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The paper presents new methods of smart regional development, starting from a question and one answer: How do we go about building our local smart ecosystem? Make one step at a time. This step is achieved through a number of seven elements: the SMEs network, the relations between universities and the labour market, the efficient using of transport infrastructure, the interactions specific to the various forms of capital with accent on intangible assets, smart relocation, online and offline interactions in smart communities, the used of young staff as a source of creativity and innovation, oriented to smart specialization, leading to sustainable competitive advantage.

The paper deals with finite element modelling of micromachining CoCr alloys by ultrasonically aided electrical discharge machining. This hybrid machining process has two components: a thermal one due to EDM, and a mechanical one to ultrasonic assistance. Both components were modelled using Thermal and Structural Mechanics time dependent modules of Comsol Multiphysics. The results were compared with the experimental data obtained in our laboratories, proving a good agreement and offering some solutions for machining optimization.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the interaction between the technological and the social field. Growth and development require a continuous source of ideas. Their manufacture is efficient only by stimulating the creativity development in the knowledge economy. This essential skill will lead to making smart products and technologies improvements. This will also be the result of the interactions between the new IT-cloud technologies and other various factors, such as: knowledge, skills, approaches, attention, motivation and intellectual property.

Starting from the role of new technologies in the development of engineering innovation, this paperwork has two main research directions with respect to creativity and innovation in engineering education. These are based on a combination of creative techniques with traditional engineering education methods. The first component of our research presented herein aims the use of creative methods such as Creative Training and Image Streaming, and the second component of the research statistically analyses the Social Media posts regarding the use of Cloud Computing technology as a support for innovation. The aim of combining such lines of research will lead to the emergence of specific knowledge needed to identify and implement new creative techniques in engineering human resources. Applying such creativity techniques within groups of students can result in innovative ideas usable in ongoing research projects, in certain deadlock situations on finding critical solutions to overcome blockages.

The paper deals with researches of microtopography obtained at different working modes at ultrasonically aided micro-electrical discharge machining (μEDM+US) and pure micro-EDM, using both commanded and relaxation pulses. Images of machined surface taken with scanning electron microscope were analyzed in correlation with chemical composition of samples detected by X rays spectrometer. This led to some explanations of material removal mechanism, aiming at improvement of process modelling and performances increase of μEDM+US.

In the present study we established for the "Nonconventional Technologies" research field, the composition of a keyword vector (terms specific to the analyzed field) = {advanced materials, electrical-discharge machining, hybrid machining, electrochemical machining, micro EDM, micro-ECM, hybrid ultrasonic machining} to carry out a research based on two main directions/components. The first component consists in the process of identifying the works that address the specific terms in the composition of the above vector in Web of Science. The second component is the analysis of the interest of Google users, in searches based on the keyword vector. The emergence, development and diversification of the technologies that make up the keyword vector in this paper is mainly due to their use in the processes of advanced materials machining. The importance, and the key role played by advanced materials and technologies is emphasized by utmost personalities from the academic, research and industry fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The unconventional technologies appeared as a result of the unconventional development of the digital economy. The role of the “unconventional technologies” within the knowledge - based economy (more or less conventional) includes, among the specialists, the existence of the unconventional thinking. The main results of this thinking way are to be found in important scientific papers, such as the ones from the Web of Science data bases. The present paper includes an analysis of the scientific papers existed in the Web of Science data bases and its topic is “unconventional technologies”. The case study is focused on two periods of time: 1975-2019 and 2015-2019, as part of the economy based on knowledge. The analysis of Web of Science data was accomplished by grouping the data both regarding the topic and the countries/regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development and diversification of the business environment needs better and better quality assurance for provided services and products for all execution stages. The organizational management, researchers and specialists in the quality management field are studying, analyzing, comparing and proposing modern solutions for organizing and monitoring a quality assurance system within organizations. In this context, this paper analyzes the interactions between development and quality as well as the way to perform and implement a procedure for regulating the way to prepare and update the documents needed for quality management at the knowledge-based organizations level, using IT&C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fast expansion of Internet has prompted the introduction of e-Governance at all levels. The main issue with the services introduced through e-Governance (as well as m-Governance) is represented by the lack of a technically safe infrastructure. The connection between services and security involves the development and introduction of internal governance reforms designed to offer a more citizen-oriented approach through better integration and coordination between involved organizations/institutions. Due to the increase of online interactions compared with the offline ones, the pressure for greater openness and accountability intensified. Its result is formalized by the extension of e-democracy implementation. This paper is structured in six chapters: introduction; e-Governance and cybersecurity; e-Governance and e-reputation; e-Governance development with Microsoft Power BI; the use of Power BI in the analysis of e-Governance implementation at regional level; case study and conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regardless of the type and size of the organization in which we operate, it is essential for us to know what solutions to choose in order to use them knowingly and capitalise their potential to the full capacity. Joint reporting, collecting and organizing large data volumes (Big Data) in order to automate and streamline the decision-making are possible by means of Business Intelligence (BI) systems. The use of BI enables the construction and implementation of complementary strategies, whose implicitly result is competitive advantages. This concept was applied in nonconventional technologies, namely electrical discharge machining. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From a functional perspective, a service is a standalone unit, such as taking a request from an e-commerce site. By this definition, a service is an operation that can be invoked discreetly. Services can be combined to provide the functionality of a high scope software. SOA makes it easier for different software components on computers connected via a network to cooperate in order to accomplish a certain functionality. SOA comprises several dimensions that must work together effectively to be successful. The adoption of service-based technology itself will not allow organizations to achieve benefits associated with SOA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Knowledge transfer between organizations members of a regional cluster is influenced both by the complexity of the tasks, and the experience of user groups. The integration of knowledge (tacit, explicit and potential) in current activities of a trader involves the creation of an efficient use of specific databases. The issue of knowledge transfer can be analyzed from four perspectives: using cloud technologies (development of platforms for cloud applications is an important strategy, especially in activities within a geographically dispersed network); empowerment (granting freedom of each employee to contribute in the decision making process, in the power distribution according to his competence and in accordance with the objectives and culture of that organization); development and implementation of more efficient knowledge sharing procedures; analysis of the interdependence between quality and quantity of knowledge, its source and destination, such as modelling and simulation techniques, public administration management, knowledge management and that of management cooperation in strategic cluster alliances. The issue of knowledge sharing will be developed by means of a system based on an original interpretation of methods After Action Review and respectively SMART (Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]