I assembled these thoughts during and following the CBD conference in Hyderabad in 2012. It suggests that a majority of biodiversity informatics initiatives are active in addressing just a small set of fundamental questions regarding biodiversity. It then suggests that aligning these activities with the Aichi Targets would provide the means to focus them on achieving nationally-relevant (and hence fund-able) goals.
Enabling Conditions to Implement the 2018 Forest Proclamation to Facilitate F...CIFOR-ICRAF
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Presentation by Habtemariam Kassa on April 5, 2019 at Workshop in Ethiopia ("Forests and climate change: research results and implications for REDD+ and forest governance in Ethiopia")
ENR-CSOs annual performance Report, 2019/20, Septemeber 2020.Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation was delivered to key Water and Environment Sector stakeholders during the Ministry of Water and Environment Sector Performance Review/Validation Meeting
2020. The presentation provides highlights of the consolidated annual performance and contribution of the Environment and Natural Resources Civil Society Organizations contributions to the Water and Environment sector in Uganda. It also presents some of the key recommendations for consideration by the duty bearers and stakeholders towards addressing the Water and Environment sector challenges.
Enabling Conditions to Implement the 2018 Forest Proclamation to Facilitate F...CIFOR-ICRAF
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ENR-CSOs annual performance Report, 2019/20, Septemeber 2020.Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation was delivered to key Water and Environment Sector stakeholders during the Ministry of Water and Environment Sector Performance Review/Validation Meeting
2020. The presentation provides highlights of the consolidated annual performance and contribution of the Environment and Natural Resources Civil Society Organizations contributions to the Water and Environment sector in Uganda. It also presents some of the key recommendations for consideration by the duty bearers and stakeholders towards addressing the Water and Environment sector challenges.
Global momentum to tackle forest-climate challenges is bolstered by commitments like the Paris Climate Agreement, the NY Declaration on Forests. GFW Climate aims to promote transparency and accountability for global commitments and provide planning tools for national level implementation. GFW is seeking feedback on strategies to provide relevant insights and practical tools for achieving forest-climate goals.
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in the Forestry Sec...Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation was prepared and delivered during the 3rd Water and Environment Week, 2020 - organized by the Water Resources Institute - Ministry of Water and Environment and Partners in the period 16-18th September 2020. This events involved key stakeholders in the Water and Environment Sector for purposes of networking, information exchange and policy dialogue of key issues in the sector. Further information about UWEWK is available at: http://envalert.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Call-for-Abstracts-UWEWK-2020.pdf
The presentation gives the highlights of the Uganda Technology Needs Assessment Process, with a focus on the Forestry sector. Thus, it the prioritized technologies for advancing climate change adaptation in the forestry sub-sector in Uganda.
Communities Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade: online learning series for the...IIED
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This is a presentation from the third event of an online learning series for the East African Community region on communities combating illegal wildlife trade.
The event took participants through the first two steps of the âLocal communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)â methodology, which aims to support designers and implementers of anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking strategies and projects to effectively engage local communities as partners.
The events are organised by IUCN, together with the International Institute for Environment and Development and IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. They are supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT) project, and will supplement the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA programme, supported by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
More information: https://www.iucn.org/regions/eastern-and-southern-africa/our-work/conservation-areas-and-species/local-communities-first-line-defence-against-illegal-wildlife-trade-flod
Consultation on the UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed ...Csdi Initiative
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As a UN body, the UN-REDD Programme is obliged to promote respect for, and seek the full application of, the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), including the right to give or withhold free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), particularly at the country level (UNDRIP, Art 42).
To support UN-REDD Programme countries to implement the UNDRIP, the Programme conducted three regional consultations (Vietnam, June 2010; Panama, October 2010; Tanzania, January 2011) with representatives of Indigenous Peoplesâ and civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to develop specific FPIC guidelines for countries participating in the Programme. This initiative responded to the demand from participating countries for concrete guidance on how to seek FPIC and provide effective grievance within the context of the UN-REDD Programme.
With this ppt, the UN-REDD Programme presents the framework for the consolidated draft guidelines resulting from the three regional consultations.
This session targets GFW partners working at a national level and those interested in increasing the relevance of GFW for national/local stakeholders. Discussion topics include: How are GFW partners working to ânationalizeâ GFW data and technology to support forest management, law enforcement, land use planning, and reporting on forest-related commitments? What more can be done to facilitate these efforts?
