Peter K. Kang is a PhD candidate at MIT who started the AQUA-BRIDGE project in 2010 to address drinking water issues. The project brings clean water to communities using appropriate technology like biosand filters and an integrated web-based ICT platform for effective data management. Kang visited Tanzania in 2011 and 2013 to understand local water issues, test water quality, install biosand filters, and gather initial data for the ICT platform. The platform maps water sources, filter locations, and allows real-time reporting from community members to help address issues. The project aims to have a large positive impact by combining local solutions with remote data analysis and support.
Co-presentation with Christina Cook at Dawson College showcasing the avenues to engage sustainability in posit secondary education and career opportunities.
Februar 2, 2017
Smarter > Simpler > Social: Case studies on how to have more impact for less ...James Dellow
My presentation for the not-for-profit IT conference, Connecting Up Australia 2009, held on 11th-13th May 2009 in Sydney:
Social media is having a dramatic affect on society. For the non-profit sector this is a fantastic opportunity to engage with people in new ways. What you may not realise is how this social computing approach can actually help your organisation to have more impact for less effort than has been possible before.
SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY & RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMSenergybiographies
.Understanding the whole energy system of the future involves us
i) working in a shared socio-technical “problem space” encompassing what is considered to be:
Possible/plausible and desirable
We are mapping this out (our “issues space”)
Engaging with publics/ideas about imagined futures
ii) Understanding diverse impacts of dynamic changes arising on daily life, the lifecourse, and emergent socio-technical/systems
Smart - as an emergent (socio-technical & socio-cultural) systems dynamic - will impact in ways that matter greatly to people– raising non-trivial research issues
Co-presentation with Christina Cook at Dawson College showcasing the avenues to engage sustainability in posit secondary education and career opportunities.
Februar 2, 2017
Smarter > Simpler > Social: Case studies on how to have more impact for less ...James Dellow
My presentation for the not-for-profit IT conference, Connecting Up Australia 2009, held on 11th-13th May 2009 in Sydney:
Social media is having a dramatic affect on society. For the non-profit sector this is a fantastic opportunity to engage with people in new ways. What you may not realise is how this social computing approach can actually help your organisation to have more impact for less effort than has been possible before.
SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY & RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMSenergybiographies
.Understanding the whole energy system of the future involves us
i) working in a shared socio-technical “problem space” encompassing what is considered to be:
Possible/plausible and desirable
We are mapping this out (our “issues space”)
Engaging with publics/ideas about imagined futures
ii) Understanding diverse impacts of dynamic changes arising on daily life, the lifecourse, and emergent socio-technical/systems
Smart - as an emergent (socio-technical & socio-cultural) systems dynamic - will impact in ways that matter greatly to people– raising non-trivial research issues
Regional Engagement for Green Infrastructure Decision-Making and Implementationnado-web
Slides from a webinar on regional engagement for green infrastructure Decision-Making and Implementation co-hosted by the NADO Research Foundation and University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management.
Mobile/Smart Phone Filmmaking - A Decade of Mobile Moving-Image PracticeMax Schleser
This presentation will outline the emergence of a creative mobile media practice that surfaced within the last ten years. A Decade of Mobile Moving-Image Practice will focus on the emergence of mobile-mentary (mobile documentary, Schleser 2011) and mobile filmmaking in an international context and examine the developments within this new field of creative practice. In order to map out and curate the proliferation of this new field this presentation will discuss the research projects MINA and the International Mobile Innovation Screenings (2011-2014). In 2006, mobile phones outnumbered the volume of digital video, film and still cameras sold worldwide and industry forecasts 2 billion camera phones, but as an academic discipline this area is still under-examined. This presentation will outline the distinctive character, new methods of making and consequentially establishing representations and new forms of expression that are afforded by a creative mobile media practice. A number of independent practioners utilized smartphones as creative tools since the first camera phones appeared and contributed to generating new ways to think about smart phones as creative tools creating inspiring and innovative forms of visual expression. By means of creating a historical positioning and curation of mobile pioneers, mobile characteristics and qualities can be described. The discussion in this presentation will also explore the continuous innovation, refinement of aesthetics, on-going theoretical and methodological developments in a field that is now also recognized by the creative industries. While the industry maintains a conservative and commercial approach, this presentation points at mobile filmmaking as a cultural practice and argues for a case to embed mobile filmmaking in the academic discourse to illustrate possibilities for changes in the current mediascape.
Joint paper with Siddharth Nair within our Putting Community Knowledge in Place special session at the Knowledge Cities World Summit in Melbourne, November 2010.
Sarah Currier from the University of Glasgow presenting about the Urban Big Data Centre. Presented at Women in Tech Scotland Meetup on 22nd March 2016.
