Opportunities and challenges of measurement of knowledge development and management: The use of emergency telecommunications as an educational theme

Measurement of knowledge development and management could be gleaned from examples in education.The use of “educational” or “learning” themes in education is one of the effective pedagogical methods.In this paper,“emergency telecommunications” has been proposed as an educational theme in secondary and tertiary education.The use of emergency telecommunications as an educational theme brings about challenges to traditional educational measurement.On the other hand, it also provides opportunities for experimentation of new educational measurement methods.As such, it is worthwhile to delve into its effective and practical educational measurement

Malaysia’s “Corporate Directors Training Programme” as an example of senior executive training: suggestions for specific and general improvements with insights from knowledge management

Malaysia’s Corporate Directors Training Programme (CDTP) aims to increase the awareness of company directors towards good corporate governance.In this paper, observations will be shared and suggestions for improvement (partly based on insights from knowledge management) made on both the overall structure of CDTP and specifically its corporate governance component, so that the participating directors may more readily immerse in the subjects.The paper’s discussion also shed lights on the lack of proper corporate information and knowledge management in Malaysia.It is proposed that the corporate-governance module be redesigned into three smaller units emphasizing both principles and practices.Moreover, the CDTP course materials should be shortened and include exercises and evaluation.It is envisioned that the revamped CDTP will more effectively achieve the goal of fostering a more healthy business environment in Malaysia

A practical framework for resolving ethical dilemmas in e-learning

E-learning encourages ideas to be exchanged, knowledge transferred and intellectual ideals pursued.On the other hand, e-learning also poses new challenges to traditional notions of education.Almost inevitably, moral dilemmas arise out of the activities of all e-learning participants.These dilemmas range from issues in learning assessment to the ethical implications of using technology for education.The present paper first enumerates and explains a number of ethical principles distilled from an extensive research of literature in philosophy, law, history,sociology, and political science.Examples of how these ethical principles may be applied in resolving real-life moral dilemmas in e-learning will be illustrated. The paper will eventually propose an ethical framework based on insights from recent research by the author for effective resolution of ethical dilemmas in e-learning

The roles of artificial intelligence and knowledge management in emergency telecommunications

Over the past decade, the international community has recognized the substantive role modern telecommunications can play in disaster relief operations and humanitarian actions.The Tampere Convention on “Emergency Telecommunications” was an initiative to facilitate these activities, endorsed by various international conferences.The role of artificial intelligence and knowledge management in emergency telecommunications could be tremendous, with applications potentially ranging from network and workflow management to training and decision support.In the future, a greater convergence among different technologies, artificial intelligence and knowledge management included, in the service of emergency telecommunications could be foreseen, thus achieving the noble goal of utilizing modern information and communications technologies for disaster mitigation

K-economy and K-community: Possibility and challenges of self-governance

The rapid rise of globalisation and electronic commerce and their increasing intrusion into everyday life, have given rise to the notions of K-Community and K-Economy.The healthy functioning of K-Community and K-Economy requires an effective governance structure.The present paper proposes an evolving multi-faceted self-governance framework for the regulation of K-Community and K-Economy by, for and of the users and service providers in these realms.The framework takes into account the policy and economical aspects of K-Community and KEconomy development, and seeks to devise balanced and sensible governance solutions

Self-Governance for Electronic Commerce: An Evolving Framework

The rapid rise of electronic commerce and the latter’s increasing intrusion into everyday life has not been matched by an effective governance structure. The present paper proposes an evolving multi-faceted self-governance framework for the regulation of electronic commerce by, for and of the users and service providers of electronic commerce. The idea of “electronic commerce interest group” is proposed and described, together with their interactions. The framework takes into account the policy, ethical and economical aspects of electronic commerce development, and seeks to devise balanced and sensible electronic-commerce governance solution

Organisational Learning in Service of Strategic Planning: Case Study on an International Organisation

