The document summarizes the history and lessons learned from the Thinking Digital conference. It describes how the conference struggled financially in early years due to increased cash income targets. Extensive marketing efforts were undertaken but financial losses were still double forecasts. However, ticket sales later took off without explanation, selling out months early. Customer feedback was very positive. It was realized that word of mouth on Twitter was a major driver of referrals. The key lessons were to focus on great content and user experience, empower communities to spread the word, and rely less on traditional marketing.
6: Could hardware hacking save us? (Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino)Imran Ali
The document discusses how hardware hacking could help address various issues by encouraging people to learn new skills like problem solving, making things with their hands, understanding how things work, and reducing complexity. It provides examples of hardware hacking projects like modifying toys, tracking personal data, and monitoring home energy use that demonstrate how physical computing can promote learning, community, and solving real-world problems. The overall message is that hardware hacking empowers people and helps move technologies from screens to the physical world in a way that inspires creativity.
This presentation is designed to accompany Calder High's "Modern bridges, connectivity in the C21st" day on 1st July 2010.
The central question for the day is "Is the Internet a force for good", but I'll be focussing on one particular area - the ownership of content.
The document discusses the benefits of a new federation model that focuses on local politics and transparency. It suggests reconnecting people with democracy at the local level through evidence-based policy and transparency. This local approach promotes innovation, sharing of best practices between cities, and efficiencies through collaboration. The new model is likened to the "Fujiwhara effect" where smaller political units interact and influence each other, similar to how smaller weather systems merge under the right conditions.
This document tells a mysterious story from the 1970s involving puzzles, art, games and cow dung that captivated a nation. It references a burial, memories of a book, and a search for a solution, but provides mostly random text and leaves the overall plot and resolution unclear.
The document discusses how information and knowledge are increasingly mediated through changing technologies, making truth and reality difficult to pin down. It gives examples of how Wikipedia entries, memories, and even identities can shift and be unreliable. As more of our interactions occur through online platforms like Twitter, this disconnect between representations and reality can grow, with impersonations and artificial connections becoming easier. However, these mediums also allow improved sharing of learning on a timely basis. In the end, the effects of this flux and increasing mediation are still uncertain and need more confirmation to understand where it may lead.
The document summarizes the history and lessons learned from the Thinking Digital conference. It describes how the conference struggled financially in early years due to increased cash income targets. Extensive marketing efforts were undertaken but financial losses were still double forecasts. However, ticket sales later took off without explanation, selling out months early. Customer feedback was very positive. It was realized that word of mouth on Twitter was a major driver of referrals. The key lessons were to focus on great content and user experience, empower communities to spread the word, and rely less on traditional marketing.
6: Could hardware hacking save us? (Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino)Imran Ali
The document discusses how hardware hacking could help address various issues by encouraging people to learn new skills like problem solving, making things with their hands, understanding how things work, and reducing complexity. It provides examples of hardware hacking projects like modifying toys, tracking personal data, and monitoring home energy use that demonstrate how physical computing can promote learning, community, and solving real-world problems. The overall message is that hardware hacking empowers people and helps move technologies from screens to the physical world in a way that inspires creativity.
This presentation is designed to accompany Calder High's "Modern bridges, connectivity in the C21st" day on 1st July 2010.
The central question for the day is "Is the Internet a force for good", but I'll be focussing on one particular area - the ownership of content.
The document discusses the benefits of a new federation model that focuses on local politics and transparency. It suggests reconnecting people with democracy at the local level through evidence-based policy and transparency. This local approach promotes innovation, sharing of best practices between cities, and efficiencies through collaboration. The new model is likened to the "Fujiwhara effect" where smaller political units interact and influence each other, similar to how smaller weather systems merge under the right conditions.
This document tells a mysterious story from the 1970s involving puzzles, art, games and cow dung that captivated a nation. It references a burial, memories of a book, and a search for a solution, but provides mostly random text and leaves the overall plot and resolution unclear.
The document discusses how information and knowledge are increasingly mediated through changing technologies, making truth and reality difficult to pin down. It gives examples of how Wikipedia entries, memories, and even identities can shift and be unreliable. As more of our interactions occur through online platforms like Twitter, this disconnect between representations and reality can grow, with impersonations and artificial connections becoming easier. However, these mediums also allow improved sharing of learning on a timely basis. In the end, the effects of this flux and increasing mediation are still uncertain and need more confirmation to understand where it may lead.