When technology hits the sidewalk empowering community residents through 21s...Isaac Castillo
The conversation around 21st century data collection methods continues to evolve, but little work has been done to employ these methods to empower community stakeholders as part of the data collection process. This session will detail how DCPNI conducted a representative community survey using innovative data collection methods within an inclusive evaluation framework by employing community members as agents of community data collection. We will address the challenges faced in implementing a survey of significant scope, including time constraints, unknown literacy levels of survey participants, and inconsistent access to the internet, and detail how these challenges were overcome. The session will include a step-by-step demonstration of DCPNI's use of Key Survey Software to administer surveys on tablet devices with offline capability. We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our approach compared to alternatives and outline how the collected data will be utilized to benefit the community going forward.
A presentation made to the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver Canada April 25, 2013 giving an update on the current status of community based ICT for development initiatives (Community Informatics).
Regional Engagement for Green Infrastructure Decision-Making and Implementationnado-web
Slides from a webinar on regional engagement for green infrastructure Decision-Making and Implementation co-hosted by the NADO Research Foundation and University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management.
Mobile/Smart Phone Filmmaking - A Decade of Mobile Moving-Image PracticeMax Schleser
This presentation will outline the emergence of a creative mobile media practice that surfaced within the last ten years. A Decade of Mobile Moving-Image Practice will focus on the emergence of mobile-mentary (mobile documentary, Schleser 2011) and mobile filmmaking in an international context and examine the developments within this new field of creative practice. In order to map out and curate the proliferation of this new field this presentation will discuss the research projects MINA and the International Mobile Innovation Screenings (2011-2014). In 2006, mobile phones outnumbered the volume of digital video, film and still cameras sold worldwide and industry forecasts 2 billion camera phones, but as an academic discipline this area is still under-examined. This presentation will outline the distinctive character, new methods of making and consequentially establishing representations and new forms of expression that are afforded by a creative mobile media practice. A number of independent practioners utilized smartphones as creative tools since the first camera phones appeared and contributed to generating new ways to think about smart phones as creative tools creating inspiring and innovative forms of visual expression. By means of creating a historical positioning and curation of mobile pioneers, mobile characteristics and qualities can be described. The discussion in this presentation will also explore the continuous innovation, refinement of aesthetics, on-going theoretical and methodological developments in a field that is now also recognized by the creative industries. While the industry maintains a conservative and commercial approach, this presentation points at mobile filmmaking as a cultural practice and argues for a case to embed mobile filmmaking in the academic discourse to illustrate possibilities for changes in the current mediascape.
Joint paper with Siddharth Nair within our Putting Community Knowledge in Place special session at the Knowledge Cities World Summit in Melbourne, November 2010.
Sarah Currier from the University of Glasgow presenting about the Urban Big Data Centre. Presented at Women in Tech Scotland Meetup on 22nd March 2016.
When technology hits the sidewalk empowering community residents through 21s...Isaac Castillo
The conversation around 21st century data collection methods continues to evolve, but little work has been done to employ these methods to empower community stakeholders as part of the data collection process. This session will detail how DCPNI conducted a representative community survey using innovative data collection methods within an inclusive evaluation framework by employing community members as agents of community data collection. We will address the challenges faced in implementing a survey of significant scope, including time constraints, unknown literacy levels of survey participants, and inconsistent access to the internet, and detail how these challenges were overcome. The session will include a step-by-step demonstration of DCPNI's use of Key Survey Software to administer surveys on tablet devices with offline capability. We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our approach compared to alternatives and outline how the collected data will be utilized to benefit the community going forward.
A presentation made to the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver Canada April 25, 2013 giving an update on the current status of community based ICT for development initiatives (Community Informatics).
COBWEB Smart Technology = Smart Data? Citizen Science in the Dyfi Biosphere R...COBWEB Project
COBWEB Smart Technology = Smart Data? Citizen Science in the Dyfi Biosphere Reserve, Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 7th March 2015. Dr Crona Hodges.
Digital citizenship: A global perspectiveJulie Lindsay
Webinar presented March 2014 - to focus on how to move digital citizenship ideas and actions from local to global. The recording of this 1-hour webinar is here: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/06881587/5999043
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
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Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
3. I
am
a
PhD
candidate
in
course
1
working
on
natural
porous
media
flow
1.66 mm
4. One
day..
Found
inspiring
video
on
youtube..
Susan
MurcoJ
(senior
lecturer
in
CEE)
The Kanchan Arsenic Filter
- More than 10% of world population do not have safe drinking water.
- Most promising low-cost water filtration technology is based on natural
porous media flow.
4
5. My
First
Visit
to
Tanzania:
March,
2011
• Understanding
the
problem
and
community
• Water
quality
test
• Build
trust
with
the
community
9. Our
Vision:
We
believe
that
every
human
being
is
en2tled
to
clean
water
and
envision
the
world
where
all
people
have
uninterrupted
and
sustained
access
to
safe
water.
