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- 13 Leading Data Science Products From India That Made It Big In 2019
- Great Global Meetings: Navigating Cultural Differences
- Putting a Finger on Our Phone Obsession
- Do Plants Have Something to Say?
- 40+ Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles
- 16 inventions getting us off fossil fuels and into renewable energy
- The massive plastic-cleaning device invented by a 24-year-old is running into problems in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Take a look at its difficult journey.
- Terms of Service; Didn't Read
- Digital transformation: 10 counterintuitive tips
- The Multi-Billion Dollar India-SaaS Opportunity (250+ SaaS Startups)
- How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
- Open-Source Software Has Changed The Way Software Is Developed. Here’s Where The $33B Industry Is Headed
- Project Management Guide for Beginners
- 113 Design Guidelines for Homepage Usability
- TED Talks: Spoken-word fireworks. (9 talks)
Events /
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- Mini Tutorial on “Demystifying Data Analytics" on 7th Sep 2019
- Online Diversity & Inclusion Summit. 6-7 Sep 2019
- Corenote session on Business Agility on 7th Sep 2019
- Presentation on Workplace Safety & Compliance of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act. On 13th Sep 2019
- Transforming Healthcare With IT: THCIT-2019 at Hyderabad in Sep 2019
- TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. 20-22 Sep 2019 at Chennai
- National Workshop on “Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure” at SETS Chennai during 27-28 Sep 2019
- TENCON-2019: 17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi
- INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat
- UDS 2020: 1st International Conference on Urban Data Science. 20-21 Jan 2020 at IIT Madras
- CSI-2020: 53rd Annual Convention. 16-18 Jan 2020 at Bhubaneshwar
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13
Leading Data Science Products From India That Made It Big In 2019
There
has been a steady increase in the analytics and data science service providers
in India facilitating the adoption of analytics functions across organisations.
Analytics products and services may come in various forms, helping companies
transform the way they conduct business. This year, Analytics India Magazine
brings a list of ‘Top 13 Data Science & Analytics Products in India’ that
are helping organisations to make decisions with data. It lists 13 amazing data
science products that are transforming the industry.
Great Global Meetings: Navigating Cultural Differences
I
once asked a Japanese colleague of mine how he thought a meeting went. He
replied: “Ah, very good.” I was familiar enough with the Japanese culture to
know that if someone says, “very good” it may not be. So I asked: “Toshi-san,
how did it really go?” He taught me a valuable lesson: “In Japan, we sometimes
say you have two ears, two eyes, and one mouth.” I realized that was a
beautiful way for him to gently criticize me for speaking too much in the
meeting. It’s also a very good piece of advice for anyone operating internationally:
Use your eyes and ears to observe and listen, and keep that mouth under
control.
Navigating
cross-cultural differences can be hard enough when team members are
face-to-face, but when most communications are through some kind of
technology—email, phone, IM, video, or online conferencing—it becomes
infinitely more complex. A project team, with members from different cultures
and belief systems, will face real struggles every day as they make decisions,
give feedback, resolve issues, and so on.
In
this article, we discuss the importance of learning how cultural differences
affect the ability of distributed teams to work effectively. We will offer
practical tips for bridging those differences through thoughtfully-planned
conversations.
Putting
a Finger on Our Phone Obsession
Mobile touches: a study on how humans use technology.
We
all know life hasn’t been the same since Apple launched the iPhone nearly ten years
ago. That little screen is always nearby—in our pocket or backpack, on the
nightstand or under the pillow—beckoning us.
Each
of us feels the pull, and it’s hard to dimensionalize. How much are we really
attached to our phones physically, cognitively…emotionally? As People Nerds,
the dscout research team exists to understand that pull.
(Though
this story os bit dated, interesting to know the study results)
Do
Plants Have Something to Say?
Monica
Gagliano says that she has received Yoda-like advice from trees and shrubbery.
She recalls being rocked like a baby by the spirit of a fern. She has ridden on
the back of an invisible bear conjured by an osha root. She once accidentally
bent space and time while playing the ocarina, an ancient wind instrument, in a
redwood forest. “Oryngham,” she says, means “thank you” in plant language.
These interactions have taken place in dreams, visions, songs and telekinetic
interactions, sometimes with the help of shamans or ayahuasca.
