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Upgrade Yourself for These Top 20 Work-From-Home Jobs
Now that most of the companies have seen work from home and remote working as a doable solution, they are specifically willing to offer more remote jobs.
Also, industries like IT and Software, software services, data science, and insurance are the ones which are fully compatible for the work from home models.
We have looked at the list of remote jobs and identified top 20 skills that can get you a high paying work-from-home job.
https://www.naukri.com/blog/upgrade-yourself-for-these-top-20-work-from-home-jobs-covid-article3/
How Covid elevated the role of the CIO
Members of the senior executive team are now engaging with IT leaders and requesting their strategic input like never before
https://www.raconteur.net/c-suite/how-covid-elevated-the-role-of-the-cio
7 career paths for BTech freshers
- Higher studies
- A job in your field
- Switch to entrepreneurship
- Give civil services a try
- Get into management
- Become an expert in upcoming technologies
- Indian Armed Forces
https://www.naukri.com/blog/7-career-paths-for-b-tech-freshers/
Types of interviews and how you can ace them
An interview is described as a conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee. It consists of questions and answers to determine whether the interviewee is well suited for the vacancy or post that they are being interviewed for. Interviews take place in different shapes and sizes. No interview can be described as right or wrong. While each type of interview has its pros and cons, it depends on the vacancy, industry, and other factors as to which interview strategy will work the best.
Let's take a look at different types of interviews and how to excel in each one of them.
https://www.naukri.com/blog/types-of-interviews-and-how-you-can-ace-them/
21 Interview Skills You Need To Crack An Interview
Getting an interview call for your dream job is another step in the right direction. However, it is not the end of the road as you still need to crack that interview.
In this blog, we look at some important interview skills that can help you ace the interview and get the job. So, let us see what are the most effective interview skills!
https://www.naukri.com/blog/21-interview-skills-you-need-to-crack-an-interview/0
Videos: FT resources for students -- Career Kickstart
The FT Career Kickstart series offers top tips to help boost your job prospects. Watch the videos below for expert guidance from the FT.
How to write a top-notch CV
How to succeed at interviews
How to present like a professional
How to climb the career ladder
https://enterprise.ft.com/ft-education-resources/students-career-kickstart
10 Interesting Articles in the IEEE CS R10 Newsletter of Jul-Sep 2021
Industry 4.0 @ Scale by Dr. Sanjay K Prasad, Mr. Sunil D Patil and Dr. Seshadri Subbanna, IBM, USA
Application of Machine Learning in Life Sciences by Dr. Jayaraman Valadi, Flame University, Pune, India
Massive Training and Collaborative Content Creation through Free/Libre and Open-Source Software (FLOSS) by Dr. Kannan M. Moudgalya, IIT Bombay, India
Migrating University Campus Networks to IPv6: Challenges and Opportunities by Dr. Mohit P. Tahiliani, NITK Surathkal, India
Technology in Telehealth by Dr. K. Ganapathy, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation & Apollo Tele Health Services. Chennai, India
Unlock the power of AI with IBM Watson by Mr. Vidyasagar Machupalli, IBM India
It is not your parents Windows anymore! By Mr. T. N. C. Venkatarangan, Software Entrepreneur, Chennai, India
Revisiting Immersive Technologies by Mr. Pradeep Khanna, Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Association, Australia
Building a Promising Tech Product: The CredPad Experience by Mr. Pradeep Henry, CredPad, Chennai, India
What Should be the Future of Virtual Work? Evolving a Post Pandemic Optimum by Dr. Sandhya Shekhar, Advisor and Strategy Consultant, Chennai, India
Alignment for Business Transformation by Mrs. Poonam GK, Iyka Enterprises Inc. USA
STEM Careers and Role of Women Coding Communities in Enabling Diversity and Inclusion by Dr. Renu Rajani, Women Who Code, Hyderabad Chapter, India
Access these articles at https://bit.ly/ieeecs-r10nl-21q3-index
Amazon, Microsoft Swoop In on $24 Billion India Farm-Data Trove
Prime Minister Modi is enlisting tech giants to help boost agricultural output. The move risks sparking a fresh round of tensions with farmers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-16/india-taps-amazon-microsoft-for-farm-tech-as-modi-eyes-reforms
Data Science community
The focus area Applied Data Science builds a community of researchers who are interested in developing the field of data science. By joining forces and working interdisciplinarily, we can accelerate the development of data science techniques within Utrecht University. This includes introducing data science techniques in research areas where they are not yet applied.
https://www.uu.nl/en/research/applied-data-science
CI/CD pipelines explained: Everything you need to know
Speed is the key to modern software development. The monolithic all-or-nothing paradigm of traditional waterfall software development has largely been replaced by rapid iterative techniques that support development and release. These techniques go by several names, including continuous integration, continuous delivery and continuous deployment.