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable...Bioversity International
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Presentation by Kathryn Garforth, Secretariat of the CBD, at the Mutual Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and Plant Treaty workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th 2015.
Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation; A C...Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation underscores the challenge of climate change and environmental degradation in respect to sustainable livelihoods, economic development and transformation. It underpins some actions and initiatives taken at the global and national levels to address the issues and suggests practical actions and recommendations for reflection for implementation going forward to advance climate change adaptation, environmental restoration & sustainable management.
Global momentum to tackle forest-climate challenges is bolstered by commitments like the Paris Climate Agreement, the NY Declaration on Forests. GFW Climate aims to promote transparency and accountability for global commitments and provide planning tools for national level implementation. GFW is seeking feedback on strategies to provide relevant insights and practical tools for achieving forest-climate goals.
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in the Forestry Sec...Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation was prepared and delivered during the 3rd Water and Environment Week, 2020 - organized by the Water Resources Institute - Ministry of Water and Environment and Partners in the period 16-18th September 2020. This events involved key stakeholders in the Water and Environment Sector for purposes of networking, information exchange and policy dialogue of key issues in the sector. Further information about UWEWK is available at: http://envalert.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Call-for-Abstracts-UWEWK-2020.pdf
The presentation gives the highlights of the Uganda Technology Needs Assessment Process, with a focus on the Forestry sector. Thus, it the prioritized technologies for advancing climate change adaptation in the forestry sub-sector in Uganda.
Communities Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade: online learning series for the...IIED
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This is a presentation from the third event of an online learning series for the East African Community region on communities combating illegal wildlife trade.
The event took participants through the first two steps of the âLocal communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)â methodology, which aims to support designers and implementers of anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking strategies and projects to effectively engage local communities as partners.
The events are organised by IUCN, together with the International Institute for Environment and Development and IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. They are supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT) project, and will supplement the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA programme, supported by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
More information: https://www.iucn.org/regions/eastern-and-southern-africa/our-work/conservation-areas-and-species/local-communities-first-line-defence-against-illegal-wildlife-trade-flod
Consultation on the UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed ...Csdi Initiative
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As a UN body, the UN-REDD Programme is obliged to promote respect for, and seek the full application of, the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), including the right to give or withhold free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), particularly at the country level (UNDRIP, Art 42).
To support UN-REDD Programme countries to implement the UNDRIP, the Programme conducted three regional consultations (Vietnam, June 2010; Panama, October 2010; Tanzania, January 2011) with representatives of Indigenous Peoplesâ and civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to develop specific FPIC guidelines for countries participating in the Programme. This initiative responded to the demand from participating countries for concrete guidance on how to seek FPIC and provide effective grievance within the context of the UN-REDD Programme.
With this ppt, the UN-REDD Programme presents the framework for the consolidated draft guidelines resulting from the three regional consultations.
This session targets GFW partners working at a national level and those interested in increasing the relevance of GFW for national/local stakeholders. Discussion topics include: How are GFW partners working to ânationalizeâ GFW data and technology to support forest management, law enforcement, land use planning, and reporting on forest-related commitments? What more can be done to facilitate these efforts?
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable...Bioversity International
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Presentation by Kathryn Garforth, Secretariat of the CBD, at the Mutual Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and Plant Treaty workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th 2015.
Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation; A C...Dr. Joshua Zake
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This presentation underscores the challenge of climate change and environmental degradation in respect to sustainable livelihoods, economic development and transformation. It underpins some actions and initiatives taken at the global and national levels to address the issues and suggests practical actions and recommendations for reflection for implementation going forward to advance climate change adaptation, environmental restoration & sustainable management.
Developing the field of Biodiversity Informatics in South Africa through the ...Fatima Parker-Allie
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Presentation looks a developing the field of informatics, and the use and application of Biodiversity data through a showcase example of the use of marine data and the impacts of climate change on fish species under current and future climate scenarios
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) Position Paper: Data Hosting ...Phil Cryer
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Today, an unprecedented volume of primary biodiversity data are being generated worldwide, yet significant amounts of these data have been and will continue to be lost after the conclusion of the projects tasked with collecting them. To get the most value out of these data it is imperative to seek a solution whereby these data are rescued, archived and made available to the biodiversity community. To this end, the biodiversity informatics community requires investment in processes and infrastructure to mitigate data loss and provide solutions for long-term hosting and sharing of biodiversity data.
