Listen to understand your clients' goals and perspectives, communicate clearly by showing not telling, and cover yourself with written documentation while maintaining a polite yet firm demeanor.
By answering eight key communication questions, this insightful presentation provides communications considerations that can make a difference for those seeking to effectively close "the last three feet" with their audience.
Communication in the workplace is all to often ignored. We all assume we know how to do it well even though it's the simple things we forget to do. This slide set is a breakdown of the important aspects of communication.
The structure of the Corporate CommunicationThomas Barat
This document outlines the structure and key components of corporate communication. It discusses internal communication, external communication, public relations, human relations, and marketing communications. It also summarizes the tools used in corporate communication, including publications, audiovisual media, personal communication, events, and mass communication. Reputation management is also examined, including how a corporation's reputation depends on its actions, what others think of it, and what is said about it.
How to design a modern Marketing and Communications department in an agile ma...Paul Cowan
Marketing departments still remain in an old, hierarchical structure with a massive reliance on agencies and vendors to do much of the brand positioning and communications work. This model is inefficient, outdated and removes the IP from the ownership of the company. This document reveal the 3 key issues that are forcing change on how marketing organizations structure and deploy, with a recommended structure and people required in the modern marketing world.
This document discusses web accessibility for people with disabilities. It covers visual, hearing, physical, and cognitive/neurological disabilities. For each type of disability, it provides guidelines on making web content accessible, such as including alt text for images, closed captions for videos, keyboard support, avoiding distracting elements, using correct HTML structures and headings, providing text alternatives for non-text content, ensuring sufficient color contrast and more. It emphasizes that accessibility is important for compliance, business, and inclusiveness in web design and development.
By answering eight key communication questions, this insightful presentation provides communications considerations that can make a difference for those seeking to effectively close "the last three feet" with their audience.
Communication in the workplace is all to often ignored. We all assume we know how to do it well even though it's the simple things we forget to do. This slide set is a breakdown of the important aspects of communication.
The structure of the Corporate CommunicationThomas Barat
This document outlines the structure and key components of corporate communication. It discusses internal communication, external communication, public relations, human relations, and marketing communications. It also summarizes the tools used in corporate communication, including publications, audiovisual media, personal communication, events, and mass communication. Reputation management is also examined, including how a corporation's reputation depends on its actions, what others think of it, and what is said about it.
How to design a modern Marketing and Communications department in an agile ma...Paul Cowan
Marketing departments still remain in an old, hierarchical structure with a massive reliance on agencies and vendors to do much of the brand positioning and communications work. This model is inefficient, outdated and removes the IP from the ownership of the company. This document reveal the 3 key issues that are forcing change on how marketing organizations structure and deploy, with a recommended structure and people required in the modern marketing world.
This document discusses web accessibility for people with disabilities. It covers visual, hearing, physical, and cognitive/neurological disabilities. For each type of disability, it provides guidelines on making web content accessible, such as including alt text for images, closed captions for videos, keyboard support, avoiding distracting elements, using correct HTML structures and headings, providing text alternatives for non-text content, ensuring sufficient color contrast and more. It emphasizes that accessibility is important for compliance, business, and inclusiveness in web design and development.
The document outlines the major steps of the design process including requirements analysis, conceptual design, prototyping, production, launch, and maintenance. It provides details on activities within each step such as conducting interviews and surveys to understand user needs in requirements analysis, creating use cases and information architecture in conceptual design, developing thumbnail sketches, mockups and prototypes for testing in prototyping, and conducting user testing and ensuring quality in production. The goal is to research, design, test and refine the product through an iterative process before launch.
1. The document discusses trends in e-learning and the future of education from 2020-2030 based on reports from various organizations.
2. It suggests learning objectives will focus more on competencies than knowledge and be more tailored, active, connected to real life, and integrated with technology.
3. Teachers will need to become lifelong learners and education systems will need to change to respond to economic and societal needs through organizational and policy changes to encourage innovation.
This document discusses metaphors, interfaces, and web typography. It covers how metaphors can be used on interfaces through analogies like desktops and shopping carts. It then discusses how webfonts can be embedded using CSS and supported in browsers. Finally, it lists common font formats for the web like TrueType, Embedded Open Type, OpenType, and Web Open Font Format.
2010 focus on the short- and long-term effects of ghrelin on energyAgrin Life
Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that regulates energy homeostasis by stimulating appetite and food intake. It is secreted by the stomach and its levels rise before meals and in response to fasting. Ghrelin activates neurons in the hypothalamus that stimulate appetite and feeding behavior. It also acts on reward centers in the brain to influence food motivation. Long-term, ghrelin promotes weight gain by increasing food intake and fat storage while reducing energy expenditure. Polymorphisms in the ghrelin and ghrelin receptor genes have been linked to obesity and eating disorders. Ghrelin antagonists may help treat obesity by reducing appetite and food intake.
My presentation at the EDEN_EDLW 2016, 8th November 2016. with the title Current challenges on quality in open, online, flexible and technology enabled learning #EbbaOssian
This document discusses current trends and challenges in quality assurance for open online learning and e-learning. It notes that quality assurance agencies will need to shift from norm-based accreditation to process-based enhancement as open online learning becomes more mainstream and diverse. Key areas of quality discussed include learner interaction, purpose, autonomy, and openness. