Monday 11 April 2022

Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 220411

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A timeline and history of blockchain technology

Blockchain is the technology that enables cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

https://whatis.techtarget.com/feature/A-timeline-and-history-of-blockchain-technology

The Top 7 Best Frameworks for Blockchain Apps

These are the top seven frameworks for blockchain apps. Although all are considered among the best, they do have individual differences, and knowing about them can help you see which one is most suitable to your needs.

https://simpleprogrammer.com/7-best-frameworks-blockchain-apps/

8 top blockchain certification courses to pursue in 2022

Many people interested in becoming blockchain professionals possess little or no experience in the field -- and aren't even sure where to start. That's why blockchain certifications are becoming more popular. Certifications have long been part of the business world and flourish in fields like information technology, project management, financial services and sales. So, it makes sense for those planning a career in blockchain to take relevant courses and receive a certificate of completion that represents an acquired skill set. These certifications can help blockchain career candidates stand out from the pack and are a great way to land a new role in a field that has tremendous growth potential.

Numerous blockchain certification courses are available for beginners and seasoned professionals, so we narrowed the field to some of the more diverse and comprehensive programs.

https://whatis.techtarget.com/feature/8-top-blockchain-certification-courses-to-pursue

The Mobile App Development Process: A Step-by-Step Guide 

Mobile app development has become the most sought-after skill in software development. And knowing the cross platform mobile app development process is essential if you want to develop an app for your business or ideas. From studying the market to designing a prototype, and from coding and testing to deploying, this post will offer you all you need to know about the fundamental mobile app development steps while developing an app.

https://simpleprogrammer.com/mobile-app-development-process-guide-2022

A Guide To Visualizing Your Cloud Infrastructure

Looking for a simple, efficient way to add value to your business and become competitive? All you need to do is to upgrade your old infrastructure to a cloud-based one. Cloud computing enhances your data storage, networking capabilities, and development tools. In this post you can learn what cloud computing can do for you and how to visualize the right cloud computing architecture.

https://simpleprogrammer.com/visualizing-cloud-infrastructure/

The Great Cyberwar Has Just Begun: You Need to Protect Yourself

Right now, more than ever, you need to secure all your online accounts. It’s long past time to embrace two-factor authentication, stop reusing passwords, and make your online presence hacker-resistant. Because sooner or later, the brewing cyberwar will come for you.

While it’s true that hacking and compromising personal accounts have been a scourge of the internet for years, if not decades, what we’re starting to see dwarfs the threats we’ve lived through so far. Putting politics aside, the ongoing events in Russia and Ukraine sparked the catalyst for a mass cyber attack. And the response from other countries will likely only exacerbate that fact.

https://www.reviewgeek.com/113090/the-great-cyberwar-has-just-begun-you-need-to-protect-yourself/

How to Build Cyber Security Awareness Among Employees?

According to a PwC poll, the epidemic has increased the number of employees working from home to almost 70%. Remote working, however, has its own set of risks. Companies are vulnerable to a host of network attacks because of employee-owned devices, insecure connections, and inappropriate device usage. That is where cybersecurity awareness training for employees comes into the picture and plays a key role in preventing cyber attacks. Now there are several training centers available across India like Cybersecurity Training in Hyderabad where you can get trained in the Cybersecurity domain and upgrade professional knowledge with the necessary skill sets. But knowing what Cyber Security Awareness means and what kind of training is required for employees is essential. So, in the article today we have shared how organizations can build cyber security awareness among employees. 

https://www.vistainfosec.com/blog/how-to-build-cyber-security-awareness-among-employees/

15 Best Machine Learning (ML) Blogs for 2022

Readers who consult Machine Learning blogs from organizations and individuals with extensive knowledge in these fields can get to know them better, get pressing questions answered, and connect with others who have experience using these tools successfully. Yet sorting through all of the resources out there can be overwhelming. So here are some websites and blogs to visit if you want to learn more about Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

https://simpleprogrammer.com/machine-learning-blogs-2022/

Top 7 Machine Learning Frameworks for Web Development 

Proving to be a revolutionary technology of our generation, Machine Learning has its roots in the 1950s. Particularly, it was in 1959 that Arthur Samuel, a computer scientist working at IBM, coined the term Machine Learning while developing a program to teach computers to play Checkers. A lot has changed since, and this post examines the ways Machine Learning is impacting web development, including a look at the various frameworks used.

https://simpleprogrammer.com/machine-learning-frameworks-for-web-development/

How Robots Can Assist Students With Disabilities

New tools use artificial intelligence to assist students with autism and dyslexia and address accessibility for those who are blind or deaf.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/technology/ai-robots-students-disabilities.html

Applying artificial intelligence for social good

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help tackle some of the world’s most challenging social problems. To analyze potential applications for social good, we compiled a library of about 160 AI social-impact use cases. They suggest that existing capabilities could contribute to tackling cases across all 17 of the UN’s sustainable-development goals, potentially helping hundreds of millions of people in both advanced and emerging countries.

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/artificial-intelligence/applying-artificial-intelligence-for-social-good

Neural Networks 

This informational website on  neural network, is a web site created for Eric Roberts' Sophomore College 2000 class entitled "The Intellectual Excitement of Computer Science." From the troubled early years of developing neural networks to the unbelievable advances in the field, neural networks have been a fascinating source of intellectual enjoyment for computer scientists around the world.

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/neural-networks/index.html

Quantum computing use cases are getting real—what you need to know

In this report Quantum computing: An emerging ecosystem and industry use cases, we discuss the evolution of the quantum-computing industry and dive into the technology’s possible commercial uses in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotive, and finance—fields that may derive significant value from quantum computing in the near term. We then outline a path forward and how industry decision makers can start their efforts in quantum computing.

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/quantum-computing-use-cases-are-getting-real-what-you-need-to-know

A Quick Look at Advanced IoT Sensors for the Enterprise Going Digital

Thanks to IoT developing at a rapid pace, devices, including sensors, are becoming more affordable, and the entire ecosystem has gotten smarter. These results allow businesses to satisfy more specific needs according to their manufacturing process, as well as to take measurements in complex conditions. In this article, we will provide an overview of where IoT sensors currently stand

https://www.infoq.com/articles/iot-sensors-enterprise

10 Best Article Rewriter Tools For Link Building

For a company or any blogger, writing an article is the most common way to express and explain your thoughts on something. It is practically not possible to write all the articles on your own. So as a result to that, people use multiple tools that can create articles for them. The article rewriter tools help you to get a new piece of writing without making any effort. It spins your previous content and generates fresh content and that too, free of plagiarism. Free article rewriting tools have high demand among people as it shortens up your work and save your time. Though we have multiple platforms to do this, still we have made a list of a few of the article rewriter tools. It will provide quick and accurate results which will not change the essence of your sentence.

https://www.amritsardigitalacademy.in/blog/article-rewriter-tools/

How to Manage Saved Passwords in Chrome

Google Chrome comes with a handy password manager already built in. You can have your browser save and fill out passwords for different sites when you’re asked to sign in. Here’s how to manage all your saved passwords in Chrome.

https://www.howtogeek.com/406976/how-to-manage-saved-passwords-in-chrome/

Computing Engineering Dissertation Topics

Over a period of time, dissertations have become an inherent component of higher education studies. They are not only entrenched within the Masters or a PhD. Degree but also in undergraduate programmes. Dissertations allow the researchers to choose a topic of particular interest to them and research further into the topic to add to the current body of literature.

However, choosing a topic from an extensive list of topics is always easier than working on the first topic you find interesting.

To help you get started with brainstorming for computer topic ideas, we have developed a list of the latest topics that can be used for writing your computer engineering dissertation.

https://www.researchprospect.com/computing-engineering-dissertation-topics/

What Can Men Do To Create More Opportunities for Women in Programming and Tech? 

A major gender gap still persists in computer science research, as many women have been pushed aside in favor of their male colleagues. While some women have, against all odds, managed to carve out a place for themselves, they shouldn’t have to face additional challenges simply because of their gender. This post shows how men in the tech industry can be good allies and create opportunities for women in programming

https://simpleprogrammer.com/men-for-women-in-programming/

Take Control of Your Professional Success by Setting Career Goals

Career development is rarely straightforward. Having a long-term plan keeps you on track. 

If you want to chart a path to career success, you need career goals. But it’s not always clear where to start or what the goal should entail.

Career goals are typically long-term targets that define what you want to accomplish in your profession, be it a job title, an ambition like starting your own company or specific salary. It’s not just what you want to achieve in one year or three years, but five years and 10.

https://builtin.com/career-development/career-goals

How to Download Wikipedia for Offline, At-Your-Fingertips Reading

Have you ever wished you could download Wikipedia in its entirety, and have a copy of it for yourself? There are a handful of ways to do just that — all you need is a third-party program and about 150 gigabytes of storage.

https://www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-to-download-wikipedia-for-offline-at-your-fingertips-reading/

The QWERTY Keyboard Is Tech’s Biggest Unsolved Mystery

It’s on your computer keyboard and your smartphone screen: QWERTY, the first six letters of the top row of the standard keyboard layout. But no one knows how it originated, and the puzzle has been frustrating historians for over a century. Will we ever figure it out?

https://www.howtogeek.com/789822/the-qwerty-keyboard-is-tech%e2%80%99s-biggest-unsolved-mystery/

A Guide to Human Emotion

Despite vast differences in culture around the world, humanity’s DNA is 99.9% similar.

