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ITU JOURNAL: ICT Discoveries, Vol. 1(1), March 2018

Editor-in-Chief Message

The research community works in service of the public
interest. We hope to ensure that our work supports social
and economic development on a global scale. We share
these ideals with the United Nations.
The ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries is a prime example of
how ITU and academia are enhancing collaboration to
our mutual benefit. In the ITU Journal, the research
community sees a valuable new opportunity to serve the
public interest. We see a new opportunity to make our
research known to public and private-sector decision-
makers worldwide.
The ITU Journal looks at both technical and social
aspects of ICTs’ influence on business, governance and
society. It will find new connections between technical
and social sciences, as well as new connections between
various industry sectors and public-sector bodies. We are
certain to uncover new opportunities to work together.
This first special issue of the ITU Journal demonstrates the interdisciplinary scope of this publication.
The issue highlights the potential of Artificial Intelligence to support communication networks and services in
fields including cognitive radio, automated driving and the monitoring of our environment. It also explores
design principles for AI systems sensitive to human values as well as the ethical implications of advancing AI
capabilities as they relate to data security.

I would like to thank the ITU Secretary-General, Houlin Zhao, for entrusting me with the role of ITU Journal
Editor-in-Chief. I also thank the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, Chaesub
Lee, for the outstanding support that I have received from his bureau.
I would like to express my gratitude to all contributors to this first special issue of the ITU Journal as well as
the Outreach Chairman, Stephen Ibaraki and my Associate Editors-in-Chief: Rajkumar Buyya, University of
Melbourne, Australia; Jun Kyun Choi, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Xiaolan Fu,
University of Oxford, UK; Urs Gasser, Harvard University, USA; Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa,
South Africa; Terry Kramer, University of California, Los Angeles; and Mostafa Hashem Sherif, AT&T, USA.

For their significant contribution to the review process, my special thanks go to all the reviewers and Guest
Editors: Antoine Bigomokero Bagula, University of Western Cape, South Africa; Loreto Bravo, Universidad
del Desarollo, Chile; Urs Gasser, Harvard University; Larry Holder, Washington State University, USA; Deyi
Li, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China; Kazuo Sugiyama, NTT DOCOMO, Japan; Daniel Zeng,
University of Arizona, USA; Jun Zhu, Tsinghua University, China.
I look forward to feedback from our readers and our continued work together to stimulate this exciting new
direction in ITU-Academia collaboration.

Jian Song
Tsinghua University
China

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