Special Session on Computational Intelligence for the Digital Economy
Special session objectives and topics
Digital technologies in the form of the personal computer and the internet have already transformed work, education and entertainment, generating new market opportunities and significant business potential across a wide range of sectors.
The rapid proliferation of new technologies, most significantly, portable, wireless, "always-on" handheld devices from handheld computers to smart phones and the large number of existing and potential new services relying on a myriad of information sources from location sensors to crowd-sourced and social network information is giving rise to significant development potential for applications in this digital economy. Ubiquitous computing is already a fundamental part of the strategies and visions for future transport, energy and healthcare sectors and this trend is expected to continue and intensify over the coming years. Specific examples include the rollout of smart meters with the vision of a smart energy grid and the rapid increase in location-based services offering everything from road-side assistance to directed advertising.
Computational Intelligence techniques are ideally placed to support and leverage the potential of the digital economy by providing the tools to identify and employ valuable knowledge within the vast amounts of information generated, transmitted and stored – both locally, and all the more commonly, in the cloud.
It is the goal of this special session to raise awareness of the significant potential of the digital economy and specifically the large potential for computational intelligence techniques to support it. The session will focus theoretical and practical contributions related to the digital economy and provide a platform for interested parties to network and plan future collaborations.
Submissions to the Special Session should be centred on theoretical results or applications of computational intelligence to the Digital Economy. Specific topics for the special session include but are not limited to:
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