Monday, 3 June 2019

Interesting Reads – 2019-06-01



Interesting Reads – 2019-06-01   

Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at
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Current IR Quiz at  https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/06/ir-quiz-2019-06-01.html

Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at
https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-2018.html

Articles

  • WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project
  • 5 Types of Ecommerce Business Models That Work Right Now
  • What is soft skills?
  • Inside GCHQ: The Art of Spying in the Digital Age
  • Some insights into Vedic Management
  • How IoT Became IoUT (Internet of Unexpected Things)
  • Job hunting in the digital age: Your next interview could be with a robot that will identify your personality, from agreeable to neurotic. Feeling jittery? Here's how it works.
  • Not Your Usual Top 10 List: Google Team Asks Experts for Online Security Advice for Everyday Users. It Comes Up with 152 Things to Know.
  • 50 years of Software: How It Began, Where It's Going
  • Industrial Technology Research Institute Lists Top 10 Tech Trends for Asia by 2030
  • Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry
  • The library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
  • Visualizing the AI Revolution in One Infographic
  • Floating cities are getting far closer to reality than ever before - but they won't be the libertarian utopias billionaires have proposed
  • Bonus:  Sustainability by design (12 talks)

Events / Announcements

  • Facebook India Innovation Accelerator.  Last date to apply 9th June 2019
  • NPTEL Courses
  • National Training Program-2019 (NSTP-2019)
  • TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. Tutorial-cum-Hackathon Workshop
    7-9  Jun 2019  & 6-7 Jul 2019
  • TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference.  20-22 Sep 2019 at Chennai
  • ACM-W Lady Ada Programming Competition. Last date 10th Jun 2019
  • Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2019 during 12-16 August at Seoul, Korea
  • IEEE INDICON-2019 at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat during 13-15 Dec 2019

IR-Quiz

Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-06-01 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher  from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/06/ir-quiz-2019-06-01.html

Access Links

Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/06/interesting-reads-2019-06-01.html

Current IR Quiz at  https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/06/ir-quiz-2019-06-01.html

Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at
https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-2018.html

Feedback

We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. 

Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. 

Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts.  

Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com 

With regards
HR Mohan

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Articles

WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project

The internal email communication dated 12 November 1990, from from Tim Berners Lee at CERN proposing for a  Hypertext project with a detailed document owhich eventually become Word Wide Web.

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5 Types of Ecommerce Business Models That Work Right Now

Ecommerce business models of all types are thriving. Sales from online stores are expected to increase 78% by 2020. It’s easy to get caught up and excited in the latest ecommerce trends, but unless you know the fundamentals, you’ll hit a profitability wall without knowing it.

A booming ecommerce business takes intuition, knowledge of your market, a solid business plan, and careful research into products and ecommerce business models. But one of the biggest hurdles most newcomers to the space face is easy to solve. Many would-be ecommerce business owners just don’t know how ecommerce businesses are set up and what business and product model options are available to them.

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What is soft skills?

A soft skill is a personal attribute that supports situational awareness and enhances an individual's ability to get a job done. The term soft skills is often used as a synonym for people skills or emotional intelligence. Unlike hard skills, which describe a person's technical ability to perform a specifically-defined task, soft skills are broadly applicable across job titles and industries. It's often said that while hard skills might get someone an interview, soft skills will help that person get (and keep) the job.

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Inside GCHQ: The Art of Spying in the Digital Age

Britain’s biggest intelligence service is rethinking its mission — and recruitment strategy. As the centenary of its creation approaches, the UK’s largest intelligence service is having to rethink the way it recruits the spies of tomorrow. Faced with sweeping technological change and a rapidly evolving security threat, GCHQ now plays a far more wide-ranging role in the everyday safety of British citizens than was probably ever imagined when it was founded in 1919 as the Government Code and Cypher School.

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Some insights into Vedic Management

The book  “Vedic Management” authored by Dr . S. Kananan, is a unique, authentic and comprehensive book on Vedic Management has a special appeal to all management students, professors and practitioners across the globe through its holistic approach to managerial excellence. The author has delivered presentations on the subject at different institutions. The following two such presentation are quite popular

Slides-1: Vedic Management – The Holistic Approach to Managerial Excellence
Slides-2: Vedic Management with special emphasis on its Applications in Marketing  

How IoT Became IoUT (Internet of Unexpected Things)

It is an exciting time in the IoT space. And if we’ve learned one thing, it’s that our only barrier to innovation is our own imagination. In 2018, IoT connected the unexpected – like prosthetic limbs and tectonic plates – to improve daily life with smart solutions. Looking ahead, I believe we’ll see 2019 continue leading and delivering IoT’s potential. But, here’s a look back at a few unexpected things IoT made a bit “smarter”:

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Job hunting in the digital age: Your next interview could be with a robot that will identify your personality, from agreeable to neurotic. Feeling jittery? Here's how it works.

