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How to choose the right engineering college?
Former Vice Chancellor of Anna University Balagurusamy has suggested tips to help students choose the best engineering colleges.
Reskilling for an automated future
New technologies were reshaping the future of work even before the pandemic increased reliance on automation and remote working. Now, 25 percent more workers may need to switch occupations—making reskilling essential. And like many other workplace challenges, automation disproportionately affects women and Black employees. For insights on adapting to the changing world of work, explore our recent research.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/reskilling-for-an-automated-future
How to successfully complete a computer science degree
We've gathered helpful tools and advice to completing a degree in computer science.
Computer science majors benefit from above-average salaries, a variety of career paths, and high demand. But before applying for jobs, students have to successfully complete their computer science degree.
Computer science plays a large role in advancing technology. And with emerging technologies reshaping the field, computer science professionals must constantly refresh their knowledge. A computer science degree builds strong problem-solving, critical thinking, logic, and creative skills. By making the most of their time in school, computer science majors can set themselves up for a successful career.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-complete-a-computer-science-degree/
100 Soft Skills Assessment and Interview Questions
This guide explains what soft skills are, why they matter and how to understand if the candidate has the soft skills needed for the job. We also provide 100 top soft skills assessment and interview questions that will help you identify and hire top talent.
https://toggl.com/blog/100-soft-skills-questions-to-help-you-hire-top-talent
AI-Driven Drug Safety v 1.0
How AI Automates Drug Safety Reporting to Government Health Agencies: A Product Manager’s Approach to Innovation
https://gigaom.com/report/ai-driven-drug-safety/
The Impressive Evolution of Boston Dynamics Robots
Boston Dynamics has come a long way from their introduction of BigDog.
https://interestingengineering.com/video/the-impressive-evolution-of-boston-dynamics-robots
Common Weakness Enumeration
A Community-Developed List of Software & Hardware Weakness Types
CWE™ is a community-developed list of software and hardware weakness types. It serves as a common language, a measuring stick for security tools, and as a baseline for weakness identification, mitigation, and prevention efforts.
https://cwe.mitre.org/index.html
How to use mind maps for software testing
Mind mapping is a visual way to brainstorm test ideas. Learn how to create and use mind maps to improve software quality.
Mind mapping dates back as far as Aristotle, but the concept remains relevant. Mind maps provide a highly visual method of brainstorming, problem solving and thinking. While the concept comes from psychology, mind maps can play an important role in software testing and design.
Diagrams allow engineers to expand expected testing paths, brainstorm other testing areas and evaluate unexpected workflows.
Some QA professionals create an outline for a test procedure or regression test. Or testers might write and edit as they develop a test. To save time, some testers will skip the outline entirely. However, these shortcuts won't always work with more complex applications.
With a mind map for software testing, developers can lay out test procedures and workflows on an application in a graphical way.
https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-use-mind-maps-for-software-testing
Compare NFTs vs. cryptocurrency vs. digital currency
With the recent popularity surge of nonfungible tokens, it's important to know what they are and how they differ from cryptocurrency and digital currency.
https://whatis.techtarget.com/feature/Compare-NFTs-vs-cryptocurrency-vs-digital-currency
Permissioned vs. permissionless blockchains: Key differences
Deciding whether people need permission to be on your blockchain network is just the first big architectural decision in deploying distributed ledger technologies.
https://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/Permissioned-vs-permissionless-blockchains-Key-differences
What is the hidden cost of maintaining legacy systems?
One of the main factors when deciding whether to keep or replace legacy systems is determining the cost. Here we dive into five of the hidden costs CIOs should be aware of today.
https://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/What-is-the-hidden-cost-of-maintaining-legacy-systems
What is cyberterrorism?
Cyberterrorism is any premeditated, politically motivated attack against information systems, programs and data that results in violence.
The details of cyberterrorism and the parties involved are viewed differently by various organizations. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines cyberterrorism as any "premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs and data which results in violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents."
Unlike a nuisance virus or computer attack that results in a denial of service (DoS), the FBI distinguishes a cyberterrorist attack as a type of cybercrime explicitly designed to cause physical harm. However, there is no current consensus between various governments and the information security community on what qualifies as an act of cyberterrorism.
https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/cyberterrorism
The Internet Is Rotting
Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.
Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet.
