Interesting
Reads – 2019-03-01
Contents
Articles
- Internet Society 2019 Global Internet Report
- 5G Radiation Dangers – 11 Reasons To Be Concerned
- Geolocation Forensics
- What is the Momo challenge? Sick WhatsApp 'suicide' game targeting young kids
- 20 Best Motivational Books to Take Charge of Your Life
- The Third Law: The future of computing is analog
- China’s Tech Firms Are Mapping Pig Faces
- We Asked 105 Experts What Scares and Inspires Them Most About the Future
- You Do Not Need Blockchain: Eight Popular Use Cases And Why They Do Not Work
- 10 Principles for Modernizing Your Company’s Technology
- Bonus: Videos to Watch
Events /
Announcements
- CSI, IEEE CS, ACM: Presentation on “Opportunities in Open Source” on Saturday, 2nd Mar 2019 at Chennai
- Data Fellows Programme in The Hague, the Netherlands
- ORSI, Chennai: Prof.TR Natesan Endowment Lecture on 8th March 2019 at IIT Madras
- SETS: Free Seminar on Trends in Cyber Security
- ACM India Summer Schools 2019 at Seven locations
- SETS Certificate Course on Advanced Network Security
- CDAC: Hands-On Courses On Data Science
- Call For Papers: IEEE TENCON 2019 at Kochi during 17-19 Oct 2019
- Matsumae International Foundation of Japan. Scholarship for PhD scholars
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Articles
Internet
Society 2019 Global Internet Report
Consolidation
in the Internet Economy. How will consolidation impact the Internet’s technical
evolution and use?
In
the 2019 report, the Internet Society asks whether the Internet economy is
consolidating and, if it is, what the implications might be. From the dominance
of Facebook in social messaging, Google in search and Amazon in online
shopping, the largest Internet platforms are capturing fundamental human
interactions. This dominance, and the finances and reach that accompany it,
enable the platforms to extend their influence and reach into new market spaces,
from autonomous vehicles, to AI, to cloud services and beyond. This leverage is
built on unprecedented network effects, vast troves of user data, business
agility, and regulatory freedom that few other companies enjoy.
5G Radiation Dangers –
11 Reasons To Be Concerned
Like it or not we’re rapidly moving
into the world of 5G, or 5th generation cellular telecommunications. Why? Because
the frequency bandwidths used currently by cell phones and similar technologies
are becoming saturated. And also because we live in a world where people want
more. 5G, and the Internet of Things (IoT) that goes with it, promises to give
us more. But more what?
The USA is currently leading the way on
5G. At the June 2016 press conference where the Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC) head Tom Wheeler announced the opening up of low, mid and
high spectrum’s. There was no mention of health effects whatsoever. But the
dangers are real.
Geolocation
Forensics
Everything
in this article addresses methods and techniques to place a person (or a
device) at an exact physical location, anywhere on the planet. Varying methods have
varying degrees of accuracy and varying degrees of reliability. When there is
only one source of geolocation data, the reliability may not be as accurate or
reliable when there are several sources of corroborating data sources. With
that, how close can we get in narrowing down a person or device to a specific
physical location?
Download
the eForensics Magazine 2019 02 OSINT in Forensics PREVIEW.pdf after a simple
registration process
What
is the Momo challenge? Sick WhatsApp 'suicide' game targeting young kids
The
'challenge', which has left British youngsters fearing for their lives and
struggling to sleep, has even been linked to child suicides
20
Best Motivational Books to Take Charge of Your Life
Motivation.
When you have it, anything seems achievable. When it is lacking, it can
sometimes be tough to get out of bed.
Like
anything, books can be motivational. In fact, books and movies may be two of
the most motivational mediums around.
When
you read a good book, you want to go out and conquer the world. The book
motivates you to succeed, and if it is a good motivational book, it also hands
you tools to help you succeed. That is what make a great motivational book.
And
that is what this list is all about. It is a list of the best motivational
books to help you take change of your life.
These
books are all nonfiction. Fiction books may be motivational, but they often are
short on details for achieving transformational life changes.
The Third Law: The future of computing is analog
The history of computing can be divided into an Old
Testament and a New Testament: before and after electronic digital computers
and the codes they spawned proliferated across the earth. The Old Testament
prophets, who delivered the underlying logic, included Thomas Hobbes and
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The New Testament prophets included Alan Turing,
John von Neumann, Claude Shannon, and Norbert Wiener. They delivered the
machines.
The next revolution in computing will be signaled by
the rise of analog systems over which digital programming no longer has
control.
