Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise
Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise BIN3025
Module Leader & Tutor
Dr Sina Joneidy
Lecture 2
Week 2
Structure of the session:
Ground Rules
What did we cover last week?
Aim and indented learning outcomes
A bit of lecture
Questions for you
A bit of lecture and watching videos
Review of the aim and intended learning outcomes
Preparation for the workshop
Feedback Survey
Ground Rules for today:
There is no wrong and right answer to my questions. Any answer is much appreciated.
Respect yourself, your peers and your instructor by being present in the session.
Your engagement influence your success in the assessment! Believe me ;)
Keep the noise level down.
When you write a feedback for me at the end, please make it constructive.
What was the aim of the lecture and workshop in Week 1?
To recognise the importance of the concept of “emerging technology”.
Linked to ECA Part 1 & ECA Part 2 Assessment Criteria 1.
What were the intended learning outcomes in week 1?
To define an “emergent technology”.
To discuss what do we mean by “emergent”?
To identify and argue what qualify a technology to be “emergent”?
What is the aim of the lecture and workshop in Week 2?
To discuss the nature of digital technologies from two perspectives of being-in-itself and being-in-the-world.
Linked to ECA Part 1 & ECA Part 2 Assessment Criteria 1.
What are the intended learning outcomes for this week?
What do we mean by being-in-itself?
What do we mean by being-in-the-world?
What are the 5 exponential digital technologies and their use cases?
Being-in-itself
Being-in-itself answer tries to find the essence of X, which can fully explain X, or from which all about it can be derived.
Example:
To say “a calculator is a machine that process numbers”
Being-in-the-world
Being-in-the-world answers the question by looking at the context that forms the thing.
Example:
To say “this iPhone is my communication lifeline”
5 Exponential Digital Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Smart Processing Automation
Blockchain
Robots
Special-Function Technologies
Saldanha (2019)
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What is the “use case”?
An application of specific tool to a given problem.
Saldanha (2019)
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What is the “use case”?
Now you give an example
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Artificial Intelligence
What is Artificial Intelligence?
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Being-in-itself
Artificial intelligence is defined as a “computing systems that are able to engage in human-like processes such as learning, adapting, synthesizing, self-correction and use of data for complex processing tasks” (Popenici & Kerr, 2017 cited in Crompton 2021).
Being-in-the-world
Example:
Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing.
To say “just what we need to avoid another plant shutdown”
Smart Process Automation
What is Smart Process Automation?
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What is RPA?
Can you find a definition and cite it for me?
Can you find me an Use Case of RPA?
Blockchain
What is Blockchain?
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Being-in-itself
The blockchain is defined as ”a distributed database of records, or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been executed and shared among participating parties”
Atlam et al (2018)
Being-in-the-world
Example:
Emerging market
Solar Energy Sharing.
In Estonia:
WePower has been testing just how well a choice-driven energy market could work by teaming up with an independent energy provider who shares their energy data in real time.
It means “being independent”
Robotics
What is robotics?
Being-in-itself
International Federation of Robotics (IFR) define a robot as being “a machine which can be programmed to perform tasks which involve manipulative and, in some cases, locomotive actions under automatic control.”
Yahya et al (2019)
Being-in-itself
Robotics is defined as “the engineering science and technology of robots, and their design manufacture, application, and structural disposition and related to electronics, mechanical, and software.”
Yahya et al (2019)
Being-in-the-world
Example:
Any task that needs physical seeing, sensing, assisting, moving, measuring or delivering is fair game for robotics.
To say “it is so convenient”.
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Special-Function Technologies
What is 3D Printing, Internet of Things,Nanotech, Energy Storage, Biotechnology and advanced materials?
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Being-in-itself
A special-purpose sensor that measures and transmits necessary information and can be made smart enough to make some decisions.
Saldanha (2019)
Being-in-the-world
Example:
A Nest thermostat does measure and transmit necessary information to do with temperature, carbon monoxide and video image information.
“It reduces cost”
What is the aim of the lecture and workshop in Week 2?
To discuss the nature of digital technologies from two perspectives of being-in-itself and being-in-the-world.
Linked to ECA Part 1 & ECA Part 2 Assessment Criteria 1.
What are the intended learning outcomes for this week?
What do we mean by being-in-itself?
What do we mean by being-in-the-world?
What are the 5 exponential digital technologies and their use cases?
Your feedback on the Lecture 2 is much appreciated.
Link to the feedback form.
https://forms.office.com/r/Tzi3EQyTVq
It takes less than 5 minutes.
References:
Yahya, M.Y.B., Hui, Y.L., Yassin, A.B.M., Omar, R., anak Robin, R.O. and Kasim, N., 2019. The Challenges of the Implementation of Construction Robotics Technologies in the Construction. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 266, p. 05012). EDP Sciences.
Saldanha, T., 2019. Why digital transformations fail: The surprising disciplines of how to take off and stay ahead. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Atlam, H.F., Alenezi, A., Alassafi, M.O. and Wills, G., 2018. Blockchain with internet of things: Benefits, challenges, and future directions. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications, 10(6), pp.40-48.
Keys, B. and Zhang, Y.J., 2020. Introducing RPA in an Undergraduate AIS Course: Three RPA Exercises on Process Automations in Accounting. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, 17(2), pp.25-30.
Crompton, H., 2021. The Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education. Revista Virtual Universidad Católica del Norte, 62.
Thank you
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