Dr. Aly, O.
Computer Science
The purpose of this blog is to have a brainstorming blogging session about the “Proactive Model.” The computational intelligence and the machine learning techniques have gained popularity in different domains. Internet of things and internet of people are terms which can indicate the increasing interaction between humans and machines. Internet of Things (IoT) is regarded to be “one of the most promising fuels of Big Data expansion” (De Mauro, Greco, & Grimaldi, 2015). Internet of things is the core component of Web 4.0. The Web has gone from the first generation of Web 1.0 which was about static web pages, broadcasting information for read-only. Web 1.0 was innovated by Berners-Lee (Aghaei, Nematbakhsh, & Farsani, 2012; Choudhury, 2014; Kambil, 2008; Patel, 2013), and is known as the “Web of Information Connections” (Aghaei et al., 2012). Web 2.0 which came out in 2004 is read-write and is known as the “Web of People Connections (Aghaei et al., 2012) to connect people. Web 3.0 which came out in 2006 is known as “Semantic Web” or the “Web of Knowledge Connections” to share knowledge, followed by Web 4.0 is known as the “Web of Intelligence Connections” where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to play a role. The current technology as indicated in TED’s video of (Hougland, 2014) can assist people to save lives in case of unexpected health issues such as the heart attack or stroke, by wearing a band in hand. There are also other tools for elder people to save them when they fall, and they need help while living alone by themselves with no assistance. These tools are reactive tools which can assist after the fact. The question is:
“Can the “Web of Intelligence Connections” be intelligent enough to be proactive and provide us with useful information on a daily basis?”
As a computer science researcher, who started with Web 1.0 and experienced the amazing evolution of the Web, I believe that our children will have better opportunities and better health because of the “Proactive Model.” They will have far advanced tools through which they will communicate daily about what to eat, when to exercise, what to drink, and basically what to do. For instance, the tool that is based on the “Proactive Model” will monitor the glucose level, the cholesterol level, the potassium level and so forth daily to be able to intelligently tell you what is lacking in your body and what you need to do to fill that gap. If the person has low potassium, the tool can suggest eating some food such as banana to fill that gap of the potassium level. If the person has high cholesterol level, the tool can intelligently inform the person of such a fact that can cause damage at heart and provide recommendations to overcome such high cholesterol before it gets worse and lead to the heart attack. This “Proactive Model” will get embedded into our future children lives and be part of their lives.
The healthcare system may raise the question about their role in that model, and the impact of this model on the practice of the doctors. The health care system should drive this model. The doctors will play a role in these tools as the recommendations will be based on medical practices. These recommendations are not arbitrarily and must be based on the recommendation of the doctors the same way when you go to visit the doctor. On the other hand, the practice of the doctors will be more focused on more serious things that cannot be proactively controlled such as car accidents, or any unexpected or anticipated accidents.
Do you think it is possible to have such intelligent and sophisticated “Proactive Model?” If so, how do you vision the model and what obstacles do you think it will face?
References
Aghaei, S., Nematbakhsh, M. A., & Farsani, H. K. (2012). Evolution of the world wide web: From WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0. International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology, 3(1), 1.
Choudhury, N. (2014). World Wide Web and its journey from web 1.0 to web 4.0.
De Mauro, A., Greco, M., & Grimaldi, M. (2015). What is big data? A consensual definition and a review of key research topics. Paper presented at the AIP Conference Proceedings.
Hougland, B. (2014). What is the Internet of Things? And why should you care? [Video file]. TED Talks: Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AlcRoqS65E.
Kambil, A. (2008). What is your Web 5.0 strategy? Journal of business strategy, 29(6), 56-58.
Patel, K. (2013). The incremental journey for World Wide Web: introduced with Web 1.0 to recent Web 5.0–a survey paper.
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