Sonia Montegiove – ingenium

MARKET FOCUS | Nov 6, 2018

Has the future of work already arrived?

Artificial Intelligence, Robotization and jobs that previously didn't exist: what has changed and what has still to change?

"Digital transformation has such a profound impact on the economy, society and people that we are forced to reflect on what things will become - and among them work - when they are touched by the digital era, the transformative power of which produces a real change of meaning. In the case of work, this touches not only the "how" we work (think of smart working, new forms of work, the change in locations, contexts and work tools), but above all the[…]

SOCIETY FOCUS | Oct 30, 2018

The datum, a common good?

"Access to data, as well as their control, has become a strategic resource for cities". This is how the book “Rethinking the Smart City” by Francesca Bria and Evgenij Morozov frames[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Oct 18, 2018

AI, data and Augmented Reality in construction: interview with Alberto Tono

Alberto Tono, a construction engineer-architect from Padua, born in 1991, is one of many examples of young Italian talents who are engaged in important research and development projects abroad on Artificial[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Sep 6, 2018

Name of the medicine: Robotization

WHAT IT IS Robotization is a drug whose active ingredient, robot, according to Wikipedia, "is any machine (more or less anthropomorphic) able to perform more or less independently a job in place of[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jul 26, 2018

MotoGP amid sensors, Data Analysis and poetry

"Technology has not made our bikes remote-controlled objects nor has it diminished the value of the rider, who remains the central figure of this sport, still made of talent and[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Jul 5, 2018

Name of the medicine: Hackathon

WHAT IT IS According to Wikipedia, the homeopathic medicine Hackathon “is an event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Jun 8, 2018

10 minutes with Deep Learning

When prescribing it, we spoke about Deep Learning, describing its benefits and side effects. What can you do in 10 minutes? In small doses, you can try to better understand the "deep[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jun 5, 2018

Gender Gap in ICT: under torture, it is confirmed by the data

As in the scientific sector, gender differences exist in computer science. Salaries, working conditions and success in obtaining research funds make the difference. "Women nerds (in the sense of those[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | May 29, 2018

Name of the medicine: Design Thinking

WHAT IT IS Design Thinking is a new generation drug, still little used in practice in Italy but much cited in scientific conferences and not as a panacea for the[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | May 15, 2018

10 minutes with Sentiment Analysis

10 minutes. In 10 minutes we cannot deal with a topic as interesting as it is complex as that of Sentiment Analysis, namely, the possibility to analyze comments, exchanges of opinion and[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | May 10, 2018

Free software: is there a market?

In France the free software market is worth 4,5 billion euro, equivalent to 9,9% of the ICT market. What is the secret of this success? The answer comes from Roberto Di[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Apr 17, 2018

Name of the medicine: Data Governance

WHAT IS IT Data Governance is a medicine which, if taken regularly, helps to improve company performance. The active ingredient, as reported by Wikipedia, is represented by data management which ensures[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Mar 6, 2018

Name of the medicine: Sentiment Analysis

WHAT IT IS According to Wikipedia, Sentiment Analysis refers to “the use of natural language processing, text analysis and computational linguistics to identify and extract subjective information from different sources”. As the name suggests, therefore,[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Feb 1, 2018

10 minutes with Blockchain

10 minutes with Blockchain may not be enough, especially given the confusion that reigns between Blockchain and Bitcoins, which is none other than one of the possible applications of technology.[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jan 25, 2018

Does the datum also count in business? Interview with Luciano Gaiotti

"The ability to collect, analyze and interpret some data related to business activity is essential. Whatever the sector in which the firm operates". There is no doubt about the centrality[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Jan 11, 2018

Name of the medicine: Deep Learning

WHAT IS IT Sometimes a part becomes confused for its whole. For example, it is common to confuse the active ingredient of Deep Learning with a medicine like Artificial Intelligence. In[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

MARKET FOCUS | Jan 4, 2018

Do Big Data and Artificial Intelligence change consumer routes?

The impact of the data economy on the Italian economy amounts to 28.4 billion euro (1.52% of the national GDP), with a value of the data market in Italy that[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Dec 28, 2017

Data, AI and Machine Learning: interview with Mauro Campanella of GARR

"Historically, if we think for example of the development of communication protocols for the Internet, the research networks environment has created or anticipated technologies: this is why we can say[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Dec 14, 2017

10 minutes with AI

This time, we dedicate the 10-minute coffee break to further exploring the theme of AI, or Artificial Intelligence, already described in a pharmaceutical pamphlet and about which there is much discussion[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Nov 23, 2017

Name of the medicine: Blockchain

WHAT IT IS A Blockchain, according to Wikipedia, is “a distributed database, introduced by the currency Bitcoin, which continuously maintains a growing list of records, which refer to previous records[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

MARKET FOCUS | Nov 7, 2017

Artificial Intelligence: why, where and above all how is it implemented?

