frameworks. In this paper, we survey the
latest developments, methodologies, challenges, and solutions addressing forensics and compliance auditing
in the scope of Critical Infrastructure Protection. This survey focuses on relevant contributions, capable of
tackling the requirements imposed by massively distributed and complex Industrial Automation and Control
Systems, in terms of handling large volumes of heterogeneous data (that can be noisy, ambiguous, and
redundant) for analytic purposes, with adequate performance and reliability. The achieved results produced
a taxonomy in the field of FCA whose key categories denote the relevant topics in the literature. Also, the
collected knowledge resulted in the establishment of a reference FCA architecture, proposed as a generic
template for a converged platform. These results are intended to guide future research on forensics and
compliance auditing for Critical Infrastructure Protection.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Pristup specifikaciji i generisanju proizvodnih procesa zasnovan na inΕΎenjerstvu voΔenom modelima
In this thesis, we present an approach to the production process specification and generation based on the model-driven paradigm, with the goal to increase the flexibility of factories and respond to the challenges that emerged in the era of Industry 4.0 more efficiently. To formally specify production processes and their variations in the Industry 4.0 environment, we created a novel domain-specific modeling language, whose models are machine-readable. The created language can be used to model production processes that can be independent of any production system, enabling process models to be used in different production systems, and process models used for the specific production system. To automatically transform production process models dependent on the specific production system into instructions that are to be executed by production system resources, we created an instruction generator. Also, we created generators for different manufacturing documentation, which automatically transform production process models into manufacturing documents of different types. The proposed approach, domain-specific modeling language, and software solution contribute to introducing factories into the digital transformation process. As factories must rapidly adapt to new products and their variations in the era of Industry 4.0, production must be dynamically led and instructions must be automatically sent to factory resources, depending on products that are to be created on the shop floor. The proposed approach contributes to the creation of such a dynamic environment in contemporary factories, as it allows to automatically generate instructions from process models and send them to resources for execution. Additionally, as there are numerous different products and their variations, keeping the required manufacturing documentation up to date becomes challenging, which can be done automatically by using the proposed approach and thus significantly lower process designers' time.Π£ ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ Π΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²ΡΠ΅Π½ ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΏ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠΈ ΠΈ Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π·Π°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π° ΠΈΠ½ΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ²Ρ Π²ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΌΠ°, Ρ ΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠ±ΠΈΠ»Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Ρ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ° ΠΈ Π΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π³ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π²Π°ΡΠ° ΠΈΠ·Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ°Π²ΡΡΡΡ Ρ Π΅ΡΠΈ ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΡΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ 4.0. ΠΠ° ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π»Π½Π΅ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
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Π²Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ° Ρ Π°ΠΌΠ±ΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡ ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΡΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ 4.0, ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ ΡΠ΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈ Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠΊ, ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½. ΠΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠΊ ΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ° ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Ρ Π±ΠΈΡΠΈ Π½Π΅Π·Π°Π²ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π±ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈ Ρ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ°, Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΡ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈ Π·Π° ΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌ. ΠΠ°ΠΊΠΎ Π±ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π·Π°Π²ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈΡ
ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ° Π±ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ΅ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈ Ρ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ° ΠΈΠ·Π²ΡΡΠ°Π²Π°ΡΡ, ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ ΡΠ΅ Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ°. Π’Π°ΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅ ΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈ ΠΈ Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅Ρ
Π½ΠΈΡΠΊΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ
ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΈΡ
ΡΠΈΠΏΠΎΠ²Π°. Π£ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π±ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠ³ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΏΠ°, Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π΄ΠΎΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΠΊΠ° Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ Π΄ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΡΠ°Π»Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅. ΠΠ°ΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΠΊΠ΅ Ρ Π΅ΡΠΈ ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΡΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ 4.0 ΠΌΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ·ΠΎ Π΄Π° ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»Π°Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠΈΡ
ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠΌ Π²Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΠΌΠ°, Π½Π΅ΠΎΠΏΡ
ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ ΠΈ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½ ΡΠ»Π°ΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΠ° Ρ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΡΠΈ, Ρ Π·Π°Π²ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ Ρ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡ. Π’ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΏΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎ Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π°ΡΠΈ ΠΈΡ
ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΠ°, Π΄ΠΎΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ Π΄ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ° Ρ ΡΠ°Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΡΠ°Π±ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ°. ΠΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ° ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΈΡ
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Π²Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ°, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΆΠ°Π²Π°ΡΠΈ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠΏΡ
ΠΎΠ΄Π½Ρ ΡΠ΅Ρ
Π½ΠΈΡΠΊΡ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΏΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½ ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅ΡΠΈ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π°ΡΠ° ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°.U ovoj disertaciji predstavljen je pristup specifikaciji i generisanju proizvodnih procesa zasnovan na inΕΎenjerstvu voΔenom modelima, u cilju poveΔanja fleksibilnosti postrojenja u fabrikama i efikasnijeg razreΕ‘avanja izazova koji se pojavljuju u eri Industrije 4.0. Za potrebe formalne specifikacije proizvodnih procesa i njihovih varijacija u ambijentu Industrije 4.0, kreiran je novi namenski jezik, Δije modele raΔunar moΕΎe da obradi na automatizovan naΔin. Kreirani jezik ima moguΔnost modelovanja proizvodnih procesa koji mogu biti nezavisni od proizvodnih sistema i time upotrebljeni u razliΔitim postrojenjima ili fabrikama, ali i proizvodnih procesa koji su specifiΔni za odreΔeni sistem. Kako bi modele proizvodnih procesa zavisnih od konkretnog proizvodnog sistema bilo moguΔe na automatizovan naΔin transformisati u instrukcije koje resursi proizvodnog sistema izvrΕ‘avaju, kreiran je generator instrukcija. TakoΔe su kreirani i generatori tehniΔke dokumentacije, koji na automatizovan naΔin transformiΕ‘u modele proizvodnih procesa u dokumente razliΔitih tipova. Upotrebom predloΕΎenog pristupa, namenskog jezika i softverskog reΕ‘enja doprinosi se uvoΔenju fabrika u proces digitalne transformacije. Kako fabrike u eri Industrije 4.0 moraju brzo da se prilagode novim proizvodima i njihovim varijacijama, neophodno je dinamiΔki voditi proizvodnju i na automatizovan naΔin slati instrukcije resursima u fabrici, u zavisnosti od proizvoda koji se kreiraju u konkretnom postrojenju. Time Ε‘to je u predloΕΎenom pristupu moguΔe iz modela procesa automatizovano generisati instrukcije i poslati ih resursima, doprinosi se kreiranju jednog dinamiΔkog okruΕΎenja u savremenim fabrikama. Dodatno, usled velikog broja razliΔitih proizvoda i njihovih varijacija, postaje izazovno odrΕΎavati neophodnu tehniΔku dokumentaciju, Ε‘to je u predloΕΎenom pristupu moguΔe uraditi na automatizovan naΔin i time znaΔajno uΕ‘tedeti vreme projektanata procesa
Mapping the Focal Points of WordPress: A Software and Critical Code Analysis
Programming languages or code can be examined through numerous analytical lenses. This project is a critical analysis of WordPress, a prevalent web content management system, applying four modes of inquiry. The project draws on theoretical perspectives and areas of study in media, software, platforms, code, language, and power structures. The applied research is based on Critical Code Studies, an interdisciplinary field of study that holds the potential as a theoretical lens and methodological toolkit to understand computational code beyond its function. The project begins with a critical code analysis of WordPress, examining its origins and source code and mapping selected vulnerabilities. An examination of the influence of digital and computational thinking follows this. The work also explores the intersection of code patching and vulnerability management and how code shapes our sense of control, trust, and empathy, ultimately arguing that a rhetorical-cultural lens can be used to better understand code\u27s controlling influence. Recurring themes throughout these analyses and observations are the connections to power and vulnerability in WordPress\u27 code and how cultural, processual, rhetorical, and ethical implications can be expressed through its code, creating a particular worldview. Code\u27s emergent properties help illustrate how human values and practices (e.g., empathy, aesthetics, language, and trust) become encoded in software design and how people perceive the software through its worldview. These connected analyses reveal cultural, processual, and vulnerability focal points and the influence these entanglements have concerning WordPress as code, software, and platform. WordPress is a complex sociotechnical platform worthy of further study, as is the interdisciplinary merging of theoretical perspectives and disciplines to critically examine code. Ultimately, this project helps further enrich the field by introducing focal points in code, examining sociocultural phenomena within the code, and offering techniques to apply critical code methods
Archaeological palaeoenvironmental archives: challenges and potential
This Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) sponsored collaborative doctoral project represents one of
the most significant efforts to collate quantitative and qualitative data that can elucidate practices related to
archaeological palaeoenvironmental archiving in England. The research has revealed that archived
palaeoenvironmental remains are valuable resources for archaeological research and can clarify subjects that
include the adoption and importation of exotic species, plant and insect invasion, human health and diet, and
plant and animal husbandry practices. In addition to scientific research, archived palaeoenvironmental remains
can provide evidence-based narratives of human resilience and climate change and offer evidence of the
scientific process, making them ideal resources for public science engagement. These areas of potential have
been realised at an imperative time; given that waterlogged palaeoenvironmental remains at significant sites
such as Star Carr, Must Farm, and Flag Fen, archaeological deposits in towns and cities are at risk of decay due
to climate change-related factors, and unsustainable agricultural practices. Innovative approaches to collecting
and archiving palaeoenvironmental remains and maintaining existing archives will permit the creation of an
accessible and thorough national resource that can service archaeologists and researchers in the related fields
of biology and natural history. Furthermore, a concerted effort to recognise absences in archaeological
archives, matched by an effort to supply these deficiencies, can produce a resource that can contribute to an
enduring geographical and temporal record of England's biodiversity, which can be used in perpetuity in the
face of diminishing archaeological and contemporary natural resources.
