Wearable Computing: Information and Communication Technology Supporting Mobile Workers (Wearable Computing: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie zur Unterstützung mobiler Arbeiter)

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Boronowsky ◽  
Otthein Herzog ◽  
Michael Lawo
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Wearable Computing ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Context Detection ◽  
Living Labs ◽  
Integrated Project ◽  
The Eu

SummaryThe terms “Ubiquitous Computing”, “Wearable Computing”, and “Ambient Intelligence” are discussed and it is shown that the methodology of Living Labs will be crucial to the success of Wearable Computing. Research problems such as energy supply and power management, wearable user interfaces, context detection, and user acceptance and usability are described and illustrated by examples taken from the EU Integrated Project wearIT@work showing how Living Labs are used introducing the technology in practice.

scholarly journals The Analysis of E-Government Services Adoption and Use in Slovenian Information Society between 2014 and 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitja Dečman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Digital Inequality ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Eu

With the increasing role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the society, ICT’s role is gaining importance in the aspect of provision and use of the public sector services for the citizens. Especially in the European Union different activities have been conducted through the years to promote ICT use in the society. It has been mainly based on the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), which underlines the key role of ICT in the efforts to achieve its strategic objectives. Slovenia as an EU member state follows these directions but positions itself among less successful states in the EU. The well-known European Digital Economy and Society Index ranks Slovenia to the lower half of member states indicating possibilities for improvement. Although much can be said and done about the service-providers side this paper focuses on the users’ side and especially on their digital inequality. The lack of studies in the area of digital inequality and online government services adoption and use is the main motivation for this research. The research uses the data provided by Slovenian annual survey Use of Information and Communication Technology in Households and by Individuals of the last four years. The analysis of this data, presented in the paper, exhibits that changes for the better are detected in Slovenian society, but the situation in public-sector services is not optima. The results demonstrate the existence of digital inequality considering the income level of households and education level of individual users. The synthesis of the data demonstrates that the Slovenian government and its ministries should consider adding tangible actions to the already set strategies if the country wants to catch up with the leading countries of the EU and achieve goals, set by the DAE.

scholarly journals Impact of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure on Economic Growth: An Empirical Assessment for the EU Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Toader ◽  
Bogdan Firtescu ◽  
Angela Roman ◽  
Sorin Anton
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The accelerated development of information and communication technology (ICT) over the past two decades has encouraged an increasing number of researchers to examine and measure the impact of this technology on economic growth. Our study aims to identify and evaluate the effect of using ICT infrastructure on economic growth in European Union (EU) countries for a period of 18 years (2000–2017). Using panel-data estimation techniques, we investigate empirically how various indicators of ICT infrastructure affect economic growth, proxied in our study by GDP per capita. Within the estimates, we have included some macroeconomic control variables. Our results indicate a positive and strongly effect of using ICT infrastructure on economic growth in the EU member states, but the magnitude of the effect differs depending on the type of technology examined. Regarding the impact of macroeconomic factors, our estimates indicate that inflation rate, unemployment rate, the degree of trade openness, government expenditures, and foreign direct investments would significantly affect GDP per capita at EU level. The findings are broadly similar to the theoretical predictions, but also to the findings of some relevant empirical studies. Our research reveals that ICT infrastructure, along with other macroeconomic factors, is an important driver of economic growth in EU countries.

scholarly journals Intra-EU vs. extra-EU trade in ICT services

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Stefaniak ◽  
Adam A. Ambroziak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The position of information and communication technology (ICT) services is growing in the European Union (EU) trade, however to different extend in different EU countries. The article aims to identify trade positions of the EU Member States in intra-EU trade and extra-EU trade in ICT services and to assess changes that have taken place in the years 2013–2018. The importance of the EU Member States in trade in ICT services is assessed, followed by the analysis of their trade positions in terms of selected indices. We discovered that countries of the highest importance for the intra-EU and extra-EU trade in ICT services are not holding the best positions in trade in this area, except for Ireland. Additionally, leaders in ICT services trade do better in extra-EU trade rankings than in the EU Internal Market, since the distance does not matter to business operations consequent to the digitalization of economic activities.

scholarly journals Introduction

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Finquelievich ◽  
Mariana Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Living Labs