This
has all gone on around the same time as Dr. Gagliano’s scientific research,
which has broken boundaries in the field of plant behavior and signaling.
Currently at the University of Sydney in Australia, she has published a number
of studies that support the view that plants are, to some extent, intelligent.
Her experiments suggest that they can learn behaviors and remember them. Her
work also suggests that plants can “hear” running water and even produce
clicking noises, perhaps to communicate.
40+ Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles
Beyond trendy names like Tesla and Alphabet chasing
self-driving cars, a host of auto brands and other tech heavyweights are also
investing in autonomous R&D.
16
inventions getting us off fossil fuels and into renewable energy
Much
of the world's energy is sourced from fossil fuels. .. Several innovators and
companies have developed inventions to help get the world off of non-renewable
energy. For example, the HomeBiogas 2.0 turns food waste into gas, producing up
to three hours of cooking gas.
The
massive plastic-cleaning device invented by a 24-year-old is running into
problems in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Take a look at its difficult
journey.
More
than 320 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, with much of
it accumulating in oceans. At age 16, Dutch innovator Boyan Slat set out to
tackle the problem. Slat proposed an idea for a massive cleanup device that would
collect plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a trash-filled vortex
that's more than twice the size of Texas. The cleanup tool was recently deployed
in the Pacific Ocean, but began spilling the plastic it had collected. Slat
said he's confident that the device will be successful, but some critics remain
skeptical.
Terms
of Service; Didn't Read
https://tosdr.org/ is a user rights initiative to
rate and label website terms & privacy policies, from very good Class A to
very bad Class E.
Terms
of service are often too long to read, but it's important to understand what's
in them. Your rights online depend on them. The tosdr initiative hopes the
ratings of this site can help you get
informed about your rights. Click on a service below, to have more details!
Digital
transformation: 10 counterintuitive tips
No
two digital transformations look alike - so why do so many organizations try to
follow the same rules? Turn common wisdom on its head with these tips from CIOs
and tech execs
The
Multi-Billion Dollar India-SaaS Opportunity (250+ SaaS Startups)
Here’s
our snapshot of the India SaaS-ecosystem (where someone interested can go and
find a list of SaaS companies) curated from SaaSBooMi attendees/applicants.
How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in
Space
Summer Worden, a former Air Force intelligence
officer living in Kansas, has been in the midst of a bitter separation and
parenting dispute for much of the past year. So she was surprised when she
noticed that her estranged spouse still seemed to know things about her
spending. Had she bought a car? How could she afford that?
Ms. Worden put her intelligence background to work,
asking her bank about the locations of computers that had recently accessed her
bank account using her login credentials. The bank got back to her with an
answer: One was a computer network registered to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
Ms. Worden’s spouse, Anne McClain, was a decorated
NASA astronaut on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
She was about to be part of NASA’s first all-female spacewalk. But the couple’s
domestic troubles on Earth, it seemed, had extended into outer space.
Ms. McClain acknowledged that she had accessed the
bank account from space, insisting through a lawyer that she was merely
shepherding the couple’s still-intertwined finances. Ms. Worden felt
differently. She filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and her
family lodged one with NASA’s Office of Inspector General, accusing Ms. McClain
of identity theft and improper access to Ms. Worden’s private financial
records.
Open-Source Software Has Changed The Way Software Is Developed.
Here’s Where The $33B Industry Is Headed
When it comes to software development, the term
“open-source” is almost synonymous.
And as the most collaborative method of software
development, it has grown increasingly popular over the last two decades. In
fact, the open-source services industry is set to exceed $17B in 2019, and
expected to reach nearly $33B by 2022, according to CB Insights’ Market Sizing
tool.
Among its many characteristics, open-source software
is publicly accessible, which allows developers to exchange code & ideas in
a transparent and collaborative fashion. It also enables flexibility for many
businesses looking to solve a wide range of problems.
Today, over 30M developers contribute to
community-based platforms like GitHub. And the broader market is estimated to
be worth hundreds of billions based on recent big-ticket acquisitions like Red
Hat (acquired by IBM for $34B) and GitHub (acquired by Microsoft for $7.5B) —
as well as large public market valuations like those of MongoDB ($7.9B) and
Elastic ($7.3B).
