Una sera d'autunno del 1998, nell'Aula Magna dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Carlo Maria Martini presentava con trepidazione il tema della decima Cattedra dei non credenti, dal titolo "Orizzonti e limiti della scienza". Martini esprimeva il desiderio di ascoltare da persone coinvolte in vario modo nell'impresa scientifica come vivessero le frontiere della loro conoscenza. Cercava una riflessione che si collocasse sull'orlo della scienza, una testimonianza sul conoscere al limite del...

Collana PAESAGGI IN TRASFORMAZIONE diretta da Enrico Alfonso Corti Il testo raccoglie alcuni studi e proposte progettuali per il rinnovo del quartiere di edilizia sociale "Sant'Elia" a Cagliari sviluppate tra gli anni 2007 e 2009. Le attività di ricerca e di progetto, volute dalla giunta regionale sarda guidata da Renato Soru, si sono avvalse dei contributi del Dipartimento di Architettura dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari, del Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione della Faco...

This volume LNCS-IFIP constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th IFIP TC 5, TC 12, WG 8.4, WG 8.9, WG 12.9 International Cross-Domain Conference, CD-MAKE 2023 in Benevento, Italy, during August 28 – September 1, 2023.The 18 full papers presented together were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The conference focuses on integrative machine learning approach, considering the importance of data science and visualization for the algorithmic pipeline with a strong...

This book constitutes extended and revised versions of the selected papers from the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2020, held in Valletta, Malta, in February 2020.The 29 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 363 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biomedical electronics and devices; bioimaging; bioinformatics models, methods and algorit...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during February 16-18, 2023.The 7 regular papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 246 submissions. They contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, that include Pattern Recogniti...

This book argues that “organizing” is a broader term than managing, as it entails understanding how people and machines interact with each other; how resources, data, goods are exchanged in complex and intertwined value chains; and how lines of action and activities can be articulated using flexible protocols and often ad-hoc processes in situated practices of use and production.The book presents a collection of research papers shedding new light on these phenomena and related pract...