Research and Education Towards Smart and Sustainable World
Jukka Riekki, Aarne M\"ammel\"a

TL;DR
This paper outlines a comprehensive vision for integrating research and education in ICT to develop intelligent, sustainable systems that enhance societal and environmental well-being through interdisciplinary, holistic approaches.
Contribution
It introduces a new holistic research paradigm emphasizing AI, feedback, and interdisciplinary methods for sustainable ICT development and education planning.
Findings
Proposes a step-wise planning approach for research and education.
Highlights the importance of feedback loops and human acceptance.
Suggests concrete actions for implementation.
Abstract
We propose a vision for directing research and education in the ICT field. Our Smart and Sustainable World vision targets at prosperity for the people and the planet through better awareness and control of both human-made and natural environment. The needs of the society, individuals, and industries are fulfilled with intelligent systems that sense their environment, make proactive decisions on actions advancing their goals, and perform the actions on the environment. We emphasize artificial intelligence, feedback loops, human acceptance and control, intelligent use of basic resources, performance parameters, mission-oriented interdisciplinary research, and a holistic systems view complementing the conventional analytical reductive view as a research paradigm especially for complex problems. To serve a broad audience, we explain these concepts and list the essential literature. We…
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