This document provides a progress report from a workshop on the SCAR-MarBIN (Marine Biodiversity Information Network) held at the British Antarctic Survey. Key points include:
- SCAR-MarBIN aims to build a freely accessible network for Antarctic marine biodiversity data. It receives funding from various sources and feeds data to other biodiversity databases.
- Over 16,000 Antarctic taxa have been included in the RAMS database to date, with various countries contributing occurrence and metadata records. Usage and contributions to the portal have grown substantially over time.
- Upcoming projects include developing a new version of the SCAR-MarBIN portal with improved features, obtaining additional funding for projects inventorying Southern Ocean
This monthly report provides key metrics and trends related to Facebook usage globally and in top countries. Some of the key findings include:
- Global Facebook users increased 1.78% to 812 million in January 2011.
- The fastest growing apps were games like Hidden Chronicles and Bingo Island Community, gaining millions of users monthly.
- The most popular apps of all time remained games and utilities like Farmville and Facebook itself.
- Brazil saw a huge 38.58% increase in Facebook users, surpassing Google's Orkut as the top social network in that country.
The document discusses marketing to affluent consumers and the luxury goods market. It notes that 2010 and 2011 were good years for personal luxury spending. There are now approximately 18.5 million affluent individuals worldwide, with 31% living in the United States. Younger generations from places like China, India, and the Middle East are driving growth in affluent consumers and luxury spending. The luxury goods market is close to 1 trillion euros globally.
SiteValet Launch at TIAPEI annual meetingSiteValet
This document summarizes a website service called SiteValet that aims to help small businesses, hotels, inns and B&Bs build and manage their websites in a better, easier and cheaper way. SiteValet provides professionally designed website templates, easy content management tools, hosting and analytics for a low monthly fee, claiming this is cheaper than hiring designers, developers and paying hosting fees. The document outlines SiteValet's benefits like easy website creation in a few hours, low cost all-inclusive monthly pricing, and help managing changes, content and redesigns over time.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam calls on Indians to transform the country into a developed nation. He says this vision requires a mass movement and speedy action. Indians must learn from past leaders and empower each other. The youth should work hard with knowledge and technology to realize the vision of a developed, prosperous India that is free of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment.
The Value Study Challenge Project requires students to choose a black and white image, divide it uniquely in visual halves, and use 8 specific values from the image to create a graphite drawing that demonstrates the ability to replicate tonal values. The drawing must be clean and have the student's signature, with the 8 values written on the back. It is due on an unspecified date.
CloudRank-D is a benchmark suite for evaluating private cloud systems used for data processing applications. It models realistic workloads with various data-intensive applications and tunable usage patterns. The benchmark suite measures whole-system performance using metrics like data processed per second and per joule, allowing quantitative comparison of different systems and guidance of optimization efforts. It can be used to compare hardware platforms, evaluate scheduling algorithms, and optimize system performance.
This monthly report provides key metrics and trends related to Facebook usage globally and in top countries. Some of the key findings include:
- Global Facebook users increased 1.78% to 812 million in January 2011.
- The fastest growing apps were games like Hidden Chronicles and Bingo Island Community, gaining millions of users monthly.
- The most popular apps of all time remained games and utilities like Farmville and Facebook itself.
- Brazil saw a huge 38.58% increase in Facebook users, surpassing Google's Orkut as the top social network in that country.
The document discusses marketing to affluent consumers and the luxury goods market. It notes that 2010 and 2011 were good years for personal luxury spending. There are now approximately 18.5 million affluent individuals worldwide, with 31% living in the United States. Younger generations from places like China, India, and the Middle East are driving growth in affluent consumers and luxury spending. The luxury goods market is close to 1 trillion euros globally.
SiteValet Launch at TIAPEI annual meetingSiteValet
This document summarizes a website service called SiteValet that aims to help small businesses, hotels, inns and B&Bs build and manage their websites in a better, easier and cheaper way. SiteValet provides professionally designed website templates, easy content management tools, hosting and analytics for a low monthly fee, claiming this is cheaper than hiring designers, developers and paying hosting fees. The document outlines SiteValet's benefits like easy website creation in a few hours, low cost all-inclusive monthly pricing, and help managing changes, content and redesigns over time.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam calls on Indians to transform the country into a developed nation. He says this vision requires a mass movement and speedy action. Indians must learn from past leaders and empower each other. The youth should work hard with knowledge and technology to realize the vision of a developed, prosperous India that is free of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment.