Launching our Call for papers on the role of users in socio-technical innovation has been similar to throwing a bottle with a message into the sea.  Who would find it, and how many researchers, in the vast shores of social studies on Information Society, would answer it? What would be the “catch”, in terms of research results, of understanding about the routes in which individuals and groups appropriate and turn information and communication technology useful for their own specific practices? The Call for Papers itself turned into a kind of practical research on how users are relevant regarding socio-technical innovation. A number of colleagues have answered this Call, proving the deep interest which exists in the Community Informatics world about the analysis of the processes through which specialists observe the innovations carried on by communities or individuals and integrate them into new products. In the last decades studies and experience have shown that users matter in regards to technological innovation. Books such as "The Co-Construction of Users and Technology[1]” analyse the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation. Lately, citizen´s labs are also trying to integrate individuals and communities to technological innovation. They try to combine the old “collaboratory” concept launched in the 1990s in academic environments, or virtual laboratories, where scientists collaborate though networking, with the concept of citizens´ networks, in which citizens collaborate in a digital environment for various uses, and that have become freshly popular through social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. Individuals, groups and community have actively participated in the process of technological innovation and are increasingly aware of their capacity for making and changing technologies. Internet - based social networks, open source software, content creation, redesign by use, citizens ´participation in living labs, are just a few examples of people actively enlarging the original uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). The goal of this special issue is to examine, using a variety of multidisciplinary approaches, the mutual interaction between ICT and users. The authors have reflected on the hypothesis that any understanding of users must take into consideration the multiplicity of roles they play, and that the conventional distinction between users and producers is largely formal and artificial. Contributing knowledge about the process in which individuals and communities appropriate and makes information and communication technology functional for their own specific purposes is the goal of this special issue of JOCI. The objective is to advance on the subject of how communities utilize technology, meanwhile creating innovative uses. The papers published in this issue consider how users consume, modify, domesticate, design, reconfigure, and resist technological development, as well as in which ways users are changed by ICT. The papers may be classified into three main categories: Social and Technological Networks, Technological and organizational tools for innovation, Living labs experiences. Some of the key issues that are reflected upon are: - Case studies about technology appropriation and modification of ICT changes by communities. - Alternative-use hunters: analysis of the processes through which experts perceive the changes by communities or individuals and incorporate them into the goods or services. - The follow-up and analysis of the framework of technological relationships between human and non-human agents [1] [1] http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10755  

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

10.26458/1823 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurentiu A. ASIMOPOLOS ◽  
Adrian-Aristide ASIMOPOLOS ◽  
Natalia-Silvia ASIMOPOLOS
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
General Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sector Analysis ◽  
The Eu

In the general context, the phenomenon of globalization causes an increase in risks to critical infrastructures. In order to order this set, the criteria of dependence and interdependence were imposed. Thus, was proposed a model with seven levels, the first being sector analysis and the second one the study of interdependencies.The first level is organized in critical sectors and dependencies between them. This division, which engendered the public-private partnership, is show on the EU and NATO documents. The second level of the interdependence study aims to determine the vital elements and essential components of a system. In this paper we show some considerations on the dimensionality of interdependencies between critical infrastructures, interdependence between critical infrastructures from the energy sector and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). After a breakdown of SCADA systems, we presented at the end of the paper few examples of cybernetic attack against energy infrastructures

E-Participation and Deliberation in the European Union

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana Radu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Citizen Empowerment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Eu

Civic online participation garnered much interest during the last decade relative to the transformation of the concept of democracy in a move from representative to participatory. In the European Union (EU), both the types and the number of online opportunities for citizen empowerment have diversified tremendously with the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). The present study undertakes an in-depth research of Debate Europe, an online deliberation mechanism initiated in 2008 by the European Commission. A quantitative and qualitative content analysis was carried out in order to examine thoroughly the contributions received from posters for the two most popular discussion threads on the English-language portal in the 2009 EP electoral year. The empirical evidence allowed for the identification of participation dynamics based on two dimensions: interactivity and rationality. Findings suggest that such moderated discussions advanced high interactivity and rationality that could provide valuable input at the EU level. While the prerequisites for a transition from micro-public spheres to transnational civic engagement exist, this is done only partially due to the lack of an adequate infrastructure to feedback opinions into institutional decision-making mechanisms in the EU.

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