An upcoming issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal will explore automation in terms of new technologies, opportunities, applications, and associated challenges. Share your insight!
A new wave of smart automation and autonomous systems has emerged with the ability to make and execute decisions with little human intervention. The movement is primarily driven by advances in areas such as AI/machine learning, robotics, drones, blockchain, 3D printing and wearables. It’s also propelled by the desire by business and industry to better exploit the full potential of these technologies for improving decision-making, productivity, reliability, customer service and user interaction, and for reducing cost and errors. It extends beyond an enterprise to its suppliers, customers, and others in its supply chain enriching their integration and collaboration. It is also driven by desire to deploy new novel applications. While the ongoing smart automation efforts are both promising and encouraging, it also raises a few technical, social and ethical issues and challenges which need to be satisfactorily addressed.
An upcoming issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal, Guest Edited by San Murugesan, aims to examine the next frontier in automation and the challenges they present. It’ll also examine the disruptions it might cause and their impact on businesses, the job landscape, and society. Furthermore, it will discuss how the IT industry and IT professionals can get ready to embrace the new frontiers in automation.
For this issue, we’re seeking insights and perspectives from practitioners, academics, consultants, visionaries and industry experts that address one or more of the following questions:
- What are the promise and potential of the next frontiers in automation?
- How are smart automation, autonomous systems and robo advisors being used in domains such as business, finance, industry, smart factory, healthcare, education, etc.? How will automation shape these domains in the future? What new applications and innovations might emerge?
- How will automation embrace AI, ML, IoT, and cloud and be innovatively employed in smart city applications, robotics, home appliances, and personal gadgets?
- How might smart automation improve cybersecurity and effectively manage cyber threats, including obscure, new and unknown (future) threats?
- What should encompass an enterprise automation strategy, and how should it be implemented? What are some examples?
- What are the limitations and challenges posed by autonomous systems and how may they be addressed?
- What are the major concerns, fears and threats of emerging higher levels of automation with no or minimal human intervention? Are they overhyped or real?
- How might the new levels of automation impact the jobs landscape, IT and otherwise?
- What new opportunities will arise now, and in the near future, for the IT industry and technology professionals?
- Who are the major players in the automation and autonomous system landscape (technology, applications, services and tools), and what are their offerings?
- How can these systems and humans work together collaboratively?
- What are moral and ethical obligations and responsibilities of application developers and those who embrace them?
- How can we test and evaluate these systems and establish their trust-worthiness?
- Do automation technologies and applications need be regulated, and if so by whom?
Please send your article ideas to San Murugesan and Christine Generali and include an extended abstract and a short article outline showing major discussion points. In your proposal, highlight key contributions of the article that are of value to the readers and include a brief biography of each author. Accepted articles will be due January 21, 2019.
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