Conveners
Dreaming of electric sheep
- Ann Harding (SWITCH)
Description
When Phillip K. Dick wrote When Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in the 60s he was exploring questions of the difference between humanity and machines. Automation has made us faster, more accurate and able to go further. Now, AI and machine learning techniques are being used where previously only humans were seen capable of complex nuanced judgement. This session looks at how NRENs are bringing the machine into operations, understanding our users, and enabling teaching and assessment.
AI has been having a clear impact on research and education, either direct or at least forcing communities to think about how the technology might impact their field. In this presentation, we will show how we’re investigating the potential use of AI to improve our operations and ultimately, that of our members. SURF is the NREN cooperative of the Netherlands, and we have been supporting our...
An NREN, in its evolution path, must be adapted to the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) environment through digital transformation and must support its members by providing relevant services for the environment and useful tools for their development and transformation.
In this paper we focus on the evaluation of the research environment of the HEI members of CEDIA using...
RNP, the Brazilian NREN, has a 20-year-old RDI program known as Working Groups (WGs), whose main goal over the years has been to deliver technological solutions in collaboration with the Brazilian academic and research community. In an effort to deliver value to RNP customers faster, such a WGs program was revised in 2019 to include business development. One of the developed solutions is...
