31,309 research outputs found
Innovative Tokyo
This paper compares and contrasts Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the international hub model in the literature on urban and regional development. The Tokyo model embraces and yet transcends both industrial districts and international hub models. The paper details key elements making up the Tokyo model-organizational knowledge creation, integral and co-location systems of corporate R&D and new product development, test markets, industrial districts and clusters, participative consumer culture, continuous learning from abroad, local government policies, the national system of innovation, and the historical genesis of Tokyo in Japan's political economy. The paper finds that the Tokyo model of innovation will continue to evolve with the changing external environment, but fundamentally retains its main characteristics. The lessons from the Tokyo model is that openness, a diversified industrial base, the continuing development of new industries, and an emphasis on innovation, all contribute to the dynamism of a major metropolitan region.Labor Policies,Environmental Economics&Policies,Public Health Promotion,ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,ICT Policy and Strategies,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Innovation
On the structure of problem variability: From feature diagrams to problem frames
Requirements for product families are expressed in terms of commonality and variability. This distinction allows early identification of an appropriate software architecture and opportunities for software reuse. Feature diagrams provide intuitive notations and techniques for representing requirements in product line development. In this paper, we observe that feature diagrams tend to obfuscate three important descriptions: requirements, domain properties and specifications. As a result, feature diagrams do not adequately capture the problem structures that underlie variability, and inform the solution structures of their complexity. With its emphasis on separation of the three descriptions, the problem frames approach provides a conceptual framework for a more detailed analysis of variability and its structure. With illustrations from an example, we demonstrate how problem frames analysis of variability can augment feature diagrams
New Hampshire University Research and Industry Plan: A Roadmap for Collaboration and Innovation
This University Research and Industry plan for New Hampshire is focused on accelerating innovation-led development in the state by partnering academiaâs strengths with the stateâs substantial base of existing and emerging advanced industries. These advanced industries are defined by their deep investment and connections to research and development and the high-quality jobs they generate across production, new product development and administrative positions involving skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
Rising stars in information and communication technology
The quest for more efficiency and security is reflected in the economy as a whole, but especially in the product and process innovations in information and communication technology (ICT). We examine the ten concepts considered to have the brightest prospects in the business segment in terms of their potential to gain widespread use during this decade. Out of these, the three most promising ICT approaches are biometrics, open-source software and radio tagging (RFID).internet telephony (VoIP), advanced mobile radio technology (WLAN, UMTS, WiMax), biometrics, quantum cryptography, Model information and communication technology (ICT), Driven Archi-tecture (MDA), decentralised storage (ILM), decentralised data process-ing (grid computing), open-source software, outsourcing, and radio tag-ging (RFID)
FORGE: An eLearning Framework for Remote Laboratory Experimentation on FIRE Testbed Infrastructure
The Forging Online Education through FIRE (FORGE) initiative provides educators and learners in higher education with access to world-class FIRE testbed infrastructure. FORGE supports experimentally driven research in an eLearning environment by complementing traditional classroom and online courses with interactive remote laboratory experiments. The project has achieved its objectives by defining and implementing a framework called FORGEBox. This framework offers the methodology, environment, tools and resources to support the creation of HTML-based online educational material capable accessing virtualized and physical FIRE testbed infrastruc- ture easily. FORGEBox also captures valuable quantitative and qualitative learning analytic information using questionnaires and Learning Analytics that can help optimise and support student learning. To date, FORGE has produced courses covering a wide range of networking and communication domains. These are freely available from FORGEBox.eu and have resulted in over 24,000 experiments undertaken by more than 1,800 students across
10 countries worldwide. This work has shown that the use of remote high- performance testbed facilities for hands-on remote experimentation can have a valuable impact on the learning experience for both educators and learners. Additionally, certain challenges in developing FIRE-based courseware have been identified, which has led to a set of recommendations in order to support the use of FIRE facilities for teaching and learning purposes
Migration from Legacy to Reactive Applications in OutSystems
A legacy system is an information system that significantly resists evolution. Through
a migration, these systems can be moved to a more modernized environment without
having to be redeveloped. OutSystems is a software company with a platform to develop
and maintain applications using abstraction to increase productivity.