We review the current state of biodiversity data hosting and investigate the technological and sociological barriers to proper data management. We further explore the rescuing and re-hosting of legacy data, the state of existing toolsets and propose a future direction for the development of new discovery tools. We also explore the role of data standards and licensing in the context of data hosting and preservation. We provide five recommendations for the biodiversity community that will foster better data preservation and access: (1) encourage the communityâs use of data standards, (2) promote the public domain licensing of data, (3) establish a community of those involved in data hosting and archival, (4) establish hosting centers for biodiversity data, and (5) develop tools for data discovery.
The communityâs adoption of standards and development of tools to enable data discovery is essential to sustainable data preservation. Furthermore, the increased adoption of open content licensing, the establishment of data hosting infrastructure and the creation of a data hosting and archiving community are all necessary steps towards the community ensuring that data archival policies become standardized.
Bibliographic citation: GBIF (2011). GBIF Position Paper on Data Hosting Infrastructure for Primary Biodiversity Data.. Version 1.0. (Authored by Goddard, A., Wilson, N., Cryer, P., & Yamashita, G.), Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Pp. 34, ISBN: 87-92020-38-0. Accessible at http://links.gbif.org/gbif_position_paper_data_hosting_infrastructure_primary_biodive rsity_data_en_v1
http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=4386
Module 4B - EN - Promoting data use II: use in key scientific and policy areasAlberto GonzĂĄlez-TalavĂĄn
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In this advanced module we will concentrate on key cases of data use that are linked to high-level targets defined at the international level by organizations such as the CBD or IPBES. Aligning your work with these targets will allow to demonstrate the usefulness of your work to policy makers and users.
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Al...ESD UNU-IAS
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This presentation was part of the 7th African RCE Meeting, 2-4 August 2017 in Lusaka, Zambia âRCE Initiatives: Milestones for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goalsâ.
Overview of the GNA Vernacular Names Extension to representatives from 17 Asian and 4 Oceania countries. Discussions on collecting indigenous knowledge. Presented to the Asian Regional Biodiversity Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 2009).
Scoping presentation on using the Global Names Architecture to assist processes for building national and regional species inventories. Presented to the Asian Regional Biodiversity Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 2009).
Basic overview of the Global Names Architecture and Darwin Core data standards presented to the Asian Regional Biodiversity Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 2009).
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
đ Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
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The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
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At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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Clients donât know what they donât know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clientsâ 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.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
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Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
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Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties â USA
Expansion of bot farms â how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks â Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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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 â active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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đĽ Speed, accuracy, and scaling â discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Miningâ˘:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing â with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs â GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
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:
đ¨âđŤ Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
đŠâđŤ Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
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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.
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National Biodiversity Informatics Goals
1. The Biodiversity Informatics Goals
A Proposed Coordinated Response to the Aichi Targets
David Remsen
A Concept for the Biodiversity Informatics Community
November 2012, updated June 2014
2. The aim of this presentation
Mobilize the collective biodiversity informatics community
toward supporting regional, national and multi-national
goals and targets.
Suggest informatics activities this community should focus
on for the next 10 years and why?
Suggest a key role for GBIF to play in the coordination and
fulfillment of these activities
Illustrate this role using the Catalogue of Life as an
example.
4. Ratified by nearly every country (except USA*)
In 2010 at COP 10 in Nagoya, Japan, the Parties of the CBD adopted a
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity to achieve 20 targets before 2020.
These 20 targets came to be known as the Aichi Targets
*USA signed the CBD but as not ratified it.
5. Aichi Target 19 focuses on the improvement, sharing and
application of knowledge
â All countries need information to identify threats to biodiversity and determine
priorities for conservation and sustainable use.
⌠the absence or difficulty in accessing relevant information is an obstacle to the
implementation of the goals of the Convention.â
â˘âŻ Our understanding of the role and function of species within ecosystems is
poorly understood. How do species interact with each other and the world
around us to provide valuable services?
â˘âŻ Information regarding status and trends is needed for the majority of
species. We need such information to determine if our responses to
biodiversity loss is having any effect and to identify patterns of change.
â˘âŻ Little available information on the consequences of biodiversity loss which
is crucial in creating momentum for conservation.
Improved scientific biodiversity information is needed to be widely
shared and transferred so that it can be applied to better serve
science and society
6. Nearly all of the targets require access to data or information
related to biodiversity
Their endorsement by so many countries presents an opportunity
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 single
 voice?
