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Incorporating humanities with disruptive tech

The Importance of Humanities

Technological innovation is transforming the way everyone lives.

Because of this, humanities and social science disciplines are emerging as a crucial element in understanding where technology is taking everyone and what the human future will look like.

The Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Australia’s La Trobe University explained that as disruptive technologies such as AI and big data gather pace across the world, it is essential that a humanities perspective is incorporated into discussions because it guarantees a deeper understanding of the human consequences of these technologies.

Digital disruption, according to him, is opening up a Pandora’s Box of exciting opportunities as well as raising complex and ethical questions.

According to a recent press release, the Bachelor of Humanities, Innovation and Technology bridges an important gap between humanities, business and the science of emerging tech.

This is the University’s response to calls from leading scientists and CEOS for graduates who are trained in problem-solving across humanities, business and technology.

For instance, big data offers opportunities for companies to increase their efficiency and make better informed decisions.

However, it also raises fundamental questions around privacy and increased cyber security risk.

Benefits of the degree

While most degrees that teach emerging technologies focus primarily on the science, the new degree program brings together the University’s expertise from across humanities, business, science and technology in order to develop the ability of students to respond to urgent questions around inequality and sustainability brought about by disruptive technologies.

Students who will be taking the program will graduate with a wide range of skills and attributes highly sought after by employers.

This will include critical thinking, complex and ethical problem solving, data analysis and interpretation, as well as digital literacy and adaptability.

The new degree is designed to prepare graduates for jobs that do not exist yet and to be tomorrow’s leaders in this new and exciting space.

The combination of social, legal, commercial and scientific knowledge will uniquely equip the students with understanding of the technical and human side of a problem and solve it using ethical reasoning.

Students will be taught by world-leading La Trobe experts in areas such as cyber law, AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), sustainable development, innovation thinking and economics.

They will learn from industry leaders throughout the course, engaging with contemporary real-world issues.

The Bachelor of Humanities, Innovation and Technology will be tackling several topics. These topics include:

  1. Ethical global citizenship
  2. Data-based critical thinking
  3. Cyber law and policy
  4. Economics for a changing world

The first intake of students will be March 2020 for the three-year full time, while six-year part time equivalent, degree. Applications are now open.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

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CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

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Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

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HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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