China’s Tech Firms Are Mapping Pig Faces
As a devastating disease afflicts the country’s swine,
companies are scrambling to roll out facial and voice recognition and other
unproven ways to save them.
We
Asked 105 Experts What Scares and Inspires Them Most About the Future
The
future is wonderful, the future is terrifying. That’s our motto at Motherboard.
Envisioning
the future defined by our wildest ambitions or our deepest fears is an instinct
as old as human culture. But it has taken on new urgency in recent years, as
people grapple with profound paradigm shifts worldwide. We are living in the
most socially interconnected and technologically advanced society in history.
We are discovering far-flung alien exoplanets, designing algorithms that mimic
how we think, and becoming fluent in the genetic language of life. What could
go wrong? What could go right?
To
shed light on those questions, Motherboard asked 105 interdisciplinary thinkers
about their fears and hopes about the future. We defined “thinkers” and “smart
people” as experts in fields we regularly cover. Participants include (but are
not limited to) 19 space scientists, 19 biologists and environmental
scientists, 11 computer scientists, eight medical scientists, five lawyers,
four historians, a musicologist, a paleontologist, an astronaut, and a digital
artist who replied with emojis.
Most
of the participants are based in the United States (69), but we also received
responses from experts in Europe (20), Australia (5), Canada (4), Singapore
(2), South Africa (2), Taiwan (1), India (1), and Bangladesh (1). We talked to
56 women and 49 men.
All
105 participants fielded these twin questions: What worries you most about the
future? What gives you the most hope about the future? Their responses, listed
below, are edited for brevity and arranged by field of expertise. If you’d like
to read only the fears and worries, grouped by common themes, click
here. If you’d like to read only the hopes by theme, click
here.
You Do
Not Need Blockchain: Eight Popular Use Cases And Why They Do Not Work
People
are resorting to blockchain for all kinds of reasons these days. Ever since I
started doing smart contract security audits in mid-2017, I’ve seen it all. A
special category of cases is ‘blockchain use’ that seems logical and
beneficial, but actually contains a problem that then spreads from one startup
to another. I am going to give some examples of such problems and ineffective
solutions so that you (developer/customer/investor) know what to do when
somebody offers you to use blockchain this way.
10 Principles for Modernizing Your Company’s Technology
Today’s technology platforms are not just new
versions of legacy systems. They allow you to design a completely new digital
enterprise — as long as you follow these guidelines.
Bonus: Videos to Watch
10 ways you could derail your community Link
The self-assembling computer chips of the future Link
What if 3D printing was 100x faster? Link
What would happen if we upload our brains to
computers? Link
Design at the intersection of technology and biology Link
Events /
Announcements
CSI, IEEE CS, ACM: Presentation on “Opportunities in Open Source”
on Saturday, 2nd Mar 2019 at Chennai
CSI,
IEEE CS & ACM cordially invite you for a presentation on “Opportunities in
Open Source” by Mr. Shakthi Kannan, Senior DevOps Engineer, Aerospike Inc,
Bangalore on Saturday, 2nd March 2019 at 6.00 p.m. at The Seminar Hall, CSI
Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113
The
formal pdf invite is at at
and
also shared at
To
facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/TZASB1
Data Fellows Programme in The Hague, the Netherlands
The United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has a Centre for Humanitarian Data
in The Hague, the Netherlands to help increase the use and impact of data in
the humanitarian sector. The vision is to create a future where all people
involved in a humanitarian emergency have access to the data they need, when
and how they need it, to make responsible and informed decisions.
The Centre will soon host its second
class of Fellows in The Hague in June and July 2019. Through this programme,
Fellows will come together to design and deliver targeted projects that
contribute to the overall goals of the Centre. The 2019 Fellows will focus on
four areas where the Centre is seeking new perspectives, insights and
partnerships including: Business Strategy, Data Science (education data),
Predictive Analytics, and Statistics (disability data). The Fellowship
programme is residential, with Fellows living and working in The Hague under
the direction of the Coordinator for the Data Fellows Programme.
Support for the second class of
Fellows is being provided as part of the OCHA partnership with, inter alia,
Education Above All Foundation that works to improve access to quality education
for vulnerable and marginalized people in the developing world.
Fellows will receive a lump sum
amount to cover travel and living expenses during the two-month term.
Online application open up to 5th
Mar 2019
Details at https://centre.humdata.org/data-fellows/
ORSI, Chennai:
Prof.TR Natesan Endowment Lecture on 8th March 2019 at IIT Madras
ORSI,
Chennai Chapter is organizing Prof.TR Natesan Endowment Lecture on "A
Short Survey on Game Theory" on 8th March 2019 from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
at Department of Management Studies, IITM.