If so, how?
13. In 2012, GBIF hosted the Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference
âThe Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference (GBIC) aims to discuss how
informatics can best meet the challenges posed by biodiversity science and policy.â
The output of the conference is a âGlobal Biodiversity Informatics Outlookâ
14. The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook defines a framework of 20
components grouped into four strategic areas.
This framework does a very good job of describing a biodiversity informatics
instrument.
Content Discovery and
Access
Models and
Visualizations
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
Field surveys and
observations
Sequences and
genomes
Collections and
specimens
Published materials
Remote-sensed
observations
Fitness-for-use
and annotations
Taxonomic
framework
Integrated occurrence
data
Aggregated species
trait data
Comprehensive
knowledge access
Multiscalar spatial
modelling
Trends and predictions
Modelling biological
systems
Prioritizing new
data capture
Visualization
and dissemination
Open access and reuse culture Biodiversity knowledge network
Data standardsPolicy incentives
Persistent storage and archival
15. But what questions should this instrument address?
And how might the community be directed to answer them.
Content Discovery and
Access
Models and
Visualizations
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
Field surveys and
observations
Sequences and
genomes
Collections and
specimens
Published materials
Remote-sensed
observations
Fitness-for-use
and annotations
Taxonomic
framework
Integrated occurrence
data
Aggregated species
trait data
Comprehensive
knowledge access
Multiscalar spatial
modelling
Trends and predictions
Modelling biological
systems
Prioritizing new
data capture
Visualization
and dissemination
Open access and reuse culture Biodiversity knowledge network
Data standardsPolicy incentives
Persistent storage and archival
??
?
?
16. Many of us have been asked some variant of these questions regarding
species.
âWhat is it called?â
âWhere ( did | does | will ) it live?â
âIs it endangered?â
âHow many are there?â
âWhat other species live around here?â
âWhat is it related to?â
âWhat does it do?â
âWhat does it look like?â
Are these the sorts of questions being addressed within biodiversity
informatics today?
âWhat good is it?â
âHow are they doing?â
17. Yes!
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 They
 are.
These
 organiza9ons/ini9a9ves
 work
 on
 those
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ques9ons.
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18. We* propose that the Biodiversity Informatics community set its own targets
by establishing four goals
Content Discovery and
Access
Models and
Visualizations
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
Field surveys and
observations
Sequences and
genomes
Collections and
specimens
Published materials
Remote-sensed
observations
Fitness-for-use
and annotations
Taxonomic
framework
Integrated occurrence
data
Aggregated species
trait data
Comprehensive
knowledge access
Multiscalar spatial
modelling
Trends and predictions
Modelling biological
systems
Prioritizing new
data capture
Visualization
and dissemination
Open access and reuse culture Biodiversity knowledge network
Data standardsPolicy incentives
Persistent storage and archival
D
GOAL
C
GOAL
B
GOAL
A
GOAL
And articulate these goals in a simple and non-technical manner.
19. And align the four Biodiversity Informatics Goals with the Aichi Targets
Goals that support national priorities through delivering scientific
biodiversity data and information products and services
The Biodiversity
Informatics Goals The Aichi Targets
20. A
GOAL By 2020, enable all countries to have a clear
understanding of the status and trends in the range and
abundance of all species occurring within their borders
THE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS GOALS
B
GOAL By 2020, provide the means to describe how species
interact with each other and surrounding natural and
man-made landscapes to form ecosystems
C
GOAL By 2020, ensure that all countries have a complete and
up-to-date national species registry and key species
lists through an integrated global taxonomic information
system
D
GOAL By 2020, provide all countries with the means to
precisely identify any target species or species group
(invasive, threatened, trade-restricted, etc).
21. Incorporating the Goals into the GBIO enhances the landscaping
by further distinguishing actors and their roles amongst the goals
It starts to bring order, context and direction to the âecosystem of acronymsâ
Content Discovery and
Access
Models and
Visualizations
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
A
GOAL
Natural History
Collections
Observation Networks
Trawler Surveys
Expert knowledge
Remote sensed data
Herbaria
Environmental Impact Ass.
Citizen Science Networks
Publications
Protect Area Data
OGC
DiGIR
TAPIR
ABCD
DwC
Creative Comm.
