New Directions for Government In the Second Era of the Digital Age
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/new-directions-for-government-in-the-second-era-of-the-digital-age/
Feb 09, 2021 - This research project surveys what federal governments can do to exploit the next era of technology across their operations, within their economies and society, and with their allies and global partners. It focuses on the threats and opportunities facing the United States—including China’s increasing dominance in global supply chains and strategic innovation. It also speaks to challenges the new administration faces, and recommends five areas for immediate action: securing digital systems, citizen identities, and personal data; embracing cryptocurrencies and launching a digital dollar; transforming government services and culture; engagin...
Keyword: agile methodology,
central bank digital currency,
COVID-19,
data governance,
DIF,
Facebook,
government,
immigration,
initial coin offering,
Linux,
OECD,
participatory budgeting,
SDG 16,
SDG 17,
SDG 5,
SDG 9,
SolarWinds,
Solid Project,
vaccination,
WebID,
WEF
Blockchain, the Emerging Platform for Manufacturing 4.0
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-the-emerging-platform-for-manufacturing-4-0/
Jan 29, 2018 - This research paper explains how distributed ledgers will serve as open platforms for the fourth industrial revolution, enabling the integration of additive manufacturing, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data analytics across supply chains, from design and sourcing to delivery and usage. It illustrates the concepts of smart products, smart factories, digital end-to-end engineering, and mass customization through use cases.
Keyword: 3D printing,
AI,
aircraft,
engineering,
IoT,
manufacturing,
SDG 12,
SDG 9,
smart contract,
smart factory,
supply chain,
technology
Utility Settlement Coin
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/utility-settlement-coin/
May 25, 2018 - The utility settlement coin (USC) consortium plans to develop what we believe banks will welcome. This case study describes how the USC, launched by UBS and Clearmatics, will use decentralized blockchain technology to confirm financial agreements that are verifiable without the wastefulness of proof of work. Financial institutions could conduct business more safely because of real-time settlement, smart contracts, and enhanced risk management procedures using this new digital version of fiat currencies.
Keyword: Banca IMI,
Bocconi University,
Clearmatics Technologies,
collateral service,
commercial banking,
distributed automation,
financial services,
narrow banking,
risk management,
SDG 9,
World Bank
Declaration of Interdependence
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/declaration-of-interdependence/
Jan 16, 2018 - This manifesto for change calls for a new social contract, one that redefines the relationship between individuals in society and the institutions they have created to self-govern. It looks at the four drivers of this change—the Fourth Industrial Revolution, globalization of ideas and the economy, climate change, and demographic shifts due to war, drought, and oppression. It identifies such global disruptions as structural unemployment and inequality; failing education, healthcare, and research and development; human rights violations; and a biosphere in crisis. It identifies the four core change makers—the private sector, the state, civi...
Keyword: artificial intelligence,
automation,
biotechnology,
Bretton Woods,
climate change,
education,
financial crisis,
Fourth Industrial Revolution,
government,
healthcare,
Internet of Things,
labor union,
machine learning,
offshoring,
outsourcing,
populism,
portable safety net,
robotics,
SDG 1,
SDG 11,
SDG 13,
SDG 16,
SDG 2,
SDG 3,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
SDG 8,
universal basic income
Blockchain Revolution in Higher Education
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-revolution-in-higher-education/
May 25, 2018 - This project explores how blockchain is transforming education with a focus on higher ed—vocational schools, community colleges, universities, and corporate training and development—from establishing student identity, protecting their privacy, financing their coursework, measuring their progress, and recording their credentials of achievement through open data exchange protocols. The development of microcredentialing capabilities, pay-as-you-learn funding models, and massively open online courses, plus the co-creation of open educational resources, are making the meta-university and lifelong learning affordable and accessible for more stu...
Keyword: academic record,
BlockCerts,
edtech,
education,
Learning Is Earning 2026,
MIT Media Lab,
MOOC,
OER,
OpenBadges,
SDG 10,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
Sony Global Education,
student ID,
T&D
