Thanks for mentioning this event in your blog! I wouldn’t have heard about it otherwise. My “registration” may be too late to get a ticket, but it does sound interesting.

I hope to read your commments about it later on.

Best regards,

Claudia

Would it be possible to post your presentation in another format such as PDF. This is a very interesting subject on the overhead of such architectures.

Thank you!

However, there is knowledge that could be better-codified and transmitted to students, such as the origins of economic and other national statistics.

There are also fields that would benefit from more thinking and writing by people paid in the research-grant model rather than the annual-profit model. This happens a bit in large governments (e.g. StatsCan does methodology research) and the odd big technology company but it’s subject to easy funding cuts.

International standards bodies do some of the conceptual development in information management. These are composed of employees often begging their companies for time & travel costs to work on standards.

We need to get away from the notion that universities equip people with practical knowledge. They can do a good job of sharpening minds and broadening perspectives but specific job skills are best learned in the workplace from people who have and use those skills in the real world.