Pst! The surreptitious beckoning of attention (Megan Smith)Imran Ali
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like depression and anxiety.
The Equality Act: Shouldn't 'geek' be a protected characteristic? (Tim Medcalf)Imran Ali
A tongue-in-cheek look at how discrimination law is changing and how software suppliers may need to be aware of it when designing applications or bidding for work.
How to get ahead in business the Boulton & Watt way (Matt Edgar)Imran Ali
The document is a photo on Flickr of a man standing on a beach at sunset. In the background are rolling hills and the ocean as the sun sets in the distance. The photo captures a scenic moment on the beach at dusk.
As human-robot relationships become more common, safety guidelines are needed to prevent physical or emotional harm. Researchers propose guidelines for intimate interactions with robots, including obtaining consent, focusing on mutual care and responsibility rather than domination, and designing robots that can clearly communicate their capabilities and limitations to partners. Compatible human-robot couplings require consideration of ethics, design, and education to ensure the well-being of both parties.
Lessons Learned by The Difference Engine (Jon Bradford)Imran Ali
This document discusses various life lessons including doing stuff, having ambition, being open minded, managing time well, making introductions, valuing friendship, having fun, and believing in karma. It also mentions technology, markets, teams, and digital topics as areas where lessons can be learned.
Prototyping a telephone service for the rest of humanity (Tim Panton)Imran Ali
This document discusses prototyping a telephone service for remote areas that lack cellular coverage. It proposes using open source software like OpenBTS to build a basic GSM network using commodity hardware for $50,000, which could interconnect with existing phone networks via Asterisk and provide service without relying on outside infrastructure. The goal is to demonstrate a self-contained cellular solution for places affected by natural disasters or lacking traditional coverage.
Embracing Teleworking: Pros and Cons of the Virtual Office (Sam Foster)Imran Ali
The challenges and opportunities presented by a fully virtual office, and what can make this an all-around win-win arrangement for employer, employee and the team as a whole
The document appears to be slides from a presentation that discusses various topics but does not provide much context or clear narrative. It references sociologists, illusory mirrors, quotes from authors, improving stacking, and the intrusion of mass inquiry on the internet. The slides include numbers but it is unclear what the overall presentation is about based on the excerpt provided.
Digital Death & Virtual Suicide (Ben Dalton)Imran Ali
The document contains copyright information for Apple Inc., Nintendo Co., Ltd., why the lucky stiff, RubyInside.com, The Observer, Zach Gage, Ze Frank, Jason Rohrer, Tale of Tales, Lisbeth Klastrup, avantgame.com, Valve, Infinity Ward, Wired.com, and Persuasive Games. It also contains links and images related to games, suicide, and family photos.
The document lists 15 speakers at an event, including one speaker on safe sex with robots, two speakers on digital death, two on open data and city states, two on a pacific island, and three described as hat & glasses guys, along with a token Korean speaker. The event was Ignite Leeds in 2010.
This document summarizes efforts from 2007-2010 to reboot the web and tech scene in Leeds, UK through a series of events including OpenCoffee, GeekUp, BarCamp Leeds, Ignite Leeds, and TEDxLeeds. It discusses lessons learned around using free tools to market events, balancing open vs. curated formats, and challenges with venue and catering options. The goal was to rebuild Leeds' tech culture after an economic downturn through collaboration and community building.
The document discusses Wild Pockets, a game development platform that aims to democratize 3D game creation. It provides a free 3D browser-based game engine designed around shareable game assets, community features, and viral distribution through integrated monetization and analytics tools. Currently in early beta, Wild Pockets has over 4,000 registered developers, with 1,200 active developers monthly using its 25,000 game assets. The platform's goal is to help more developers compete by addressing challenges like market opportunities, funding, and experience.
This document discusses how changes in the video game industry could benefit women. Specifically:
1) Traditional game publisher business models are changing as digital distribution and new revenue models like subscriptions become more common. This reduces publisher control and opens opportunities for smaller, more flexible development teams.
2) The transition away from large publisher-controlled development toward more entrepreneurial and independent models could lower barriers to entry for women in the industry by allowing for smaller teams and reduced development risks.
