Böcker av Carol L. Stimmel

The vital field of open-source software has proven itself a massive global incubator for innovation. With no barriers to entry, nearly anyone can join in and make huge contributions to a field. Yet, many of today¿s public and private enterprises inhibit this type of rapid, and necessary, innovation. This book provides a new model, and with it new strategies for identifying problems, breaking them down into the right questions, directing resources in research and development, interpreting results, disseminating information, manufacturing and distributing products, and commercializing future tech that can bring the knowledge commons to innovation for social, cultural, and economic advantage.

This book explains the technology and a methodology known as design thinking for building smart cities. Information and communications technology form the backbone of smart cities, yet don¿t fully account for the human component in their solutions. While a comprehensive and robust data analytics program enables the right choices to be made in building smart cities, design thinking helps to create smart cities that are both livable and able to evolve. This book examines these components in smart city development and shows how to use them in an integrated manner.

A comprehensive data analytics program can help utility companies meet the continually evolving challenges of modern grids that are operationally efficient, while reconciling the demands of greenhouse gas legislation and establishing a meaningful return on investment. This book addresses the requirements for applying big data technologies and approaches, including Big Data cybersecurity, to the critical infrastructure that makes up the electrical utility grid. It explores the unique needs of electrical utility grids, including operational technology, IT, storage, processing, and how to transform grid assets for the benefit of both the utility business and energy consumers.