The Value Study Challenge Project requires students to choose a black and white image, divide it uniquely in visual halves, and use 8 specific values from the image to create a graphite drawing that demonstrates the ability to replicate tonal values. The drawing must be clean and have the student's signature, with the 8 values written on the back. It is due on an unspecified date.
CloudRank-D is a benchmark suite for evaluating private cloud systems used for data processing applications. It models realistic workloads with various data-intensive applications and tunable usage patterns. The benchmark suite measures whole-system performance using metrics like data processed per second and per joule, allowing quantitative comparison of different systems and guidance of optimization efforts. It can be used to compare hardware platforms, evaluate scheduling algorithms, and optimize system performance.
This document provides an overview of HIV/AIDS, how it is transmitted, common symptoms, and myths. It explains that HIV attacks the immune system, can lead to AIDS, and there may be no symptoms for 2-3 years. The virus is transmitted through specific bodily fluids like blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. Transmission can occur through unprotected sex, needle sharing, childbirth, blood transfusions, and other means. Initial symptoms may include fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue for a short period. Common myths that are dispelled include that HIV can be transmitted through kissing or mosquito bites.
Camera ready-nash equilibrium-ngct2015-formataminnezarat
- The document proposes an auction-based method for efficient Nash equilibrium resource allocation in cloud computing using game theory.
- In the proposed method, users submit price bids over multiple rounds until reaching a Nash equilibrium where no user wants to change their bid. This equilibrium bid also maximizes utility for the resource provider.
- The method is simulated in CloudSim and results show it converges faster than previous methods, with lower SLA violations and higher provider utility.
This document provides information about sponge species collected from over 7,000 records at 2058 stations, including 890 species across 299 genera and 91 families. The records include both abundance and absence data for sponges collected from stations along Trinity Street at 8:30pm.
Presentatie gegeven aan Rijksmuseum op 1 december door Hennie Brugman; een introductie in persistent identifiers, met daarbij keuzemogelijkheden en de in CATCHPlus gemaakte keuze.
Collage is an art technique where an artwork is created from assembling different materials and objects onto a surface, such as paper or canvas, creating a new whole. Common items used in collages include newspaper clippings, ribbons, paper, photographs, and other found objects which are glued to the surface. While collage has roots dating back hundreds of years, it emerged as a prominent modern art form in the early 20th century as a novel artistic style.
Animation is created through rapidly displaying a sequence of images to create the illusion of movement. The history of animation includes early devices from the 1800s like the phenakistoscope and praxinoscope. Traditional animation begins with storyboards and involves animators drawing sequences of images on sheets of paper called cels, which are layered and photographed to create the animation frame by frame. Stop motion animation makes physically manipulated objects appear to move on their own. Different forms of animation include stop motion using models or clay, and computer animation created with software.
The document describes plans to build an online, collaborative field guide for Antarctic wildlife. It will allow users to browse entries on different taxa, build custom field guides, and download printable versions. Several organizations will collaborate and contribute content. The field guide will have a backoffice for editing and a frontoffice for public use. It will integrate with existing databases and image sources. The goal is to provide comprehensive information on Antarctic species to help with identification in the field.
Made with Keynote, exported over to PowerPoint, some of the transparency was lost in the conversion. Please disregard any font or color issues as this was an issue during the transfer.
The document discusses HRM strategy and its relationship to corporate strategy. It defines HRM strategy as the pattern of planned HR deployments and activities intended to provide a competitive advantage through people. The key points are:
1. HR strategy is aligned with and supports the overall corporate strategy, which is determined through strategic formulation including vision, mission, goals, and analysis of internal/external environments.
2. Strategic formulation follows steps like determining the organization's vision including core ideology and goals, conducting a SWOT analysis, and setting the mission, goals, and objectives.
3. HR enables the implementation of strategy through functions like job design, recruitment, training, and performance management.
4. Culture,
Evolutionary psychology seeks to understand psychological adaptations that evolved to solve problems faced by human ancestors. These adaptations helped with survival and reproduction. Two perspectives that dominated research on romantic attraction are that people are attracted to inherently attractive attributes in others, and to those who could provide resources in an exchange. Studies show mate preferences have changed over time, with increased importance on things like attractiveness and income, and decreased importance on domestic skills and chastity.