11. We
bring
clean
water
Using
appropriate
technology
Integrated
with
web-‐based
ICT
plaDorm
12. What
is
our
appropriate
technology?
Biosand
filter
Water-‐quality
test
Service
Model
13. Water
filtraWon
technology
Bio-‐sand
Filter
-‐
Cleans
water
to
drinkable
level
at
low
cost
-‐
Built
by/with
the
resource
at
the
local
community
-‐
No
energy
required
-‐
Superior
flow
rate
-‐
Easy
to
scale-‐up
16. Neighborhood
level
Model
Pros
• Larger
impact
• Easier
quality
control
Cons
•
•
•
Support
from
community
people
and
local
government
is
necessary
Larger
iniWal
cost
Devoted
local
manager
is
essenWal
18. Second
visit:
January
2012
•
Revisit
with
our
solu&on:
biosand
filter
with
hybrid
service
model
•
We
always
start
with
long
discussion
with
local
women:
ALWAYS
WORKS!!
21. LimitaWon..
-‐
No
idea
about
the
community
situa&on
when
we
are
not
there..
-‐
Cannot
make
data
driven
decisions..
-‐
InformaWon
gathered
during
the
past
two
visits
became
untraceable..
-‐
So
we
propose
web-‐based
ICT
plaDorm
for
effecWve
data
management
and
data-‐driven
decision
making
22. How
ICT
Plagorm
works?
The
ICT
plagorm
will
allow
us
to
make
data-‐driven
decisions
based
on
the
sufficient
informaWon
collected
from
our
community.
23. How
we
collect
data
1.
Community
survey
with
mobile
applicaWon
By
Modi
Research
Group
at
Columbia
Univ.
Photo:
Formhub
-‐
Gather
survey
data
with
GPS
informaWon.
-‐
Understand
community
situaWon
and
project
acceptance.
-‐
AutomaWcally
uploaded
to
our
web-‐based
plagorm
24. How
we
collect
data
2.
Water
quality
informaWon
Water
quality
test
+
GPS
locaWon
Water
status
map
-‐
Collect
water
quality
data
with
GPS
informaWon
-‐
Monitoring
filter
performance,
water
situaWon
-‐
AutomaWcally
uploaded
to
our
web-‐based
plagorm
25. How
we
collect
data
3.
Project
acWvity:
GPS
tracking
with
photo
info
(runtasWc)
hJp://blog.runtasWc.com
-‐
Project
manager
records
his
GPS
locaWon
&
photos
-‐
GPS
tracking
will
be
uploaded
on
our
plagorm
-‐
We
can
analyze
working
history
and
also
can
be
used
for
story
telling
26. Third
visit
(July,
2013):
Gathered
iniWal
input
data
for
ICT
plagorm
-‐
Household
survey:
data
collecWon
with
mobile
applicaWon
-‐
Water
quality
tesWng
with
GPS
locaWon
28. One
day
journey
(July
18th,
2013)
-‐
6.1
km
-‐
4000
kcal
visualizaWon
by
Youjin
Shin
hJp://vimeo.com/73040048#
29. We
bridge
the
gap
between
the
developed
and
developing
countries
through
our
web-‐based
plagorm
30. Before
showing
the
current
status
of
our
ICT
plagorm,
Let’s
compare
google
map
of
MIT
and
Kiwalani
community.
31. Map
comparison
between
MIT
&
Kiwalani
Amount
of
data
around
MIT
is
surprising
Maximum
zoom:
no
informaWon
32. Current
status
of
our
ICT
plagorm
hJp://itp.nyu.edu/~ys1438/sinatra/waterQuality
-‐
We
use
openstreet
map
for
updaWng
community
informaWon
-‐
Deep
well
vs
Shallow
well
-‐
Biosand
filter
(two
filters
that
are
not
working..)
-‐
New
filters:
where
to
install
next?
-‐
Key
locaWons
33. Next
Step:
Crowd
sourcing
from
the
community
members
(twilio)
TexWng
(Kiwalani)
ICT
Plagorm
(A-‐B)
Texting (Kiwalani)
ICT Platform (A-B)
-‐
Filter
users
and
community
members
can
text
us.
-‐
Texted
message
are
automaWcally
uploaded,
analyzed
on
our
plagorm
-‐
We
can
respond
to
the
disease
outbreak
(“boil
water”)
35. Thank
you
-‐
Feedback
appreciated.
-‐
If
you
support
our
project,
vote
for
AQUA-‐BRIDGE
at
2014
IDEAS
CompeWWon.
-‐
Any
idea
about
funding
sources?
Let
me
know
:)
