Luc Van den hove discusses his background leading to becoming CEO of imec, a research organization in semiconductor technology. As CEO since 2009, he oversees teams developing next-generation chip technology as well as applications in areas like IoT, healthcare, and energy. Imec also collaborates closely with European suppliers and provides resources for small companies. Van den hove supports focusing on IoT through the Important Projects of Common European Interest to boost Europe's semiconductor industry and sees opportunities for smaller European companies in fragmented growth markets. He suggests imec and ESIA strengthen cooperation by documenting issues of collective interest and helping formulate policy.
The Students of ECE have a Bright Future as the Automation is fast catching up across all the industries, Call it Manufacturing, Automotive, Textile, Civil, Energy, Aero-space, Medical, Home Automation, Security. There is a great demand for Skilled & Knowledge work force. So look out for wonderful opportunities coming towards the passed out students way.
CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, works on many levels – from policy at the national, regional and state levels, to on-the-ground initiatives – to provide the tools for adults to successfully enter and advance in the workforce.
This session will provide a brief snapshot of some of the tools and projects that have been successful in linking learning to work for high school students and young adults.
• Industry-wide online education in the telecommunications and energy industries
• A high school pipeline into the energy industry
• Career mapping
• Stackable credentials linked to sequential education
• A nation-wide career readiness credential
While this may look like a scattered list, this session will focus on the critical success factors, including the role of technology, common across these initiatives.
In this special edition of August, “The Companies with Most Disruptive Innovation”, Insights Success admires organizations that embrace the change and attempt on giving back to the society. Contributions made by such organizations are worth appreciation and Insights Success takes immense pride in featuring them in this issue.
Intervention: Embedded Systems and Advanced ComputingIan Phillips
Invited Intervention (10min) for the Embedded Systems and Advanced Computing section of the European Commission's Competitiveness Week Workshops (in preparation for Horizon 2020).
The Students of ECE have a Bright Future as the Automation is fast catching up across all the industries, Call it Manufacturing, Automotive, Textile, Civil, Energy, Aero-space, Medical, Home Automation, Security. There is a great demand for Skilled & Knowledge work force. So look out for wonderful opportunities coming towards the passed out students way.
CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, works on many levels – from policy at the national, regional and state levels, to on-the-ground initiatives – to provide the tools for adults to successfully enter and advance in the workforce.
This session will provide a brief snapshot of some of the tools and projects that have been successful in linking learning to work for high school students and young adults.
• Industry-wide online education in the telecommunications and energy industries
• A high school pipeline into the energy industry
• Career mapping
• Stackable credentials linked to sequential education
• A nation-wide career readiness credential
While this may look like a scattered list, this session will focus on the critical success factors, including the role of technology, common across these initiatives.
In this special edition of August, “The Companies with Most Disruptive Innovation”, Insights Success admires organizations that embrace the change and attempt on giving back to the society. Contributions made by such organizations are worth appreciation and Insights Success takes immense pride in featuring them in this issue.
Intervention: Embedded Systems and Advanced ComputingIan Phillips
Invited Intervention (10min) for the Embedded Systems and Advanced Computing section of the European Commission's Competitiveness Week Workshops (in preparation for Horizon 2020).
Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series Presentation by Tor Andreassen, Director Center for Service Innovation at NHH Norwegian School of Economics on August 6, 2015.
Revue de presse IoT / Data du 04/03/2017Romain Bochet
Bonjour, Voici la revue de presse IoT/data/energie du 4 mars 2017. Cette semaine au programme :
- The Disruption And Global Transformation Of The Energy Industry
- How ENEL is using IoT to embrace the ‘energy revolution’
- IBM, VELCO join forces to create smart energy solutions firm Utopus
- How IIoT is revolutionizing utilities
- How energy-data-as-a-service is enabling innovation
- Renewable energy IoT to hit $5.3 billion annually by 2030
A lire le court article sur ENEL.
Je suis preneur d'autres artices / sources !
Bonne lecture !
Energy & holistic service systems 20110804 v3ISSIP
PICMET 20 talk in Portland Oregon on August 4th 2011 - discussing energy and buildings and holistic service systems that delivery whole service to the people in them...