You try to use your credit card, but it doesn’t work. In fact, no one’s credit card works. You try to go to some news sites to find out why, but you can’t access any of those, either. Neither can anyone else. Panic-buying ensues. People empty ATMs of cash.
This kind of catastrophic pan-internet meltdown is more likely than most people realize.
Currently, the internet is facing twin dangers. On one side, there’s the threat of total consolidation. Power over the internet has been increasingly concentrated primarily in the hands of a few, U.S.-based organizations. On the other side, there’s fragmentation. Attempts to challenge the status quo, particularly by Russia and China, threaten to destabilize the internet globally.
Social media is broken. A new report offers 25 ways to fix it
A new report outlines growing problems with social media — including the spread of misinformation and lack of competition and transparency — and offers some solutions.
Examining the Value of Nondegree Credentials
Nondegree credentials have been growing rapidly for decades. During the COVID-19 economic crisis, interest in nondegree credentials and skills training options was especially high. Questions about their quality and value, however, remain.
Leveraging our 2020 Strada-Gallup Education Survey, a nationally representative sample of nearly 14,000 adults, we examine the prevalence, quality, and value of nondegree credentials by length of program, field of study, provider, gender, race/ethnicity, parents’ education, and generation. We find that nondegree credentials yield positive returns, especially when combined with associate and bachelor’s degrees.
https://cci.stradaeducation.org/pv-release-july-28-2021/?
Expectations of Prospective Students from a PhD program
This is the last of the series of six articles on PhD program in India. While the earlier ones focused on the evolution and current state of the PhD program, the desirable objectives and characteristics of a high quality PhD program, what types of careers PhD students are hoping for and what they should do during their PhD for their career, this note discusses what prospective students want in a PhD program – what will attract them to do a PhD in India.
60 Keys on Leading the Next Generation
Here are 60 Keys, Issues and Areas to be aware of and Focused in on as it relates to the Next Generation of Leaders, primarily those currently in their 20's and 30's.
http://www.bradlomenick.com/bradblog/2015/10/5/keys-on-the-next-generation
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
We usually associate pirates with violence, theft, and mayhem—all indisputably true. What we may not think about, however, is how someone like Blackbeard was so effective at inspiring and commanding his crews. Pirates, it turns out, were forward-thinking in a number of surprising—and instructive—ways. Here are the three that stand out to me as raising interesting implications for our leadership.
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/what-pirates-have-to-teach-us-about-leadership
Amazon adds two new leadership principles just days before Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO
Amazon is adding two new leadership principles that reflect how the company is evolving as the tech behemoth faces increasing scrutiny from regulators and a growing negative public perception.
The additions are a big deal given how the existing 14 leadership principles guide Amazon’s day-to-day operations. It’s the first time Amazon has added to the list since 2015 when the company included a 14th principle, “Learn and Be Curious.”
Platform labour in search of value: A study of workers’ organizing practices and business models in the digital economy
This report seeks to capture the new strategies being deployed by self-employed workers to reclaim their rights to decent work and a fair share of economic gains in the value networks of the emerging platform economy. Specifically, it focuses on the experiences of workers in on-demand work, crowdsourcing and e-commerce sectors.
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/cooperatives/publications/WCMS_809250/lang--en/index.htm
The challenges for working mothers, and what companies and others can do to help
The pandemic’s dramatic effect on working parents isn’t news anymore—but even as many slog on, juggling jobs and family alike, a substantial chunk of working mothers say they’re considering downshifting their careers or dropping out of the workforce entirely. That’s a problem, and not just for moms. Get perspective with several recent publications that unpack the issues and offer ideas for building a better tomorrow. And, in case you need a break, we’re including a few things to occupy the kids while you rest and recharge. (We’ve been there.)
A father’s guide to balancing home and work
Whether you’ve scrambled to find childcare, juggled a busy work schedule and obligatory housework, or came to the aid of testy remote learners, one thing is clear: pandemic parenting hasn’t been easy. This Father’s Day, explore recent insights that unpack the issues parents face today and discover ways to stay more balanced in business and in life, with topics including:
- The expansive benefits of paternity leave
- Why parents struggled during the pandemic—and how companies are supporting them
- Managing stress
- Finding your life purpose
- Building meaningful relationships
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/a-fathers-guide-to-balancing-home-and-work
Screentime can make you feel sick – here are ways to manage cybersickness
Do you ever feel like the light of your computer screen is burrowing into your eyes and making your head pulse? Or feel dizzy or nauseous after looking at your phone? While you might think these sensations are just eye strain or fatigue from looking at your screen for too long, they’re actually symptoms of a condition called cybersickness.
