2020 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
Author | : IEEE Staff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-11-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 1665430400 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781665430401 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Download or read book 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) written by IEEE Staff and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public interest technologies (PIT) serve to address social needs and challenges in society People working in this space ask communities what their needs are first, without presuming they know what is best for them and generally use a participatory approach to innovation with values in mind and cultural awareness PIT pertain to technologies that may aid not for profits and non government organizations and private industry to achieve their goals These technologies might leverage open source software for collaboration, and open data initiatives to overcome societal challenges, may exercise crowdsourcing and crowd sensing techniques toward collective awareness, and provide open workforce exchanges where Information and Communication Technologies and engineering volunteerism is encouraged towards satisfying the needs of under resourced organizations and citizenry