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.