This C++ project aims to simplify banking processes like maintaining depositor account information and transaction records to generate monthly reports, without complications. The developer acknowledges help from a teacher who provided initial advice and ongoing support throughout the project, as well as a colleague who helped complete the project by exchanging ideas and thoughts to make the project accurate and easy to implement.
This document provides information about SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF, which are web platforms that provide open access to marine biodiversity data. SCAR-MarBIN was funded by various organizations and aims to build a network of biodiversity data, adopt standards, and make data accessible to science, conservation and management. It contains over 1 million records from 138 datasets covering over 5,200 taxa. ANTABIF is being developed to create a new portal for Antarctic biodiversity data. Both aim to ensure the long-term continuation of sharing biodiversity data networks.
Leveraging an international infrastructure: Case studies from the Encyclopeda...Cyndy Parr
This document summarizes a presentation about leveraging international infrastructure for species descriptions using the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) as a case study. It describes EOL's efforts to aggregate and curate over 1 million taxon pages from 200 providers. It analyzes the types and languages of content, license restrictions, ratings of providers, and the roles of curators. It also discusses opportunities to improve standards, support quality control, and make content more multilingual and open. Case studies demonstrate how EOL coordinates with other databases to resolve errors. The presentation concludes that EOL has made progress but there is still room to expand coverage and engage more users, content providers, and funders.
This document discusses trends in mobile malware, particularly related to Android devices. It finds that the number of Android malware samples has grown significantly, with over 70,000 unique samples known. Several Android malware families are highlighted, including Andr/Boxer and PJApps, which together account for over 65% of detected samples. The document also discusses how mobile device management solutions can help secure devices from malware through application control, patching, and other features.
SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF are open access biodiversity data portals for Antarctic species. They provide taxonomic and geospatial data for over 50 million records through their websites and web services. The portals aim to build an open ecosystem for sharing Antarctic biodiversity data through standardization and community involvement. Upcoming products will include georeferenced genetic data and interactive atlases.
Learn how to take your online business global the right way in this presentation. Draw conclusions from supporting data and know what benefits and challenges to consider when it comes to going international.
Global online audiences are growing rapidly, reaching over 1.4 billion internet users worldwide by 2009. Yahoo reaches 500 million users every day across 38 markets and 30 languages. Broadband penetration is increasing globally, driving a major shift from traditional media like newspapers and magazines to internet consumption, which is expected to grow 10% from 2005-2009 in the US. Yahoo focuses on broad reach to quality audiences, unmatched consumer insights, increased relevance and engagement, and partnership for results. The document discusses Yahoo's advertising products including CPM, CPC, and CPA models and how CPM is the next logical step in internet advertising growth.
Global online audiences are growing rapidly, reaching over 1.4 billion internet users worldwide by 2009. Yahoo reaches 500 million users every day across 38 markets and 30 languages. Broadband penetration is increasing globally, driving a major shift from traditional media like newspapers and magazines to internet consumption. Yahoo focuses on providing broad audience reach, unmatched consumer insights, and partnerships to drive engagement and results for advertisers. The document discusses Yahoo's advertising products including CPM, CPC, and CPA models and how CPM is the next logical step in the evolution of internet advertising.
Symantec Corp. announced the publication of its June 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report, the first Symantec report to combine the best research and analysis from the Symantec.cloud MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report. This month's analysis reveals that spam is currently at the lowest level it has been since the takedown of McColo, a California based ISP which hosted command and control channels for a number of major botnets, in November 2008.
This document provides an overview of HIV/AIDS, how it is transmitted, common symptoms, and myths. It explains that HIV attacks the immune system, can lead to AIDS, and there may be no symptoms for 2-3 years. The virus is transmitted through specific bodily fluids like blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. Transmission can occur through unprotected sex, needle sharing, childbirth, blood transfusions, and other means. Initial symptoms may include fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue for a short period. Common myths that are dispelled include that HIV can be transmitted through kissing or mosquito bites.
Camera ready-nash equilibrium-ngct2015-formataminnezarat
- The document proposes an auction-based method for efficient Nash equilibrium resource allocation in cloud computing using game theory.
- In the proposed method, users submit price bids over multiple rounds until reaching a Nash equilibrium where no user wants to change their bid. This equilibrium bid also maximizes utility for the resource provider.
- The method is simulated in CloudSim and results show it converges faster than previous methods, with lower SLA violations and higher provider utility.
