Interesting
Reads – 2019-01-26
Contents
Articles
- A Dozen Times Artificial Intelligence Startled The World
- IEEE India Info Oct-Dec 2018 issue articles
- How to Launch Your Data Analytics Career
- $1B+ Market Map: The World’s 308 Unicorn Companies In One Infographic
- 38 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War To Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything
- The Future Of Data Centers
- The race to save the river Ganges
- Zettascale by 2035? China Thinks So
- Eight Ways That Climate Change Hurts Humans
- 50 Times Libraries Surprised Everyone With Their Creativity And Sense Of Humor
- Bonus: How to stay fit forever: 25 tips to keep moving when life gets in the way
Events /
Announcements
- eWIT: Panel Discussion on “Leadership Development in the Digital Age” on 29th Jan 2019
- CySI, SPIN & ISC2 : "Data Privacy Day on 28th Jan 2019
- ICCCMIT-2019: International conference on Communication, Computing and Information Technology
- ADCOM-2019: 25th annual International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications
- SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019
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Articles
A
Dozen Times Artificial Intelligence Startled The World
Generative
Adversarial Networks (GANs) are some of the most fascinating ways to “teach”
computers to do human tasks. We’ve always heard that competition can boost
performance, but now GANs are taking “learning from Competition” to an
industrial scale. Generative Adversarial Networks are defined by AI entities
(Neural Networks) that compete with each other to get better at their
respective tasks. This post highlights some of the coolest GAN applications in
action.
IEEE India Info Oct-Dec
2018 issue articles
The Oct-Dec 2018 issue of IEEE India
Info, the quarterly newsletter of the IEEE India Council has the following 15
interesting articles, one book excerpts and few regular columns apart from the
report on various activities held in the IEEE Sections in India.
- Cyber Physical Systems – Overview and Evolution — A tool for continuous evolution of systems by Mr. Abhilash Gopalakrishnan
- Hardware Trojan Horses: The New Face of Cyber Terrorism by Krishnendu Guha, Debasri Saha, and Amlan Chakrabarti
- Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Labour and Employment by Dr. Parasuram Balasubramanian
- Incubation Centres – A Need for Successful Innovations via. Entrepreneurs! By Dr. Shajulin Benedict
- Contextual Knowledge Digitisation and its Application in Software Development by Mr. Manoj Kumar Lal
- System on chip methods for Autonomous Cars by Mr. V. P. Sampath
- Teaching Learning Centre for Design and Manufacturing Education at IIITDM Kancheepuram-Toward Extremely Affordable DIY Laboratory Education by Dr. S. R. Pandian
- Active Learning in Computer Science @ UT Dallas by Dr. Jey Veerasamy, Mr. John Cole & Dr. Miguel Razo
- Research Trends and Opportunities in Machine Learning in Biotech & Health Sciences by Dr. Kolla Bhanu Prakash & Dr. B. Mahendran
- Setting up Super Silicon Valley Smart City in India – A High-tech Innovation through Secured Governance by Dr. P. Sekhar & Dr. Venkata Rayapati
- Digital Forensics – As we know it today… by Dr K Rama Subramaniam
- Shaping India’s Future in Enterprise AV-IT Convergence by Mr. Gaurab Majumdar
- The importance of HiST(ory) for S&T by Dr. John Bosco Lourdusamy
- Next What? — PPR (Possibility, Potential and Reality) Quotient by Mr. M. K. Anand
- Atal New India Challenges – A first step towards becoming an Innovation Nation by Mr. R. Ramanan
- Book Excerpts: The Chapter-end Takeaways from the book Neoskilling for Digital Transformation and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
- IT in Jul – Sep 2018 by Prof. S. Sadagopan
- Information Resources by Mr. H.R. Mohan
- Books: From Internet of Things to Smart Cities: Enabling Technologies; Neoskilling for Digital Transformation and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution; Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome; Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies; Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good; SHAPE IT: A Perfect Gift for Budding Engineers to Become Industry Ready; 36 Golden Rules – Build Your Business for Generations…; The 99 Day Diversity Challenge: Creating an Inclusive Workplace; and Life Skills 101 – The Science of Personal Mastery.
Read them at http://sites.ieee.org/indiacouncil/newsletter/
How to
Launch Your Data Analytics Career
You
live and breathe data analytics. Call it a passion, an obsession, the career
you were made for—giving it a name is easy. Giving it life is the challenge. We
at Aryng know, because every day we help people just like you channel that
passion for data science into a successful and fulfilling data analytics
career.