These issues may seem like a necessary evil with the rise of work from home, remote learning and days spent endlessly scrolling online. But I can assure you as a researcher in human computer interaction specializing in cybersickness that there are ways to anticipate and avoid feeling sick from your screens.
What healthy sleep can do for you
Are you getting enough rest? Don’t shortchange the power of a good night’s sleep, and what it can mean for your work life. As Sleep Awareness Week kicks off, and as many in the US “spring ahead” for Daylight Savings Time, revisit these pieces from our archives to learn:
- The consequences of lost sleep for your organization
- Ways to rest and recharge
- How leaders can foster well-being at work
- Approaches to improve mental and behavioral health
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/what-healthy-sleep-can-do-for-you
Life in 2050: What Will the Environment Look Like Where You Live in 20 Years?
The world will be a very different place by 2050, as environmental problems become an existential threat to civilization as we know it.
Videos: Talks to help you understand what's really going on in the world
The headlines on the front page always change. But these talks -- on the seismic phenomenon underlying them -- will give you fresh insight.
14 talks · Total run time 3:11:31
https://www.ted.com/playlists/290/talks_for_when_you_realize_you
Podcasts: Emerge stronger through disruption
As businesses experience disruption, how they respond can determine their ability to recover and emerge stronger. In each episode of our series, PwC specialists discuss the challenges and opportunities facing business leaders in today’s environment of global uncertainty.
Listen to the podcasts on your desktop or mobile device.
https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/forensics/disruption-podcast-series.html
eBook: Your Guide to Security Orchestration
Understaffed security teams struggle to execute standard processes across products in the face of rising alert volumes. Security orchestration has rapidly emerged to fill in these industry gaps by providing general-purpose workflow automation and oversight across security products.
In Security Orchestration for Dummies®, you will learn about the basics of security orchestration, its underlying needs, implementation best practices, popular use cases and major trends that are driving future growth.
https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/your-guide-to-security-orchestration
Journal: Data Protection Journal of India.
It is a quarterly journal published by the Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India, a Section 8 Company dedicated to the development of Knowledgeable, Efficient and Ethical Data Protection Eco system in India. The first issue was released in Jan 2021 and the latest issue is for Jul 2021. As of now the access to the issues is free. It is an interesting source of information for those involved in Data Protection & Privacy aspects.
IRAI Quiz -- 210801
1. System Administrator Appreciation Day or SysAdminDay is observed on -------------
2. Intellectual property (IP) officials in --------------- ( United States /South Africa) have made history in a landmark decision to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor.
3. Expand VUCA
4. "1000 songs in your pocket" is the slogan of the product --------
5. First IIIT was started in ---------- (Hyderabad/Gwalior/ Bangalore)
6. Robinhood is an app for ---------
7. ------------ (China/Japan) achieves Internet speed of 319 terabits per second, sets a new record
8. In 1962, ----------- (Stanford/Purdue) University opened the very first Computer Science Department in US.
9. Name the startup whose market capitalisation breached one lakh crores after its recent IPO listing?
10. ------- is the name of the Blog of Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft
https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/08/answers-to-irai-quiz.html
Forthcoming Events
14th Aug 2021 at 6 pm IST. IEEE CS, ACM & CSI
Webinar on Emerging Technology and Innovation in Post COVID World
Speaker: Prof. Sanjiva Shankar Dubey, Prof. and Head IT & Chairperson, Centre of Online Studies, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida & Author of the book "Technology and Innovation Management"
Register at https://bit.ly/36AHKG6
Note: All registered participants will receive a free copy of Chapter 1 of the book TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, authored by Prof . Dubey in pdf format. In addition, the event attendees will get a special discount of 30% on print book and 25% on eBook while purchasing the book at the PHI website.
28th Aug 2021 at 6 pm IST. CSI, ACM & IEEE CS
Webinar on Demystifying CI/CD and DevOps
Speaker: Mr. Sridhar Pandurangiah, Chief Technology Officer, Sastra Technologies Pvt Ltd
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