Experts in our field?

Education of Information Experts: Do We Understand our Ultimative Needs?

It is generally accepted that the knowledge of information technology experts should be flexible, open, and multidisciplinary. The necessity of such knowledge profile is strengthened by the current revolution in software leading to global confederated software systems. The flexibility and the openness of knowledge is possible only if the kernel of the knowledge of software professionals include...

Mean Field Approximation for Fields of Experts

Appendix : Interviews with Experts in the Field of Technoethics

Question: How did you get involved in research in Technoethics and why? I was a technophile at an early age. I loved experimenting with electricity as a child and I started college in pursuit of an engineering career. I came of age in the 1960s when the United States was embroiled in an ill-conceived, protracted war against a small Third-World nation. The innocent views I held about technology ...

Species identification by experts and non-experts: comparing images from field guides

Accurate species identification is fundamental when recording ecological data. However, the ability to correctly identify organisms visually is rarely questioned. We investigated how experts and non-experts compared in the identification of bumblebees, a group of insects of considerable conservation concern. Experts and non-experts were asked whether two concurrent bumblebee images depicted the...

Are We Doing Enough for Our Field ?

Correspondents Argentina: O. Civitaresse, La Plata; Australia: A. W. Thomas, Adelaide; Austria: H. Oberhummer, Vienna; Belgium: M. Huyse, Leuven; Brasil: M. Hussein, Sao Paulo; Bulgaria: D. Balabanski, Sofia; Canada: J.-M. Poutissou, TRIUMF; K. Sharma, Manitoba; J. Simpson, Guelph; China: W. Zhan, Lanzhou; Croatia: R. Caplar, Zagreb; Czech Republic: J. Kvasil, Prague; Slovak Republic: P. Povine...