[ecrea] PhD summer school in Political Economy of ICT

PhD summer school

Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies

Skagen, Denmark

21 -- 26 August 2012

Website: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk

Deadline for registration: 15 May 2012

The topic of the 2012 PhD summer school on the political economy of ICT 
organized by the center for Communication, Media and Information 
technologies (CMI) is

The Future of Internet

The focus will be on two important developments: 1) Internet and the 
media and 2) Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet is becoming a major infrastructure for media services. This is 
driven by social media and new and creative content, by mobile and fixed 
broadband infrastructures, by application and service platforms, the 
development of end user devices like smart phones and tablet PCs, and 
new business models. Recent developments in broadcasting and Internet 
technologies have radically changed the conditions for the development 
and use of media and communication services. One of the most significant 
examples of this trend is the paradigm shift from traditional broadcast 
to hybrid Broadcast - Broadband technologies and the over-the-top (OTT) 
platforms. These solutions open new pathways but also constitute great 
challenges to the industry and market.

Another important area of change for the future Internet is the Internet 
of Things (IoT). IoT introduces significant changes in our lives and 
help realizing visions of "ambient intelligence". Within a few years we 
will be surrounded by a huge amount of sensors, devices and "things", 
which will be able to communicate and bring artificial intelligence to 
different sectors of society and promote the development of areas such 
as smart cities, green IoT, e-health, intelligent transport, supply 
chain management, factory automation etc.

These changes massively influence markets and businesses and the 
development of services and applications. The aim of the PhD summer 
school is to discuss the major factors influencing this development with 
focus on the interplay between technological, political, economic and 
cultural aspects.

Topics included:
. Internet and the media
. Convergence of telecommunications, IT and the media
. Internet TV and Hybrid Broadband Broadcast TV
. Internet of Things
. IPv6
. Cloud computing
. Broadband
. Social media
. Business models
. The interrelationships between technology, market developments and 
regulations

The summer school is organized by CMI in cooperation with the CAMMP 
project (Converged Advanced Mobile Media Platform), and is part of the 
activities of the Mobile and Wireless Cluster CWMC (Copenhagen Wireless 
and Mobile Consortium).

Course faculty:

William H. Melody, Professor, CMI, Aalborg University

Ruth Towse, Professor of Economics in the Creative Industries, 
Bournemouth University

Ramjee Prasad, Professor, CTIF/AAU

Knud Erik Skouby, Professor, CMI

Anders Henten, Professor, CMI

Reza Tadayoni, Associate Professor, CMI