The innovative capacity of a territory in behavioral assessments of its population

The paper provides a rationale for substantive and formalized definition of a territory’s capacity, outlines its innovative component in the unity of «subject/process/object-oriented» approach to its substantive content and performance assessment. It elaborates a system of mechanisms and institutions to build the innovative capacity of regions and territories, outlines the most effective areas of its use for spatial socioeconomic development. The paper also defines priority problems that require solutions and can ensure the increasing performance of a territory. These problems and variants of their solutions featured in the discussions held at the Gaidar International Economic Forum in Moscow (2015) and the 12th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, as demonstrated in this paper by the analysis of some presentations made at the forums. The paper shows the change in priorities of global innovative development in the second half of the 20th and early 21st century. It examines and provides the summary of research and practices in the area of using the innovative solutions for developing individual teams and territories, making a spatial arrangement of regions and the Russian Federation as a whole. The development of a territory and its capacity depends on many factors; however, elevating the role of knowledge, intellectual resources and involving the population in the governance process by developing and implementing various programs and projects play an increasing role in the current environment. The paper analyzes positive aspects of using the business projects as the primary mechanism for implementing the programs and plans involving the market institutions and public-private partnership (PPP). It assesses the role of teams and population in boosting the innovative activities and systemic development of territories.This paper was prepared with the funds of Subprogram No. 14 "Fundamental Problems of Regional Economy," the Project No. 15-14-7-13 "Scenario Approaches to the Implementation of the Ural Vector in the Reclamation and Development of the Russian Arctic Amid the Global Instability.

4.2. Click Here to Save the Past

This chapter owes much to the trenchant criticism of Internet utopianism offered by Evgeny Morozov in his influential book, To Save Everything, Click Here (2014). As such, this essay reflects on some issues in the social and professional context of digital archaeology that rarely see public discussion. Digital archaeology is profoundly shaped by an institutional landscape that demands the commoditization, marketing, and branding of scholarship “as a service.” These forces make it extraordinarily difficult to sustain substantive and reflective intellectual engagement in our increasingly digitized discipline. As a strategy to overcome these issues, this contribution highlights why digital engagement requires much longer time scales in funding and greater professional commitment to recognizing the process and conduct of research rather than rewarding only the efficient production of measurable research outcomes.https://dc.uwm.edu/arthist_mobilizingthepast/1018/thumbnail.jp

Governance of Dual-Use Technologies: Theory and Practice

The term dual-use characterizes technologies that can have both military and civilian applications. What is the state of current efforts to control the spread of these powerful technologies—nuclear, biological, cyber—that can simultaneously advance social and economic well-being and also be harnessed for hostile purposes? What have previous efforts to govern, for example, nuclear and biological weapons taught us about the potential for the control of these dual-use technologies? What are the implications for governance when the range of actors who could cause harm with these technologies include not just national governments but also non-state actors like terrorists? These are some of the questions addressed by Governance of Dual-Use Technologies: Theory and Practice, the new publication released today by the Global Nuclear Future Initiative of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The publication's editor is Elisa D. Harris, Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security Studies, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. Governance of Dual-Use Technologies examines the similarities and differences between the strategies used for the control of nuclear technologies and those proposed for biotechnology and information technology. The publication makes clear the challenges concomitant with dual-use governance. For example, general agreement exists internationally on the need to restrict access to technologies enabling the development of nuclear weapons. However, no similar consensus exists in the bio and information technology domains. The publication also explores the limitations of military measures like deterrence, defense, and reprisal in preventing globally available biological and information technologies from being misused. Some of the other questions explored by the publication include: What types of governance measures for these dual-use technologies have already been adopted? What objectives have those measures sought to achieve? How have the technical characteristics of the technology affected governance prospects? What have been the primary obstacles to effective governance, and what gaps exist in the current governance regime? Are further governance measures feasible? In addition to a preface from Global Nuclear Future Initiative Co-Director Robert Rosner (University of Chicago) and an introduction and conclusion from Elisa Harris, Governance of Dual-Use Technologiesincludes:On the Regulation of Dual-Use Nuclear Technology by James M. Acton (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)Dual-Use Threats: The Case of Biotechnology by Elisa D. Harris (University of Maryland)Governance of Information Technology and Cyber Weapons by Herbert Lin (Stanford University

