Innovation equals survival. It’s well documented that in this age of widespread disruption, companies must innovate continuously, creating new markets, experiences, products, services, content or processes. So how can leaders encourage innovation? It’s more than recruiting the brightest minds. While having the best talent is clearly an asset, people need the right culture to flourish. Accenture has found that a culture of equality—the same kind of workplace environment that helps everyone advance to higher positions—is a powerful multiplier of innovation and growth. This means that building a culture of equality (measured by the 40 specific workplace factors Accenture research identified last year) is not just an ethical imperative, but a business priority. If organizations want to thrive, they have to “get to equal.”

Este libro analiza hacia dónde nos están llevando los grandes avances científicos y tecnológicos de la última década y su impacto sobre las condiciones de vida de la Humanidad. Este impacto dependerá en gran medida de las decisiones que tomemos a partir de ahora. Para ello, una decisión clave es promover lo que este libro llama “una nueva Ilustración”: un amplio diálogo para establecer unas nuevas bases filosóficas y éticas que sustenten una economía, una sociedad, una cultura y una regulación adaptadas al nuevo entorno científico / tecnológico con el objetivo de maximizar el crecimiento y el bienestar y al mismo tiempo promover el desarrollo de iniciativas comunes para afrontar el cambio climático.

International non-government organisations (INGOs) engage with research in many forms, from adapting, synthesising and using existing research to commissioning new research or participating in research governance and collaborations. This report supports INGOs to thoroughly consider their options for engaging with evidence and develop more strategic approaches to using, generating and communicating research. By showcasing a range of innovative examples of practice and exploring the many challenges involved in this complex work, it provides guidance to those developing a research approach within their organisation. The report draws on the findings of a three-year research study on the different ways in which UK-based INGOs are engaging with research and the common challenges involved. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the study also identified sector-wide support structures which can help INGOs address these challenges.

Responsible Research and Innovation ensures that science and innovation address social needs. - Evidence from the MoRRI project shows that RRI has benefits for society, the economy and for science itself. - Measuring RRI and its evolution is possible. The MoRRI project indicators provide a solid foundation for policy and further study. - For the ninth framework programme, there is a need to improve evidence for RRI and to expand the scope and scale of RRI activities.

The annual report contains information about the EPO's key statistics and highlights of the previous year.

EPO Annual Report 2018 - Infographic

The ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.

The ERC complements other funding activities in Europe such as those of the national research funding agencies, and is a flagship component of Horizon 2020, the European Union's Research Framework Programme for 2014 to 2020.

Being 'investigator-driven', or 'bottom-up', in nature, the ERC approach allows researchers to identify new opportunities and directions in any field of research, rather than being led by priorities set by politicians. This ensures that funds are channelled into new and promising areas of research with a greater degree of flexibility.

ERC grants are awarded through open competition to projects headed by starting and established researchers, irrespective of their origins, who are working or moving to work in Europe. The sole criterion for selection is scientific excellence. The aim here is to recognise the best ideas, and confer status and visibility on the best brains in Europe, while also attracting talent from abroad.

La Convocatoria de ayudas para el fomento de la cultura científica, tecnológica y de la innovación en su edición de 2016 recibió 657 solicitudes. Finalmente fueron 193 los proyectos que, seleccionados por la Comisión de Evaluación, de acuerdo a los criterios establecidos en la guía de evaluación, recibieron financiación para su ejecución a lo largo de 2017. Este catálogo recoge dieciocho de esas 193 actividades, ordenadas alfabéticamente, que han destacado en alguno de los criterios utilizados en la evaluación de la Convocatoria: objetivos, impacto, originalidad, formatos, públicos, etc.

An ethical approach to the development and deployment of algorithms, data and AI (ADA) requires clarity and consensus on ethical concepts and resolution of tensions between values. This report sets out a broad roadmap for work on the ethical and societal implications of ADA-based technologies. The roadmap identifies the questions for research that need to be prioritised in order to inform and improve the standards, regulations and systems of oversight of ADA-based technologies. Without this, the report’s authors conclude the recent proliferation of various codes and principles for the ethical use of ADA-based technologies will have limited effect.

La Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté (BRGF) presenta recerTIC UPC, un conjunt de treballs dedicats a oferir una visió representativa de la producció científica de la nostra universitat en temes emergents de l’àmbit de les TIC. Aquests temes són: 5G, Computer security, Embedded systems, Machine learning, Smart sensors, Bioinformatics, Data science and engineering, IoT, Robotics i Vehicle-to-everything. La base dels estudis recerTIC UPC són els articles de revista i les publicacions de congressos amb autoria UPC, publicats entre 2007 i 2017, i indexats a la base de dades Web of Science. recerTIC UPC ofereix dades rellevants que permeten copsar la potència de la recerca de la UPC en els camps analitzats a través de taules i gràfics estàtics, així com de mapes interactius.