3) More flexible development approaches may help address the traditional lack of gender diversity in game development by providing alternatives to the large-scale studio environment that has historically presented barriers for women.
19: Leeds Industrial Heritage (Matt Edgar)Imran Ali
This document discusses the industrial heritage and innovations that originated in Leeds, England. It describes how Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen and carbonation while living in Leeds, and how Matthew Murray built the world's first engineering works and steam engine for the first commercial railway. It highlights other innovations from Leeds, including the first skyscraper-style building, the earliest motion picture, and the first traffic lights in the UK. The document encourages learning more about Leeds' history of people who asked "what if?" and pioneered many technological advancements.
Dr. Foxxy is a new Twitter-based service that aims to help users anonymously meet and flirt with potential partners through analyzing social networks, tweets, locations, and profiles. It will proxy messages between interested users, recommend compatible matches, and keep users anonymous until both parties are ready to reveal themselves. Users can provide preferences and dislikes to their private Dr. Foxxy profile to help guide match recommendations. The service will also randomly introduce compatible users and pass messages anonymously between matched pairs.
17: The Politics of Patterns (James Boardwell)Imran Ali
The document discusses the politics of patterns and is authored by James Boardwell. It contains multiple links to Flickr photos and folksy.com shops and items. The document also contains navigation links to previous and next pages.
16: Phil Hemsted's Psycho Teams and the Theory of MindImran Ali
This document discusses teams and theory of mind through references to Joy Division, Charles Darwin, Facebook, Francis Galton, and the big five personality traits. It examines hunter-gatherer societies, reading eyes, gender differences, small teams, and self-replication while questioning why things are measured and which direction to go regarding teamwork.
15: The Future Of Reading (Guy Dickinson)Imran Ali
The document discusses the future of reading in light of new technologies. It notes how television can breed ignorance through misinformation but also quotes lyrics criticizing television's effects. It then contrasts Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' 2002 view that purchasing a book grants rights to resell, loan, or give it away, with Amazon's 2007 Kindle terms of service prohibiting selling or distributing digital content to third parties. This raises questions about how digital technologies and services may impact individual ownership and sharing of reading content.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Pst! The surreptitious beckoning of attention (Megan Smith)Imran Ali
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like depression and anxiety.
The Equality Act: Shouldn't 'geek' be a protected characteristic? (Tim Medcalf)Imran Ali
A tongue-in-cheek look at how discrimination law is changing and how software suppliers may need to be aware of it when designing applications or bidding for work.
How to get ahead in business the Boulton & Watt way (Matt Edgar)Imran Ali
The document is a photo on Flickr of a man standing on a beach at sunset. In the background are rolling hills and the ocean as the sun sets in the distance. The photo captures a scenic moment on the beach at dusk.
As human-robot relationships become more common, safety guidelines are needed to prevent physical or emotional harm. Researchers propose guidelines for intimate interactions with robots, including obtaining consent, focusing on mutual care and responsibility rather than domination, and designing robots that can clearly communicate their capabilities and limitations to partners. Compatible human-robot couplings require consideration of ethics, design, and education to ensure the well-being of both parties.
Lessons Learned by The Difference Engine (Jon Bradford)Imran Ali
This document discusses various life lessons including doing stuff, having ambition, being open minded, managing time well, making introductions, valuing friendship, having fun, and believing in karma. It also mentions technology, markets, teams, and digital topics as areas where lessons can be learned.
Prototyping a telephone service for the rest of humanity (Tim Panton)Imran Ali
This document discusses prototyping a telephone service for remote areas that lack cellular coverage. It proposes using open source software like OpenBTS to build a basic GSM network using commodity hardware for $50,000, which could interconnect with existing phone networks via Asterisk and provide service without relying on outside infrastructure. The goal is to demonstrate a self-contained cellular solution for places affected by natural disasters or lacking traditional coverage.
Embracing Teleworking: Pros and Cons of the Virtual Office (Sam Foster)Imran Ali
The challenges and opportunities presented by a fully virtual office, and what can make this an all-around win-win arrangement for employer, employee and the team as a whole
The document appears to be slides from a presentation that discusses various topics but does not provide much context or clear narrative. It references sociologists, illusory mirrors, quotes from authors, improving stacking, and the intrusion of mass inquiry on the internet. The slides include numbers but it is unclear what the overall presentation is about based on the excerpt provided.