In this analysis, we discuss the various elements of
open-source, including what the software is, who the major players are (as well
as who they’re benefiting — hint: cloud providers), and what the future has in
store.
Project Management Guide for Beginners
Your ultimate introduction to the fundamentals of
project management, curated best practices, and resources for project management
beginners, all in one place.
113 Design Guidelines
for Homepage Usability
While many of these guidelines can apply to web
design in general, they are especially critical to follow when designing your
homepage, because the stakes are so high. Your homepage is often your first —
and possibly your last — chance to attract and retain each customer, rather
like the front page of a newspaper. One of the biggest values of a newspaper's
front page is the priority given to top news items. All homepages would benefit
from being treated like a front page of a major newspaper, with editors who
determine the high-priority content and ensure continuity and style
consistency.
Even small changes to homepages can have drastic
effects. Consider the homepage for The New York Times. If you kept all design
and writing exactly the same on this site but decided to show only local New
York content on the homepage and link to all national and international news,
it would inexorably alter the entire site. On closer examination, this change
doesn't seem small at all.
While we encourage you to use these guidelines as a
checklist when designing your homepage, recognize that they are written in an
abbreviated manner here. You'll need to look at the individual site examples to
see these guidelines used properly or, more often, overlooked. This is an
extensively illustrated book, and it is only in the context of a visual example
that you can fully appreciate the negative impact of ignoring these guidelines.
All said, these are just guidelines, not axioms. For
all sites, there are surely exceptions. However, we've developed these
guidelines from our combined 14 years of experience, running user tests on
homepages and observing what makes them pass or fail user scrutiny. Although
you can greatly improve the usability of your homepage by following these
guidelines, you also need to involve your own users in the process through
methods such as field studies and usability testing and incorporate iterative
feedback into your development cycle. If you make a decision not to follow a
guideline, do so based on customer information in the context of your homepage.
(Though this post is dated interesting)
TED Talks: Spoken-word fireworks. (9 talks)
Brave and beautiful expressions from some of the world's most talented
spoken-word performers, who weave stories in words and gestures. 9 Talks . 2hr
3 min.
Watch them at https://www.ted.com/playlists/87/spoken_word_fireworks
Events /
Announcements
Mini
Tutorial on “Demystifying Data Analytics" on 7th Sep 2019
Pl. find an announcement and call for
participation in the mini tutorial on "Demystifying Data Analytics"
on 7th Sep 2019 at the Seminar Hall, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering
College, Kodambakkam, Chennai- 600024.
For the PDF announcement pl.
visit http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2019/mini-tut-190907-da.pdf
A nominal registration fee of Rs. 150/- (for
members of IEEE, ACM, CSI, SPIN, eWIT, CySI, ISACA and students & faculty
of MSEC, SJIT) and Rs. 200/- (for others) will be payable at the time of
registration. The fee includes: kit, tea, and participation certificate.
To participate, pl. register
through https://in.explara.com/e/mini-tutorial-on-demystifying-data-analytics
As the seats are limited, early
registration is suggested.
Online Diversity & Inclusion Summit. 6-7 Sep 2019
- First-of-its-kind online summit in D&I in India, for you to access anytime, anywhere.
- Learn from leaders around the world on the current D&I trends
- Listen to the best practices from the experts on their journey, what worked for them; the hurdles faced; the benefits gained; the ideas that failed.
- Get a consolidated repository of the industry best practices in the form of e-book.
- Manage your talent and reap the benefits of creating diverse and sustainable workspaces.
- If you are new to D & I, then begin your journey now.
Register at http://www.onlinediversitysummit.com/
Corenote session on Business Agility on 7th Sep 2019
SPIN Chennai is
organising a corenote session on 'Business Agility' with Sriram Narayanasami, Vice President & Head - Commercial,
Maersk, Founder, Sublime Causes (non-profit/NGO) & Head, OceanPro (Startup
Accelerator by Maersk). on 7th
Sep 2019 at 9.30 a.m. at Alumni Center Conference hall, Anna University.
