Communities of Practice (CoPs) have attracted the interest of professionals and researchers as successful environments for enhancing, developing and improving practices through collaboration between their members. More and more, CoPs are choosing virtual environments and services to support their activities. However, recent research has underlined the lack of adequate scaffolding in terms of te...

HASAN YILMAZ,* ELBERT G. VAN PUTTEN, JACOPO BERTOLOTTI, AD LAGENDIJK, WILLEM L. VOS, AND ALLARD P. MOSK Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Currently address: Philips Research Laboratories, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands Currently address: Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Ex...

UNCLONABLE KEY SEBASTIANUS A. GOORDEN, MARCEL HORSTMANN, ALLARD P. MOSK, BORIS ŠKORIĆ, AND PEPIJN W.H. PINKSE Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics (LPNO), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Ein...

The concept of "complexity" is familiar to most of project's managers, but it is not comprehended in the same way. although the complexity highlights negative points, but it may bring positive advantages which support the project. Researches conducted on this field show that the understanding of "complexity" between the researchers is different and it is mainly depends on th...

with the development of the science and technology, Complex Product and System (CoPS) plays a more important role in modern economy and society. This paper aims at the problem of quality control in the CoPS innovation. Through studying the CoPS characteristics and different innovation mode from the mass production, we established the quality chain model. The model is a process network in which ...

This paper puts forwards a new way to view how Communities of Practice (CoPs) form in environments that make heavy use of information systems. It uses a concept from Physics to suggest a new type of CoP that can exist in workplaces. In order to do that, the paper uses a simplified taxonomy for CoPs to outline the 'Quantum-CoPs'. These Communities are discussed regarding their behaviour and char...

Background: Despite the existence of proven solutions to improve maternal health, innovative approaches are still necessary to support the implementation of programs and policies in real-world settings. To address this challenge, we developed a participatory capacity strengthening model based on Communities of Practice (CoPs) of maternal health frontline personnel and decision-makers involved i...