Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence
Published on 15. April 2016
Book
Hardback
XXII, 1154 pages
978-3-319-07053-7 (ISBN)
Description
Scientists and engineers have long been aware of the tension between narrow specialization and multidisciplinary cooperation, but now a major transformation is in process that will require technical fields to combine far more effectively than formerly in the service of human benefit. This handbook will catalog all the ways this can be accomplished and the reasons it must be. Nature is a single coherent system and diverse methods of scientific and engineering investigations should reflect this interlinked and dynamic unity. Accordingly, general concepts and ideas should be developed systematically in interdependence, with cause-and-effect pathways, for improved outcomes in knowledge, technology and applications. At the same time, industrial and social applications rely on integration of disciplines and unification of knowledge. Thus, convergence is both a fundamental principle of nature and a timely opportunity for human progress. This handbook will represent the culmination of fifteen years of workshops, conferences and publications that initially explored the connections between nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and new technologies based on cognitive science. A constant emphasis on human benefit then drew in the social sciences, even as shared scientific and ethical principles brought in sustainability of the Earth environment and the challenge of equitable economic advancement. The intellectual contributions of literally hundreds of scientists and engineers established a number of research methods and analytical principles that could unite disparate fields. The culmination has been called Convergence of Knowledge and Technology for the benefit of Society (CKTS), defined as the escalating and transformative interactions among seemingly different disciplines, technologies, communities and domains of human activity to achieve mutual compatibility, synergism and integration.
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Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
109 s/w Abbildungen, 18 farbige Abbildungen
XXII, 1154 p. 127 illus., 18 illus. in color. Print + eReference.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-319-07053-7 (9783319070537)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-07052-0
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Persons
William Sims Bainbridge is an American sociologist and co-director of Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He is the first Senior Fellow to be appointed by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and most well-known for his work on the sociology of religion. He has published extensively on the sociology of computer gaming and he has pioneered the use of online virtual worlds for scientific conferences and research proposal review panels. He has previously edited two major reference works, The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction and Leadership in Science and Technology. He has published numerous books with Springer. Mihail C. Roco is the Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a key architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. He is the founding Chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Nano scale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) and established the Nanotechnology Group of the International Risk Governance Council. Dr. Roco is a corresponding member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and a member of the International Risk Governance Council. His research included experimental and simulation methods to investigate nanosystems. He is a Fellow of ASME, Fellow of AIChE and Fellow of the Institute of Physics and was elected Engineer of the Year by the U.S. Society of Professional Engineers and NSF in 1999 and in 2004. He was honored as recipient of the Carl Duisberg Award in Germany, the 'Burgers Professorship Award' in The Netherlands and the 'University Research Professorship' and Fingerson/TSI awards in the U.S. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of Springer's Journal of Nanoparticle Research, he is credited with thirteen patents and has contributed over two hundred archival articles in sixteen books.
Content
1. The Era of
Convergence.- 2. Principles and Methods that Facilitate Convergence.- 3. Bio-cognitive
Evolution.- 4. Collective Intelligence Systems.- 5. Consilience.- 6. Convergence-Divergence
Process.- 7. The Convergence of Curation.- 8. Decision Making in a Convergent
Society.- 9. Dimensions of Research.- 10. Modeling and Simulation.- 11. Science
and Technology Forecasting.- 12. Self-organization and Emergence of Dynamic
Systems.- 13. Systemic Interdependencies.- 14. Visionary Scenario Development
of Emerging Fields.- 15. NBIC.- 16. Cognitive Technology.- 17. Complex
Biological Systems.- 18. Convergence of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology.- 19. Information