While each technique offers slight differences, the common emphasis on continuous iteration has changed the nature and power of software development. Businesses can get software to market faster, test innovative new features or architectures while minimizing risk and cost, and effectively refine products over time.
Such iteration relies on well-planned and active pipelines designed to support multiple iterations in various stages of the development cycle simultaneously -- and keep entire development teams constantly busy. As one build is pushed to deployment, the next build undergoes testing, while the very latest build in the cycle is coded.
Let's take a closer look at these continuous approaches, see how each works, weigh the tradeoffs and consider best practices.
https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/CI-CD-pipelines-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
RPA vs. BPA vs. DPA: Compare process automation technologies
Automation, the use of machines to perform work, today most commonly refers to the use of computer technologies to perform the tasks humans would otherwise do as part of their jobs.
The use of computer-based process automation is widespread, with organizations deploying a broad range of software tools to help them reach the automation goals they set as part of their larger digital transformation objectives.
Some of the most commonly used options are robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA) and digital process automation (DPA). Each of the three technologies offers benefits, and each has distinctions that separate it from the others.
https://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/Process-automation-technologies-evolve-RPA-vs-BPA-vs-DPA
Usability of Access Codes
Access codes are a series of numbers, letters, or characters provided to a user when there is a level of identification required to gain entry to an online service, such as the claim code for an online gift certificate. The challenge with access codes is that they need to be unique enough that someone does not access the wrong information by mistake, and they need to be easy enough to enter so that the user can succeed with reasonable effort. The research presented in this paper aims to identify characteristics of access codes that affect user experience. Two between-subjects experiments varied the characteristics of the access codes including the length, characters used, presentation, and case-sensitivity to better understand the impact of the characteristics on user experience. Findings suggest the code length does not affect user experience as much as whether the code is case sensitive or if the letters are presented in upper or lowercase. This paper presents findings from experiments comparing users’ error rate, speed of entry, and ease-of-use with different access codes.
https://uxpajournal.org/usability-access-codes/
The Evolution of Computer Languages Over 136 Years
From Autocode to Swift, we've seen hundreds of computer languages emerge in the past 75 years. But it all started with a woman's algorithm, and women have been involved in shaping computer languages since.
https://interestingengineering.com/the-evolution-of-computer-languages-over-136-years
Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Life On Earth: 101 Examples
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have more influence on the lives and livelihoods of young people over the next 20 years than any other factor.
This month I’ve been tracking news headlines to get a sense for how widespread AI applications have become. With a couple news alerts and searches I spotted 101 current applications — no SciFi here, these are tools people are using today. And these aren’t just clever algorithms — they are getting better and smarter the more data they interact with.
Though the post is bit dated, the list along with references for further reading is an interesting compilation.
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/08/artificial-intelligence-is-reshaping-life-on-earth-101-examples/
New Resource for University Educators
Engineering education has evolved during the past year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to close classrooms and shift to remote learning, prompting instructors to adapt their curricula and teaching style. As schools reopen this year using in-person, hybrid, and remote learning models, it has become crucial for teachers to adjust.
To help them, in May IEEE launched its Teaching Excellence Hub, a resource for university-level educators who are teaching engineering, computer science, and technology courses online or in person. The website offers tools they can use to improve their curriculum, manage student teams, and more. The hub is a collaboration between the IEEE Education Society and the IEEE Educational Activities Board.
'"IEEE quickly observed that university faculty did not have the resources or support they needed during the COVID-19 pandemic as they transitioned to remote learning," says Burton Dicht, director of student and academic programs for IEEE Educational Activities. "The IEEE Teaching Excellence Hub is meant to help all university staff access resources and tools they can use in the ever-adapting world of education."
Here is an overview of what the hub offers.
https://jobs.ieee.org/jobs/content/New-Resource-for-University-Educators-2021-09-09
Empower Online Learners: Top 10 Pro Tips for Project Design and Delivery
As we start a new school year, many of us have been thrust back into a digital space. And while it’s not ideal, it’s what we’ve got.
The question for us as we return shouldn’t be: ‘How many days until things ‘return’ to normal?’ But instead: ‘How do we best engage and empower our remote learners?’
Hybrid Learning IS the new normal. Many courageous educators have already experienced great success. And they are using meaningful, student-centered project-based experiences as their favorite weapon of choice. After working with 100+ teachers to design and develop these projects in a digital space, here are my top 10 tips for you in running yours:
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/09/empower-online-learners-top-10-pro-tips-for-project-design-and-delivery
Online and interactive science games and experiences
Enjoy digital highlights from our 2021 Summer Science programme below. Discover our top selection of free online games, fun digital activities suitable for all the family and immersive content to pass the rainy days, all created by our research groups.
