Digital Society Future Transformation Perspectives in the Informational Age

Abstract:

Understanding the digital society transformation is a rather fascinated challenge, especially for the future. This naturally, provokes numerous tangible and intangible assets that have to be properly handled in order to catch the right social dynamic trends direction. This however is naturally requiring an agile study approach towards the holistic resilient future. In this sense, the idea of the present work is to briefly outline a comprehensive study on the problem, organized in the last few years. The results are mostly based on crowdsourcing analysis, encompassing more than hundred expert beliefs from about fifthly countries, spread among five continents throughout the world. Both matrix-based morphological scenario planning and dynamic system-of-systems risk vs utility assessments are implemented in the analytical process. The obtained results are further validated, using pseudo-periodic stochastic probability assessment and verified with simulated mixed reality experiments with human factor active multimodal role. Being somewhat prognostic, the presented findings are not claiming for total comprehensiveness, but rather for producing a fruitful analytical pool with some useful findings that will be finally understand when the forecasted period is reached.

Dr Zlatogor Minchev is an “Associate Professor” (2010) on “Automation and Control”, IT for Security Department Head (2016) at Institute of ICT, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Part-time “Associate Professor” (2011) at Operations Research, Probabilities & Statistics Department, Institute of Mathematics & Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Director of the Joint Training Simulation & Analysis Center (2007), organizing and conducting research in the fields of cybersecurity, crisis & emergency management. Special accent is also given to future threats analysis, modelling and forecasting; human factor response psycho-physiological monitoring and stimulation; distributed Computer Assisted eXercises in mixed cyber-physical realities. Author and co-author of a large number of scientific publications; successful participant in multiple national & international scientific projects on expert and managing positions; International visiting professor on multiaspect security and cybersecurity problems. Currently engaged with the international network “Secure Digital Future 21” for joint research and industrial future digital world security transcendences foreseeing; Awarded and distinguished with numerous prestigious national and international awards.