Future Trends in Sensed-Information Technology and Sensor Systems Research

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Flatau ◽  
Usha Varshney ◽  
Peter Chang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sensor System ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Sensor Systems ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Ubiquitous Sensing ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Research And Education

Advances in MEMs, wireless, information technology and other enabling technologies are leading to new sensor system functionality and access to more accurate data and information than heretofore realizable. These advances are crucial for realizing the full potential of the on-going transition from data-poor to data-rich and information-poor to information-rich science and engineering practices. With decreases in size and cost of sensors resulting from advances in microsystem technologies, ubiquitous sensing is becoming both physically realizable and economically feasible. New developments in sensed-information technologies offer the promise of novel insights and advances in areas that have previously lacked the technology base for acquiring high resolution and highly specific assessments of state (biologic, chemical, physical, optical, etc.). Increased research and education are needed in new technologies addressing research issues relating to new hardware and software for efficient acquisition of data and information, and in new decision and control theory as tools for managing and using available data and information. New sensor system functionality will be realized through countless different design concepts. This paper examines some of the needs, opportunities, and trends for research and education in the area of sensed-information and sensor systems research.

scholarly journals Assessing Information Technologies for Health. Editorial

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
C. Kulikowski ◽  
R. Haux
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Research And Education

SummaryTo provide an editorial introduction to the 2006 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors.A brief overview of the main theme of “Assessing Information Technology for Health Care”, and an outline of the purposes, readership, contents, new format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2006 IMIA Yearbook.Assessing information technology (IT) in biomedicine and health care is emphasized in a number of survey and review articles. Synopses of a selection of best papers for the past 12 months are included, as are original papers on the history of medical informatics by pioneers in the field, and selected research and education programs. Information about IMIA and its constituent societies is given, as well as the authors, reviewers, and advisors to the Yearbook.The 2006 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics highlights as its theme one of the most significant yet difficult aspects of information technology in health: the assessment of IT as part of the complex enterprise of biomedical research and practice. It is being published in a new format with a wide range of original survey and review articles.

Information Technologies and Globalization

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-79
Author(s):  
Dilnawaz A. Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cold War ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Global Business ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Rare Opportunity

Technology is defined as a device to compensate for human physical,psychological, and mental limitations. It is usually neutral, but can havefunctional and dysfunctional aspects based on its users’ intentions.Historically, the technological haves have justified the existence and possessionof new technologies, have publicized their own innocence andsense of responsibility in using them, and have asserted the innocuousnessof their devices without necessarily sharing all of their secrets. Concernedand helpless, the technological have-nots have resisted them and, havingsuffered their deadly devastation, have tried to obtain them at great risk tothemselves. However, the situation of information technology/-ies (IT) isdifferent and more interesting. The haves have attempted to popularizetheir use globally for commercial and other reasons. Many have-nots areembracing them wholeheartedly, while some are more cautious.One motivation behind the use of these technologies is globalization.The increasingly popularized term globalization is rather vague and complex,allowing a variety of interpretations and hidden intentions. Thehave-nots seem to see it as the West’s redoubled efforts at Westernizingthe world with all its pains, pleasures, and perversions; as achieving politicalhegemony as the sole superpower after the end of the Cold War; andas the “opening up of the globe” for commercial control on its own terms.Initially the world, especially the nations of South Asia, saw for themselvesa rare opportunity in the globalization of trade and IT. But since thecontagion has now spread, rather too fast, across the globe, the world cansee more clearly both the prospects and the problems of these two majorglobal trends. The purpose of this paper is to identify various issuesinvolved in these trends, and to discuss, in greater depth, some of them,namely, global business, the promise of technology, and the globalizationof media and culture ...

scholarly journals Digital Economy: Information Technology and Trends in Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 04029
Author(s):  
Maiya Suyunchaliyeva ◽  
Nazym Shedenova ◽  
Beket Kazbekov ◽  
Sandygul Akhmetkaliyeva
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Environment ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Common Understanding ◽  
Dominant Paradigm

This study provides an overview of the state of tourism development over the past twenty years in the field of information technology. It is argued that the knowledge created over the past two decades can be characterized as two distinct epochs - digitalization, which reflected a common understanding of how technology has changed our society and economy, and innovation, which implies the introduction and use of new technologies to develop the industry. Knowledge development in each of these periods, the authors describe the technological environment, the dominant paradigm, major research issues, and influential disciplines and research approaches. In particular, we recognize the transfer of our view of research in the field of information technology in tourism from a predominantly marketing tool for knowledge creation due to new technological conditions such as a smartphone, unmanned aerial vehicle, wearable devices, new connectivity and large volumes of data. Finally, this study discusses possible challenges and our current views on the relationship between information technology and tourism.