When it comes to talking about artificial intelligence there is no lack of fictional, hyperbolic and sometimes disturbing scenarios. Wishing to get back to reality and see the opportunities for application[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Nov 2, 2017

10 minutes with Big Data

Last month we started with a section that should help you to know and learn about a certain phenomenon, technology, word used (or abused as sometimes happens with words of[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Oct 31, 2017

The datum as enabler of the creative process: interview with Guido Porro

"Never have words been more abused than Digital Transformation, so much so that they have often been emptied of any meaning." This is how Guido Porro, Managing Director EuroMed at Dassault[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Oct 12, 2017

Name of the medicine: Artificial Intelligence

WHAT IT IS Artificial Intelligence or AI is, according to Wikibooks, “the ability of a computer to perform functions and reasoning typical of the human mind”. More specifically, according to the[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE EXPERIENCE | Sep 28, 2017

GiuDiCo: when digital technology improves proceeding

"Digitizing is not dematerializing, but something far more profound that impacts organizations by changing their processes and consequently the ways of consolidating people." So starts Antonella Serini, manager of the Corte[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Sep 21, 2017

10 minutes with Open Data

How long does it take to drink a coffee? 10 minutes? And in 10 minutes we can take a peek at a Twitter profile, glance through a newsletter that might[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Sep 14, 2017

Name of the medicine: Data Science

WHAT IS IT Data Science is an interdisciplinary field of study useful to extract knowledge from the analysis of data of various nature, shape and size. The main active ingredients[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Aug 31, 2017

Cognitive computing: technology is not enough

When discussing cognitive computing, a parallel is immediately drawn with artificial intelligence ,or, as has been written, machines that are capable of reasoning. Actually, the issue is probably more complex[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Aug 17, 2017

Name of the medicine: Big Data

WHAT IS IT Big Data, according to the Treccani dictionary, is "a huge set of digital data that can be quickly processed by centralised databases”. According to the Cambridge Dictionary,[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jul 13, 2017

The datum? Only one piece of a complex puzzle

"Paying attention only to data is not sufficient as a key to development for companies," according to Luigi Geppert, Professor of Dynamic Systems and Business Strategies at the Catholic University[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

TECH FOCUS | Jul 4, 2017

Name of the medicine: Open Data

WHAT IT IS According to the Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Data are data that "anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without restrictions, being subject at most to the requirement[…]

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Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jun 27, 2017

Data is nothing without the process: interview with Dario Buttitta

“For a brave, dignified and honest country”: this is his short presentation on Twitter, that contains the same keywords that distinguish his work in the management of Engineering’s Public Administration[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Jun 13, 2017

The role of data in Industry 4.0: interview with Massimo Ippolito of Comau

According to IDC, the intelligent factory is already a reality: by 2022, in fact, 40% of operating processes will be able to auto-learn and therefore auto-repair. This is only possible[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE EXPERIENCE | May 9, 2017

Investigative activity starts with data

Crime-as-a-service is a real business model on the Internet, particularly in the deep web, or the non-indexed and most hidden depths of the web (such as new sites, private corporate[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

MARKET FOCUS | May 1, 2017

Work? It is not the same as it once was

65% of children attending primary school today will be doing a job that does not yet exist. This is the prediction of “The Future of Jobs”, a research study presented[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Apr 4, 2017

Big Data rhymes with quantum computing: interview with Catalina Curceanu

If it is true that Big Data rhymes with speed of execution, it is definitely interesting to understand how the availability of quantum computers could represent a turning point. We[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Mar 16, 2017

More Big Data. More Storage: Interview with Sergio Patano

Big Data are influencing many of the technology purchasing decisions of companies, particularly those in the field of storage which, according to a recent IDC study, are growing by more than 20%[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

SOCIETY VISION | Dec 20, 2016

Open Data: everybody is talking about them, but…+

The term Open Data comes and goes. Just like with trends, newspapers are full of them during certain periods and then they disappear during others, but, regardless of how much we[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

PEOPLE INTERVIEW | Nov 10, 2016

How does radio broadcasting change with data? Interview with Cerofolini

“If I think about how digital and the availability of data that goes with it has changed my work I can only list positive elements,” says Massimo Cerofolini, radio host[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

MARKET EXPERIENCE | Sep 23, 2016

Is data necessary for better production? The Dellas case

When does a company embrace digital transformation? Maybe when it realizes that the traditional method of data management, sometimes even entrusted to the historical memory of a few, is no[…]

by Sonia Montegiove

MARKET EXPERIENCE | Sep 19, 2016

#IoE And Agrifood: the case of Penelope

Penelope was founded as start-up and it strongly connects to Cisco through a mixture of competence in the food industry, IOE, value-added technology and infrastructure. “Our lucky encounter with Cisco –[…]

by Sonia Montegiove