In
this blog series, we’ll walk you through the steps you can take to begin or
progress your analytics career. All that dreaming about an analytics career can
become reality. So, let’s get going.
Part
1 -- How to Launch Your Data Analytics Career – Identify Your Ideal Data
Analytics Career
Part
2 -- How to Launch Your Data Analytics Career – Finding Skill Gaps
Part
3 -- How to Launch Your Data Analytics Career -- Closing Your Skill Gaps
$1B+
Market Map: The World’s 308 Unicorn Companies In One Infographic
Using
the CB Insights database, we mapped all 308 global unicorn companies valued at
$1B+ according to the primary markets in which they operate. Our market map
sorts unicorns into 13 categories, from auto tech to e-commerce. The Other
category includes companies within real estate, ed tech, renewable energy,
aerospace, and more. Check out the full list of companies under the market map
below.
38 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War To Forecasting
Weather, UAVs Change Everything
UAVs
are tackling everything from disease control to vacuuming up ocean waste to
delivering pizza, and more.
Drone
technology has been used by defense organizations and tech-savvy consumers for
quite some time. However, the benefits of this technology extends well beyond
just these sectors.
With
the rising accessibility of drones, many of the most dangerous and high-paying
jobs within the commercial sector are ripe for displacement by drone
technology. The use cases for safe, cost-effective solutions range from data
collection to delivery. And as autonomy and collision-avoidance technologies
improve, so too will drones’ ability to perform increasingly complex tasks.
According
to forecasts, the emerging global market for business services using drones is
valued at over $127B. As more companies look to capitalize on these commercial
opportunities, investment into the drone space continues to grow.
A
drone or a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) typically refers to a pilotless
aircraft that operates through a combination of technologies, including
computer vision, artificial intelligence, object avoidance tech, and others.
But drones can also be ground or sea vehicles that operate autonomously.
Below,
check out the ways companies are harnessing drone technology for commercial
purposes across industries.
The Future Of Data Centers
With over 175 zettabytes of data expected by 2025,
data centers will continue to play a vital role in the ingestion, computation,
storage, and management of information.
Often hidden in plain sight, data centers are the
backbone of our internet. They store, communicate, and transport the
information we produce every single day. The more data we create, the more
vital our data centers become.
But many of today’s data centers are clunky,
inefficient, and outdated. To keep them running, data center operators, from
FAMGA to colocation providers, are working on upgrading them to fit our
ever-changing world.
In this report, we take a deep dive into the many
aspects of data centers and how they’re evolving, from where and how they’re
built, to the energy they’re using, to the hardware that operates inside them.
The race to save the river Ganges
India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river
high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into
toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities, industrial
hubs and past millions of devotees.
The country’s government, led by Narendra Modi and
his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party that reveres the river, committed
nearly $3 billion of funds to a five-year clean-up of the Ganges, due to be
completed in 2020.
In Uttar Pradesh state, the city of Prayagraj is
currently hosting a huge religious festival called the Kumbh Mela, where up to
150 million pilgrims will come to bathe in the Ganges by March. The state
government has undertaken emergency measures to ensure the water runs clear
there, temporarily closing sewage drains and ordering heavily polluting
tanneries upstream to be shut for a three-month period during the festival.
India’s Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said
last month the plans to clean the river are on track. Modi too has made the
issue a top priority, telling Reuters partner ANI in an interview last month
the government was “working hard” on improving water quality.
But problems still remain. The BJP’s efforts have
been hampered by failure to put plans into effect, meaning much of the money
has gone unspent. Reuters found last year that only a tenth of the funds had
been used in the first two years of the project, with officials struggling to
find land for new treatment plants.
In November, the United Nations said that the Ganges
is still “woefully polluted and efforts to clean it severely lacking”. In a
report it said that despite court orders urging state governments along the
river to ensure no untreated sewage is dumped in the Ganges, the practice is
still widespread. The UN estimates that as much as 80 percent of sewage
discharged into two major tributaries that feed the river is still untreated.
Zettascale
by 2035? China Thinks So
Exascale
machines (of at least a 1 exaflops peak) are anticipated to arrive by around
2020, a few years behind original predictions; and given extreme-scale
performance challenges are not getting any easier, it makes sense that
researchers are already looking ahead to the next big 1,000x performance goal
post: zettascale computing. In a recently published paper, a team from the
National University of Defense Technology in China, responsible for the Tianhe
series of supercomputers, suggests that it will be possible to build a
zettascale machine by 2035. The paper outlines six major challenges with
respect to hardware and software, concluding with recommendations to support
zettascale computing.