Digital Death & Virtual Suicide (Ben Dalton)Imran Ali
The document contains copyright information for Apple Inc., Nintendo Co., Ltd., why the lucky stiff, RubyInside.com, The Observer, Zach Gage, Ze Frank, Jason Rohrer, Tale of Tales, Lisbeth Klastrup, avantgame.com, Valve, Infinity Ward, Wired.com, and Persuasive Games. It also contains links and images related to games, suicide, and family photos.
The document lists 15 speakers at an event, including one speaker on safe sex with robots, two speakers on digital death, two on open data and city states, two on a pacific island, and three described as hat & glasses guys, along with a token Korean speaker. The event was Ignite Leeds in 2010.
This document summarizes efforts from 2007-2010 to reboot the web and tech scene in Leeds, UK through a series of events including OpenCoffee, GeekUp, BarCamp Leeds, Ignite Leeds, and TEDxLeeds. It discusses lessons learned around using free tools to market events, balancing open vs. curated formats, and challenges with venue and catering options. The goal was to rebuild Leeds' tech culture after an economic downturn through collaboration and community building.
The document discusses Wild Pockets, a game development platform that aims to democratize 3D game creation. It provides a free 3D browser-based game engine designed around shareable game assets, community features, and viral distribution through integrated monetization and analytics tools. Currently in early beta, Wild Pockets has over 4,000 registered developers, with 1,200 active developers monthly using its 25,000 game assets. The platform's goal is to help more developers compete by addressing challenges like market opportunities, funding, and experience.
This document discusses how changes in the video game industry could benefit women. Specifically:
1) Traditional game publisher business models are changing as digital distribution and new revenue models like subscriptions become more common. This reduces publisher control and opens opportunities for smaller, more flexible development teams.
2) The transition away from large publisher-controlled development toward more entrepreneurial and independent models could lower barriers to entry for women in the industry by allowing for smaller teams and reduced development risks.
3) More flexible development approaches may help address the traditional lack of gender diversity in game development by providing alternatives to the large-scale studio environment that has historically presented barriers for women.
19: Leeds Industrial Heritage (Matt Edgar)Imran Ali
This document discusses the industrial heritage and innovations that originated in Leeds, England. It describes how Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen and carbonation while living in Leeds, and how Matthew Murray built the world's first engineering works and steam engine for the first commercial railway. It highlights other innovations from Leeds, including the first skyscraper-style building, the earliest motion picture, and the first traffic lights in the UK. The document encourages learning more about Leeds' history of people who asked "what if?" and pioneered many technological advancements.
Dr. Foxxy is a new Twitter-based service that aims to help users anonymously meet and flirt with potential partners through analyzing social networks, tweets, locations, and profiles. It will proxy messages between interested users, recommend compatible matches, and keep users anonymous until both parties are ready to reveal themselves. Users can provide preferences and dislikes to their private Dr. Foxxy profile to help guide match recommendations. The service will also randomly introduce compatible users and pass messages anonymously between matched pairs.
17: The Politics of Patterns (James Boardwell)Imran Ali
The document discusses the politics of patterns and is authored by James Boardwell. It contains multiple links to Flickr photos and folksy.com shops and items. The document also contains navigation links to previous and next pages.
16: Phil Hemsted's Psycho Teams and the Theory of MindImran Ali
This document discusses teams and theory of mind through references to Joy Division, Charles Darwin, Facebook, Francis Galton, and the big five personality traits. It examines hunter-gatherer societies, reading eyes, gender differences, small teams, and self-replication while questioning why things are measured and which direction to go regarding teamwork.
15: The Future Of Reading (Guy Dickinson)Imran Ali
The document discusses the future of reading in light of new technologies. It notes how television can breed ignorance through misinformation but also quotes lyrics criticizing television's effects. It then contrasts Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' 2002 view that purchasing a book grants rights to resell, loan, or give it away, with Amazon's 2007 Kindle terms of service prohibiting selling or distributing digital content to third parties. This raises questions about how digital technologies and services may impact individual ownership and sharing of reading content.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.