1st International ICST Workshop on Technologies for Situated and Autonomic Communications

Research Article

Towards the Connected Society: Dynamic Co-Evolution of TLC Players and Individuals

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2441,
        author={Alberto Savoldelli and Paola Fantini and Daniela Guarnieri and Claudio Palasciano and Claudio Colmegna},
        title={Towards the Connected Society: Dynamic Co-Evolution of TLC Players and Individuals},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Technologies for Situated and Autonomic Communications},
        proceedings_a={SAC},
        year={2008},
        month={8},
        keywords={Business   Communication industry   Communications technology   Context-aware services   Data communication   Electronics industry   Information analysis   Speech analysis   Uncertainty   Web and internet services},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2441}
    }
    
  • Alberto Savoldelli
    Paola Fantini
    Daniela Guarnieri
    Claudio Palasciano
    Claudio Colmegna
    Year: 2008
    Towards the Connected Society: Dynamic Co-Evolution of TLC Players and Individuals
    SAC
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2441
Alberto Savoldelli1,*, Paola Fantini1,*, Daniela Guarnieri1,*, Claudio Palasciano1,*, Claudio Colmegna1,*
  • 1: MIP Politecnico di Milano, Via Garofalo, 39, I 20133 Milano, Italy. Tel. ++39-02-23992820
*Contact email: alberto.savoldelli@polimi.it, fantini@mip.polimi.it, daniela.guarnieri@polimi.it, palasciano@mip.polimi.it, colmegna@mip.polimi.it

Abstract

In this paper we will discuss the possible evolution of the European TLC sector in the next fifteen years, taking the research conducted in the EU project CASCADAS as a basis. A twofold analysis will be presented: on the one hand, of the current TCL sector and technological trends, and, on the other hand, of the possible future socio-economic trends. This will allow to us to describe a possible future communication paradigm, the Connected Society, by means of an instantiation of one the most promising emerging technologies, the Autonomic Communication, main research theme of CASCADAS project. Thus, we will point out how and why the future development here described will most likely give rise to more active roles for TLC users and, possibly, new roles and interactions among all the actors in the TLC field. After that, we will describe the current behaviour that anticipates our vision of the Connected Society. Afterwards, we will describe some key aspects that can be foreseen in the prospective TLC field interaction between TLC players’ strategies and users’ needs and behaviour, interaction that we will model as a dynamic co-evolution. Finally, we will give an account of some actions that TLC providers should add to their business ‘toolbox’ in the next ten-fifteen years.