This document provides information about sponge species collected from over 7,000 records at 2058 stations, including 890 species across 299 genera and 91 families. The records include both abundance and absence data for sponges collected from stations along Trinity Street at 8:30pm.
Presentatie gegeven aan Rijksmuseum op 1 december door Hennie Brugman; een introductie in persistent identifiers, met daarbij keuzemogelijkheden en de in CATCHPlus gemaakte keuze.
Collage is an art technique where an artwork is created from assembling different materials and objects onto a surface, such as paper or canvas, creating a new whole. Common items used in collages include newspaper clippings, ribbons, paper, photographs, and other found objects which are glued to the surface. While collage has roots dating back hundreds of years, it emerged as a prominent modern art form in the early 20th century as a novel artistic style.
Animation is created through rapidly displaying a sequence of images to create the illusion of movement. The history of animation includes early devices from the 1800s like the phenakistoscope and praxinoscope. Traditional animation begins with storyboards and involves animators drawing sequences of images on sheets of paper called cels, which are layered and photographed to create the animation frame by frame. Stop motion animation makes physically manipulated objects appear to move on their own. Different forms of animation include stop motion using models or clay, and computer animation created with software.
The document describes plans to build an online, collaborative field guide for Antarctic wildlife. It will allow users to browse entries on different taxa, build custom field guides, and download printable versions. Several organizations will collaborate and contribute content. The field guide will have a backoffice for editing and a frontoffice for public use. It will integrate with existing databases and image sources. The goal is to provide comprehensive information on Antarctic species to help with identification in the field.
Made with Keynote, exported over to PowerPoint, some of the transparency was lost in the conversion. Please disregard any font or color issues as this was an issue during the transfer.
The document discusses HRM strategy and its relationship to corporate strategy. It defines HRM strategy as the pattern of planned HR deployments and activities intended to provide a competitive advantage through people. The key points are:
1. HR strategy is aligned with and supports the overall corporate strategy, which is determined through strategic formulation including vision, mission, goals, and analysis of internal/external environments.
2. Strategic formulation follows steps like determining the organization's vision including core ideology and goals, conducting a SWOT analysis, and setting the mission, goals, and objectives.
3. HR enables the implementation of strategy through functions like job design, recruitment, training, and performance management.
4. Culture,
Evolutionary psychology seeks to understand psychological adaptations that evolved to solve problems faced by human ancestors. These adaptations helped with survival and reproduction. Two perspectives that dominated research on romantic attraction are that people are attracted to inherently attractive attributes in others, and to those who could provide resources in an exchange. Studies show mate preferences have changed over time, with increased importance on things like attractiveness and income, and decreased importance on domestic skills and chastity.
This C++ project aims to simplify banking processes like maintaining depositor account information and transaction records to generate monthly reports, without complications. The developer acknowledges help from a teacher who provided initial advice and ongoing support throughout the project, as well as a colleague who helped complete the project by exchanging ideas and thoughts to make the project accurate and easy to implement.
This document provides information about SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF, which are web platforms that provide open access to marine biodiversity data. SCAR-MarBIN was funded by various organizations and aims to build a network of biodiversity data, adopt standards, and make data accessible to science, conservation and management. It contains over 1 million records from 138 datasets covering over 5,200 taxa. ANTABIF is being developed to create a new portal for Antarctic biodiversity data. Both aim to ensure the long-term continuation of sharing biodiversity data networks.
Leveraging an international infrastructure: Case studies from the Encyclopeda...Cyndy Parr
This document summarizes a presentation about leveraging international infrastructure for species descriptions using the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) as a case study. It describes EOL's efforts to aggregate and curate over 1 million taxon pages from 200 providers. It analyzes the types and languages of content, license restrictions, ratings of providers, and the roles of curators. It also discusses opportunities to improve standards, support quality control, and make content more multilingual and open. Case studies demonstrate how EOL coordinates with other databases to resolve errors. The presentation concludes that EOL has made progress but there is still room to expand coverage and engage more users, content providers, and funders.
This document discusses trends in mobile malware, particularly related to Android devices. It finds that the number of Android malware samples has grown significantly, with over 70,000 unique samples known. Several Android malware families are highlighted, including Andr/Boxer and PJApps, which together account for over 65% of detected samples. The document also discusses how mobile device management solutions can help secure devices from malware through application control, patching, and other features.
SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF are open access biodiversity data portals for Antarctic species. They provide taxonomic and geospatial data for over 50 million records through their websites and web services. The portals aim to build an open ecosystem for sharing Antarctic biodiversity data through standardization and community involvement. Upcoming products will include georeferenced genetic data and interactive atlases.
Learn how to take your online business global the right way in this presentation. Draw conclusions from supporting data and know what benefits and challenges to consider when it comes to going international.
Global online audiences are growing rapidly, reaching over 1.4 billion internet users worldwide by 2009. Yahoo reaches 500 million users every day across 38 markets and 30 languages. Broadband penetration is increasing globally, driving a major shift from traditional media like newspapers and magazines to internet consumption, which is expected to grow 10% from 2005-2009 in the US. Yahoo focuses on broad reach to quality audiences, unmatched consumer insights, increased relevance and engagement, and partnership for results. The document discusses Yahoo's advertising products including CPM, CPC, and CPA models and how CPM is the next logical step in internet advertising growth.
Global online audiences are growing rapidly, reaching over 1.4 billion internet users worldwide by 2009. Yahoo reaches 500 million users every day across 38 markets and 30 languages. Broadband penetration is increasing globally, driving a major shift from traditional media like newspapers and magazines to internet consumption. Yahoo focuses on providing broad audience reach, unmatched consumer insights, and partnerships to drive engagement and results for advertisers. The document discusses Yahoo's advertising products including CPM, CPC, and CPA models and how CPM is the next logical step in the evolution of internet advertising.
Symantec Corp. announced the publication of its June 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report, the first Symantec report to combine the best research and analysis from the Symantec.cloud MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report. This month's analysis reveals that spam is currently at the lowest level it has been since the takedown of McColo, a California based ISP which hosted command and control channels for a number of major botnets, in November 2008.
D-Waste Presentation: Globalization and Waste ManagementD-Waste
This is a presentation made by Antonis Mavropoulos during ISWA’s event in IFAT, May 2012. It concerns the first outputs of the ISWA project “Globalization and waste management”.
The document discusses two biodiversity information networks - SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF - that provide free and open access to Antarctic biodiversity data. They follow a general philosophy of building an electronic ecosystem that exposes biodiversity data and metadata in multiple contexts through community collaboration and standardization. The networks have developed web portals, taxonomic and geospatial databases, field guides, and tools that follow open standards to facilitate data sharing and discovery. Projects aim to georeference genetic data and develop a Southern Ocean biogeography atlas.
This document summarizes digital media usage across Asia based on research conducted by Michael Netzley. It begins by noting the diversity within Asia and issues with viewing it through a Western lens. It then provides statistics on internet penetration rates in various Asian countries, showing China and South Korea as leaders. National social networks, search engines, and communication tools are also described as varying by country. Survey results from Singapore are presented showing differences in online behaviors by age. Reasons for going online and issues like internet blocking are also briefly discussed.
This document provides an analysis of the Polish media market in early 2012. It includes summaries of television viewing levels, revenues and expenditures for different media platforms. Overall, television consumption in January-February 2012 was slightly lower than the previous two years. However, revenues were up 3% over the same period in 2011, driven by growth in cinema and radio. The share of the largest TV channels continues to decline as thematic channels gain popularity. Internet advertising is growing the fastest but television remains the primary platform. The outlook calls for stagnation in the second half of 2012 after increases due to Euro 2012 in the spring.
The document discusses biodiversity data from Antarctica and efforts to make it freely accessible online. It describes several initiatives including SCAR-MarBIN, ANTABIF, and GBIF that host Antarctic biodiversity data and enable users to access over 1 million records. Examples of applications for the data are also provided, such as modeling species distributions, examining responses to climate change, and designing targeted scientific expeditions. Challenges in fully realizing the potential of the data are also discussed.
This document discusses global trends in scholarly publishing based on data from Thomson Reuters. It finds that submissions are growing rapidly in countries like China, India, and Iran. By 2013, it projects that China and India will be the top two submitting countries. However, acceptance rates are lower in these fast-growing countries. This may present challenges for peer review systems. It also finds increasing regionalization and internationalization of scientific research. Thomson Reuters aims to expand the international reach and coverage of its tools and services.
This document discusses the power of LinkedIn as a professional social networking site. It provides statistics on LinkedIn's growth and membership demographics. Key points made include:
- LinkedIn has over 35 million members worldwide and growing rapidly, with about 2 million new members per month.