Challenges In The Global Project Management Organization : Developing Contemporary Solutions

The main goal of project management is to ensure successful project delivery fulfilling the time, quality, monetary and functionality requirements. The project management methodology is considered to consist of ten knowledge areas that are together forming the theory of project management. When developing the project management, it is important to remember the differences of each project when using theory as a foundation for development. This research targets company’s project management processes, tools and reporting possibilities towards the customer in the global environment. The aims of this thesis is to determine the challenges that globalization generates in project management. The research question is set to determine the current maturity level of project management and identify possibilities to increase the maturity by developing tools and processes. The biggest challenge for the study is the global aspect of the target company’s project management, where project team members are located all over the World. Naturally, this aspect generates challenges in communication and finding in an aligned way of working. The research is heavily based on the project management methodology and qualitative interviews. The literature helped build a theoretical framework and data collected from interviews, helped in identifying challenges and problems especially when comparing data against the theory. The interviewees were from six different countries around the world and based on the interviews and theory, biggest challenges were lack of a common way of working principles between product lines, differences between project management departments within the target company, the usage of highly customized, standalone software and lack of integration towards ERP system. In conclusion, the main solution for these challenges is a common project management tool, connected to the ERP system. Thereby the way of working would automatically align within one tool and all project-related data would be stored in one place. These changes would solve most communicational problems and decrease the time spent on communication. Gained benefits could be taken into use in terms of unifying and automating internal and external reporting. When the information is up to date and stored in a commonplace, sharing the data is easy and safe. This thesis includes also suggestions for customer reporting and an example of a Power Bi report template for a customer. The goal is to create an automated report where a customer would always have access. Consequently, the workload generated by reporting can be decreased and increase customer satisfaction.Projektihallinnan tavoite on varmistaa projektien toimitus sovitusti ja sujuvasti, täyttäen aikataululliset, laadulliset, rahalliset ja toiminnalliset vaatimukset. Projektinhallinta katsotaan koostuvan kymmenestä eri osa-alueesta, mitkä muodostavat projektinhallinnan teorian. Projektihallintaa kehittäessä, onkin tärkeää muistaa projektien ainutlaatuisuus, kun teoriaa käytetään pohjana kehityksessä. Tämä tutkimus tutkii kohdeyrityksen projektinhallinta prosesseja, työkaluja ja raportointimahdollisuuksia asiakkaalle globaalissa ympäristössä. Diplomityön tavoitteena on määritellä globalisaatiosta johtuvat projektihallinnan haasteet. Työn tutkimuskysymyksenä on määritellä nykyinen projektihallinnan kypsyys ja tunnistaa mahdollisuuksia parantaa kypsyyttä kehittämällä prosesseja ja työkaluja. Työn Suurimpana haasteena on kohdeyrityksen projektihallinnan globaali ominaisuus, minkä takia projektitiimin jäsenet tulevat ympäri maailmaa. Tämä luonnollisesti luo haasteitta kommunikoinnissa ja yhteisten työskentelytapojen saavuttamisessa. Tutkimus perustuu vahvasti projektihallinnan teoriaan sekä laadullisiin haastatteluihin. Teoriaa apuna käyttäen, teoreettinen viitekehys saatiin luotua ja haastatteluista saadut tulokset hyödynnettiin ongelmien tunnistamisessa. Haastateltavia oli kuudesta eri valtiosta ympäri maailmaa. Haastatteluiden sekä teorian perusteella, suurimpia tunnistettuja kehityskohteita olivat yhteisien työskentelytapojen puuttuminen tuotelinjojen välillä, useiden rinnakkaisten sekä sisäkkäisten projektihallintaorganisaatioiden eriävät toimintatavat sekä toimintamallit ja itsenäisien organisaatioiden omien työkalujen puutteellinen integroiminen yrityksen ERP systeemiin. Loppujen lopuksi, keskeiseksi ratkaisuksi tunnistettiin yksi, yhteinen projektihallintatyökalu, kytkettynä yrityksen ERP systeemiin. Tällöin työskentelytapojen olisi pakko muuttua samankaltaisiksi, milloin myös kaikki projektikohtainen tieto olisi yhdessä paikassa, Tällöin kommunikaatioon liittyvät kuormittavat tekijät saataisiin myös osittain eliminoitua. Saatuja hyötyjä voidaan myös hyödyntää sekä sisäisen että ulkoisen raportoinnin yhtenäistyksessä ja automatisoinnissa, kun tieto on ajan tasalla sekä varastoituna paikkaan, mistä sen jakaminen eri alustojen kautta on helppoa ja turvallista. Diplomityö sisältää myös ehdotuksia asiakasraportointiin ja esimerkin mahdollisesta raportointipohjasta hyödyntäen Power bi raportointiohjelmistoa. Tavoitteena on luoda automaattisesti päivittyvä ajan tasalla oleva raportti mihin asiakkaalla olisi aina pääsy. Näin raportoinnista syntyvää kuormitusta voidaan tehokkaasti vähentää, parantaa asiakastyytyväisyyttä ja lähentää yhteistyötä

