We propose a vision for directing research and education in the ICT field. Our Smart and Sustainable World vision targets at prosperity for the people and the planet through better awareness and control of both human-made and natural environment. The needs of the society, individuals, and industries are fulfilled with intelligent systems that sense their environment, make proactive decisions on actions advancing their goals, and perform the actions on the environment. We emphasize artificial intelligence, feedback loops, human acceptance and control, intelligent use of basic resources, performance parameters, mission-oriented interdisciplinary research, and a holistic systems view complementing the conventional analytical reductive view as a research paradigm especially for complex problems. To serve a broad audience, we explain these concepts and list the essential literature. We suggest planning research and education by specifying, in a step-wise manner, scenarios, performance criteria, system models, research problems and education content, resulting in common goals and a coherent project portfolio as well as education curricula. Research and education produce feedback to support evolutionary development and encourage creativity in research. Finally, we propose concrete actions for realizing this approach.
翻译:我们提出了在信息和通信技术领域指导研究和教育的愿景。我们聪明而可持续的世界愿景的目标是通过提高对人造环境和自然环境的认识和控制,为人民和地球带来繁荣。社会、个人和产业的需求由智能系统满足,这些系统能感知其环境,就促进其目标的行动作出积极主动的决定,并开展环境行动。我们强调人工智能、反馈循环、人类接受和控制、明智地使用基本资源、性能参数、面向任务的跨学科研究以及综合系统观点,以补充传统分析后退观点作为研究范例,特别是针对复杂问题的研究范例。我们为广大受众解释这些概念并列出基本文献。我们建议规划研究和教育,以循序渐进的方式具体说明情景、性能标准、系统模型、研究问题和教育内容,从而形成共同目标和连贯的项目组合以及教育课程。研究和教育产生反馈,以支持进化发展和鼓励研究的创造性。最后,我们提出实现这一方针的具体行动。