TOP 10 EXTRAORDINARY CEOS TO WATCH IN 2022 Bradford SimsBradford Sims
Today's educational leaders have a significant impact on the
climate, attitude, and reputation of their institutions. They
serve as the foundation for learning communities to
function and thrive. Educational institutions may become
excellent incubators of learning places where students are
not merely educated but also challenged, fostered, and
encouraged.
Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report 2012Ericsson Slides
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/sustainability_corporateresponsibility
"Many of the world's major challenges - such as urbanization, climate change, and poverty - could benefit from solutions offered by mobile broadband. Sustainability is a competitive differentiator and is high on our agenda, as well as that of our customers. Throughout the value chain and wherever we do business, we are creating value for ourselves and for our stakeholders by striving to be sustainable and responsible in all that we do."Hans Vestberg, President and CEO.
First, I welcome you to the new Ericsson Technology Review. For some months now, we have been working on how to continue to deliver our in-depth technical insights this journal is renowned for, but also how to offer a broader perspective on technology developments in ICT. So here it is...
I am delighted to be able to share some of my thoughts and the stories of Ericsson experts – their perspectives, concerns, and insights on advancements being made in technology.
Perhaps the most obvious change we’ve made is the name of the journal. As industries merge, overlap, and collaborate more, we find ourselves changing too. I daresay the situation is the same everywhere. Today, Ericsson’s experts have different sets of skills compared with just a few years ago. Our customers also have different problems: subscribers are more demanding, and technology is more complex as it weaves its way deeper into the fabric of our lives. Some of the people I have conversations with today work in businesses that didn’t exist, even a couple of years ago. So, in an attempt to clarify what this journal is about (reviewing technology), we added the word technology to its name.
To our long-standing readers, I would like to emphasize that the fundamental nature of our content – in-depth analyses of specific technologies, their consequences and benefits – hasn’t changed.
The biggest change comes in the form of a new technology trends section. As the CTO of a global ICT player, I am in the fortunate position of hearing about all kinds of innovations that are shaping our industry, and I get to hear them from the multiple perspectives of many different experts. And while technology development often follows an innumerable set of investigation paths, some of them tend to stick out. So, together with a couple of Ericsson experts, I have highlighted the five trends that I believe all of us in ICT should keep an eye on in the coming year. I'd say that virtualization, network slices, more data, more mobile, security, and billions of things are today's primary drivers in ICT.
Otherwise, it’s business as usual... Every month, we publish a new article online. Perhaps not surprisingly, 5G is on the agenda, including a vision for the core network, how transport networks will need to evolve, and how 5g will enable remote control. We’ll round off the year with some insights into cryptography and designing secure algorithms.
Interview with Dr. Reinhard Ploss, CEO Infineon & ESIA PresidentOana Melinceanu
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The 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence » industry...Francois Pouilloux
The industry day of the conference aims to bring together people from both academia and industry in a venue that highlights application and practical impact.
I'm pleased to present there on August 22nd 2011.
Stay tuned for the prez file after the event !
Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series Presentation by Tor Andreassen, Director Center for Service Innovation at NHH Norwegian School of Economics on August 6, 2015.
Revue de presse IoT / Data du 04/03/2017Romain Bochet
Bonjour, Voici la revue de presse IoT/data/energie du 4 mars 2017. Cette semaine au programme :
- The Disruption And Global Transformation Of The Energy Industry
- How ENEL is using IoT to embrace the ‘energy revolution’
- IBM, VELCO join forces to create smart energy solutions firm Utopus
- How IIoT is revolutionizing utilities
- How energy-data-as-a-service is enabling innovation
- Renewable energy IoT to hit $5.3 billion annually by 2030
A lire le court article sur ENEL.
Je suis preneur d'autres artices / sources !
Bonne lecture !
Energy & holistic service systems 20110804 v3ISSIP
PICMET 20 talk in Portland Oregon on August 4th 2011 - discussing energy and buildings and holistic service systems that delivery whole service to the people in them...
TOP 10 EXTRAORDINARY CEOS TO WATCH IN 2022 Bradford SimsBradford Sims
Today's educational leaders have a significant impact on the
climate, attitude, and reputation of their institutions. They
serve as the foundation for learning communities to
function and thrive. Educational institutions may become
excellent incubators of learning places where students are
not merely educated but also challenged, fostered, and
encouraged.
Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report 2012Ericsson Slides
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/sustainability_corporateresponsibility
"Many of the world's major challenges - such as urbanization, climate change, and poverty - could benefit from solutions offered by mobile broadband. Sustainability is a competitive differentiator and is high on our agenda, as well as that of our customers. Throughout the value chain and wherever we do business, we are creating value for ourselves and for our stakeholders by striving to be sustainable and responsible in all that we do."Hans Vestberg, President and CEO.
First, I welcome you to the new Ericsson Technology Review. For some months now, we have been working on how to continue to deliver our in-depth technical insights this journal is renowned for, but also how to offer a broader perspective on technology developments in ICT. So here it is...
I am delighted to be able to share some of my thoughts and the stories of Ericsson experts – their perspectives, concerns, and insights on advancements being made in technology.
Perhaps the most obvious change we’ve made is the name of the journal. As industries merge, overlap, and collaborate more, we find ourselves changing too. I daresay the situation is the same everywhere. Today, Ericsson’s experts have different sets of skills compared with just a few years ago. Our customers also have different problems: subscribers are more demanding, and technology is more complex as it weaves its way deeper into the fabric of our lives. Some of the people I have conversations with today work in businesses that didn’t exist, even a couple of years ago. So, in an attempt to clarify what this journal is about (reviewing technology), we added the word technology to its name.
To our long-standing readers, I would like to emphasize that the fundamental nature of our content – in-depth analyses of specific technologies, their consequences and benefits – hasn’t changed.
The biggest change comes in the form of a new technology trends section. As the CTO of a global ICT player, I am in the fortunate position of hearing about all kinds of innovations that are shaping our industry, and I get to hear them from the multiple perspectives of many different experts. And while technology development often follows an innumerable set of investigation paths, some of them tend to stick out. So, together with a couple of Ericsson experts, I have highlighted the five trends that I believe all of us in ICT should keep an eye on in the coming year. I'd say that virtualization, network slices, more data, more mobile, security, and billions of things are today's primary drivers in ICT.
Otherwise, it’s business as usual... Every month, we publish a new article online. Perhaps not surprisingly, 5G is on the agenda, including a vision for the core network, how transport networks will need to evolve, and how 5g will enable remote control. We’ll round off the year with some insights into cryptography and designing secure algorithms.
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The industry day of the conference aims to bring together people from both academia and industry in a venue that highlights application and practical impact.
I'm pleased to present there on August 22nd 2011.
Stay tuned for the prez file after the event !
Discussion Summary of MSEE Research Project (EU FP7 Factories of the Future) at the Smarter Manufacturing Sustainable Futures Workshop for collaboration between EU research projects investigating aspects of IT support to Manufacturing.
There are many such modifications are going within the Embedded Systems for their efficient operations. These transformations are carried out by many innovative companies within this field. Insights Success have decided to go for the issue, “The 10 Most Innovative Embedded System Solution Providers”.
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Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
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- https://x.com/viglovikov
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This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
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Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
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All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
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Bob Boule
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Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
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1. After years of mutual commitment, ESIA is now glad to
showcase imec’s future projects and its vision on the
latest semiconductor industry’s trends. Below, the full
interview with Luc Van den hove (LVdh), President and
CEO of imec.
ESIA: What’s it like to be the CEO of imec and how your
background led you to this position?
LVdh: At the time imec was founded, I was just finishing
my PhD. Along came this idea to start a super lab in
semiconductor technology, so I jumped on the
bandwagon. I learned all aspects of R&D, but also of the
business. I got into close contact with the engineers and
decision makers at the world’s major electronics
companies. And eventually, after two decades of learning
and growing under my formidable predecessors, I was
offered this rewarding position.
When I took up this position as CEO in 2009, it was a
great honor but also a challenging opportunity. The world
was just witnessing economic turmoil, and also the
technical challenges for further scaling were growing. But
with the excellent teams and partners that we have,
we’ve managed to thrive even in this environment. And I
must say, with the positive feedback we get from our
partners, and with the leading role we play, being CEO of
imec is a stimulating and rewarding job. I truly feel
humbled by having the chance to lead such fantastic and
successful organization.
ESIA: What do you wish people should know more about
imec?
LVdh: A lot of people associate imec with a technology
house, mainly active in developing next-generation chip
technology. That is indeed a core activity of imec, but we
do more.
