ICT-Driven Economic and Financial Development: Analyses of European Countries - Softcover

Lechman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128137983 ISBN 13: 9780128137987

Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Real-Time Data Analytics for Large-Scale Sensor Data covers the theory and applications of hardware platforms and architectures, the development of software methods, techniques and tools, applications, governance and adoption strategies for the use of massive sensor data in real-time data analytics. It presents the leading-edge research in the field and identifies future challenges in this fledging research area. The book captures the essence of real-time IoT based solutions that require a multidisciplinary approach for catering to on-the-fly processing, including methods for high performance stream processing, adaptively streaming adjustment, uncertainty handling, latency handling, and more.

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About the Authors

Ewa Lechman, is a full professor of economics at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. Her extensive research interests concentrate on economic development, ICT, and its role in reshaping social and economic systems and various aspects of poverty and economics in developing countries. She was the 2013 and 2024 winner of an Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence and is a member of the editorial boards of international journals on technology diffusion, the digital economy and economic development. She coordinates and participates in international research and educational projects and works as an independent expert assisting with innovation assignments, including the evaluation of small and medium enterprise proposals, EU-financed programs, and policy design regarding innovativeness, digitalization, education and social exclusion.

Adam Marszk is associate professor in the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. His research focuses on financial innovations, financial markets, sustainable investing, financial systems in underdeveloped economies, economic integration, and portfolio management. He has published articles and books in the top economic journals, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Journal of Macroeconomics. He has served as coordinator and investigator in research projects financed by national and international institutions and was the winner of the Jan Uphagen’s Award for the Best Young Scientists. In 2017 he was awarded the START scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science. Since 2017 he is also CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Poland.

From the Back Cover

How will national and regional economies react to upcoming ICT developments such as artificial intelligence, automation, and the Internet of Things? Can their appropriate implementation create economic benefits? ICT-Driven Economic and Financial Development analyzes the effects of ICT diffusion on economic development by examining the nature and availability of jobs, the evolution of leisure activities, productivity factors, education, medical technology, and so forth. Its combination of empirical analyses and data sources stretching back to 1980 make it an important contribution to understanding the effects of ICT diffusion on economic and financial development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128137983
• ISBN 13: 9780128137987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320