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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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| Author | Kotsis, Gabriele |
| Abstract | In the past, research and education have been the major tasks and duties of Universities for centuries. Research was considered to be what we call today basic research•, i.e. the systematic attempts to gain new insights and findings using scientific methods, education was the dissemination of the knowledge gained from research to the students. Only recently, i.e. in the last decade, aspects of exploitation of knowledge and technology transfer both, into industry as well as into society, came into play. Universities were seen as the sources of knowledge generation, industry should take up those ideas and transform them into practice in innovation pipelines•. Universities had to justify and orient their research on the grand challenges of our modern societies, leading to applied• research on the one hand and marketing-like• activities of the Universities on the other hand. Also education changed with an increasing number of students entering Universities and new ways of teaching and learning such as distance education or blended learning. Nowadays, Universities are expected to be a central entity in the so called knowledge triangle, which described the process of exchange and the interplay between education, knowledge and innovation. In this talk, we are going to reflect on the challenges and implications of those trends for Universities, their management and their researchers, especially in the field of ICT. From a University perspective, technology transfer to industry and awareness in the society and general public, are a key factor in profile shaping and can be a competitive advantage in recruiting both, best students as well as best researchers. From a management perspective, appropriate mechanisms and incentives must be put into place to best support such a strategy. From the researchers point of view, a balance must be found between the criteria and indicators of excellence in the various scientific communities and the engagement in dissemination activities. Examples from the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, and the Austrian/European Academic landscape will illustrate potential solution paths. It is not the intention of this presentation to give answers to all those questions, but rather to set the ground for a discussion of possible strategies and solutions. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 1 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| ISBN | 9781450307840 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2095536.2095537 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 2011-12-05 |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Universities' research portfolios Innovation triangle Knowledge transfer |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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