We are, e.g., also a platform where suppliers of tools and
materials get the chance to innovate in close
collaboration with world leaders. For the many European
suppliers of the ICT industry, having a supplier hub close
to home is of vital importance. And through the years,
we’ve also created great value for the fabless
community. Through us, they get insight into the
opportunities and characteristics of emerging technology,
long before it is actually offered at the fabs. That gains
them years of advance knowledge and design time.
In addition, we are also developing technology for smart
applications in the emerging Internet-of-Things,
healthcare, and sustainable energy generation. In these
areas, we want to leverage silicon nanotechnology to
make applications that are much faster, smaller, cheaper
and more efficient. Solutions that can be mass-produced
and that will allow people to lead better, healthier lives in
a sustainable environment.
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Luc Van den hove, President & CEO imec
Interview with Luc Van den hove
President and CEO of imec
2. ESIA: As a participant of the European Leaders Group
(ELG), how do you think the group’s ambitions and goals
will be met under the new Commission?
LVdh: Under impulse of former European Commission Vice
-President Neelie Kroes, the ELG started in 2013 and
prepared a plan to double the economic value of
semiconductor component production in Europe within
the next 10 years. This is not unrealistic, as the European
industry has excellent assets: world-class research
organizations, powerful regional eco-systems and leading
companies both in component design and production and
in designing and building complex systems.
But the industry will need to act and in this respect the
IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest)
that the multinational actors are preparing is a crucial
move. The proposal is not complete yet, but it seems that
the Internet-of-Things (IoT) will be selected as the
overarching theme, based on the recommendation of the
ELG. I strongly support this choice as it will offer a real
opportunity for Europe. IoT offers a differentiated market
and many of the technology users higher up in the value
chain are strongly present in Europe (e.g. in healthcare,
automotive, industrial applications, etc.).
ESIA: Is there any ongoing project of relevance for the
European semiconductor industry that you would like to
talk about it?
LVdh: The opportunities that are being pursued by smaller
European ICT companies today will have a big impact on
the ICT environment the coming years. There is a high
degree of fragmentation and differentiation in the new
growth markets such as security, medical and wearables,
imaging and sensors, and the Internet of Things. This is an
ideal environment for SMEs with high levels of technical
skill. Progress, change and innovation under these
conditions do not follow schedules or five-year plans. It
occurs through the rapid, dynamic, collective interaction
of SMEs, often across borders and time zones.
We have coined this collective interaction of SMEs in new
fragmented, differentiated growth markets as ‘substream
innovation’. At imec IC-link, the division of imec
responsible for providing SMEs with the technical support
and access to foundry technologies needed to make low
production volume ASICs, we have experienced growth
rates in excess of 30% over the last couple of years. So
here is a definite game changer, still largely ‘substream’,
and we are looking forward with great pleasure to help
grow these new innovating SMEs into great enterprises.
ESIA: How do you think ESIA and imec could further
strengthen their cooperation?
LVdh: The companies that ESIA represents are part of
imec’s natural habitat: the semiconductor industry in
Europe. And that industry thrives on a number of key
enabling technologies that address major societal
challenges and contribute to Europe’s economic growth.
Imec’s mission is to support the industry in developing
those enabling technologies, to leverage our scientific
knowledge with the innovative power of our partners in
ICT, in healthcare and in energy, to deliver industry-
relevant technology solutions.
I’m convinced that imec has the expertise to strengthen
ESIA’s policy advice. We already contribute actively to the
various policy committees and task forces set up by ESIA.
I see an opportunity for imec to strengthen some of these
activities even further by pointing out and documenting
issues that are of collective interest for the semiconductor
industry in Europe, and by helping to draw up clear policy
statements.
As a specific action point, the ELG recommends that IoT
would be supported as one of the key drivers for European
growth, as it presents a differentiated market and many
opportunities both for large companies and for SMEs.
The transition to the new commission may have
raised doubts about a possible discontinuity in focus
and execution. But I am convinced that Commissio-
ner Oettinger fully embraces the challenge and the
ambitions of the ELG – in fact, he said so explicitly in
his keynote address on the European microelectro-
nics strategy at the recent DATE conference.
Rather than waiting for external advice at this inflec-
tion point, I suggest that ESIA gathers the key
players and stakeholders and helps them to formu-
late an ambitious policy and roadmap for Europe.
Also here, imec has key know-how on various core
technology components of IoT and would definitely
be willing to support an IoT-related ESIA action.
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Imec Headquarters, Leuven, Belgium