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The role of manufacturing enterprises in developing countries is more significant for economic prosperity than the developed countries since financial institutions are not well established. Today, the capability of producing high quality products with shorter delivery times and the ability to produce according to the diverse customer requirements have become the characteristics required for order-qualifiers for manufacturing industries. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) systems have become the backbone of modern manufacturing paradigm for not only being profitable but also staying in business at any corner of the world. In this respect academies play a prominent role to produce well equipped engineers being ready to take the challenge of maintaining and improving CIM systems. This paper is an effort to illustrate a prototype design and manufacturing project with necessary improvements in an educational CIM laboratory by addressing to the courses in the curriculum of Systems Engineering at Yeditepe University. Following to the insightful introduction to the laboratory facilities, the design, simulation and implementation of the prototype are presented. The results obtained are discussed from system engineering education perspective. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 17: 1–12, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae20144 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the Technology Impact on Cultural Tourism conference held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 27-29, 2000. The conference tracks indicated that the conference was concerned with the application of information and communication technology (ICT). The conference addressed the two specialist areas united in the topics: The Management Information Systems Department and the Applied Tourism Administration and Research Center. The aim of the conference was to elaborate on the impact of ICT on cultural tourism and to be prepared for its effects in the 21st century. It also aimed to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas, research results, development activities and applications among academics and practitioners in the areas of tourism and information-computer-system sciences. In the first plenary session, Jean Lois Luxen pointed out that by using virtual reality and ICT, heritage tourism can be better preserved. In the second plenary session, Kornelia Weihs, programme manager within the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) Business Council, started off with an elaborate, but interesting presentation of the views of the WTO on the impact that the Internet will have on the tourism industry. To close the conference in the afternoon of the third day, the theme and track moderators presented their reports, after which Professor Jafar Jafari concluded with some final remarks.