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White Paper Key dimensions of wider education system reform include attracting and developing high-quality teachers; developing holistic curricula and associated assessment frameworks that test the ability to meet the requirements of a global,... [30 Aug 2009]
A Hybrid Data Mining Metaheuristic for the p-Median Problem
White Paper Metaheuristics represent an important class of techniques to solve, approximately, hard combinatorial optimization problems for which the use of exact methods is impractical. In this work, one proposes a hybrid version of the GRASP... [29 Aug 2009]
A Visual Data Mining Methodology to Conduct Seismic Facies Analysis: Part 2 - Application to 3D Seismic Data
White Paper A visual data-mining approach to unsupervised clustering analysis can be an effective tool for visualizing and understanding patterns inherent in seismic data i.e.seismic facies. The unsupervised clustering analysis is completely... [29 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.08.09
Round-Up Given the chance they would probably have taken screengrabs of the blue rectangles on their smartphones, uploaded them to the web, blogged about them then spent a few minutes re-tweeting the blog URL on Twitter while IMing their friends... [28 Aug 2009]
Irish Social Services Web Portal Wins Accessibility Award, Boosts Traffic 50 Percent
White Paper The Department of Social and Family Affairs in Ireland promotes a caring society by providing income and other supports to enable active participation in society, promote social inclusion, and support... [28 Aug 2009]
'Ditch Windows, free software is the answer'
News It's a problem generally for society that we should accept proprietary software when there is an alternative. The Free Software Foundation plans to stage a protest in Boston, US on Wednesday, where it will encourage... [26 Aug 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News Ian Herbert, vice chairman of the health informatics advisory panel for the British Computer Society and former consultant on the government's £12.7bn IT revamp, said: "Patient involvement is essential if we are going to... [21 Aug 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Who accepts my social networking invites?
Comment The implications for industry and society, however, aren't obvious, and I have no demographic relating to age, occupation or other factors. Compiled at my home early one morning when I just couldn't sleep, and dispatched... [05 Aug 2009]
The Economic Impact of Broadband in Developing Nations: Best Practices Enable Developing Nations to Reap Economic Benefits of Broadband
White Paper Broadband networks are an increasingly essential part of the global information society, enabling overall economic growth, and creating new jobs, fostering innovation and enhancing national competitiveness. [05 Aug 2009]
Smart Printing Landscape Safeguards New Insurance Business
White Paper Exeter Friendly Society wanted to replace its ageing printing and imaging fleet with reliable, high-speed devices to support its new business. Exeter Friendly Society signed an HP Smart Printing Services... [30 Jul 2009]
Inspire creativity at the office - here's how
Comment Random Walk theory is a funny little idea drawn from the study of complex systems like flocks of birds, politics, even society itself. The 21st century office needs to inspire creativity more than mere productivity. [28 Jul 2009]
U.K. Building Society Cuts Power Consumption by 75 Per Cent With Virtualised Servers
White Paper Britannia Building Society has served the interests of its members for more than 150 years. It continues to perform strongly, and, in April, its members voted in favour of the society's merger with... [25 Jul 2009]
Ernst and Young Sweden Gains Better Insights With Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution
White Paper Their ambition is to help associates, customers, and society as a whole achieve their full potential. Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. The old system was complicated... [25 Jul 2009]
Is tech a chocolate teapot when it comes to green cities?
News But while technology has the best potential for allowing society to maintain its standard of living in a sustainable way, the industry isn't necessarily set up to provide such technology. Technology has the potential to... [23 Jul 2009]
eLENS: The Emergent Law Enforcement Network Security Initiative - Bridging the Gaps in eCrime Data Sharing
White Paper As the Internet provides the communication artery for government, commerce, and society, threats and crimes leveraging Internet infrastructure cannot be ignored; the effectiveness of legal proceedings must be increased;... [14 Jul 2009]
