Economic package will boost R&D infrastructure

Government Spending: An Economic Boost?

The severe global economic downturn and the large stimulus programs that governments in many countries adopted in response have generated a resurgence in research on the effects of fiscal policy. One key lesson emerging from this research is that there is no single fiscal multiplier that sums up the economic impact of fiscal policy. Rather, the impact varies widely depending on the specific fis...

Tomorrow's library: will it all be infrastructure?

The form in which knowledge is described and encapsulated has a major impact on the design of libraries and the functions performed within the library. Libraries as we known them have been primarily built to store and disseminate knowledge in book format. New technology and the changing needs of knowledge workers, which form important parts of the logocentric, practicentric, and democentric ele...

Infrastructure and Canadian Economic Growth

“Canada is a wealthy country, rich in both human and capital resources. The incomes earned by its people today are among the highest in the world. The current high standing is a legacy from previous generations. Over the decades, huge investments have been made in infrastructure. Communications and transportation systems are, for the most part, vast, modern and efficient, joining together far-f...

Achieving anesthesia provider accountability will boost OR performance.

How everyday language can and will boost effective information retrieval

Typing two or three keywords into a browser has become an easy and efficient way to find information. Yet, typing even short queries becomes tedious on ever shrinking (virtual) keyboards. Meanwhile, speech processing is maturing rapidly, facilitating everyday language input. Also, wearable technology can inform users proactively by listening in on their conversations or processing their social ...