computer science

Piazza telematica

Piazza telematica is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Piazza telematica rather than just read about it. In short: In the fields of urban planning, urban regeneration and e-government, the term piazza telematica has been used in Italy since the early 1990s by a number of community network and local institutions for promoting the insertion, inside the urban upgrading processes, of the principles of sustainable development and of accessibility for all to IT tools for assuring the Right of Citizenship: the possibilities to particip…

Key takeaways

Piazza telematica belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Piazza telematica to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Piazza telematica from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

In the fields of urban planning, urban regeneration and e-government, the term piazza telematica has been used in Italy since the early 1990s by a number of community network and local institutions for promoting the insertion, inside the urban upgrading processes, of the principles of sustainable development and of accessibility for all to IT tools for assuring the Right of Citizenship: the possibilities to participate in public decision processes, to access to the knowledge and training, to take part of the social local community life. The term piazza telematica evokes a hybrid space indebted in equal parts to the real (with territorial components) and the virtual space that has to be considered as a whole, a new glocal (global – local) public space with a great symbolic value for the democratic interaction and for the social life. The word "piazza" underlines the semantic significance of a public space traditionally located in the heart of the town centre or of a village and dedicated to communication, meeting, and the exchange of material goods and, at present, through the use of telematics systems and services, to the exchange also of immaterial goods (new virtual services and functions: remote work, coworking, online training through multi-monitor, telemedicine, e-commerce and the new sustainable mobility services such as bike sharing and car sharing.

History 1990 - The term Piazza Telematica is used for the first time in newspapers and magazines in order to describe the telematics systems and services set up for the journalists in the 12 Italian cities hosting the FIFA World Cup 1990. 1994 - Participation to the ACT-VILL project of the Direction XII Science and Technology of the European Union for the city of the 21st century corresponding to new concepts synthesised in three scenarios: Sustainable city, a city that internalise the problems it generates, solving them instead of transferring to other or to the future. "Glocal" city (global/local), a city with a better balance between the globalisation process and the ability to use local resources. Post-modern or agora city, a human centred city with a harmonic relationship between the citizen and the urban design. 1995 - Participation to the European conference Urban utopias: new tools for the European Urban Renaissance, promoted by the Direction XII Science and Technology of the European Union and hosted by the Municipality of Berlin. 2004 - The first pilot project of a Piazza Telematica, supported by the European Union (div. XVI for social cohesion and sustainable development) is opened to the general public in Naples (Italy) in the bourough of Scampia. In some other pilot projects, as is the case for the Piazza Telematica of the Municipality of Provaglio d'Iseo, the term Piazza Telematica is used in order to evoke a virtual space on the Internet open to all citizens for the exchange of ideas, proposals and participation, through forum and other web instruments, to the socio-cultural and economic life of the community.

See also

References This article incorporates material from the Citizendium article "Piazza telematica", which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License but not under the GFDL. DIGITAL AGENDA FOR EUROPE - A Europe 2020 Initiative PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2020 - Building stronger EU communities PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2020 TOUR - Libraries change lives: Digital inclusion, Lifelong learning, Social Inclusion ICT for Sustainable Development: Defining a Global Research Agenda ICT & SUSTAINABILITY Making work more environment-friendly and creating a better society Fostering Participation in Scampia: Let's Make a Piazza - De Muro et al. European Urban and Regional Studies, 2007. WebForTheFuture.net - AWARD, 2005 Közösségi hozzáférés Olaszországban, 2004. Territorial Components of the Information Society: Two different Italian case study Telematic Piazza of Scampia and Officina Città of Turin, 2001 Urban Technology Network Project of Interreg II C - CADSES; Technologies, information and infrastructures for urban areas and security - Workshop proceedings, 2000. The era of generative tech-nets: bit watt -...- and complexity - GENERATIVE ART 1999 - organized by Milan Polythecnic University, Italy, 1/2/3 Dec 1999-11-10 On-line On-Square by Alessandro Giuliani, 1998. Piazze Telematiche of Naples (Italy), 1998. The Development of Intra - and Trans -Urban Networks (ACT-VILL study C), 1996. An idea to manage urbanization and to improve people's living environment, 1996 PIAZZE TELEMATICHE, HABITAT II - Istanbul, 1996. Report on the AGORA Workshop held at the Conference "Urban Utopias: new tools for the renaissance of european cities" in Berlin, November 1995.

External links Wikiplaza Volunteer computing vs cloud vs grid vs HPC International Society of Bio Urbanism The Ancient Agora The Institute for 21st Century Agoras Telecentre-Europe Project for Public Spaces (PPS) telematica | telematics | telematik | télématique The meaning of telematics Archived 2011-02-23 at Wikiwix Piazza Telematica of Scampia Piazza Telematica of the University of Rome Piazza Telematica of the Municipality of Schio Plaza Telecommunity of Taos MediaLibraryOnLine - The daily digital lending library (24 7 365)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Piazza telematica

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Piazza telematica claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Piazza telematica before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Piazza telematica ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Piazza telematica

In research: Piazza telematica appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Piazza telematica in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Piazza telematica is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Community development, Community networks, Information technology management, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Piazza telematica outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Piazza telematica in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Piazza telematica means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Piazza telematica out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Piazza telematica in simple terms?

Why does Piazza telematica matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Piazza telematica?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Piazza telematica.