Wednesday 1 July 2020

Intereresing Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 200701

Articles to Read
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MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 -- 2020


Coronavirus: Implications for the semiconductor industry


24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World


Top 10 Robotic Process Automation Companies


Upskill my workforce for the digital world


Concepts & Terms Explained
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 Pandemic Plan


 A pandemic plan is a documented strategy for how an organization plans to provide essential services when there is a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. When a pandemic spreads and a high percentage of a company's employees are sick at the same time, it can negatively affect the company's ability to carry out essential services. Anticipating the possibility of a pandemic should be part of every organization's plan to ensure business continuity.





The Main NoSQL Database Types

In this post, we’ll walk you through a (very) brief history of NoSQL, then explain the main types of NoSQL databases with examples and use cases for each.


Events to Participate
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CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras cordially invite you all to participate in the  following events and get benefitted.

4th Jul -- Webinar on "Mastering Digital Writing and Entrepreneurship". Register at  https://bit.ly/2AeQGEv

11th Jul -- Webinar on "Social Media Governance in a Connected World". Register at https://bit.ly/2ALy9ji

13-17 Jul -- Online workshop on "eLearning Content Creation". For online registration and payment, pl visit 

18th Jul --  Webinar on "Demystifying VR, AR and MR". Register at https://bit.ly/3g4SO13



IRAI Quiz to Review Your Knowledge
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1. Google: GV = Alibaba: ---------

2. Cognizant Technology Solutions was recently impacted (estimated at $50-70 million)  by ------ ransomware 

3. Which is the Indian government's nodal cyber security agency?

4. Symantec: US = Kaspersky:  ----------

5. Five eyes, abbreviated FVEY, is a conglomeration of five nations is a spying force that works closely together to collect mass surveillance data and share it with the relevant parties. The five nations include: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and ------------

6. Gramophone is an ------------- startup 

7. What is common to these: Amazon’s DynamoDB, Google’s Datastore, Azure’s Cosmos DB and MongoDB 

8. In 2011,  IBM Watson won the US quiz show Jeopardy!, using natural language processing and  ----------- on vast repositories of data that it processed to answer human-posed questions, often in a fraction of a second

9. Who said this: "AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization"

10. ---------------- hosted at  Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology is the fastest supercomputer in India and it is ranked 67th in the world with 3.8 petaflops


Action Agenda
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Dr. C.S.R.Prabhu, Former DG, NIC, MEITY, who is passionate about research in Fog Computing and few more areas  has been addressing the academic faculty, student community and professionals in many forms. He has come out with the following vision document

 Medha2022: A Vision for positioning India in a global leadership role in the upcoming disruptive technologies of Fog Computing, Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics and Bioinformatics.

 It is a 223 pages document of file size 685 KB

 You can access it at https//bit.ly/3igZuuQ
Further, he has created a group of nurture his vision. Those interested may pl get in touch with Dr Prabhu at csrprabhu@kmit.in

Points to Ponder
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IT for Change's new paper on "Breaking Up Big Tech: Separation of its Data, Cloud and Intelligence Layers"

The main argument is that traditional competition frameworks are inadequate to addressing the rapidly building digital power concentration. These need to be combined with perspectives from technology governance that focus on structural separation of technology-functional layers (a la net neutrality, but also more) to form a composite new approach to digital regulation.

Read the report at:

Genetically modified 'designer babies' might be okay, according to a top ethics council



Videos to Watch
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Talks to support a healthy debate.

These 7 talks  (of total run time 1 hr 18 min) help you come to an understanding -- if not an agreement -- in the face of diverging viewpoints.


How to overcome your fears

Fear lives in the mind. So, how do we get it out of our heads? Follow in the footsteps of these speakers who have faced some of their deepest fears with strength and grace.

9 talks · Total run time 1 hr 54 min



Websites to Visit
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TryEngineering

TryEngineering.org, a joint effort between IEEE, IBM and the New York Hall of Science, is the ultimate resource on engineering and engineering careers. It provides resources about the profession and its various disciplines. Students interested in becoming engineers can access preparation tips and basic job descriptions. It is also designed to educate teachers, school counselors, parents and students about the different engineering disciplines and the impact engineers have on society.


Howlongtoreadthis

How Long to Read is a book search engine that helps you find out how long it will take to read books and provide reading time data that is tailored to you. With our simple WPM (words per minute) test you can find out how long it will take you to read almost anything, and also use our search engine to find books that will fit the time you have to read.This website has a library of over 12 million books so you should definitely find what you’re looking for.



Tips to Use
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6 ways to delete yourself from the internet

Finally ready to get off the grid? It's not quite as simple as it should be, but here are a few easy-to-follow steps that should point you in the right direction.


Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims

Calls for the closer integration of science in political decision-making have been commonplace for decades. However, there are serious problems in the application of science to policy — from energy to health and environment to education.

To this end, we suggest 20 concepts that should be part of the education of civil servants, politicians, policy advisers and journalists — and anyone else who may have to interact with science or scientists. Politicians with a healthy scepticism of scientific advocates might simply prefer to arm themselves with this critical set of knowledge.



Books & Periodicals
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Book: Guide to competitive programming -- Learning and Improving Algorithm

It is one of the many books,  made available for free download by Springer recently for a limited period. Competitive programming strategies are useful for many data science interviews and they help to improve your maths foundations.  There are not many books on this subject (although there are many good websites and YouTube resources).


