Full Description
Beatrice Bressan brings together a number of outstanding examples of successful cross-disciplinary technology transfer originating in fundamental physics research, which dramatically impacted scientific progress in areas which changed modern society. Many of them were developed at CERN, a hotbed of fundamental inventions in particle physics. This book deals with breakthrough developments being applied in the world of IT, consumer electronics, aviation, and material sciences. Additional sections of the book deal with knowledge management and technology transfer including their economic aspects. While each chapter has been drafted by an expert in the field, the editor has carefully edited the whole to ensure a coherent overall structure. A must-have for policy makers, technology companies, investors, strategic planners in research and technology, as well as attractive reading for the research community.
Contents
Foreword Rolf-Dieter Heuer Introduction Sergio Bertolucci PART I: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN AN ORGANISATION Knowledge Management: From Theory to Practice Beatrice Bressan, Daan Boom PART II: EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Section 1: Linking Information WWW and more Robert Cailliau Grid and Cloud Bob Jones The 'Touch Screen? Revolution Bent Stumpe Section 2: Developing Future Solar Thermal Electricity Plants Cayetano Lopez Computers and Aviation Antony Jameson Antimatter Pushing Boundaries Niels Madsen Section 3: Sustainability and Environment Towards a Globally-Focussed Earth Simulation Robert Bishop Radiation Detection in Environment and Classrooms Michael Campbell Theory for Development Fernando Quevedo PART III: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Innovation and Big Data Edwin Morley-Fletcher Universities and Corporations: the Case of Switzerland Spyros Avartinis and Martin Woerter Conclusion Marilena Streit-Bianchi