- The majority of LinkedIn members are from North America, followed by Europe. Top countries include the US, UK, India, and Canada.
- LinkedIn members tend to be affluent, college-educated, and working in technology, software, finance, and other professional fields.
- The document outlines various ways professionals can use LinkedIn to find jobs, business partners, and make professional connections.
The July 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report from Symantec reveals a significant increase in activity related to what may be described as a aggressive and rapidly changing form of generic polymorphic malware. With one in 280.9 emails identified as malicious in July, the rise accounted for 23.7 percent of all email-borne malware intercepted in July; more than double the same figure six months ago, indicating a much more aggressive strategy on the part of the cyber criminals responsible.
LATIF LADID PRESIDENT IPV6 FORUM, CHAIR, EU IPV6 TASK FORCE, EMERITUS TRUSTEE, INTERNET
SOCIETY, LUXEMBURG
- President, IPv6 FORUM (www.ipv6forum.com)
- Chair, European IPv6 Task Force (www.ipv6.eu )
- Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society - ISOC (www.isoc.org)
- IPv6 Ready Logo Program Board (www.ipv6ready.org)
- Senior Researcher @ SnT - University of Luxembourg on multiple European
Commission Next Generation Technologies IST Projects:
· 6INIT: www.6init.org - First Pioneer IPv6 Research Project
· 6WINIT: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/6winit/ · Euro6IX:
www.euro6ix.org . NGNi, http://www.ngni.org · Eurov6 :
www.eurov6.org
. IPv6 Security & Privacy project - Security Expert Initiative (SEINIT
http://www.isoc.org/seinit/portal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
. European Security Task Force project - SecurIST:
http://www.tssg.org/archives/2007/09/securist_2.html
. u-2010 Emergency & Disaster and Crisis Management
www.u-2010.eu .
. Public Safety Communication Forum
http://www.publicsafetycommunication.eu
. EFIPSANS project www.efipsans.org
. Secricom Safety & Security Project www.secricom.eu
. ceFIMS www.cefims.eu
. OUTSMART http://www.fi-ppp-outsmart.eu
- Member of 3GPP PCG (www.3gpp.org)
- Member of 3GPP2 PCG (www.3gpp2.org)
- Vice Chair, IEEE ComSoc EntNET
(http://committees.comsoc.org/entnet/committee.html)
- Member of UN Strategy Council GAID
- Member of the Future Internet Forum for Member States
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/foi/lead/fif/index_en.htm
- Board member of WSA http://www.wsis-award.org/index.wbp
The document discusses SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF, which provide free and open access to Antarctic biodiversity data. Their goals are to exchange scientific data and results from Antarctica freely to promote international cooperation and adaptive conservation/management. They have developed web portals and databases containing over 850,000 visitors and 35 million data records downloaded. Their philosophy is to build an open electronic ecosystem offering access to taxonomic and geospatial biodiversity data using open source solutions.
Interactive advertising trends. How it will affect Baltic marketsAll Digital Group
The document summarizes key trends in interactive and mobile advertising. It notes that internet advertising is growing rapidly and is on pace to overtake magazines and radio as a share of global ad spending by 2010. It also discusses the rise of mobile internet and how search giant Google is becoming a dominant player in various areas of online advertising. Social media and user-generated content are driving major changes in how information spreads online through platforms like blogs, social networks, and video sharing.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
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.
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3. SCAR-MarBIN
Marine Biodiversity Information Network
• Funding: Belgian science Policy office
• International Polar Year 2007/08
• Census of Antarctic Marine Life
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• Global Biodiversity Information Network
• Encyclopedia of Life
4. Philosophy
• Build a network
• Offer free and open access to data and technology
• Expose all the (biodiversity) data and metadata
• Remain community-driven
• Adopt strong standardization
• Work for science, conservation, management
Riddle, M. Australian Antarctic Division
5. What sort of data?
• Primary Biodiversity data
• Taxonomy and Systematics
• Occurence/abundance data
• Genetic data
• DwC
6.
