Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy

Focuses on the advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Caters to researchers seeking solutions in the field of advanced electrical engineering and power distribution Deals with the practical problems and their scientific solutions Covers current trends like energy harvesting and green computing

Planning and Scheduling Optimization

Although planning and scheduling optimization have been explored in the literature for many years now, it still remains a hot topic in the current scientific research. The changing market trends, globalization, technical and technological progress, and sustainability considerations make it necessary to deal with new optimization challenges in modern manufacturing, engineering, and healthcare systems. This book provides an overview of the recent advances in different areas connected with operations research models and other applications of intelligent computing techniques used for planning and scheduling optimization. The wide range of theoretical and practical research findings reported in this book confirms that the planning and scheduling problem is a complex issue that is present in different industrial sectors and organizations and opens promising and dynamic perspectives of research and development

Surveying the Evolution of Computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Education since 2012

This paper presents the results of an online survey that was conducted in 2014 to assess the evolution of computing in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) education. A primary goal includes contributing to the understanding of the evolution of computing in architecture, civil engineering, and construction management curricula. The current state of computing within the AEC curricula with respect to changes implemented since 2012 is evaluated. The paper includes a comparison of the 2014 survey with the 2012 survey. Changes in the levels and concentrations of computer science knowledge versus computer skills in the curricula are investigated. Similarities and differences between architecture and engineering (including construction management) programs are studied through comparing the data associated with these disciplines. The survey results are presented as useful benchmarks for decision-making regarding research, industry collaboration, and understanding the speed and needs for change in AEC curricula. Key findings of the study include (1)the importance of most computing skills and the coverage of curricula for these skills have not changed significantly over these 2years, while the competence of the students in these skills have decreased; (2)increasing trends have been seen in the percentages of computer science knowledge related courses in all program types and levels; (3)the percentage of computing skills related courses are more than the percentages of the computer science knowledge related courses in AEC curricula; (4)an increasing trend has been seen in the importance of the knowledge of scientific concepts of computing in respondents' perceptions; and (5)computing education still is not sufficient to meet the demands of the AEC industry

Proceedings of the International Workshop "Innovation Information Technologies: Theory and Practice": Dresden, Germany, September 06-10.2010

This International Workshop is a high quality seminar providing a forum for the exchange of scientific achievements between research communities of different universities and research institutes in the area of innovation information technologies. It is a continuation of the Russian-German Workshops that have been organized by the universities in Dresden, Karlsruhe and Ufa before. The workshop was arranged in 9 sessions covering the major topics: Modern Trends in Information Technology, Knowledge Based Systems and Semantic Modelling, Software Technology and High Performance Computing, Geo-Information Systems and Virtual Reality, System and Process Engineering, Process Control and Management and Corporate Information Systems

Інноваційні моделі навчання і підготовки кадрів для індустрії високих технологій в Україні

The problems of development of innovative learning environment of continuous education and training of skilled personnel for high-tech industry are described. Aspects of organization of ICT based learning environment of vocational and technical school on the basis of cloud computing and outsourcing are revealed. The three-stage conceptual model for perspective education and training of workers for high-tech industries is proposed. The model of cloud-based solution for design of learning environment for vocational education and training of skilled workers is introduced.У статті висвітлено проблеми розвитку інноваційного середовища навчання, неперервної освіти і підготовки кадрів для високотехнологічних галузей промисловості. Виявлено особливості організації інформаційно-освітнього середовища професійно-технічних навчальних закладів на основі технології хмарних обчислень і механізму аутсорсингу. Запропонована триступенева концептуальна модель навчання та підготовки кадрів для високотехнологічних галузей виробництва. Обґрунтовано моделі хмарних рішень для проектування середовища навчання для професійної освіти і підготовки високо кваліфікованих робітникі