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- KonferenzbeitragIST and Sustainable Development - the Market of Illusions(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Schauer, ThomasTwo major trends that emerged in the last decades of the 20`h century change our life dramatically. These trends are the introduction of new Information Society Technologies (IST) leading toglobalisation, and the increasing consciousness for sustainable development. The challenge of the new century will be bringing these two trends together. IST-inducedglobalisationcreated to a tremendous increase of mobility: People, goods, money and information are moving around. Roads are used for storage and delivery of goods is possible "just in time". Money can be withdrawn from investments within seconds and information spread via internet may decide about the wealth of nations. The increased mobility of people, goods, money and information has consequences for sustainable development. This contribution examines the impact of ISTin the social, economical and ecological dimension of sustainability and proposes a strategy for a sustainable information society.
- KonferenzbeitragDoes Virtual Learning lead to Sustainability? A Critical Approach(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Graap, TorstenPeople and their Societies are confronted with two phenomena: Production of immense information through an empiric-dynamical digital evolution. One product of this development is virtual learning. On the other side the idea of Sustainability, an idea of a better world rooted in political scenes, academically used to develop theoretical and practical proposals. To clear up the potential of virtual learning for sustainability, an interdisciplinary approach based on complexity is chosen. This offers to develop positive and negative categories of effects to understand the connection of both.
- KonferenzbeitragIntegrating knowledge-based and data-driven modeling of population dynamics(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Džeroski, Sašo; Todorovski, LjupcoThe paper is concerned with integrating knowledge-based modeling or modeling from first principles, with data-driven or automated modeling of dynamic systems. We propose an approach to representing knowledge about processes in population dynamics domains and a method to transform such knowledge into an operational form that could be used by systems for discovery of differential equations. In this way, we improve the ability of computer systems to exploit both knowledge and data in the process of automated modeling of dynamic systems.
- KonferenzbeitragBiodiversity Informatics in Action: Identification and Monitoring of Bee Species using ABIS(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Arbuckle, Tom; Schröder, Stefan; Steinhage, Volker; Wittmann, DieterBees, as the main pollinators of food crops, represent a critical natural resource which needs to be carefully exploited and managed. In recent years, however, destruction of bee's native habitats, infestations, and displacements of native bees by alien bee species have reduced and disturbed bee populations and this is already having considerable impact on global agriculture. A further concurrent problem is that there are probably fewer than 50 taxonomic experts worldwide able to identify bee species. ABIS(Automatic Bee Identification System) is a suite of software tools created for the identification and monitoring of bees. Bee species are rapidly and reliably determined from images of the bees' wings by means of linear and non-linear statistics in conjunction with image processing. Work is currently in progress to couple the bee identification tools within a geographic information system and to make a bee recognition service available over the Internet.
- KonferenzbeitragInternet solutions for integrating and visualizing environmental information(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Cocks, Martin; Keats, Derek; Knight, Richard; Saravanakumar, P.Provision of high quality electronic courses is one way to address the structural inequalities in teriary education and knowledge gaps in environmental management . Benefits of opening up electronic course material through distance learning include multiauthorship and facilitation of courses together with benefits of inter-institutional course delivery. This study reports on the development of electronic curriculum and course management which ranges from plain HTML, client-side and server-side applications to the development of Knoweldge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL). This open source software permits the integration of other web resources such asGISand VRML to allow full interaction for simulated environmental decision-making excercises.
- KonferenzbeitragExternalities and the Development of the Information Society and Technology: Searching for New Emerging Internalising Potentials(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Kaivo-oja, Jari; Haukioja, TeemuThe treatment of the externalities at the state level is far from consistent. There still remains the challenge to connect microfoundations for sustainability analysis at macro level. This paper provides a theoretical analysis of some problematic sustainability issues of the information society. Crucial problems of the sustainability in the information society are (1) dematerialization, (2) immaterialization, (3) structural shift of an economy and (4) the rebound effect. Externality theory is traditionally focused on production and consumption externalities. In the comprehensive view also structural shift and the rebound effect should be analysed, while the preconditions for sustainable information society are evaluated. In the study the potentials of information society and information technology to reduce the scale of harmful externalities in the information society are discussed using the scenario approach.
- KonferenzbeitragIntelligent Brokering of Environmental Information with the BUSTER System(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Naumann, H.; Schuster, G.; Stuckenschmidt, H.; Visser, U.; Vögele, T.; Wache, H.In this paper we discuss the general problems which arise when information sources have to be found and integrated into a system and present a solution by introducing the BUSTER2 system. We give an overview of our ontology-based approach with logical reasoning on metadata for retrieving information sources and semantic translation into the desired format.
- KonferenzbeitragE-learning and Environmental Issues(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Schellenberg, Tanja; Classen, MischaIn the past five years sustainability and environmental management issues have been introduced to numerous academic and vocational curricula in Switzerland. Examples illustrating this trend are the information sciences, tourism industry and the financial sector, where courses are held designed to train professionals. These opportunities are often used to introduce new learning techniques such as interdisciplinary settings of teachers and students, NICT and open-distance learning, case-study approaches or workshops based on training or educational games. The complex nature of environmental issues requires specific teaching aids. From a constructivist point of view, concrete problem orientation is among the most important objectives. Further educational objectives for which the role of e-learning is discussed in this paper includestructuring complex informationas in real life situations, authenticity, multiperspectivityandmulticoding. The discussion is based on three examples of e-learning: a workshop using a software for life cycle analysis at university-level in Tampere (Finland), a student-based project at a college in Zürich using the VISUM-platform and a VISUM-based course on LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) at the university of applied science in Winterthur (Switzerland).
- KonferenzbeitragFrom environmental information systems to social networks: fostering co-operation in the ETH-UNS Case Study for sustainable regional development .(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Stauffacher, Michael; Bösch, Sandro; Scholz, Roland W.The ETH-UNS Case Study is part of the master program in Environmental Sciences. It is a hybrid combiningteaching, research, and application. Joint problem solving between science and society is a major principle of our work. In our view, such approaches area prerequisite in developing strategies towards a sustainable society. However, this requires improved organization of knowledge, co-operation of work and communication among all people involved. Co-operation and communication is needed at least (a) within and between the different study teams, (b) between the study teams and local agents and (c) among local agents with a view to sustain local social networks. Since its beginning in 1994, the ETH-UNS Case Study has used a broad set of IT-tools t o support co-ordination, communication and co-operation of work. Starting form a incomplete peer-to-peer system, we advanced to a centralized file sharing system, and are now embarking into an integrated, dynamic network approach. A new web-based information system, named «living document», will be updated and supplemented continuously. The «living document» will support group work, communication among participants from inside and outside university and co-ordination of activities.
- KonferenzbeitragBlueWater: A Slick Monitoring System Based on Image Processing, Statistical Classification and Predictive Modelling in the Marine Environment(Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Sabeur, Zoheir A.; Hockley, Mitchell C.; Bagnato, Alessandra; Iardella, MarcoAn automated surveillance system for monitoring surface-borne pollutants at sea is being developed in the BLUEWATER(BW) project. A digital video camera has been installed at a strategic position within a Region of Interest (RoI) and scenes of suspected surface-borne pollutants (Slicks) are recorded in time for interpretation and diagnosis. The collection of image data is currently used for the development of an advanced Image Processing Module (IPM) and also the Training & Testing of a Comparator Module (CM) in theBWsystem. This paper highlights the foundation concepts of theBWsystem and the underlying software architecture involved for its development. Also, the authors provide the development aspects of two modules, the Comparator and Control, which are among the important building blocks of the BWsystem.