GE498-ECI, Lecture 1: Introduction

We have just finished the first lecture of GE498-ECI. We reviewed the course goals and topics. We also started with a little exercise to foster our creativity. You can find the slides of the lecture today below.

Jan 17, 2007 · 1 min · 37 words · Xavier Llorà

GE498-ECI: Enterprise Collaboration and Innovation Support Systems

Enterprise Collaboration and Innovation Support Systems is a course about creativy and innovation. It is also a course about how to create supporting technologies for human activities, and what could make such technologies “disruptive”. Topics Creativity and innovation Basic concepts How to model innovation and creativity? Techniques to help people to be creative Information technologies The web has change the way business are conducted The web has become “the” communication medium Social patterns of interaction had taken over the web (in less than 10 years!...

Jan 17, 2007 · 2 min · 234 words · Xavier Llorà

GECCO 2007 deadline extended

The 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference submission deadline has been extended from Wednesday, January 17 to WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 22:00 Pacific Standard Time.

Jan 16, 2007 · 1 min · 24 words · Xavier Llorà

Is a war for easily-sharing-your-stuff-with-your-friends coming?

Lately, I have been running into more and more Slashdot entries about newly released products to support sharing in one form or another. Just two of the latest one that surfaced: I Like (music-based) and Tubes (share anything from any device).

Jan 16, 2007 · 1 min · 41 words · Xavier Llorà

CEC 2007 deadline

The deadline for the Congres on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2007) deadline for paper submission is March 15, 2007.

Jan 14, 2007 · 1 min · 18 words · Xavier Llorà