Managing knowledge development is critical to the proper functioning of a learning organisation. Moreover, organisational learning should be incorporated into the strategic planning of such a learning organisation to ensure the long-term survival of the organisation. In this paper, these issues are critically discussed in the context of an international organisation. It is found that although the bulk of the organisation’s work is knowledge-based, it faces problem in cultivating a “learning” culture within the organisation. There is little mutual learning between management and staff. The organisation also faces leadership and willingness problems. It would be critical for the organisation to come to terms with leveraging its knowledge base in planning for its sustainable development

Jet energy measurement with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV

The jet energy scale and its systematic uncertainty are determined for jets measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 38 pb-1. Jets are reconstructed with the anti-kt algorithm with distance parameters R=0. 4 or R=0. 6. Jet energy and angle corrections are determined from Monte Carlo simulations to calibrate jets with transverse momenta pT≥20 GeV and pseudorapidities {pipe}η{pipe}<4. 5. The jet energy systematic uncertainty is estimated using the single isolated hadron response measured in situ and in test-beams, exploiting the transverse momentum balance between central and forward jets in events with dijet topologies and studying systematic variations in Monte Carlo simulations. The jet energy uncertainty is less than 2. 5 % in the central calorimeter region ({pipe}η{pipe}<0. 8) for jets with 60≤pT<800 GeV, and is maximally 14 % for pT<30 GeV in the most forward region 3. 2≤{pipe}η{pipe}<4. 5. The jet energy is validated for jet transverse momenta up to 1 TeV to the level of a few percent using several in situ techniques by comparing a well-known reference such as the recoiling photon pT, the sum of the transverse momenta of tracks associated to the jet, or a system of low-pT jets recoiling against a high-pT jet. More sophisticated jet calibration schemes are presented based on calorimeter cell energy density weighting or hadronic properties of jets, aiming for an improved jet energy resolution and a reduced flavour dependence of the jet response. The systematic uncertainty of the jet energy determined from a combination of in situ techniques is consistent with the one derived from single hadron response measurements over a wide kinematic range. The nominal corrections and uncertainties are derived for isolated jets in an inclusive sample of high-pT jets. Special cases such as event topologies with close-by jets, or selections of samples with an enhanced content of jets originating from light quarks, heavy quarks or gluons are also discussed and the corresponding uncertainties are determined. © 2013 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration

Measurement of the inclusive and dijet cross-sections of b-jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The inclusive and dijet production cross-sections have been measured for jets containing b-hadrons (b-jets) in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurements use data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 34 pb^-1. The b-jets are identified using either a lifetime-based method, where secondary decay vertices of b-hadrons in jets are reconstructed using information from the tracking detectors, or a muon-based method where the presence of a muon is used to identify semileptonic decays of b-hadrons inside jets. The inclusive b-jet cross-section is measured as a function of transverse momentum in the range 20 < pT < 400 GeV and rapidity in the range |y| < 2.1. The bbbar-dijet cross-section is measured as a function of the dijet invariant mass in the range 110 < m_jj < 760 GeV, the azimuthal angle difference between the two jets and the angular variable chi in two dijet mass regions. The results are compared with next-to-leading-order QCD predictions. Good agreement is observed between the measured cross-sections and the predictions obtained using POWHEG + Pythia. MC@NLO + Herwig shows good agreement with the measured bbbar-dijet cross-section. However, it does not reproduce the measured inclusive cross-section well, particularly for central b-jets with large transverse momenta.Comment: 10 pages plus author list (21 pages total), 8 figures, 1 table, final version published in European Physical Journal

Search for R-parity-violating supersymmetry in events with four or more leptons in sqrt(s) =7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for new phenomena in final states with four or more leptons (electrons or muons) is presented. The analysis is based on 4.7 fb−1 of $\sqrt{s}=7\;\mathrm{TeV}$ proton-proton collisions delivered by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded with the ATLAS detector. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations in two signal regions: one that requires moderate values of missing transverse momentum and another that requires large effective mass. The results are interpreted in a simplified model of R-parity-violating supersymmetry in which a 95% CL exclusion region is set for charged wino masses up to 540 GeV. In an R-parity-violating MSUGRA/CMSSM model, values of m 1/2 up to 820 GeV are excluded for 10 < tan β < 40