Research on the application of information technology of Big Data in Chinese digital library

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 518-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuqing Li ◽  
Zhiyuan Hao ◽  
Li Ding ◽  
Xia Xu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Modern Information

Purpose Through the case analysis of China’s digital library, the purpose of this paper is to make readers understand the development status, achievements and problems of China’s digital library. At the same time, it also enables readers to understand the common application forms of these modern information technologies in digital libraries, so as to provide a reference basis for the application of new technologies in other countries’ digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of literature review, the authors have analyzed a conspicuous collection of related papers in order to make a comprehensive summary and elaboration on the present situation of modern information technology application in Chinese digital libraries. Findings This paper defines and analyses the concepts, contents and relationships of the three most important modern Big Data information technologies, and then completes the analysis of the current situation of the application of information technology in Chinese digital libraries. The block chain can achieve more accurate information collection, more secure information storage and more effective information dissemination. Artificial intelligence can improve the existing digital library service level in three aspects: resource construction, information organization and information service. Internet plus will help transform the traditional digital library business mode in order to adapt to the change of user-centered service. Originality/value This is among the first structured attempts of comprehensively and generally summarizing the application of modern information technology in Chinese digital libraries. It also contains an original exploration of the relationship between the main kinds of modern information technology. Based on this, a relatively complete application scenario and possible vision of modern information technology in digital library can be built.

scholarly journals INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCOUNTING AND RELATED SECURITY RISKS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Chekh ◽  
Olena Konoplina ◽  
Yuliya Mizik
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Modern Information

Today, the business environment has become extremely dynamic due to rapid changes in information technology due to competition and the desire for efficiency. Designed to meet a wide range of economic requirements, new technologies offer flexibility, economies of scale, mobility and greater accuracy. The field of accounting is subject to this new era of change. The era of the Internet of Everything (IoE) is reshaping the profession of accountant according to the current needs of organizations. Artificial intelligence and process automation take on redundant and repetitive tasks performed by professionals, creating space for more complex activities such as analysis and business consulting. The article considers the main modern information technologies and the possibilities of their use in accounting. With the use of information technology, more opportunities have opened up in the field of accounting. The purpose of the article is to analyze the use of modern information technology in accounting, to study the features of their implementation and related risks for the company. Technological determinants of the development of the organization of accounting are: the spread of mobile communications; improving the provision of Internet access services; software development; conversion of smartphones, tablets into integrated devices, their active use in the workplace of accounting staff.The main advantages of such technologies as cloud computing platforms, big data, data mining and mobile technologies are identified. The main threats associated with the use of these technologies have also been identified. It is determined that new technologies, as well as the need for real-time reporting make changes in the profession of accountant. Novice accountants may lack the knowledge to efficiently obtain and process large amounts of data. This is due to the fact that the existing curricula of accounting faculties in Ukraine are not sufficiently focused on new technologies, such as cloud computing, Big Data or data mining. As a result, it can be difficult for accountants to secure confidential information using the latest technology.

scholarly journals Future trends and research issues of technology-enhanced language learning: A technological perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 426-440
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Research Issues

With recent advancements in information technologies and language learning models, rapid innovations of technology-enhanced language learning have been widely witnessed by research communities and educational institutions globally. Powerful new technologies, such as social media and networks, mobile applications, wearable computing, cloud computing, and virtual reality have been integrated into language learning to facilitate various aspects, such as interactivity, immediacy, and authenticity. In this study, we present the Future TELL Model considering learning objectives, theories, and strategies by briefly reviewing recent progresses in this area. Future trends and research issues in technology-enhanced language learning are also discussed in relation to cutting-edge technologies, such as deep neural networks, which have not yet been fully recognized by education technology communities.