To realise these opportunities, particular challenges must be overcome. The most prominent of these include
inconsistent collection policies resulting from pressures associated with shortages in storage capacity and
declining specialist knowledge in museums and repositories combined with variable curation practices. Many of
these challenges can be resolved by developing a dedicated storage facility that can focus on the ongoing
conservation and curation of palaeoenvironmental remains. Combined with an OASIS + module designed to
handle and disseminate data pertaining to palaeoenvironmental archives, remains would be findable,
accessible, and interoperable with biological archives and collections worldwide. Providing a national centre for
curating palaeoenvironmental remains and a dedicated digital repository will require significant funding.
Funding sources could be identified through collaboration with other disciplines. If sufficient funding cannot be
identified, options that would require less financial investment, such as high-level archive audits and the
production of guidance documents, will be able to assist all stakeholders with the improved curation,
management, and promotion of the archived resource
NEMISA Digital Skills Conference (Colloquium) 2023
The purpose of the colloquium and events centred around the central role that data plays
today as a desirable commodity that must become an important part of massifying digital
skilling efforts. Governments amass even more critical data that, if leveraged, could
change the way public services are delivered, and even change the social and economic
fortunes of any country. Therefore, smart governments and organisations increasingly
require data skills to gain insights and foresight, to secure themselves, and for improved
decision making and efficiency. However, data skills are scarce, and even more
challenging is the inconsistency of the associated training programs with most curated for
the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Nonetheless, the interdisciplinary yet agnostic nature of data means that there is
opportunity to expand data skills into the non-STEM disciplines as well.College of Engineering, Science and Technolog
A comparative analysis of good enterprise data management practices:insights from literature and artificial intelligence perspectives for business efficiency and effectiveness
Abstract. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of enterprise data management practices based on literature and artificial intelligence (AI) perspectives, focusing on their impact on data quality, business efficiency, and effectiveness. It employs a systematic research methodology comprising of a literature review, an AI-based examination of current practices using ChatGPT, and a comparative analysis of findings. The study highlights the importance of robust data governance, high data quality, data integration, and security, alongside the transformative potential of AI. The limitations revolve around the primarily qualitative nature of the study and potential restrictions in the generalizability of the findings. However, the thesis offers valuable insights and recommendations for enterprises to optimize their data management strategies, underscoring the enhancement potential of AI in traditional practices. The research contributes to scientific discourse in information systems, data science, and business management
A Process Model for Continuous Public Service Improvement: Demonstrated in Local Government Context for Smart Cities.
The new era of the smart city is accompanied by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and many other technologies to improve the quality of life for the citizen of the modern city, that in turn, has brought immense opportunities as well as challenges for government and organizations. Local authorities of the cities provide multiple services across different domains to the citizens (e.g. transport, health, environment, housing, etc.). Citizens are involved during different stages of smart city services and provide their feedback across those domains. Existing smart city initiatives provide various technological platforms for gathering citizensβ feedback to provide improved quality of services to them. Even though technological developments have resulted in a higher degree of digitalization, there is a need for improvement in the services provided by municipalities. There are multiple engagement platforms to obtain citizensβ feedback for the improvement of smart city services and to transform public services. However, limited studies consider the challenges faced by practitioners at the local level during the incorporation of those feedback for further service improvement. As a result, city services fail to fulfil the need of citizens and do not meet the goals set by existing engagement platforms. Technology-oriented solutions in the public sector domain require a logical and structured approach for the transformation of public services and digitalization. Enterprise Architecture (EA) can provide this structured approach to transform public services by providing a medium to manage change, and to respond to the need of multiple stakeholders including citizens. Thus, this research proposes a process model based on the guidelines of EA and the collaboration with practitioners that would assist local authorities to provide improved services to the citizens and fulfil their needs
Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue 'Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management' that was published in the journal Buildings
The Politics of Platformization: Amsterdam Dialogues on Platform Theory
What is platformization and why is it a relevant category in the contemporary political landscape? How is it related to cybernetics and the history of computation? This book tries to answer such questions by engaging in multidisciplinary dialogues about the first ten years of the emerging fields of platform studies and platform theory. It deploys a narrative and playful approach that makes use of anecdotes, personal histories, etymologies, and futurable speculations to investigate both the fragmented genealogy that led to platformization and the organizational and economic trends that guide nowadays platform sociotechnical imaginaries
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