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February Paper on High-Quality Prediction Intervals for Deep Learning: A Distribution-Free, Ensembled Approach by Tim Pearce, Mohamed Zaki, Alexandra Brintrup, Andy Neely [Paper]Deep neural networks (NNs) have caused great excitement due to the step-changes in performance they have delivered in a variety of applications. However, their appeal in in…

Webinar on 'Digital Business Transformation and Strategy: What do we know so far?' by Mariam Helmy Ismail AbdelaalIn this Webinar Mariam Ismail will discuss the November Paper from the Alliance, on 'Digital Business Transformation and Strategy: What do we know so far?' by Marima H Ismail, Mohamed Khater and Mohamed Zaki. While many companies are ex…

Contextually Defined Postural Markers Reveal Who’s in Charge: Evidence from Small Teams Collected with Wearable Sensors by Julius Dietzel, R. Elena Francu, Benjamin Lucas, and Mohamed ZakiWearable sensor technology presents businesses with compelling opportunities to shed new light on human behavioural processes, within the broader spheres of ubiq…

15 January 2018 - Big Data Analytics Architecture for Businesses - Open Source Perspective - Kerem Kayabay, Mert Golkalp, Mohamed ZakiKerem Kayabay presents the October Paper on 'Big Data Analytics Architecture for Businesses'. Organisations suffer from a comprehensive architecture to manage and monitor the development of existing and new open-sour…

December 2017 Paper by Ornella Benedettini and Andy Neely on 'Does buyers’ dependen­­ce translate into financial performance? An empirical analysis of manufacturer-service provider relationships­­' It may be beyond the capabilities of individual firms, or not be economically viable, to provide directly all the services related to a core product. Fo…

Webinar by Florian Urmetzer on 'Using outcome-oriented contracts to foster performance improvements in logistics outsourcing relationships', held on 11 December 2017Torston and Florian discussed the paper on 'Using Outcome-oriented Contracts to Foster Performance Improvements in Logistics Outsourcing Relationships'. Outcome-oriented contracts are u…

Find out about the Service Week events and other news from the Service Alliance in this new edition of the newsletterThe December Newsletter from the Alliance is now available.  Find out what is in this months issue of the Cambridge Service Alliance Newsletter below:Full Newsletter with linksDecember 2017 Newsletter - Contents:Thank you from the Te…

The Government have today announced £5.4 million in funding to enable the launch of a centre of excellence in Cambridge to champion the digital revolution in the built environment. The Centre is part of a landmark government-led investment in growing the UK’s construction sector.The Centre for Digital Built Britain is a partnership between the Depa…

Dr Mohamed Zaki was one of 65 international scholars that has been invited to participate in the Thought Leadership Conference entitled 'Theorizing beyond the horizon: Service research in 2050' which took place in the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia from November 3-5, 2017.The goal of this conference was to bring together a select gro…

November Paper by Mariam H. Ismail, Mohamed Khater, Mohamed Zaki on 'Digital Business Transformation and Strategy: What do we know so far?' While many companies are experimenting with digital transformation, recent studies of success stories have shown that the enhanced competitive positioning of successful firms does not depend solely on the tech…

OMMS: the wireless micro-factory that will treat people with cancer Building Service Business Model InnovationDr. Veronica Martinez and other colleagues from seven other universities to kick off a new research project founded by the EPSRC. This project will help our society in the fight against cancer. The new OMMS micro-factory could treat peop…

Webinar by Chander Velu on 'A Systems Perspective on Business Model Evolution: The Case of an Agricultural Information Service Provider in India'Chander Velu will discuss his paper on 'A Systems Perspective on Business Model Evolution: The Case of an Agricultural Information Service Provider in India.' Business models are complex activity systems t…

In this video Florian Urmetzer explains the benefits of attending the Alliance's two-day executive programme - Shift to ServicesDrawing on the latest work from the Cambridge Service Alliance, this thought-provoking and practical two-day course considers how to design the shift to servicesCustomers increasingly demand services and solutions, not jus…

Anthony Hilton, of the London Evening Standard, attended our Service Week 2017 Industry Day event, and wrote about one of the keynote speakers, from Alibaba, in a recent article.In his article Anthony Hilton reflects on the impact of technology will have on our lives and the difficulty of predicting its impact.  He says of the conference: "...the v…

The October Monthly Paper from the Cambridge Service Alliance, on 'Big Data Analytics Architecture for Businesses, by Mert Onuralp Gökalp, Kerem Kayabay, Mohamed Zaki, Altan Koçyiğit, P. Erhan Eren, and Andy NeelyOrganisations suffer from a comprehensive architecture to manage and monitor the development of existing and new open-source big-data too…