IPT
BioCASE
Specify
Brahms
K-Emu
GBIF
OBIS
MANIS
ORNIS
HERPNET
VERTNET
EBIRD
AKN
NBN
ALA
IABIN
GBIF Nodes
SANBI
CRIA
Candensys
EML
OpenModeller
Ecological Niche Model
CIAT
AquaMaps
IUCN Species Program
GROMS
Protected Planet
UNEP/WCMC
GEO-BON
EoL
Mapping Life
Research Community
Earth Observation
community
IPBES
Funding Agencies
UN conventions
National Legislatures
Collaboration networks
TDWG
D
GOAL
C
GOAL
B
GOAL
22. Collectively, the Goals link all actors, via their roles, directly toward support
of the Aichi Targets
This supports refined and directed objectives among participating actors.
Alignment to the Goals provides alignment to the Aichi Targets
23. Conversely, the Aichi Targets help establish priorities and focus for the
GBIO FrameworkâŚ
âŚwhile the Goals provide taxonomic, geospatial and other measures from
which to identify gaps and establish indicators of progress
24. Collectively, we possess the means to describe what we intend to do, why
we will do it, and how it will be done.
One question remains
How?Why?What?
Other targets and priorities may be substituted here
25. Â
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Who is going to help organize all this?
Morph
Bank
VERT
NET
HERP
NET
ORNIS
iDigBio
MANIS
Bio
CASE
iNat
Ceph
Base
Fish
Base
Disc
Life
Dan
BIF
GBIF
InBio
ALA
SANBI
PRE
CIS
Bug
Guide
Amphibia
Web
Cal
Images
Euro+
Med
BDWD
MSW
WoRMS
OBIS
Aqua
Maps
USDA
Plants
ITIS
SP2000
CoL DIGiR
TAPIR
DwC
ABCD
SDD
Tree
Base
IUCN
RedList
GBIF
ES
NBN
PESI
ViBRANT
EOL
FNA
Wiki
Species
Canad
ensys
IPNI
IF
GSPC
GTI
IPT
CRIA
Map of
Life
Life
Mapper
Plazi
USDA
PlantsKEmu
GRIN
NZOR
FaEu
CIAT
EDIT
TDWG
NLBIF
LuCID
GNA
Myco
Bank
Zoo
Bank
SMEBD
Arten
bank
HoL
Zoo
TAXA
TCS
SPM
GUIDLSID
EML
Zoo
Rec
FAO
CONABIO
OGC
MAX
ENT
Ant
Base
ERMS
Even with the GBIO, self-organization towards achieving goals is
unlikely without some coordination.
26. GBIF is one clear choice *
* Others may also emerge and should not be discouraged.
Here is whyâŚ
27. First, this is what GBIF was established to do.
Final Report of the OECD Megascience Forum, Working Group on Biological
Informatics, January 1999
âAn international mechanism is needed
to make biodiversity data and
information accessible worldwide. The
existence of such a mechanism will
produce many economic and social
benefits. For example, the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD) obligates
nations to implement provisions relating
to conservation, use, and equitable
sharing of biodiversity. A scientific
information resource that could facilitate
fulfillment of these obligations is greatly
needed.â
Among other things, GBIF is a facility.* GBIF could operate as a
facilitator to coordinate the support of the GBIO framework and
associated Goals.
28. Second, in order to re-invigorate the GBIF membership and realize
the vision of the current strategic plan
Vision: âTo be the foremost global resource for biodiversity
information.â
âAn effective GBIF global network
requires the engagement of the
worldâs biodiversity community.
It also requires increasing GBIFâs
recognition, visibility and âbrand
leadershipâ in biodiversity
informatics.â
What is special about GBIFs membership?
29. It is composed of countries.
!! This is a yearly opportunity waiting to be catalyzed !!
Consider the annual GBIF Governing Board meeting as a unique venue where
delegates from national ministries are available for three days to hear what
biodiversity informatics could do for their country.
GBIF is a multi-lateral initiative, established by, and governed by countries. Countries
are represented by a Governing Board of national delegates.
30. One way of doing so might be demonstrate the potential
synergy between GBIF Associate Organizational Participants
and GBIFs national members.
GBIF NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
GBIF ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Requires solutions
Provides solutions
31. One way of doing so might be demonstrate the potential
synergy between GBIF Associate Organizational Participants
and GBIFs national members.
