Informatics in the Future : : Proceedings of the 11th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2015), Vienna, October 2015.

• Author: Werthner, Hannes.
• TeilnehmendeR: van Harmelen, Frank.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (118 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Informatics, or A Discipline with Short History and High Impact -- Interdisciplinarity, or How to Do Research -- Ethics, or What Is Our Responsibility -- Diversity, or Why So Few Women in Informatics -- Combining Informatics, History, and Art: A Special Contribution -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Shifting Identities in Computing: From a Useful Tool to a New Method and Theory of Science -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Birth of a Discipline -- 1.3 The Quest for Independence -- 1.4 Search for Disciplinary Identity -- 1.5 Emergence of a Science -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: On the Big Impact of ``Big Computer Science ́́-- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Where ``Big Science ́́Is Really Big: Pharma Industry and Genomics -- 2.3 Where It All Started: ``Fourth Paradigm ́́-- 2.4 Data Science and Academia: Issues and Opportunities -- 2.5 Assessment and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: On Informatics, Diamonds and T -- 3.1 Setting the Scene -- 3.1.1 Robotics as an Interdisciplinary Area Involving ICT -- 3.1.2 Specialty Profiles and Interdisciplinary Research -- 3.2 Shaping Centre for Biorobotics: A Case Study -- 3.3 Lessons Learned -- 3.4 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Leadership and Balance in Research -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Group Alignment -- 4.2.1 Common Vision -- 4.2.2 Common Approach to Leadership -- 4.3 Maintain the Flow -- 4.4 Flexible Internal Organization -- 4.5 Profile of Group Members -- 4.5.1 Trust -- 4.5.2 Excellence -- 4.6 External Collaboration -- 4.7 Conclusions -- 4.7.1 Characteristics of a Leader -- 4.7.2 Successful Leadership -- References -- Chapter 5: Rational Ethics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Classical Ethics -- 5.3 Distinctions -- 5.4 Rules of Reason -- 5.5 The Principle of Restraint -- 5.6 The Principle of Importance -- 5.7 Relativism -- 5.8 The Principle of Goodness.

5.9 The Principle of Fairness -- 5.10 The Principle of Truth -- 5.11 Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Ethics for the Digital Age: Where Are the Moral Specs? -- 6.1 Introduction, or How to Do Ethics of IT Now? -- 6.2 Value Sensitive Design -- 6.3 Responsible Innovation -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Digital Sovereignty and IT-Security for a Prosperous Society -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Jurisdiction Aware IT and Communications -- 7.3 Switching Mobile Connections: Floating Cross-Jurisdiction to Reduce Cost -- 7.4 Push Notification: Always on a Short Leash -- 7.5 Cloud Storage: Do We Have to Fear About IPR -- 7.6 Document Collaboration: In the Cloud as You Type -- 7.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Women in Computing and the Contingency of Informatics Cultures -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Women in the History of Computing -- 8.3 The Contingent Female Enrollment in Informatics Studies -- 8.4 Understanding the Findings -- References -- Chapter 9: Ada: Poet of Computing -- 9.1 Introduction and Intentions of the Libretto -- 9.2 Short Biographical Notions and Historic Setting -- 9.3 Logistics, Production and Staging -- 9.4 The Acts -- 9.4.1 Biografic Background -- 9.4.2 Act 1 Ada as a Child, Education and Relation to Her Mother -- 9.4.3 Act 2 Men in Adas Life, Her Father, the Scientists -- 9.4.4 Act 3 Adaś Relation to Mathematics and Technology -- 9.4.5 Act 4 Sickness, Ediction and Gambling -- 9.5 The Staging -- References.