Technology Supported Convergence.- 20. Nanotechnology-Neuroscience
Convergence.- 21. Neurotechnology-Centered Convergence.- 22. Services Science
and Societal Convergence.- 23. Transition from Inert to Living Systems.- 24. Unifying
Concepts in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering.- 25. Human-Technology
Collaboration.- 26. Citizen Science.- Collaboratories.- 27. Communication Media.-
28. Convergence with the Arts.- 29. Co-Robots: Humans and robots operating as
partners.- 30. Distributed Manufacturing.- 31. Human Computation and Convergence.-
32. Open Source Technology Development.- 33. Participation in Convergence
Research.- 34. Personalized and Interactive Literature.- 35. Virtual Meetings.-
36. The Earth Scale System.- 37. Astrosociology (Social Science of Space
Exploration).- 38. Demographic Transition.- 39. Global Risk Assessment.- 40. Linguistic
Convergence.- 41. Network of Cooperation between Science Organizations.- 42. Science
and Technology Globalization.- 43. Space Exploration.- 44. Sustainable Global
Food Supply.- 45. Socio-Ecological Systems.- 46. Whole-Earth Monitoring.- 47. Twenty-First
Century Society.- 48. Boundary Organizations.- 49. Cognitive Society.- 50. Convergence
in ethical implications and communication of emerging technologies.- 51. Cultural
Science.- 52. Digital Government.- 53. Ethics of Convergence for Enhancement of
Cognition.- 54. Human Enhancement in Sports.- 55. Intellectual Property Rights.-
56. Institutional Transformation.- 57. Medical Approach to Wellness.- 58. Polycentric
Governance.- 59. Systematizing Global and Regional Creativity.- 60. Technology
and Religion.- 61. Unifying Ethical Concepts.- 62. Reconceptualization of
Education.- 63. Academic Research Centers: Platforms for Convergence of
Science, Technology and Innovation.- 64. Assistive Technology in Education.-
65. Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University.- 66. Cyberlearning.-
67. Informal Science Education of Converging Technologies.- 68. Integrative
Graduate Education and Research.- 69. Learning in a World of Convergence.- 70. Life-Long
Learning.- 71. Norms and Standards of Learning.- 72. Online Courses.- 73. Pre-college
Convergence Education.
Convergence.- 2. Principles and Methods that Facilitate Convergence.- 3. Bio-cognitive
Evolution.- 4. Collective Intelligence Systems.- 5. Consilience.- 6. Convergence-Divergence
Process.- 7. The Convergence of Curation.- 8. Decision Making in a Convergent
Society.- 9. Dimensions of Research.- 10. Modeling and Simulation.- 11. Science
and Technology Forecasting.- 12. Self-organization and Emergence of Dynamic
Systems.- 13. Systemic Interdependencies.- 14. Visionary Scenario Development
of Emerging Fields.- 15. NBIC.- 16. Cognitive Technology.- 17. Complex
Biological Systems.- 18. Convergence of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology.- 19. Information
Technology Supported Convergence.- 20. Nanotechnology-Neuroscience
Convergence.- 21. Neurotechnology-Centered Convergence.- 22. Services Science
and Societal Convergence.- 23. Transition from Inert to Living Systems.- 24. Unifying
Concepts in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering.- 25. Human-Technology
Collaboration.- 26. Citizen Science.- Collaboratories.- 27. Communication Media.-
28. Convergence with the Arts.- 29. Co-Robots: Humans and robots operating as
partners.- 30. Distributed Manufacturing.- 31. Human Computation and Convergence.-
32. Open Source Technology Development.- 33. Participation in Convergence
Research.- 34. Personalized and Interactive Literature.- 35. Virtual Meetings.-
36. The Earth Scale System.- 37. Astrosociology (Social Science of Space
Exploration).- 38. Demographic Transition.- 39. Global Risk Assessment.- 40. Linguistic
Convergence.- 41. Network of Cooperation between Science Organizations.- 42. Science
and Technology Globalization.- 43. Space Exploration.- 44. Sustainable Global
Food Supply.- 45. Socio-Ecological Systems.- 46. Whole-Earth Monitoring.- 47. Twenty-First
Century Society.- 48. Boundary Organizations.- 49. Cognitive Society.- 50. Convergence
in ethical implications and communication of emerging technologies.- 51. Cultural
Science.- 52. Digital Government.- 53. Ethics of Convergence for Enhancement of
Cognition.- 54. Human Enhancement in Sports.- 55. Intellectual Property Rights.-
56. Institutional Transformation.- 57. Medical Approach to Wellness.- 58. Polycentric
Governance.- 59. Systematizing Global and Regional Creativity.- 60. Technology
and Religion.- 61. Unifying Ethical Concepts.- 62. Reconceptualization of
Education.- 63. Academic Research Centers: Platforms for Convergence of
Science, Technology and Innovation.- 64. Assistive Technology in Education.-
65. Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University.- 66. Cyberlearning.-
67. Informal Science Education of Converging Technologies.- 68. Integrative
Graduate Education and Research.- 69. Learning in a World of Convergence.- 70. Life-Long
Learning.- 71. Norms and Standards of Learning.- 72. Online Courses.- 73. Pre-college
Convergence Education.