Smart societies

Internet of things: Toward smart networked systems and societies

We are witnessing another phase in the evolution in computing and communication. The Internet, which spans networks in a wide variety of domains, is having a significant impact on every aspect of our lives. The next generation of networks will extend beyond physically linked computers to include multimodal information from biological, cognitive, semantic, social, and sensor networks. This parad...

A People-shaped(tm) Approach to Smart Societies

In response, the Royal Borough of Greenwich has an ambitious regeneration strategy. It is taking a comprehensive or ‘whole-city’ approach to support the attainment of its economic and social objectives. As part of this "whole city" approach, it wishes to lay down a framework to enable the creation of a "smart society", and make sure Greenwich is technologically fit for purpose in the 21st Century.

Computational Social Science, the Evolution of Policy Design and Rule Making in Smart Societies

In the last 20 years, the convergence of different factors—the rise of the complexity of science, the “data deluge” and the advances in information technologies—triggered a paradigm shift in the way we understand complex social systems and their evolution. Beyond shedding new light onto social dynamics, the emerging research area of Computational Social Science (CSS) is providing a new rational...

Smart Hospitals Need Smart Managers

Medical Societies

confirmed. The Secretary announced that, as a result of a memorandum submitted by the medical members of council, the Council of the Society had sanctioned the expenditure during the next two years of a sum of Rs. 3,000 on the purchase of standard medical works as a basis of a medical reference library. With the large number of medical journals already received this will go far towards supplyin...