Capgemini (United Kingdom)

In this paper, we explore the ethical dimension of artificial intelligent automation (often called AI) in military systems engineering, and present conclusions. Morality, ethics, and ethos, as well as technical excellence, need to be strengthened in both the developers and users of artificial intelligent automation. Only then can critical innovations like cognitive and volitive assistance systems or automated weapon systems be wielded efficiently and beneficially within the given legal constraints. Meaningful human control takes center stage here, which we understand in a broad sense as involving both technical controllability and accountability for outcomes. Explainable AI is essential for this task and requires rigorous testing to ensure deliberate decision making by the user. The military and industrial communities must work together to ensure adequate training for responsible use of AI-automation. Finally, these developments need to be accompanied by a politically supported open discourse, involving as many stakeholders from diverse backgrounds as possible. This serves as an extensive approach to both manage the risks of these new technologies and prevent exaggerated risk avoidance impeding necessary development.

The SPARK programming language and analyzer.

Recently, Fintech technologies have taken shape in digital banking across the globe. These technologies include artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and blockchain technology. Currently, AR technology is having a vibrational impact in numerous industry sectors. From being deployed in healthcare, oil and gas construction, and retail as well as manufacturing, AR technologies are currently deployed to increase process efficiency, reduce costs and bring about a broad range of commercial benefits. Artificial intelligence is the rising star in the world of technology. Now, there is something we need to understand about artificial intelligence because it is currently one of the hot topics on social media and is being discussed by millions of people around the world. The use of blockchain was decisively made in 2018 when the technology finally shifted from margins to the mainstream in multiple vital industries such as healthcare, government, insurance, supply chain management, and of course, finance. According to statistics, a sum of $ 1.3 billion was globally invested in FinTech projects based on blockchain innovation. Progressive financial organizations have also increased their spending on internal bank technologies, especially the ones powered by the permanent ledgers. Therefore, this paper discusses the role of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Blockchain in Digital Banking.

In response to “Digital Darwinism”, people, organisations and society need to adapt to the different characteristics of digital information.[...]

© Lennart Nacke, 2015. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in CHI PLAY '15 Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, https://doi.org/10.1145/2793107.2810260

We present a preliminary user study in an e-learning environment aimed to adapt and validate generic mechanics and player types proposed in the gamification literature. We incorporate well-known gamification mechanics into a number learning activities, implemented them as functionalities of an e-learning system, and investigate the learning effectiveness of the proposed mechanics, as well as the relations between the mechanics and their assumed player types.

This paper examines the distribution network for a manufacturing business looking at aspects of sustainability including economic, environmental and social considerations. The problem is initially approached mathematically, then applied experimentally using a specialist software, Orion-pi. A real life business, Rettig ICC, is used as a case study to show how the theory could be applied to a practical example and would provide financial savings, reduced carbon emissions and lay the groundwork for a more ethical business strategy. The results show it will be a financially and environmentally positive move to decrease the current activity at Birtley and operate an additional smaller distribution centre at Coventry.

Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of cloud computing offerings that attract organisations as a potential solution in reducing their IT cost. However, the functionality and reliability of the SaaS model is still questionable and raises concerns and hesitations in its adoption. This chapter proposes a framework that enables an organisation to assess its current IT landscape and provides readiness assessment for SaaS adoption. The framework adapts Business Aligned IT Strategy (BAITS) methodology as its foundation. A case study of a local council in UK is used to validate.

On-line gaming has seen something of a popular explosion in recent years, and is rapidly becoming the predominant focus of many gaming platforms. Unfortunately, honesty is not a virtue favoured by all players in these networks. This paper proposes a Trusted Computing based security framework for gaming consoles that will be resilient to platform modification based cheating mechanisms. In addition to this, we propose a Trusted Computing based auction mechanism that can be used for auctioning in-game items.