New IT handbook
Summary
This book provides an up-to-date overview and critical discussion of technologies that shape and influence the digital economy, and especially covers artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality, digital twins, blockchain technology, 3D printing, and biochip technology.
Unique selling points:
Provides an up-to-date overview and critical discussion of the most important technologies shaping the digital economy
Each technology is explained by an academic expert and illustrated with a concrete industry use case
Chapters are carefully designed to educate the reader by adding recap takeaways and a challenging self-test
The reader can expect the following content.
After two introductory chapters about the digital economy and digital technologies in general, dedicated chapters explain the basics and foundations of each of the selected technologies as well as their potential for industry and services. To this end, these chapters first introduce the specific digital technology, followed by one interview with an academic expert for further describing and explaining the technology plus a second one with a business expert for illustrating a successful business case. Each chapter ends with a recap of the takeaways, supplemented by links to further readings for those who are eager to delve more into the relative topic as well as a self-test to challenge the reader’s understanding.
The book mainly targets business professionals and advanced undergraduate students in business and computer science. Business professionals (ranging from employees to managers and executives) will become acquainted with the basic terminology and diverse business aspects related to emerging digital technologies. They will benefit from descriptions by academic leaders in the field along with information and advice from industry people. Students will get an overview of the most important technologies which may also help them in selecting the most promising topics in their further education.
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Chapters
Chapter 1—Introduction to a digital economy
Chapter 2—Introduction to selected digital technologies
Chapter 3—Artificial intelligence
Interview with Zachary Lipton (Carnegie Mellon University)
Interview with Paul Snauwaert (CNH Industrial)
Chapter 4—Internet of Things
Interview with Christian Janiesch (Technische Universität Dortmund)
Interview with Wouter Ceulemans (Atlas Copco)
Chapter 5—Virtual reality and augmented reality
Interview with Selen Türkay (Queensland University of Technology)
Interview with Daniel Surya Wirjatmo (WIR Group)
Chapter 6—Digital twin technology
Interview with David Jones (Aberystwyth University)
Interview with Dirk Hartmann (Siemens)
Chapter 7— Blockchain technology
Interview with Ingo Weber (Technische Universität München)
Interview with Jolanda Kooi (tex.tracer)
Chapter 8—3D printing
Interview with Brecht Van Hooreweder (KU Leuven)
Interview with Yves Jamers (HP Inc.)
Chapter 9—Biochips
Interview with Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Arizona State University)
Interview with Mark Verheijden (Qurin Diagnostics) & Hans Dijk (Surfix Diagnostics)
Reference:
Van Looy, A. (2024). From emerging technologies to business opportunities. Interviews with academics and business experts. Cham: Springer.