REMIND-D: A Hybrid Energy-Economy Model of Germany

This paper presents a detailed documentation of the hybrid energy-economy model REMIND-D. REMIND-D is a Ramsey-type growth model for Germany that integrates a detailed bottom-up energy system module, coupled by a hard link. The model provides a quantitative framework for analyzing long-term domestic CO2 emission reduction scenarios. Due to its hybrid nature, REMIND-D facilitates an integrated analysis of the interplay between technological mitigation options in the different sectors of the energy system as well as overall macroeconomic dynamics. REMIND-D is an intertemporal optimization model, featuring optimal annual mitigation effort and technology deployment as a model output. In order to provide transparency on model assumptions, this paper gives an overview of the model structure, the input data used to calibrate REMIND-D to the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the techno-economic parameters of the technologies considered in the energy system module.Hybrid Model, Germany, Energy System, Domestic Mitigation

Unmanned Vehicle Systems & Operations on Air, Sea, Land

Unmanned Vehicle Systems & Operations On Air, Sea, Land is our fourth textbook in a series covering the world of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS). (Nichols R. K., 2018) (Nichols R. K., et al., 2019) (Nichols R. , et al., 2020)The authors have expanded their purview beyond UAS / CUAS systems. Our title shows our concern for growth and unique cyber security unmanned vehicle technology and operations for unmanned vehicles in all theaters: Air, Sea and Land – especially maritime cybersecurity and China proliferation issues. Topics include: Information Advances, Remote ID, and Extreme Persistence ISR; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & How They Can Augment Mesonet Weather Tower Data Collection; Tour de Drones for the Discerning Palate; Underwater Autonomous Navigation & other UUV Advances; Autonomous Maritime Asymmetric Systems; UUV Integrated Autonomous Missions & Drone Management; Principles of Naval Architecture Applied to UUV’s; Unmanned Logistics Operating Safely and Efficiently Across Multiple Domains; Chinese Advances in Stealth UAV Penetration Path Planning in Combat Environment; UAS, the Fourth Amendment and Privacy; UV & Disinformation / Misinformation Channels; Chinese UAS Proliferation along New Silk Road Sea / Land Routes; Automaton, AI, Law, Ethics, Crossing the Machine – Human Barrier and Maritime Cybersecurity.Unmanned Vehicle Systems are an integral part of the US national critical infrastructure The authors have endeavored to bring a breadth and quality of information to the reader that is unparalleled in the unclassified sphere. Unmanned Vehicle (UV) Systems & Operations On Air, Sea, Land discusses state-of-the-art technology / issues facing U.S. UV system researchers / designers / manufacturers / testers. We trust our newest look at Unmanned Vehicles in Air, Sea, and Land will enrich our students and readers understanding of the purview of this wonderful technology we call UV.https://newprairiepress.org/ebooks/1035/thumbnail.jp

Can human and artificial agents share an autonomy, categorical imperative-based ethics and “moral” selfhood?

AI designers endeavour to improve ‘autonomy’ in artificial intelligent devices, as recent developments show. This chapter firstly argues against attributing metaphysical attitudes to AI and, simultaneously, in favor of improving autonomous AI which has been enabled to respect autonomy in human agents. This seems to be the only responsible way of making further advances in the field of autonomous social AI. Let us examine what is meant by claims such as designing our artificial alter egos and sharing moral selves with artificial humanoid devices as well as providing autonomous AI with an ethical framework modelled upon the core aspects of moral selfhood, e.g., making decisions which are based on autonomous law-giving, in Kantian terms