Book: Virtual Coffee Table Book for Entrepreneurs


 On MSME Day (27th Jun 2020),  the author Mr M..K. Anand, Founder & Partner, Sea Change and Strategic Business Advisor  launched a coffee  table book (127 pages),  a compilation of his 25 select articles written over the last couple of years to address the needs of entrepreneurs and business.



Download the Complimentary Copy from https://imojo.in/4kktxw1

Magazine: ERCIM News

ERCIM News is the magazine of  ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics which aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry. Leading European research institutes are members of ERCIM.

ERCIM  reports on joint actions of the ERCIM partners, and aims to reflect the contribution made by ERCIM to the European Community in Information Technology. Through short articles and news items, it provides a forum for the exchange of information between the institutes and also with the wider scientific community. Each issue focuses on a special theme identified by the editorial board. ERCIM News is published quarterly in print, and online in html, pdf and epub format. 



Quotes & Thoughts to Inspire
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Marriages might be made in heaven, but technology will lead to your partner on earth.

When people are rude to you, they reveal who they are, not who you are. Don’t take it personally, just move on.

Silence and Smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems and Silence is the way to avoid many problems.

All problems are stuck between Mind and Matter. If you don't Mind, it doesn't Matter.

If you take responsibility for yourself* you will *develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.


In Lighter Sense
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How the rich stay rich

Before going to Europe on business, a man drove his Rolls-Royce to a downtown New York City bank and went in to ask for an immediate loan of $5,000.

The loan officer, taken aback, requested collateral. "Well, then, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce," the man said. The loan officer promptly had the car driven into the bank's underground parking garage for safe keeping, and gave him $5,000. Two weeks later, the man walked through the bank's doors, asked to settle up his loan and get his car back. "That will be $5,000 in principal, and $15.40 in interest," the loan officer said.  The man wrote out a check and started to walk away.

"Wait sir," the loan officer said, "while you were gone, I found out you are a multi-millionaire.  Why in the world would you need to borrow $5,000?"

The man smiled.  "Where else could I park my Rolls-Royce in Manhattan for two weeks and pay only $15.40?"


Reference
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Key Resources for Libraries in responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

The information and resources below are provided  by IFLA on a non-exhaustive basis but will be updated regularly. It is based on publicly available information, and that submitted to updates@ifla.org. 

Refer at

Social engineering: A cheat sheet for business professionals

People, like computers, can be hacked using a process called social engineering, and there's a good chance a cybersecurity attack on your organization could start with this technique.



Health & Well Being
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How to deal with troubling thoughts

Intrusive thoughts are a common and disturbing symptom of anxiety. Cognitive behavioural techniques can help


You’re sitting wrong — and your back knows it. Here’s how to sit instead



Entertainment
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Jackie Chan started out in film as a stuntman, and worked his way up to starring in Hong Kong and Hollywood films. Here are his best 10 films, ones that showcase his martial arts skills, his comedy chops and his dramatic flair



Titbits
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IIT Madras, India’s top technical institute offers the world’s first online BSc Degree program in Programming and Data Science. More info at  https://www.onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in/

According to  the recent survey by Kaspersky, parents in the Asia Pacific region are more worried about their kids or family members watching over their online activities than hackers and give more time in hiding their private data from partners than cybercriminals. Surprisingly,  cybercriminals are their least concern with only 3.1 per cent.

Infraud was founded in Ukraine in 2010 and become a premier destination on the web for purchasing goods with counterfeit or stolen credit card information, according to US authorities, touted itself with the slogan "In Fraud We Trust."

Swiggy’s annual report on the country’s food ordering habits revealed that Indians ordered an average of 95 biryanis per minute, or 1.6 biryanis per second, in 2019. According to the startup Biryani By Kilo (BBK),  the biryani market in India is estimated to be approximately Rs 1,500 crore in the organised sector, and Rs 15,000 crore in the unorganised sector.

Indian office workers estimate that they waste an average of 53 minutes a day due to outdated and inefficient technology, according to the Salesforce APAC Employee Engagement report

According to Nasscom, India  has 1,300 captive centres of American and other multinational companies and they employ over 10 lakh workers

The Halol, Gujarat-based startup manufactures nanofiber-based masks called 4S SHIELD, and covers the four sensory organs of the body – eyes, nose, ears, and mouth.

SoftBank was one of Alibaba's earliest backers, making a $20 million investment in the company two decades ago that was worth $60 billion by 2014.

Amazon is launching a new service called Honeycode that enables AWS customers to build apps for their business without any coding experience.

Facebook will now warn users if they're sharing an old news story with a pop-up, TechCrunch reports. The pop-up will appear if you try to share a story older than 90 days.

The AR market is predicted to be worth $60.55 billion USD by 2023, and it's likely to be led by some of the biggest names in tech: Google, Samsung, HTC, and Microsoft. 

As per latest Top 500 report, The fastest supercomputer in the world is Fugaku, which is installed at RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. Fugaku is powered by Fujitsu’s 48-core A64FX SoC, the first number one system on the list to be powered by ARM processors. Fugaku gave a High Performance Linpack result of 415.5 petaflops, which is 2.8 times faster than Summit (148.8 petaflops) -- the second fastest supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee

China dominates the TOP500 with 226 supercomputers. US is second with 114 systems and Japan is third with 30.


Answers to the IRAI Quiz -- 200701
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1. Ant Financial
2. Maze
3. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
4. Russia
5. New Zealand
6. agritech
7. NoSQL database programs
8. analytics
9. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and  founder of SpaceX























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  4. Sri1 July 2020 at 21:44

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