Current hiring trends indicate that your next job interview could very well be with a robot. While employers may like the automation, job hunters’ reactions may depend on whether or not they get the job—and the salary they deserve. In addition to rifling through resumes, AI bots are now doing the interviewing too. Their surprising success has researchers racing to build the best robot possible—even cobbling together a model from several other artificial intelligence systems.

Engineers from Estonia and Spain studied the AI models of several other research groups—all of whom participated in the 2017 ChaLearn Looking at People (LAP) CVPR/IJCNN Competition—and extracted their best features to create a new AI interviewer with almost 90 percent accuracy in determining a job applicant’s personality traits.

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Not Your Usual Top 10 List: Google Team Asks Experts for Online Security Advice for Everyday Users. It Comes Up with 152 Things to Know.

Worried about your online security? A Google team asked experts on its Google Online Security Blog for their top three pieces of advice for non-tech-savvy users. After 231 security experts responded, the Google team concluded what many average users have long known: Our digital world is downright confusing at times. To come up with a fast checklist for online safety is “no small task,” the Google researchers concluded. So, in an effort to make the world a digitally safer place, the Google authors developed for the IEEE Computer Society, the world’s premier association of computing professionals, a list of “152 Simple Steps to Stay Safe Online.”

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50 years of Software: How It Began, Where It's Going

Just 50 years ago, “software engineering” emerged as a field unto itself, legitimized as a branch of science and technology, joining the pantheon of professions devoted to engineering.

Today, software eats our world.

Our daily lives seem built on the languages of programmers. We furnish, clothe, and feed ourselves by going online (often with help from recommendation algorithms). Our cars run on code as much as fuel.

And chances are, you are reading this on a device whose lifeblood is software.

Now the finest minds in software — including the pioneer who invented “software engineering” — gather at this half-century milestone and look into the past and future of the revolutionary instructions that are software.

In a special presentation of their analyses and commentary, the Computer Society’s award-winning IEEE Software magazine recently chronicled the speed of software’s journey and describes the daunting frontiers ahead for software developers. Here’s a summary of their peer-reviewed research, placed in front of the paywall for a limited time (a login may be required after the open period).

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Industrial Technology Research Institute Lists Top 10 Tech Trends for Asia by 2030
 
A new report from the IEK Consulting of Industrial Technology Research Institute assesses the 2030 market perspectives and policy plans of major Asian countries and lists the 10 most crucial advanced technologies that will affect the Asian region by 2030.

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Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry

Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage.

Yet our recent study found the global pharmaceutical industry is not only a s
ignificant contributor to global warming, but it is also dirtier than the global automotive production sector.

It was a surprise to find how little attention researchers have paid to the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. Only two other studies had some relevance: one looked at the environmental impact of the U.S. health-care system and the other at the pollution (mostly water) discharged by drug manufacturers..

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The library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot

Last year two Danish librarians – Christian Lauersen and Marie Eiriksson – founded Library Planet: a worldwide, crowdsourced, online library travel guide. According to them, Library Planet is meant to inspire travellers “to open the awesome book that is our world of libraries, cities and countries”.

The name of the online project is a deliberate nod to the Australian-made Lonely Planet. The concept is simple and powerful. Library lovers contribute library profiles and images from their travels; the founders then curate and publish the posts, with the ambition of capturing library experiences and library attractions from around the world.

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Visualizing the AI Revolution in One Infographic

Science fiction didn’t do a great job in preparing us for our first real encounters with AI. Most people probably still envision AI in the form of a sentient robot that can talk, move around, and experience feelings – something like WALL-E or C-3PO from the movies. Although that still may be the dream, it turns out that the current iteration of AI is actually quite different. With modern AI, all the “thinking” gets done in the cloud, and the algorithms aren’t tied to the identity of a physical machine like we would have expected from the big screen. The modern iteration of AI works silently in the background without a face, and it’s starting to impact everything it touches. It’s also set to transform our economy at warp speed.

This infographic helps you understand the context around this emerging force. Entitled “The AI Revolution”, it covers the brief history of AI, the industries that will be affected, as well as some key AI statistics that are likely to catch your eye.

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Floating cities are getting far closer to reality than ever before - but they won't be the libertarian utopias billionaires have proposed

It's been about 13 centuries since Homer envisioned a mythical floating city surrounding by "unbreakable bronze." The idea has generally remained the province of myth since then - until last month.

In April, the United Nations hosted a roundtable to discuss a proposal for a floating community called Oceanix City that could withstand floods, tsunamis, and Category 5 hurricanes. The project, which hails from architect Bjarke Ingels and the design firm Oceanix, consists of a collection of hexagonal platforms that combine to form six villages, each with around 1,800 residents.

The concept arose from a desire to address rising sea levels and land constraints in major cities. In a statement at the roundtable, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called the floating city "part of our new arsenal of tools" to address issues like poverty, climate change, disease outbreaks, and the mass movements of migrants and refugees.

