Sunday 20 December 2020

Intereresing Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 201221

Articles

Employment

Career Planning: A Lifelong Process

This six-step model is designed to help you make career decisions not only as you begin your career search but also throughout your lifelong career path.


Top 20 Must-Have Skills to Put on Your Resume

Writing a good resume is a difficult balancing act. You have to keep your resume length short and sweet, but still include enough quality information to make an impression.

When reviewing your credentials, hiring managers will hold a particular interest in the skills you possess. This means it’s very important to know what is relevant to the job when thinking of skills to list on your resume. And though it goes without saying, we’ll say it just in case: any skills listed on your resume should be skills you truly possess. 

So how do you figure out the best skills to put on your resume? And what if you’re looking to find a remote job?


Information Technology

Serverless Computing vs. Cloud Computing: What’s the Difference?

Serverless computing shifts server provisioning and compute management away from developers, operations, or DevOps teams to a cloud provider. Servers will continue to be used; but unlike cloud computing, the resources will be allocated on-demand and billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.


Software Development & DevOps

The future of DevOps: 21 predictions for 2021

Now that DevOps has entered its second decade, the focus has expanded beyond product delivery. It's no longer just about dev and ops, but about removing the constraints between the business and its customers, with a focus on delivering not just new features and products, but also value.

The predictions  of DevOps professionals & industry luminaries center on a few key themes. As companies accelerate their digital transformations, culture, leadership, and team dynamics will continue to shift; security and DevSecOps will be more critical than ever; analytics, AI, and machine learning will continue to disrupt both Dev and Ops; and organizations will tightly focus on value and value stream management. Here are their predictions.


Artificial intelligence and Robotics

Trends Collection on Artificial Intelligence
This collection highlights the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods to solve a diverse set of complex problems across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Over the past decade, the incredible growth of this highly interdisciplinary field has been driven by outstanding contributions from biologists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and more. The combination of such diverse disciplines, however, presents a challenge in the broad dissemination of key findings and capabilities. This interdisciplinary collection explores AI-based algorithms for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease; discovery, synthesis, and optimization of molecules and materials; learning of both human and machine in cognitive and neural computation; and interpretation and understanding of large, multi-tiered data sets such as those in genomics and plant-stress phenotyping.


9 Robots That Are Invading The Agriculture Industry

Robotics are allowing farmers to be more efficient, and productive when managing crops

The world population is expected to hit a whopping number of 9 billion by 2050. What is expected to follow is a dramatic rise in agricultural production, doubling to meet the coming demand. This need has caused farmers to turn to robotics as a solution for the coming future.

Nevertheless, the growing population, rise of AI and new developments in robotics has caused the world of agriculture robotics to explode with innovation.

From nursery planting to shepherding and herding, here are some of the robots already in agriculture.


Cybersecurity

34 Cybersecurity Statistics to Lose Sleep Over in 2020

Every organization must deal with cybersecurity. Here are 34 eye-opening stats to chew on while working on your company's security plan. These stats include data on cyber crime, jobs and industry trends from dozens of security experts.


Funding & Fellowship

23 Funding Schemes For Women Entrepreneurs In India

There is a wide array to choose from depending on your needs. Read on to find out more about these financing opportunities.


CoronaSafe -- Engineering Fellowship!

CoronaSafe Engineering Fellowship is a national programme to identify the top 30 indian students in software engineering for an industry-led training to become full-stack developers and volunteer as the national engineering leadership cadre for public service.

The applications  for this free, industry-backed course which will prepare you for a career in building production software. are accepted til 5th Jan 2021.


Business & Management

Nine traits of the intelligent leader



19 Business Moats That Helped Shape The World’s Most Massive Companies

A business moat is a key competitive advantage that sets a company apart from its competitors. From Amazon and Uber to Starbucks and Disney, here are how 19 of the world's biggest companies have built and defended their moats. They are presented under four types of Moats: Network Effect Moats; Cost Moats; Cultural Moats; and Resource Moats.