There are few attributes more central and universal to the human experience than our emotions. Of course, the broad spectrum of emotions we’re capable of experiencing can be difficult to articulate. That’s where this brilliant visualization by the Junto Institute comes in.

This circular visualization is the latest in an ongoing attempt to neatly categorize the full range of emotions in a logical way.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/a-visual-guide-to-human-emotion/

Website: IEEE REACH

IEEE REACH provides teachers and students with educational resources that explore the relationship between technology and engineering history and the complex relationships they have with society, politics, economics, and culture. REACH was created by the IEEE History Center, a unit of IEEE whose mission is to preserve, research, and promote the history of information and electrical technologies.

https://reach.ieee.org/

IEEE ComSoc Publications Contents Digest

IEEE Communications Society Publications Contents Digest is a handy guide that helps readers keep track of the latest published articles in one place. This IEEE ComSoc Publications Contents Digest provides lists of current tables of contents of the periodicals sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. Each issue offers readers a rapid means to survey and access the peer-reviewed papers of the IEEE Communications Society.

Readers can take a glimpse of the hot topics. Click on the interested title. The interactive links of the titles take you directly to magazine and journal abstracts and full paper pdfs via IEEE Xplore.

https://www.comsoc.org/publications/publications-contents-digest

Videos: TED Talks: How music affects us

Music is a fundamental aspect of humanity -- so exactly how does it impact us? These talks offer a wonderful look at our fascinating relationship with the music we make. 9 talks

https://www.ted.com/playlists/363/how_music_affects_us


Forthcoming Events

18th Apr 2022 at 6 pm IST. CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & ACM Chennai jointly present a webinar on "Agile Scrum Deployment for Business Gains" by Ms. Rama Bedarkar, Agile Scrum Practitioner and Consultant, Author of the book "Agile Scrum: Improving Practices for Business Gains". PDF Invite at: https://bit.ly/3NLFbFs Register at: https://bit.ly/38pPizO Note: All registered participants will receive a free copy of Chapter 1 of the book "Agile Scrum: Improving Practices for Business Gains" in pdf format from the publisher Wiley India

29th Apr 2022 at 6 pm IST. CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & ACM Chennai jointly  present a virtual event for the launch of the book “The Maverick Effect:The Inside Story of INDIA’S IT REVOLUTION” (https://bit.ly/3xc94sK) and a presentation on “Indian IT Industry – Past, Present & Future”. Launch of the book and Felicitation by Prof. D.B. Phatak, Padma Shri Awardee, Prof. Emeritus, IIT Bombay, Open-Source Evangelist & Fellow, Computer Society of India & Presentation on “Indian IT Industry – Past, Present & Future” by Mr. Harish Mehta, Author of "The Maverick Effect", Founder, Onward Technologies, Founder Member & First Chairman, NASSCOM & Fellow, Computer Society of India. PDF invite at https://bit.ly/3jn8IY4 Register at: https://bit.ly/376V8ph

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IRAI Quiz -- 220411

1. The parent awarded to “Peer to peer information exchange for mobile communications devices” refers to ------------

2. Many newer cryptocurrencies are low consumers of energy or carbon-neutral to mine them as they use a better model known as --------- instead of proof-of-work used for Bitcoin mining

3. --------------- is a catch-all term that is being used to describe packages that are altered in some way to protest against a certain event. These alterations are done by respectable members of open source community and not by hackers.

4. --------------- An Internet that is increasingly fragmented due to nations filtering content or blocking it entirely for political purposes

5. What is common to these: Zomato Insta, BB Now, Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit, Zepto

6. GIF, in full graphics interchange format, digital file format devised in 1987 by the Internet service provider ---------------

7. Expand BOPIS

8. Ray Tomlinson, considered as pioneer in Email wrote a companion worm called --------- that followed behind the first computer worm Creeper and deleted all instances of it.

9. The first neural network applied to a real-world problem was created in the late 1950s by a team of ------------- (MIT/Stanford) researchers for the purpose of eliminating phone line echoes

10. The US ------------ (Navy/ Airforce) invented GPS satellites.


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