In October 2019, OutSystems launched a new paradigm to allow developers to build
reactive web applications. Because of this, the applications implemented in the old web
paradigm turned into legacy systems. The OutSystemsâ approach to this problem was a
manual migration. However, it discards a considerable part of the effort previously made
on the legacy system. A well-founded case study took place and allowed us to classify the
UI as the most prioritized feature, but coincidently, the major bottleneck in migrations.
So, this project had the following objectives: (1) The design and implementation of
an automatic migration approach capable of converting UI elements to accelerate the
manual migration; (2) The integration of the developed tool in the OutSystems platform.
To transform the OutSystems paradigmâs elements, model-driven transformation
rules must be set to receive the source UI elements and produce the target equivalent
implementation in the new paradigm (each according to their model). However, the trans formations may not be straightforward, and a set of elements may need to be migrated
to a different implementation due to Reactive Webâs best practices. Via the creation and
search of UI patterns, it is possible to make special transformations for such scenarios.
As a result, a migration approach was developed, allowing for the migration of UI
(and other) elements. To complement this objective, the developed tool was integrated
into the OutSystems platform with an easy to use interaction. Performance and usability
tests proved the necessity and impact the final result had on the migration problem.
This dissertationâs objectives were fully met and even exceeded, accelerating the man ual migration by providing an automatic UI conversion. This provided a quality increase
in the existing process and results, giving OutSystems and its users the possibility of
evolving their applications with considerable less effort and investment.Um sistema legado é um sistema de informação que resiste à evolução. Através de uma
migração, estes sistemas podem ser movidos para um ambiente modernizado sem necessitar de re-implementação. A OutSystems é uma empresa de software com uma plataforma
para desenvolver e manter aplicaçÔes usando abstracção para aumentar a produtividade.
Em Outubro de 2019, a OutSystems lançou um novo paradigma para desenvolver
aplicaçÔes reactive web. Assim, as aplicaçÔes implementadas no antigo paradigma web
tornaram-se sistemas legados. A abordagem da OutSystems ao problema foi uma migração manual, no entanto, esta abordagem desconsidera uma parte significativa do investimento feito no sistema legado. Uma anĂĄlise permitiu classificar a UI como a caracterĂstica
mais priorizada, mas também como o maior obståculo em migraçÔes.
Assim, este projecto tem como objectivos: (1) O desenho e implementação de uma
migração automåtica capaz de converter os elementos de UI para acelerar a migração
manual; (2) A integração da ferramenta desenvolvida na plataforma da OutSystems.
Para transformar os elementos dos paradigmas OutSystems, transformaçÔes de modelos tĂȘm de ser definidas para receber os elementos UI e produzir a implementação
equivalente no novo paradigma (de acordo com o seu modelo). No entanto, as transformaçÔes podem não ser lineares, e um conjunto de elementos pode necessitar de uma
migração para uma implementação diferente devido ao Reactive Web. Com a definição e
procura de padrĂ”es de UI, Ă© possĂvel fazer transformaçÔes especiais para esses cenĂĄrios.
Como resultado, a migração foi desenvolvida, permitindo a conversão de elementos de
UI (e nĂŁo sĂł). Para complementar, a ferramenta desenvolvida foi integrada na plataforma
da OutSystems com uma interacção de fåcil uso. Testes de desempenho e usabilidade
provaram a necessidade e impacto da ferramenta no contexto da migração manual.
Os objectivos desta dissertação foram completados na totalidade, acelerando a migração manual com a automação da migração de UI. Isto traz um aumento da qualidade no
processo existente e nos seus resultados, dando Ă OutSystems e aos seus utilizadores a
possibilidade de evoluĂrem as suas aplicaçÔes com um esforço e investimento menores
THREAD: A programming environment for interactive planning-level robotics applications
THREAD programming language, which was developed to meet the needs of researchers in developing robotics applications that perform such tasks as grasp, trajectory design, sensor data analysis, and interfacing with external subsystems in order to perform servo-level control of manipulators and real time sensing is discussed. The philosophy behind THREAD, the issues which entered into its design, and the features of the language are discussed from the viewpoint of researchers who want to develop algorithms in a simulation environment, and from those who want to implement physical robotics systems. The detailed functions of the many complex robotics algorithms and tools which are part of the language are not explained, but an overall impression of their capability is given
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