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Bonus:  Sustainability by design (12 talks)

Humans are builders and creators—but how can we build thoughtfully, without waste? These talks explore sustainable design—both past and present—and its beautiful, inspiring results.

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Events / Announcements

Facebook India Innovation Accelerator.  Last date to apply 9th June 2019

Facebook is partnering with T-Hub to launch the second edition of the India Innovation Hub Accelerator program, focused on 'AI for Social Good'. This edition of the accelerator program aims to support startups that are focused on building products and services, which are solving complex social problems, using AI in the domains of Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Opportunity, Innovation Infrastructure, Climate Change, and Peace and Justice.

Startups selected for the program will receive support to scale their efforts and improve their products and services, to better tackle fundamental challenges facing the region, as well as scale internationally. Facebook will provide technical support, mentorship, training on the use of Facebook products and tools, and access to dozens of experts within the company. Through various interventions, Facebook and T-Hub will help startups refine their methodology and playbook, accelerating their growth.

Last date to apply is 9th June 2019.

For details pl. visit https://t-hub.co/innovation_accelerator/

NPTEL Courses

NPTEL is happy to announce that enrolment for 359 courses in July to Dec 2019 semester is open now!  Exam dates: Sep 29, 2019 (2 Sessions: 9am-12 noon; 2pm-5pm) and Nov-16/17, 2019 (2 Sessions: 9am-12 noon; 2pm-5pm)

The course list can be found at http://bit.ly/2wvfJhe

National Training Program-2019 (NSTP-2019)

NSTP-2019 in association with Saarang IIT Madras, is planning to organize One-week National Summer Training program at your college premises. Some of the topics include: Machine Learning For Data Science; BigData & Hadoop;  Python Programming; Android Apps Development; Internet of Things Using Arduino; and Cloud Computing. 

For details pl. visit http://www.finlandlabs.com/nstp/

TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. Tutorial-cum-Hackathon Workshop:   7-9  Jun 2019  & 6-7 Jul 2019

TIC 2019 -- Tamil Internet Conference proposes to conduct a Pre-Conference Tutorial cum Hackathon which is open to students and professionals. Here, Participants will be trained on the usage of Tamil NLP/ChatBots during the Tutorial. Participants can also come up with their own ideas and prototype them during Hackathon. Top three products will be recognized with prizes. For Registration of workshop, follow the link:

More details at https://tamilinternetconference.org/tic2019/index.php/workshop/

TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference.  20-22 Sep 2019 at Chennai

The 18th Edition of Tamil Internet Conference (TIC 2019), is jointly organized by International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil (INFITT) and Anna University, Chennai, India from  September 20-22, 2019 . TIC 2019 invites the submission of technical papers from researchers who are involved in different aspects of Tamil Computing and Information Technology to send their research work for presentation in one of the technical sessions of the main track of the conference which will be held in Anna University Chennai, India during the above period.

TIC 2019 welcomes double-blind anonymous submissions on significant, original, and previously unpublished research on all the aspects of Tamil computing. Kindly go through the attached brochure to know the scope of the conference.

More details at https://tamilinternetconference.org/tic2019

Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2019 during 12-16 August at Seoul, Korea

The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) is a 5-day capacity development workshop focused on topics related to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Internet governance. It is targeted at, but not limited to, undergraduate and graduate students from universities and tertiary educational institutions in South Korea and Asia Pacific. Anyone from the Asia Pacific region, interested in Internet governance issues and related international activities, and between the ages of 18 and 35, are welcome to participate.

APIGA 2019 will be held in Sejong Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 12-16 August 2019. APIGA is co-hosted by ICANN and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA),

For fellowship and more details pl. visit https://community.icann.org/display/GSEAPAC/Asia+Pacific+Internet+Governance+Academy

ACM-W Lady Ada Programming Competition. Last date 10th Jun 2019

ACM W India pleased to inform the launch of Lady Ada Programming   competition for girl students. This coding  contest will act as platform to develop and showcase the coding talent which will empower the girl techies across India. 

ACM-W creates a portal of opportunities for girls to explore, enhance and expand their coding skills. This coding contest happens in three levels with the first two rounds online and the last round at  IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The Last Date for Registration : 10th Jun 2019  .

Brochure at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=133iyTFWBeJsA9zgD-KU1WgcQKrAfpk2K

Registration link: http://assessments.reliscore.com/acmw/register53146/

IEEE INDICON-2019 at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat during 13-15 Dec 2019

IEEE INDICON 2019 – the flagship conference of the IEEE India Council – will be held at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat from December 13 to 15, 2019 with the theme “Applying Artificial Intelligence in Engineering for prosperity and betterment of humanity”.

The Call for Papers is now available on the IEEE INDICON 2019 website; http://indicon2019.in/

IR-Quiz

Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-06-01 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher  from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/06/ir-quiz-2019-06-01.html

Archives of Interesting Reads 

To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit
https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-2018.html

Feedback

We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. 

Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. 

Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts.  

Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com  

With regards
HR Mohan
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