The Amplification-Reduction Structure of Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Ali Yakhlef ◽  
Ian Hipkin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Information Efficiency ◽  
Semiotic Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Communicational Approach

Information technology has long been recognised as a cause of social change. Recent developments in information technologies (IT), such as internet, intranet, and extranet, have stimulated considerable interest in how they will impact business organizations. Studies have largely examined the role that IT plays in improving information efficiency and synergies, in promoting collaboration and information sharing both inside and across organizations and in facilitating the transition to new forms of organizing. Most such studies take a technology-centric or human-centric approach. Whereas the former view reifies technology, assuming that its effects are predictable, stable, and performing as intended and designed across time, the latter minimizes IT to the point it becomes infinitely and flexibly interpreted. However, IT media are only significant to the extent that they do not only involve changes in and novel ways of communicating, but most importantly they change the meaning of what it is to communicate and the social and cultural frame that situates communication in unpredictable ways. Taking a communicational approach to organization, the present paper uses Jakobson’s 1960 semiotic model and ideas from Ihde (1990) to show how the implementation of intranets and email systems has amplifying and reducing effects on the interactions among members of a community. Finally, some implications for the theory of implementation of new technologies are drawn out.

Internet Diffusion in the Hospitality Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 2200-2204
Author(s):  
Anatália Saraiva Martins Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Business Meetings ◽  
New Information ◽  
Basic Functions

Tourism is the most important industry in the world in terms of the numbers of employees and its effect on the social and economical development of a region or country. Holjevac (2003) believes that, by the year 2050, tourism will by far be the largest industry worldwide, with 2 billion tourists and US$24 billion in domestic and international receipts. Moreover, the major tourist destinations will be India, China, Indonesia, and Brazil. The use of information technologies for basic functions— conferences, business meetings in distant places, training, designed routes and airlines, reservations and tickets purchased through computer systems, tourist shops, restaurants—is becoming usual in tourism. All these services have led tourist companies to adopt more updated methods in order to increase competition. Consumers, who are already becoming familiar with new technologies, demand more flexible, interactive, and specialized products and services, bringing new management techniques from the intelligent use of IT used to accomplish tour company business processes (Buhalis, 2000). The hotels depend progressively on the resources of new information technology to follow and update the tools which allow an efficient development of activities in each section of the company, leading to better results for its management (Mendes-Filho & Ramos, 2003a). To Phillips and Moutinho (1998), information technology (IT) is one of the critical factors of success in the hotel industry. According to studies and data, the use of technological tools will allow a bigger competitiveness for hotels (Cline, 1999). Technology will be the catalyst of change, a source of growing connectivity and one of the most important factors in distinguishing success among hotel companies. Few issues have greater importance to the business of hospitality than the technological decisions that will be made in the coming years (Buhalis, 2000; Mendes-Filho & Ramos, 2004; Olsen & Connoly, 2000). The hotel industry is one of the most important kinds of Web commerce. The data shows that all major companies linked to the tourism industry (hotels, agencies, air companies, and rentals) possess some kind of e-commerce activity through the Web (O’Connor, 1999; Scottish Executive, 2000; Werthner & Klein, 1999).

scholarly journals Factors influencing the adoption of information technology in a construction business

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley Sargent ◽  
Paul Hyland ◽  
Sukanlaya Sawang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Use Of Technology

Construction firms are increasingly utilizing information technologies to better manage geographically dispersed projects. Often these technologies involve changes to existing working practices and processes and are viewed as disruptive by members of the organization. Understanding the factors that can influence individuals’ intention to utilize technology can assist managers to implement strategies to increase and improve the uptake of technologies and improve the innovation adoption process.  Using a case study organization, factors identified in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) are examined and the UTAUT is extended and by including resistance to change and top management support. The findings indicate effort expectancy, internal facilitating conditions and top management support all influence individuals’ intention to use information technology. The results also show that resistance to change or fear of change does not always play a role in innovation adoption. The findings reinforce the need to support new technologies from both a managerial and technical perspective.  

scholarly journals Research on the Reform and Innovation of Preschool Education Informatization under the Background of Wireless Communication and Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Juan Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
The Status

Nowadays, when various information technologies are constantly being updated, preschool children will inevitably need to use new technologies for knowledge learning. At present, preschool education informatization has begun to deploy new technologies in various colleges and universities, but there are still deficiencies. This article analyzes the significance of the combination of wireless communication and VR technology applied to preschool education for children and explores the status quo of children’s participation in the use of information technology in kindergarten classrooms. Based on the problems existing in the status quo, try to use wireless communication and VR technology to improve preschool education in our country. Informatization of education proposes innovative strategies and analyzes the advantages and challenges of applying wireless communication and VR technology to the informatization of preschool education.

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