More
details at http://orsichennai.com/reg.jpg
SETS: Free
Seminar on Trends in Cyber Security
SETS
(society for Electronic Transactions and Security is organising free seminar on
Cyber Security with a focus on state-of-the-art technologies like Artificial Intelligence
(AI), Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) from 4.p.m. to 6.p.m. on 8th
and also on 9th Mar 2019 at SETS, Chennai. For registration, pl. visit https://www.setsindia.in/scs
ACM India Summer
Schools 2019 at Seven locations
ACM
India is pleased to announce ACM India Summer Schools 2019 after the highly
successful summer schools held last two years. These schools are targeted at
pre-final year undergraduate or masters students. In exceptional cases, PhD
students or students in other years may also be considered.
This
year, seven (7) summer schools are planned. The duration of these courses will
be 2/3 weeks.
While
ACM student membership is NOT a must,
students are encouraged to join ACM as student members.
BE
(CSE, IT), MCA and MSc (CS) students are eligible to apply.
Application
deadline is 14th Mar 2019
For
more details regarding the courses, venue, online application process, please
visit http://india.acm.org/summer-schools-2019.html
SETS Certificate
Course on Advanced Network Security
SETS
initiated an Advanced Cyber Security Education & Training School (ACSETS)
to impart e-Security Training in niche areas where SETS has its strengths in
order to develop skill sets among stakeholders: Working Professionals, Teaching
Faculty, Researchers, Students (UG, PG in different streams of Engineering
& Sciences). Developing quality manpower in various domains relating to cybersecurity
is vital from the national perspective. ACSETS will take up advanced training
in the areas of expertise of SETS. Keeping in view the growing needs of cyber
security professionals, SETS is launching a six weeks certification programme
titled “SETS Certificate on Advanced Network Security (SCANS)”.
The
course is designed to provide in-depth exposure to Cyber Security technologies
and tools and to train the candidates to secure networks and systems from the
ever-widening cyber-attack surface. It provides an insight on challenges faced
in securing real world network systems and defense mechanisms. Also, candidates
get acquainted with the use of tools to prevent attacks, identify anomalies and
safeguard networks with various techniques and solutions.
The
course is open for
- Candidates who completed their Engineering (BE/ B.Tech or Higher Qualification) in thestreams of ECE/ CSE/ EEE/ EIE/ IT/ and MCA, M.Sc (Electronics, Computer science, Information Science, IT)
- Candidates who are pursuing 3rd year/4th year Engineering (BE/ B.Tech) in the streams of ECE/CSE/ EEE/ EIE/ IT/ and 2nd year MCA students (during their vacation)
- Diploma / Science graduates with exposure to programming and cyber security.
- Working professionals who are keen on developing/ enhancing their cyber security skills.
The
course duration is Six weeks full-time (Monday-Friday from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
) with equal emphasis on theory and practical.
Last
date to apply online is 15th Mar 2019
For
details visit https://www.setsindia.in/scans
CDAC: Hands-On Courses On Data Science
We are living in a Data Age. Data is
being continuously generated and consumed in various formats, and sizes from a
number of varied sources. This data can be a big asset if stored, processed and
analysed efficiently in real time with the help of intelligent algorithms.
There is a growing interest to utilize such data for the improvement of
business, health, education, society, etc.
There are many ways to process and
analyse such data spanning techniques like data visualisation, text analysis,
predictions and recommendations etc. Applications of these techniques can give
companies and organisations valuable insights leading to competitive advantage,
efficient service delivery and above all customer satisfaction. And so the
demand for skilled resources in these fields is growing day by day.
With this view, CDAC, Mumbai is
announcing three short-term courses in Data Science and Machine Learning.
More details at http://kbcs.in/datascience/courses/index.html
Call For Papers: IEEE TENCON 2019 at Kochi during 17-19 Oct 2019
TENCON is the flagship premier
international technical conference of IEEE Region 10. The Theme for TENCON 2019
is "Technology, Knowledge, and Society", and it will be held during
17th to 20th October, 2019 at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Bolgatty, Kochi, Kerala.
Paper submission deadline: 29th
Apr 2019
More at http://www.tencon2019.org
Matsumae International Foundation of Japan. Scholarship for PhD scholars
Matsumae International Foundation
(MIF), Japan announces its 2020 Research Fellowship Program for PhD Scholars for
a period of from three to six months and the number of fellowships is about 20.
Field of research include: Natural Science, Engineering and Medicine.
For details visit http://www.mif-japan.org/fellowship/announcement/?hl=en
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