Pl. register at: https://in.explara.com/e/corenote-session-business-agility/
Presentation on Workplace Safety &
Compliance of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act. On 13th Sep 2019
ACM, IEEE CS, TEMS,
WIE, Shasun College CSI SB jointly organise a presentation on
“Workplace Safety
& Compliance of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act” by Ms. Viji Hari, Co-Founder
and CEO of KelpHR, Author of Behind Closed Cubicles on Friday, 13th Sep 2019 at
5.45 p.m. at Seminar Hall, Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for
Women, Near T. Nagar Bus Stand, Chennai –
600017. The presentation will cover the following:
• Workplace Safety for Women
• What is Sexual Harassment at Workplace
• Various forms of Harassment at Work
• Provisions of Prevention of Sexual
Harassment Act
• Prevention and Redressal Measures
• Responsibilities of an Employee and
Employer
For PDF invite pl.
see: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2019/mm-190913-posh.pdf
Pre-register at http://bit.ly/2MKYGSm
Transforming
Healthcare With IT: THCIT-2019 at Hyderabad in Sep 2019
Transforming
Healthcare with IT is the annual national conference and the largest healthcare
conference and trade show in India organized by Apollo Telemedicine Networking
Foundation. The 9th edition of “Transforming Healthcare with IT” is scheduled
to be held on 13-14 September’ 2019 at The HICC, Hyderabad, India
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
National
Workshop on “Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure” at SETS Chennai during
27-28 Sep 2019
Society
for Electronic Transactions and Security & Centre For Development Of
Advanced Computing in association with CSI, IEEE CS & ACM are oraganisisng
a two days workshop on “Cyber Security
for Critical Infrastructure” at SETS Chennai during 27-28 Sep 2019.
Workshop
brochure at https://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/CSCI_BROC.pdf
Registration
Form at https://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/CSCI_REG.pdf
TENCON-2019:
17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi
TENCON
is a premier international technical conference of IEEE Region 10. The 2019
edition of TENCON on the theme “Technology, Knowledge, and Society” is being organised by IEEE Kochi Section during
17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi.
Early
Bird Registration ends on 8-th Sep 2019
More
details at http://www.tencon2019.org
INDICON-2019.
13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat
INDICON
is the flagship Annual International Conference of the IEEE India Council. The
16th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON 2019) is being
organized by IEEE Gujarat Section from 13 – 15 December 2019, at Marwadi
University, Rajkot (GUJARAT) on the theme: Applying Artificial Intelligence in
Engineering for Humanity.
More
details at http://indicon2019.in/
UDS 2020: 1st
International Conference on Urban Data Science. 20-21 Jan 2020 at IIT
Madras
Urban
areas continue to be the centers of human activities and remain the loci of
resource and service consumption, economic transactions, and innovation. In
fact, the projections in parts of the world point to rapid urban growth. Other
areas of the urbanized world are experiencing population decline, reduced
revenues, concentrated poverty, and higher demands for services. Whether
growing or shrinking, cities and metropolitan areas face challenges of
infrastructure, public health, transportation, public safety, and environmental
sustainability, to name but a few. To address some of these challenges, the
cities of today are increasingly leveraging advanced computing and
communication technologies as well as big data analytics under the umbrella of
smart cities and urban informatics. Extensive research is taking place in a
wide range of relevant research areas to address some of these emerging
challenges. Smart City initiative is of global importance especially undertaken
by cities in US, India, multiple EU countries, and UAE governments in recent
times.
We
are pleased to announce the first international conference focused on urban
data science and smart cities. The conference aims to gather researchers,
practitioners, and subject matter experts from academia, industry, and city
administration to address a number of research themes arising out of building
future smart cities.
The
conference is naturally expected to be multi-disciplinary, drawing experts in
data science, social sciences, cloud and distributed computing, urban
sustainability, public policy, and software engineering. Participants are
expected to share new findings, discuss current and future urban challenges,
exchange ideas, discuss potential collaborative opportunities, and report
latest research efforts.
Paper
Submission Deadline: 1st October, 2019
CFP
announcement at http://dos.iitm.ac.in/UDS2020/CFP_UDS.pdf
For
more details pl. visit http://dos.iitm.ac.in/UDS2020/
CSI-2020: 53rd
Annual Convention. 16-18 Jan 2020 at Bhubaneshwar
CSI 2020, the 53rd annual
convention of CSI on the theme “Digital Democracy - IT For Change” is being
organised during 16-18 Jan 2020.
Last date for paper submission: 15th
Oct 2019
More details at http://csi-india.org/csi2020/
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