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Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1) Tomasi Giovanni

Cost and Performance Competitiveness in the Construction Sector

The civil construction sector in Italy is going through a period of particular economic tension. Unlike in other European countries, over the decade from 2010-2019, the sector was unable to return to the levels prior to the 2008 recession, even touching volumes lower than those at the start of the millennium. In a mature, highly competitive sector with stagnant demand such as that of construction, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/2) Diaferia Lorenzo, Salviotti Gianluca

What’s Behind Artificial Intelligence?

According to various estimates, during the course of the next 10 years, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on global GDP will reach 15.7 trillion dollars. Although many of these evaluations are symptomatic of a sector subject to fads, the importance of AI has led the United States, China, and the European Union to draw up internal plans for development in this field.#Companies interested in ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/2) Cillo Paola, Rubera Gaia

How to Create Value with the Data Economy

The true advantage of big data does not lie so much in the quantity of data recorded by a software or application, but in its ability to provide extremely detailed information on an individual. This distinctive element is the basis of the data-driven economy in which we are immersed. Big data is the fuel of the economy and scientific development, which is why it is necessary to guarantee access to ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/2) Molteni Luca, Poli Maurizio

Data Scientists: Who They Are, What They Do, and How They Do It

An analysis of the data collected by the Kaggle platform for data science has shown that the figure of the data scientist is present uniformly in India, the rest of Asia, Europe, and North America, principally in the 25 to 34 age bracket; Python is the language largely preferred by data scientists; and the introduction into companies of models based on machine learning techniques is still very limited, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/2) Ciani Oriana

Skills, Ethics, and Safety in the Service of Health

More than in other sectors, artificial intelligence and machine learning in a clinical setting raise ethical and safety questions. It is thus necessary for healthcare organizations to invest in human resources so that doctors and healthcare professionals are competent in the use of software programs, as they are in prescribing drugs. Moreover, to guarantee safety and reliability, all artificial intelligence ...

HIT Radar: Application Focus - Finance

Cryptocurrency A cryptocurrency is a digital token whose creation is regulated by the blockchain technology, which also ensures the legitimacy of transactions conducted using that digital asset. Despite the humongous hype around cryptocurrencies, the real value of this technology is still unclear – due to the lack of mainstream services and real business cases. Cryptocurrencies are the first technology ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/3) Diaferia Lorenzo

Here Is the Pen, ChatGPT! Generative AI Put to the Test with Text

While in recent years Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven to be capable of attracting the enthusiasm of companies, investors, and the general public, this power has accelerated even further in recent months. The symbolic date is November 30, 2022, the day when OpenAI released ChatGPT, marking the entry of the general public into what has been called the era of "Generative AI." The impact produced ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/3) Abbatemarco Nico

Cybersecurity and Companies: If the Worst Virus is the Mentality

Today, one of the main weaknesses of the digital mirror is represented by cyber risks, which are defined as risks involving the loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information, data, or information systems,[1] and which can generate potential negative impacts on organizations[2] (e.g., disrupting their daily operations). Every day, the number of individuals and organizations affected ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/3) Castelli Gianluigi, Meregalli Severino

Looking Closely Through the Digital Mirror

Among the examples that have appeared recently, but are not necessarily all equally promising as we will see later, we can consider the world of virtual simulations ranging from the medical field for learning and practicing the use of robotic equipment to virtual tours of physical spaces, offering users a realistic and engaging experience of the physical space, or even digital art that can be created ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/3) Pan Laura Ru Yun

NFTs for a New Customer Relationship

The first reported use case for NFTs in the luxury industry was announced in May 2019, when specialty watch brand Vacheron Constantin announced that it would enlist the skills of the French tech start-up Arianee to develop its digital certificate of authenticity using Blockchain technology (Arianee, 2019). Up until then, the luxury industry had relied on paper certificates and serial numbers etched ...