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Traditionally, many technologists used to take the naive position that “technology is value-natural.” However, with incidents such as Cambridge Analytica and Theranos, most people understand the design and use of powerful digital technology can indeed have powerful consequences. As the role of digit...

Students are invited to a networking happy hour to learn more about xLab and how they can become involved. This event will be held Thursday, Sept. 9, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Attendees can mingle with representatives from current and prospective xLab member companies as well as past/current xLab students. Le...

In the movie Moneyball, Peter Brand is an analyst who revolutionizes baseball by using performance data. Baseball players tend to perform in the future as they have in the past—particularly the recent past. So past performance is the best predictor of future performance of baseball players. Now all ...

xLab was proud to support the City of Elyria—together with its strategic partner Data swift and other partners including SpeedeonData, Kinetic by Windstream and Lorain County Community College—to organize and run the city’s first virtual “Hack-a-thon.” The event was held on October 22-24, 2021. A H...

The next xLab Quarterly Roundtable meeting will address understanding and assessing your company’s digital maturity. It will be held virtually Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 1 to 2 p.m. The panel discussion will feature industry professionals who will discuss why assessment of digital maturity is important...

Students in CWRU’s xLab assist in developing credential storage in personal data accounts Hyland, Dataswift and students from Case Western Reserve University’s xLab initiative have partnered to advance the development of open standards for blockchain-anchored digital credentials. “This partnership...

In the world of digital transformation, a digital twin is a digital representation of a physical asset, object, or even manufacturing process. Increasingly, companies are beginning to use digital twins to predict individual users and their behaviors. Combined with artificial intelligence, blockchain...

xLab is proud to announce the formation of the xLab Advisory Board, an esteemed group of executives and partners chosen to counsel the program by shaping its long-term strategic plan and addressing its role in digital transformation. “Providing support to legacy companies on their digital transform...

IT leadership is increasingly playing a critical role for legacy companies in their digital transformation efforts. How have the roles of CIOs and IT leaders changed with respect to digital innovation? What traditional IT functions and organizational relationships support or collide with the emergin...

Robert W. Gregory Established organizations with legacy systems and people have now understood that the creation of new products, services, and business models through the innovative use of digital technology is essential to their long-term survival. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shifts in on...