The 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 5-6 July 2006, Athens, will provide a leading edge forum for researchers and engineers from across the world to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in this area. Continue reading
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The paper of Ronald N. Kostoff, Rene Tshiteya, Christine A. Bowles, and Tuure Tuunanen ‘The structure and infrastructure of Finnish research literature’ identifies four main research topics that describe the core knowledge competences of the Finnish innovation system: (1) Wireless Networks and Mobile Communication, (2) Signal Processing, (3) Materials Science and Engineering, and (4) Chemistry. Continue reading
Several recent studies have concluded that science parks tend to fail in attracting and developing high-tech companies and have therefore not fulfilled their expected role as catalysts of regional economic growth.
Based on two in-depth case studies of science parks in Denmark and the UK, this paper introduces Continue reading
Regional innovation on the Internet is a district of websites dealing with this theme. The representation is based on the MapStan Search (http://search.mapstan.net/). Continue reading
Seven cities and regions were selected as top intelligent communities of 2006 by the Intelligent Community Forum.
Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Flagship project: OneCleveland (www.onecleveland.org) having the mission to deploy a community-based ultrabroadband network in the metropolitan area and to build a new knowledge economy on its foundation. Continue reading
A master thesis by Dragana Radovanović under the supervision of Leif Edvinsson. The purpose of the work is to identify factors associated with the Ragusa’s survival persistence and subject awareness, in order to highlight what the city of Lund may learn from this intelligent city. Continue reading
The paper of Rhonda Roberts, University of Wollongong, Australia, ‘Issues in Modelling Innovation Intense Environments: The Importance of the Historical and Cultural Context’ defines innovation intense environments as those special spaces which are purported to accelerate the rate of innovation and proliferation of new, high technology industries. Continue reading