Engineering Values in IT: A joint study by The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Computer Society

21 Oct Engineering Values in IT: A joint study by The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Computer Society

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2009 This report concludes that IT systems engineering has reached the point of maturity where it is a codified discipline that must be recognised as a required capability for system developers. Education and training providers must ensure that they...
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21 Oct ICT for the UK’s Future: the implications of the changing nature of Information and Communications Technology

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2009 This study aims to consider the importance of the IT base for the UK economy, examine the present and projected state of UK IT-related business activity in a global context and identify potential opportunities for improvement.  The report...
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21 Oct The ICTs contribution to transports sustainability

Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI) 2009 Engineering, innovation and sustainability. Transports and sustainability. Mobility: sign of progress? Between conventional and new work systems. Challenges in remote education: the advanced systems. Towards an intelligent network of public urban transport. The future transport of goods in...
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21 Oct Life expectancy for digital data storage

National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) 2010 Our society generates an ever growing mass of information which raises a serious concern over its efficient, long-term storage and archiving (these are two distinctive notions!). The material used for the digital support and hard discs have...
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21 Oct European Perspectives on Security Research

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 Europe’s networked societies of today are shaped by a growing interconnection in almost all areas of life. The complexity of our infrastructures and the concurrent accessibility to means of destruction by terrorist groups and individual perpetrators call...
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21 Oct Internet of Services

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 Simplifying the access to information on the Internet as the basis for the development of new services constitutes an essential goal of the THESEUS research program, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, which is...
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21 Oct Nanoelectronics as Future Key Technology of Information and Communication Technology in Germany

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 As a basic and key technology, nanoelectronics is of fundamental importance for large areas of industrial production and value creation. Based on Germany’s great tradition and strong position in the field of semi-conductor technology as well as...
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21 Oct Aging in Germany Volume 2: Aging, Education and Lifelong Learning

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2010 What is the notion of lifelong learning all about that one has heard so frequently in public discourse in recent years? To find out, the first thing to do is to study the physical, mental and motivational...
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21 Oct Smart Infrastructure: The Future

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2012 In October 2011, The Royal Academy of Engineering held a roundtable meeting to investigate the use and meaning of ‘smart’ and ‘smart infrastructure’. This report provides a summary of what was discussed. A working definition of ‘smartness’ was...
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21 Oct The future of computing: indispensable or unsustainable?

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2012 This report is a summary of proceedings of a meeting organised by The Royal Academy of Engineering in December 2011. The meeting was attended by Fellows, representatives of industry, government and other relevant organisations.
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