Softer skills for a digital
future
In
this e-guide, industry experts explore the different types of skills that are
needed for technology roles, as well as the increasing importance of soft
skills, creativity and diverse thought in developing the technology teams of
the future.
Table
Of Contents
- Building, recruiting and retaining digital talent for an automated tech-driven future
- How to ensure tech staff gain 'essential soft skills'
- How will automation affect the IT skills gap?
- IT companies need technical workers with soft skills
- Everywoman forum 2018: The dangers of non-diverse artificial intelligence
- Cisco Live 2017: A tale of shifting skills and increased security
Download
the e-guide from https://www.computerweekly.com/ehandbook/Focus-Softer-skills-for-a-digital-future
How to Write for Technical
Periodicals & Conferences
As
a researcher or practicing engineer, you know how important it is to publish
the results of your work. It is not just about career advancement or getting
recognition. Publication is a critical step in the scientific process. Your
discoveries will foster innovation and help advance technology for public good.
But that can only happen if your research can be read, understood, and built
upon by your fellow researchers and engineers. This guide is designed to help
you succeed as an author.
In
this guide, you will learn how to prepare, write, and submit your manuscript
for peer review by an IEEE conference, journal, or magazine. We will show you
how successful authors structure quality work to improve their chances of being
accepted. You will find practical tips on how to select an appropriate
periodical or conference, organize your manuscript, write in a clear and
grammatically correct style, and work through peer review. You will also learn how
to avoid common mistakes and ethical lapses that will prevent your manuscript
from being accepted and may damage your reputation.
Read
the guide at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/societyimages/tgrs/author_guide_interactive%20English.pdf
Zero Days, Thousands of
Nights: The Life and Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits
Zero-day
vulnerabilities — software vulnerabilities for which no patch or fix has been
publicly released — and their exploits are useful in cyber operations — whether
by criminals, militaries, or governments — as well as in defensive and academic
settings.
This
133 pages report provides findings from real-world zero-day vulnerability and
exploit data that could augment conventional proxy examples and expert opinion,
complement current efforts to create a framework for deciding whether to
disclose or retain a cache of zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits, inform
ongoing policy debates regarding stockpiling and vulnerability disclosure, and
add extra context for those examining the implications and resulting liability
of attacks and data breaches for U.S. consumers, companies, insurers, and for
the civil justice system broadly.
The
authors provide insights about the zero-day vulnerability research and exploit
development industry; give information on what proportion of zero-day
vulnerabilities are alive (undisclosed), dead (known), or somewhere in between;
and establish some baseline metrics regarding the average lifespan of zero-day
vulnerabilities, the likelihood of another party discovering a vulnerability
within a given time period, and the time and costs involved in developing an
exploit for a zero-day vulnerability.
Read
the report at: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1700/RR1751/RAND_RR1751.pdf
‘Nobel Prize for Computing’: Newly named Turing Award winners to
lecture about ‘new golden age’ for computer architecture at ISCA
Turing Award winners John L. Hennessy, former president of
Stanford University, and David A. Patterson, retired professor at the
University of California, Berkeley, will speak to how computer architecture is
“on the cusp of another Golden Age” during the International Symposium on
Computer Architecture this month.
Hennessy and Patterson were named as recipients last March
of the 2017 Turing Award, often called the “Nobel Prize for Computing,” which
carries a $1 million prize with financial support from Google.
In an advance summary of their lecture, to be given at the ISCA 2018 in Los Angeles, the two scientists herald a new era for computer architecture that “will significantly improve cost, performance, energy, and security,” they say.
Hennessy
and Patterson won the Turing Award for their pioneering an approach to create
faster, lower power, and reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
microprocessors, which constitute 99% of the 16 billion microprocessors found
in nearly all smartphones, tablets, and Internet of Things devices.
View
the ISCA’s Turing Lecture at https://www.acm.org/hennessy-patterson-turing-lecture
The
ISCA highlights at https://publications.computer.org/software-magazine/2018/05/30/international-symposium-computer-architecture-isca-turing-award-lecture-highlights/
The best advice from 2018
commencement speeches
From
Ronan Farrow to Abby Wambach, here are some words of wisdom that can motivate
you, whether you’re a recent graduate or not.
When you’re starting something new, it can help to hear
from someone who’s been there before. That’s the gist of commencement speeches.
Speakers often share their personal journeys, the mistakes they made along the
way, and the steps they took to succeed. They offer nuggets of wisdom that may
help graduates as they embark on perhaps their most important milestone:
starting their career.
But you don’t have to be graduating college to glean some takeaways from their
tips. Here are five commencement speeches that have valuable messages for any
stage of life.
Earlier posts of Interesting Reads at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html