27+ Tools That Make Working Remotely a Breeze

Are you working remotely because of COVID-19? Take a look at these great tools broadly grouped under: Remote desktop software; Real-time chat apps; Online video meeting software; Digital idea-sharing and collaboration tools; Work calendar and task management apps; Security apps for safe remote work; and Cloud sharing websites.


Trends & Future

24 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2021

Every December, LinkedIn editors ask our community of Influencers, Top Voices and frequent contributors to share the Big Ideas they believe will define the year ahead. This year, in the shadow of a once-in-a-century pandemic, we offer a selection of predictions and thoughts on where we go from here — at work, at home and everywhere in between. 


e-Estonia: The World's Most Advanced Digital Society

Named the most advanced digital society in the world by many, Estonians have built an efficient, secure, and transparent ecosystem where Unicorns find a solid ground to grow.


The Open Data Barometer

A global measure of how governments are publishing and using open data for accountability, innovation and social impact.

The Leaders Edition looks at the 30 governments that have adopted the Open Data Charter and those that, as G20 members, have committed to G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles. See the updated methodology for more. Open Data Barometer - 4th Edition is the latest full edition.


Education

Is an MBA Degree Really Worth It?

Getting an MBA (Master of Business Administration) takes a lot of time, money, and effort. So it’s important to really think about whether or not it is worth your while to pursue one. Here are some things to consider.

The right reasons: To hone skills like influence, empathy, and building business strategies; to help you make a career pivot; to accelerate the pace of your professional development; to expand and diversify your professional network.

The wrong reasons: You’re looking for a magic pill that will give you more money or power; you’re bored in your current role; you don’t know what you want.


Health & Wellness

Ensure that your diet is 90% to 100% plant-based: 9 food rules from the world’s longest-living people


Books & Periodicals

E-Book: Digital Asset Management For Dummies

From cutting out content chaos to boosting brand consistency, discover the benefits of DAM. The purpose of this e-Book is to provide marketers, brand managers, digital content managers, and those who are new to digital asset management with the knowledge they need to implement DAM or improve their current ability to manage their digital assets.


Magazine: Science India Magazine. 

This full issue of Science India Magazine has special articles devoted to Mathematics


Newsletter: Recent industry trends - auto

This weekly newsletter, authored by Mr S Ramachandran, Principal Consultant,   Infosys Knowledge Instituite contains curated news articles in technology adoption along with research findings, points of view. 


IRAI Quiz -- 201221

1. ---------- is the India’s first indigenous microprocessor developed by IIT Madras

2. Expand: VoWiFi

3  Exascale Computing is the ability to run ---------- calculations per second

4. Amazon: AMZN = Apple : --------

5. Pareto principle is popularly known as -------- rule

6. -------------- refers to IT systems deployed by depts other than the central IT dept in an organisation

7  Deep Web is a part of Dark Web. State True / False

8. The name Vodafone stands for -----------------

9. ------------ (Azure / Edge) is the new browser from Microsoft which had replaced  Internet Explorer, the earlier browser. Select the right answer

10. Appsheet is a no-code development platform from -------- (Apple / Google). Select the right answer

Answers at the end


Events

Events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS in Dec 2020 & Jan 2021

26th Dec -- A Job Before Graduation: Proven Placement Tips for Students.  https://bit.ly/2IiZVb7 

 

29th Dec -- Understanding the Spirit-Mind-Brain-Body link for a better life. https://bit.ly/2JULbQn


2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI

 

8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4

 

23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8

 

30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF


Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS events in:

Dec 2020:  https://bit.ly/336UWkO

Jan 2021: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq

 

For additional events in 


Dec 2020: https://lnkd.in/gQuYQsk 


Jan 2021: https://bit.ly/2KIQC4M




Answers to IRAI Quiz -- 201211

1. Shakti
2. Voice Over Wi Fi
3. Quintillion
4. AAPL
5. 80/20
6. Shadow IT
7. False
8. Voice and data services over phone
9. Edge
10. Google



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