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/summer-science-exhibition/summer-science-highlights/
25 Business Moats That Helped Shape The World’s Most Massive Companies
A business moat is a key competitive advantage that sets a company apart from its competitors. From Amazon and Tesla to Starbucks and Coinbase, here is how 25 of the world's biggest companies have built and defended their moats
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/business-moats-competitive-advantage/
eBook: Utilizing data for dummies. Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Explore this e-book to look at the criticality of data, the challenges facing business and IT when unlocking data value, and how you can be transformed with an intelligent data platform at the heart of this strategy.
https://www.bitpipe.com/data/loadAsset.action?resId=1624461827_54
https://go.techtarget.com/r/180791042/21398576/12
Podcasts: Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast
In this podcast, Bernard Marr explores the biggest trends and questions in business and technology
https://podcasts.bernardmarr.com/
Visuals: Watch the elegant flow of a sheep herd, seen from the sky above Israel
https://aeon.co/videos/watch-the-elegant-flow-of-a-sheep-herd-seen-from-the-sky-above-israel
Video: The Amazing World of Soft Robotics
Soft robotics is a growing field and it brings many impressive agile and capable machines. They can do many things that rigid robots never could.
https://interestingengineering.com/video/the-amazing-world-of-soft-robotics
Insulin Access and Cost at 100 Years: What Would Dr. Banting Think?
The discovery of insulin 100 years ago was one of the most important achievements of all time. The plan from the scientists involved was easy access for all. Unfortunately, a century later that idealistic goal was not to be in many places around the world, including the US.
https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(21)00291-9
Solar Paint Transforms Your Entire House Into a Source of Clean Energy
And there are already several different approaches being developed in the field.
https://interestingengineering.com/solar-paint-transforms-your-entire-house-into-a-source-of-clean-energy
Bill Gates Says We're Not Ready for the Next Pandemic
Gates says that we need factories that can make a new vaccine in 100 days.
https://interestingengineering.com/bill-gates-says-were-not-ready-for-the-next-pandemic
IRAI Quiz -- 210921
1. Alphabet: Wing = Amazon: -----------
2. Ada Lovelace, regarded as the world's first programmer had come out with an algorithm for calculating ------------
3. Libra, now known as ------ (Diem) is the cryptocurrency project backed by --------- Facebook/Google
4. Bitcoin: PoW (Proof of Work) = ether: -------
5. Google's 6200+ km under sea cable connecting US, UK & Spain is named as ---------
6. Though the whatsapp messages circulating state the iPhone 13 launch video features the Hindi song ----------- tune, the actual song used was "Work All Day" by Footsie, an artist from UK
7. On 5th Sep, ----------- Google/Yandex/ Baidu thwarts the largest known DDoS attack in the history of Internet @ 21.8M Requests Per Second
8. Expand: VTOL
9. The first text message read as ------------
10. The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (commonly known today as “spam”) was sent by a marketing representative of ----------- (company name) to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States on May 3, 1978.
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Forthcoming Events
25th Sep 2021 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Applications of Machine Learning in Life Sciences" by Dr. Valadi K. Jayaraman, Distinguished Professor, Flame University, Pune & Visiting Professor, Shiv Nadar University. Register at https://bit.ly/3AQE4NL
For additional events in Sep 2021: https://bit.ly/37BRh04
9th Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Radical Transformation in Data Analytics" by Osama Elkady, Co-Founder, Board member, and CTO of Incorta & Raj Lalchandani, Retiree, Stanford University and Incorta Evangelist. Register at https://bit.ly/3EhQyjR
23rd Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Best Practices for Commercially Successful Patents" by Dr. Madhan Kumar Srinivasan, Associate Vice President & Lead – Cloud AI & Patents, myWizard AI, Accenture Innovation Hub, Bengaluru, Advisory Board Member, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK & Founder Member, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI). Register at https://bit.ly/2Xy1byx
3rd Dec 2021: Call for Papers: Research Scholars’ Colloquium 2021 (RSC'21) on "Intelligent and Smart Systems". This Research & Industry Symposium is being organised in honour of Shri. F. C. Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry by SSN College of Engineering in association with ACM, CSI & IEEE CS Chennai Chapters.
Symposium Date: 3rd Dec 2021
Paper Submission Deadline: 7th Oct 2021
For more details pl visit https://sites.google.com/ssn.edu.in/rsc21/
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