7. Present situation
• BAD NEWS:
• BELSPO Funding Ended
• No developper
• GOOD NEWS:
• International contributions
• New project to keep MarBIN alive
9. Tangible results
• The first RAMS
• Board of 60 editors
• Feeds WoRMS, CoL and EoL
• 16,224 taxa
• 9,253 species
• 8,211 valid species
• 10,605 checked taxa (65%)
10. Tangible results
all taxa
all species
valid species
0 3.750 7.500 11.250 15.000
Acanthocephala Annelida Arthropoda Brachiopoda
Bryozoa Cephalorhyncha Chaetognatha Chordata
Cnidaria Ctenophora Echinodermata Echiura
Hemichordata Mesozoa Mollusca Myxozoa
Nematoda Nemertina Platyhelminthes Porifera
Rotifera Sipuncula Tardigrada
11. Tangible results
all taxa
all species
valid species
0 500 1.000 1.500 2.000
Biliphyta Viridaeplantae
Protoctista Stramenopila
Monera Chromista
12. Tangible results
1,031,732 records
138 datasets
over 5,200 taxa
Downloadable
WebGIS
Webservices OGC
+RESTish
13. Synthesizing knowledge
• RAMS: information on 16,000 taxa
• ANTOBIS: 1,000,000+ records
• Polar Macroscope Synthesis team
• Injection into conservation processes
• New insights in biogeography
• New insights in ecological processes
19. Identifying gaps
Over 50% of samples taken in
waters shallower than 400m
Similar trend for recorded benthic
species
Most of the Southern Ocean is
abyssal
Griffiths HJ, Clarke A, Danis B, submitted
20. Identifying gaps
2,8 isopod species are
descibed every year
De Broyer C & Danis B, submitted
600+ were discovered
during ANDEEP
We will need 214 years to
describe them!
29. Systems comparison
V1 V2
Languages PHP4 (procedural part OOish) Java, Groovy (100% OO)
Design patterns - MVC-ORM-AOP-IoC…
Framework - (100% homebrew) Grails (Spring, Hibernate),YUI
Template engine - SiteMesh
Search engine SQL-based Full text (SOLR-lucene)
DB SQL server SQL server - PostGresql
GIS server mapserver Geoserver
Spatial DB - PostGIS
Mapping client chameleon openLayers
Web services SOAP (RAMS) RESTish (all resources)
OS Windows server FreeBSD
Open source Partly 100% (minus legacy DB)
41. Total minigrants:
Inventory of the Southern Ocean biodiversity
• A database of living Antarctic benthic Foraminifera (Protista) for SCAR-MarBIN RAMS (Prof. A.J.
Gooday, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK). (in progress).
• Databasing Antarctica marine Bioconstructors: Adding Large Sessile Habitat-forming Animals to
SCAR-MarBIN (Dr H. Griffiths, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge. UK). (in progress).
• SCAR-MarBIN database of Ostracoda Myocopida and Podocopida (Dr S. Brandao, Zoologisches
Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Germany). (in prep.).
• Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Southern Ocean (Dr U. Muhlenhardt-Siegel, Biozentrum
Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Germany). (done).
• Synopsis of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data
(Dr W. Zeidler, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia). (done).
• Building a biogeographic baseline of obligate Antarctic benthic brooders: isopods for the Southern
Ocean Mollusc database (SOMBASE) and SCAR-MarBIN (Dr S. Kaiser, Zoologisches Museum,
Universitat Hamburg, Germany). (in progress).
42. Total minigrants:
Inventory of the Southern Ocean biodiversity
• Biogeographic distribution of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic brachiopods (living forms) (Dr C.
Emig, Marseille, France). (in progress).
• Systematics and distribution of echinoids collected during Australian cruises in East Antarctica
(Dr T. Saucede, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France). (in progress).
• Biodiversity of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Crinoids (Dr M. Eleaume, Musee National d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris, France). (in prep.).
• Biogeographic database of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Polychaetes (Dr A. Glover, Natural
History Museum, London, UK). (in prep.).
• Contribution to the SCAR-MarBIN Molluscs database (Dr M. Schrodl, Zoologisches
Staatsammlung Munchen, Germany). (in prep.).
• Various general contributions to the SCAR-MarBIN RAMS and ANTOBIS (Henri Robert,
Laboratory of Carcinology, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, BELGIUM.:
Output: occurrence and taxonomic data (various groups), contributions to literature database, to
expeditions database, to biogeographic synthesis).
49. ANTABIF
• New project: Antarctic Biodiversity Information
Facility
• Funding: BELSPO (two years)
• Objective: build (fast) a new portal giving access on
all available information on Antarctic biodiversity
• www.biodiversity.aq
• Close collaboration with AAD/EBA/SCADM