school leavers . The IT team has to serve both . “ The digital journey demands very high standards in either case ,” explains Confalonieri . “ We are pushing at the boundaries of what is possible , exploring and experimenting with all the leading edge technology that we can find to contribute to the student experience .” Once a trend is identified , his team works in partnership with IT vendors and technology providers to deliver realworld solutions . Artificial intelligence ( AI ), augmented virtual reality ( AVR ), location services , robots , emotional computing , community computing and the internet of things ( IoT ) are among the bleeding edge technologies that are not only being studied but actively implemented . “ We want to be right at the leading edge , so we put these services in place incrementally , in the full knowledge that they are evolving in ways we can ’ t see yet .”
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