Sessions
Following are the session on the IDIMT 2010 conference. We hope you find them interesting and would participate. In case of any doubt or uncleanness, please do not hesitate to ask. Keynote papers as well as detailed description of the sessions will be published in the course of time.
Session A: Innovation Potential of ICT in the Crisis
Keynote speaker: Josef Basl – <basl(at)vse.cz>
KeyNoteSpeech - abstract
New economic conditions of the crisis have accelerated the emphasis on the innovation potential of ICT products and services and also on ways how they are applied in organizations. The key questions are what, when and how to innovate and what the benefits will be. Companies have to react more flexible with less cost on changed environment and ICT departments also have to increase efficiency of used ICT. Good examples, best practices, suitable methods and procedures for decision support how to innovation and how to evaluate ICT innovation in organizations are therefore very useful.
Session B: Human Resources in ICT
Keynote speaker: Petr Doucek – <doucek(at)vse.cz>
There are no more discussions about the effectiveness and efficiency of exploitation of information and communication technology (ICT) in business in our times. On one hand are ICT utilities of business on the other hand their property does not provide success in business activities. ICT are actual drivers of business but the real blood of ICT is working force – people with appropriate skills, knowledge, abilities and will to use ICT for support their jobs. Do we have enough well skilled people for recovery our economy after crisis? How should look the knowledge and skills profile of these persons? How does ICT influence the business models and how does it change requirements on ICT experts? Contributors are invited to formulate their original scientific papers oriented namely to following topics:
- ICT education and skills – supply side of the ICT experts market is mostly represented by tertiary education “products” – by graduates in different levels (bachelor, master and PhD) with skills gained during their studies; demand side is represented by business sector and its requirements on ICT graduates.
- Demographics influence on ICT expert market in EU or in selected country or region – evaluations, forecasts and identified trends.
- Regional and sectional specific features of ICT labor force market.
- Impact of the ICT sector on economy – accent on analysis of ICT sector contributions to GDP, influence on unemployment rate and other macroeconomic indicators related to ICT sector in group of states, state or in region.
Contributors are also kindly asked to add their proposals for new aspects of human resources in ICT.
Session C: Dependable Systems and Infrastructure Protection
Session chairperson: Gerhard Chroust – <gerhard.chroust(at)jku.at>
Keynote speaker: Erwin Schoitsch – <erwin.schoitsch(at)ait.ac.at>
KeyNoteSpeech - abstract
The ubiquitous deployment of software-based systems demands increased dependability of these systems, including safety, reliability, availability, security, maintainability, survivability, etc.). The design, operation, and protection of these systems have to take into account the complex interplay of software, hardware, networks, environment and humans acting in different roles, including unexpected, emergent system behaviour (especially in case of interlinked “systems of systems”, composed of (legacy) systems originally designed as autonomous systems), and unexpected behaviour or threats experienced from the real-world environment. The interplay between humans, environment and systems must be considered in an holistic, interdisciplinary view for the distribution of tasks, mutual overriding mechanisms for decisions by humans, for performing interventions at system failures, etc. Systems must be robust to cope with these problems in an adaptive manner (“resilient systems), which is an ever increasing challenge for system design, verification, validation and deployment. These challenges are topped by the emerging “systems-of-systems”, typical examples are critical infrastructures and their resilience requirements and protection, becoming interconnected and interdependent in a global context.
Session D: Factors of Regional Development in the Context of Globalization and International Integration
Keynote speaker: Marzena Trybull-Piotrowska – <m.trybull(at)aon.edu.pl>
KeyNoteSpeech - abstract
Regional development proceeds in a complex and diverse way. Nowadays changes taking place in regions are brought about due largely to effects of globalization and international integration. There are numerous theories considering regional development that identify and interpret reasons for developmental disproportions between regions. They show potential growth factors that determine possibilities of increasing regional competitiveness and stimulate shaping developmental process in regional economy.
Evolution of views on issues connected with development and competitiveness of regions includes an increasing emphasis put on such terms as new technologies, innovations, information, knowledge, cooperation and decentralization. The session subject matter will cover effects and nature of individual factors in terms of regional development.
Session E: Competitiveness of Tertiary Sector
Keynote speaker: Jakub Fischer – <fischerj(at)vse.cz>
KeyNoteSpeech - abstract
Czech tertiary education is entering through the gradual process of transformation towards modern system of tertiary education, which will
support competition within the market of education. The transformation has to be driven by changes in the funding system of tertiary education, which implies changes in redistribution funding process from public budgets and also implementation of student tuition fees. All these steps will lead to reinforcing of market principles and client principle. It is also necessary to evaluate and assure quality in educational process based on transparent and public available information about institutions of higher education.
Session F: Values, Culture, Ethics, and Norms as Information Leading to Requisite Holism/Wholeness
Keynote speaker: Matjaž Mulej – <mulej(at)uni-mb.si>
Although one talks about the knowledge society and information society it is not knowledge alone, neither is it its embodiment in the form of e.g. ICT that makes humans happy because they enjoy well-being. They do not make people do what they do, on their own, either. All tools, including knowledge, are directed by values, culture, ethics, and norms (VCEN). It depends on VCEN more than on knowledge and technology, although far from completely, what knowledge and technology are created and applied, because VCEN crucially influence the definition of objectives and related preferences, perceptions, and evaluations. Tle smallest unavoidable correction if the change of name to 'VCEN, knowledge, information, and innovation society', when one denotes the current period of the human history. Thus, information for and about and based on VCEN, should be a more crucial topic of IDIMT than so far.
Session G: Computer Support of Cooperative Work
Keynote speaker: Tom Gross – <tom.gross(at)medien.uni-weimar.de>
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work is an interdisciplinary research field that aims at studying and understanding cooperative work in order to develop advanced concepts and technology for workgroups. Its approach is typically iterative and takes place in loops starting with a thorough requirements analysis of and with users, followed by an innovative design and development process, leading to an evaluation of the developed concepts and technology, and then eventually continuing with further loops. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: innovative groupware systems; user studies; social concepts.