Eight
Ways That Climate Change Hurts Humans
From floods and droughts to increases in violent conflict, climate change is taking a toll on the planet’s population
RelatedStory: Climate change and mental health: risks, impacts and priority
actions
50 Times Libraries Surprised Everyone With Their Creativity And
Sense Of Humor
Libraries can be some of the most visually stunning
meccas of architecture, but even if you aren't fortunate enough to live near
one of the most beautiful libraries in the world - your local libraries can
still contain some pretty creative designs. The following list is a collection
of photos from everyday libraries that have been spiced up with hilarious and
creative twists from the funny librarians who run them.
From clever wordplay and funny signs to enchanting
building entrances to organizing books by nudity on the covers these protectors
of books went above and beyond to bring some extra magic to these hubs of
imagination. Scroll down below to see all the literary fun and remember why
libraries are not replaceable. Don't forget to upvote your favs!
Bonus: How to stay fit forever: 25 tips to keep moving when life
gets in the way
hen it comes to exercise, we think about how to
“get” fit. But often, starting out is not the problem. “The big problem is
maintaining it,” says Falko Sniehotta, a professor of behavioural medicine and
health psychology at Newcastle University. The official UK guidelines say
adults should do strength exercises, as well as 150 minutes of moderate
activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, every week. According to the
Health Survey for England in 2016, 34% of men and 42% of women are not hitting
the aerobic exercise targets, and even more – 69% and 77% respectively – are
not doing enough strengthening activity. A report from the World Health
Organization last week found that people in the UK were among the least active
in the world, with 32% of men and 40% of women reporting inactivity. Meanwhile,
obesity is adding to the chronic long-term diseases cited in Public Health
England’s analysis, which shows women in the UK are dying earlier than in most
EU countries.
We all know we should be doing more, but how do we
keep moving when our motivation slips, the weather takes a turn for the worse
or life gets in the way? Try these 25 pieces of advice from experts and
Guardian readers to keep you going.
Events /
Announcements
eWIT: Panel
Discussion on “Leadership Development in the Digital Age” on 29th
Jan 2019
eWIT
invites you to a Panel Discussion on “Leadership Development in the Digital Age”
on
29th
January 2019, Tuesday from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Speakers:
- Ms. Meenalochani Kumar, Senior Principal – Executive Leadership Programs and Talent Development, Sutherland Global
- Ms. Archana Ramanakumar, Vice President & Head of Global Delivery– Life Sciences , Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Ms. Sowmya Ramanathan, Independent HR Consultant
Venue:
Alumni Club, 1, Boat Club Rd, RA Puram, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai,
Registration
Link:
Contact:
Phone : 044 42120706, Email : admin@ewit.co.in
CySI, SPIN &
ISC2 : "Data Privacy Day on 28th Jan 2019
Cyber Society of
India in association with SPIN & ISC2
will be observing "Data Privacy Day on 28th Jan 2019
from 4.30 p.m. onwards at Hotel Raj Palace Sunder followed by Dinner.
Regn Fee: Rs.500/-
for members of ISC 2 / SPIN / CSI / IEEE / ISACA / TNICOA / CySI / VoV / FoPs76Chennai
/ CIO Klub and for others Rs. 600/-
Brochure and
Schedule at: https://goo.gl/DtCpMq
Online registration
at: https://goo.gl/EYnnaN
ICCCMIT-2019:
International conference on Communication, Computing and Information Technology
The Department of
Computer Science department, MOP Vasihnav College for Women, Chennai, in its Silver Jubilee year organizes
its fourth International conference on Communication, Computing and Information
Technology – ICCCMIT 2019 on 15th and 16th February 2019.
Last date for paper
submission: 4th Feb 2019
For details pl.
visit: http://www.mopvc.edu.in/icccmit2019/
ADCOM-2019: 25th annual International Conference on
Advanced Computing and Communications
The
Advanced Computing and Communications Society (ACCS) in association with the
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, announces the 25th
annual International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM
2019) at IIIT Bangalore during 5th - 7th September 2019.
Last
date for paper submission: 20th May 2019
For
details visit: http://accsindia.org/mailer/adcom-2019-call-for-papers.html
SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop
on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019
SETS (Society for Electronic
Transactions and Security) is organizing
"National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE
Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter
& ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019.
For
assistance pl. contact: Dr. P. Nageswara Rao, Workshop Coordinator
Mobile:
9884143131 -- Landline: 044-66632506
Email:
workshop@setsindia.net
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