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Big Issues in Mobile Learning

2 Kaleidoscope is the European research network shaping the scientific evolution of technology enhanced learning. It integrates the leading research teams in the field, who work collaboratively across educational, computer and social sciences to transform the quality and reach of the learning experience. Kaleidoscope fosters innovation and creativity through the development of new technologies,...

Big Issues Facing Contemporary Public Administration Theory

To what extent were Woodrow Wilson’s ideas about public administration informed by German organic political theory? Drawing on the writings of Wilson, Lorenz von Stein, and Johann K. Bluntschli on public administration, and comparing American and German primary sources, the author off ers insights into Wilson’s general concept of public administration, as well as his understanding of the politi...

Open issues in Big Data Warehouse design

Data Warehouse and OLAP systems allow analyzing huge volumes of data represented according to the multidimensional model. In the era of Big Data, NoSQL systems have been proved to be an effective Business Intelligence solution. Some works recently study warehousing and OLAPing Big Data. (Un)Lucky these works exclusively investigate time performance related to the Volume and Velocity features of...

Foundations of AI: The Big Issues

Kirsh, D., Foundations of AI: the big issues, Artificial Intelligence 47 (1991) 3-30. The objective of research in the foundations of AI is to explore such basic questions as: What is a theory in AI? What are the most abstract assumptions underlying the competing visions of intelligence? What are the basic arguments for and against each assumption? In this essay I discuss five foundational issu...

Ethical Issues in the Big Data Industry