The Catalogue of Life is just such an Associate Participant in GBIF
GBIF NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
GBIF ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Requires solutions
Provides solutions
Facilitates solutions
32. The GBIO provides a framework where COL can identify
where it fits in the overall informatics landscape
COL, for instance, provides capacity as a foundational component
for discovery and access of all biodiversity information
Content
Discovery
and
Access
Models
and
Analyses
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
33. The Biodiversity Informatics Goals refine this focus toward
specific data and information domains
COL is a clear leader in support of Goal C â a national species
register system for all countries.
Content
Discovery
and
Access
Models
and
Analyses
Foundations and Context
ORGANIZE
ANALYZEANDINTERPRET
UNDERPIN ENHANCE
REFINE
A
GOAL
WHERE
B
GOAL
WHAT
C
GOAL
WHO
D
GOAL
HOW
34. GBIF provides the organizational framework to facilitate the
development and implementation of the system within
countries.
COL is a clear leader in support of Goal C â a national species
register system for all countries.
C
GOAL
WHO
A National Checklist Registry system
National Species Lists
GBIF National NodesGBIF Organizational Participants
Delivers ImplementsFacilitates
35. GBIF has the convening power to provide the venue through
which solutions can be proposed
The GBIF Governing Board is THE forum for delivering multi-national
biodiversity information solutions
C
GOAL
WHO
A National Checklist Registry system
National Species Lists
GBIF National DelegatesGBIF Organizational Participants
Delivers SupportsFacilitates
36. This is the framework where COL may articulate clear
support to national priorities
The GBIF model provides just such a venue and the national Node
of a country can serve as a focal point for building capacity
How?Why?What?
Country A
+ +
37. It supports a consistent and streamlined process for directing
a consortium of activity toward national priorities
This framework, operating at a multi-national level, supports an increased
sense of purpose and direction for Organizational Associate Participants
How?Why?What?
GBIF ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPANTS GBIF NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
National priorities
Improved support
38. This same sense of purpose and direction may be equally adopted
by other collaborators within biodiversity informatics
âŚwho are likewise provided with a framework to clearly identify
relevance and contribution.
39. Itâs not just the Aichi Targets. The Goals & GBIO can also be
applied toward other national and regional targets,
conventions and priorities
Providing a sharpened informatics instrument to bear on
priority biodiversity science and policy issues
Millenium Development Goals
Participant National Biodiversity
Strategies and Action Plans
EU Biodiversity strategy to 2020
Convention on Migratory
Species Intergovernmental Panel on
Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
40. Various draft documents provide details
Additional input is very much appreciated
The Goals mapped to
the Aichi Targets
The Goals and the
Global Taxonomy Initiate
Implications for GBIF
Click to view them
* Note that the US has signed the Convention on Biological Diversity. It just has not ratified it. GBIF focus here. May move to a separate slide.
â Biodiversity Informatics Instrumentâ is my term and not one established by GBIO authors.
The GBIO does include statements about providing the best possible spatial picture of biodiversity which does provide one perspective on direction. But this does not strike me as a specific target. Secondly, this is too narrow a focus and overlooks other key focal areas need to engage the informatics community in the broad sense. It would be a mistake to not incorporate other focal areas within a common infrastructure.
The Goals and the GBIO framework provide multiple axes for distinguishing different organizations and other collaborators. It nearly does self-assemble.
* Currently âWeâ is just me, David Remsen
One aspect of the GBIO as I understand it is the lack of a clear organizational process or mechanism. This is doubly difficult without some clear global targets to mobilize around.
* GBIF is also an implementer. Donât mean to imply otherwise. But fundamentally GBIF was established to facilitate discovery and free and open access to data. Over the years GBIF has evolved into being seen as another organization, taking a slice of the demographic pie and competing with other organizations. This has had negative consequences. The Goals provide a new opportunity to take the lead as an enabler of a much more far-reaching set of activities than the GBIFS, which currently undertakes the majority of the work.
The Biodiversity Informatics Goals would provide clarity, an expanded scope, and a leadership role to GBIF. It would move to direct more of the collective activities within biodiversity informatics through a GBIF Node â instead of the array of haphazard national arrangements made today among âcompetingâ interests such as EoL, Catalogue of Life and others. This is currently counter-productive and due, in part, to the lack of a collective and coordinated national focus. Itâs exacerbated by GBIFs restriction to primary biodiversity data which leads others to believe they need to develop their own infrastructure and establish their own âNodesâ
I have shared this with a few people including Cyndy Parr, Rod Page, David Patterson, Tim R and Markus.