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Introduction
Published in Sam Goundar, Archana Purwar, Ajmer Singh, Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Internet of Things in Sustainable Development, 2023
Sam Goundar, Archana Purwar, Ajmer Singh
To facilitate the sustainable development in various countries, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has emerged as a backbone for SD goals that helps to bring about their advancement toward meeting targets, partnerships, justice, protecting natural resources such as forests, pollution-free atmosphere, water, and land. Countries should also provide fundamental amenities such as health services, schools and colleges, railways, roads, money, and energy [2, 4–5] along with technological advancement. Moreover, the World Summit on Information Societies (WSIS) presents the largest annual meeting of ICT for the development community in the world. The main aim of this society is the improvement in the quality of living conditions by employing techniques and tools provides by ICTs.
Industry 4.0 for smart cities
Published in Vahap Tecim, Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu, Artificial Intelligence Perspective for Smart Cities, 2023
The use of information and communication technology (ICT) is a rising trend for managing and minimising the effect of these problems on society and the environment. Simply put, the use of ICT within cities has brought about the term “Smart cities”. The smart city concept arose from the notion of how ICT could help cities run smoother and more efficiently (Batty et al., 2012). These sophisticated cities must employ new technology to enhance their fundamental systems to achieve maximum efficiency in all aspects of city management while conserving energy (Wang et al., 2021). This topic is proven to be a powerful study area that is attracting a lot of interest from academics and practitioners alike. Many cities are concentrating their attention to become “smarter” by using ICT to enhance different elements of city operation and management, such as local economy, environment, transportation, traffic management, public services, and quality of life (Li et al., 2017). Smart cities have caught the attention of researchers across multiple research areas such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Information Systems (IS). This can be understood from the growing body of research published in academic journals, publications, and conference proceedings.
Information, Communication, and Space Technologies
Published in Mohammad Razani, Commercial Space Technologies and Applications, 2018
ICTs provide many opportunities such as making learning more interesting, especially for hard-to-understand issues; bridging distances (e.g., using e-mails, phone, videoconferencing, and so forth); breaking literacy barriers in communication (e.g., using video and radio); and sharing research and useful information (e.g., using the Internet). ICT can also provide access information on jobs and internships, create new employment opportunities, enhance interaction with peers over long distances, create entertainment opportunities (games, music, video), and provide more realistic information on life elsewhere. ICT covers such a wide spectrum of technologies and applications that it is wise to allocate part of the curriculum to discussing what ICT is and how it could be effectively utilized in schoolwork and beyond graduation in work environments.
Open Source in Development: Enabling Business and Services
Published in Information Systems Management, 2020
Georg J. P. Link, Jolanta Kowal, Sajda Qureshi
The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in business has repeatedly been connected to positive outcomes such as business growth, increased productivity, administrative efficiencies, increased revenues, improved marketing strategies, better access to customers, and cost saving (Qureshi, Kamal, & Wolcott, 2009). With the advent of more widely available broadband internet, new forms of business strategies have emerged, and new innovations for low resource environments have improved the lives of people (Qureshi, 2010). Innovations and development initiatives are most effective when rooted in local communities that know local needs and contextual constraints (Nanne, Moshabela, Huynh, & Diop, 2015). Entrepreneurs innovate within their communities, improve the lives of people, form new businesses, and are a source of development. While the exact connection between entrepreneurship and economic development may not be conclusive, this paper moves the field forward by adding to what is known about the relationship between new business formation and development outcomes.
Seven HCI Grand Challenges
Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2019
Constantine Stephanidis, Gavriel Salvendy, Margherita Antona, Jessie Y. C. Chen, Jianming Dong, Vincent G. Duffy, Xiaowen Fang, Cali Fidopiastis, Gino Fragomeni, Limin Paul Fu, Yinni Guo, Don Harris, Andri Ioannou, Kyeong-ah (Kate) Jeong, Shin’ichi Konomi, Heidi Krömker, Masaaki Kurosu, James R. Lewis, Aaron Marcus, Gabriele Meiselwitz, Abbas Moallem, Hirohiko Mori, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Stavroula Ntoa, Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Dylan Schmorrow, Keng Siau, Norbert Streitz, Wentao Wang, Sakae Yamamoto, Panayiotis Zaphiris, Jia Zhou
Learning assisted, enhanced and mediated by technology is not a new concept, and many types of technologies are already used in schools today. Hardware includes computers, projectors, interactive whiteboards, and smart mobile devices, while software involves office applications (e.g. word processors and presentation tools), online learning management systems, social networking sites and applications, online encyclopedias and search engines, communication software, as well as serious games (De Gloria, Bellotti, & Berta, 2014; Ng, 2015; Spector, Merrill, Elen, & Bishop, 2014). The contribution of ICT in education supports the sharing of material and teaching tasks, while also enhancing connectivity, cooperative work, and expands experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom (Augusto, 2009). In addition, it has been argued that digital technologies: (i) support learning by increasing students’ motivation, providing demonstrations of the topics taught and adapting to each student’s individual pace; (ii) contribute to the development of the so called twenty-first century skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving, critical and creative thinking; and (iii) foster the development of digital citizenship and lifelong learning (Ng, 2015).
A conceptual framework of information systems for organizational creativity support. lessons from empirical investigations
Published in Information Systems Management, 2018
Celina M. Olszak, Jerzy Kisielnicki
Recently, organizations and their managers have also looked for appropriate ICT tools (Table 3) and complex information systems to support creativity (Table 4). According to Mitchell et al. (2003) ICT applications can not only provide better ratios of value created to effort expended in established processes for producing goods and delivering services, but can also reframe and redirect the expenditure of human effort, generating anticipated payoffs of exceptionally high value. The authors argue that ICT can support inventive and creative practices in the arts, design, science, engineering, education, and business and it can enable entirely new types of creative production. ICT provides businesses with a stream of opportunities to develop and market new products and services. It also plays a critical role in ongoing competitiveness of the clusters of creative activity and is an important driver of expanding creative industries. In turn, Dewett (2003) claims that three benefits appear to be particularly salient: the improved ability to link and enable employees, the improved ability to codify an organization’s knowledge base, and improved boundary-spanning abilities. He also indicates that ICT plays a special role in the development of individual creative processes, processes of organizational learning related to creativity, and in large-scale project-based work.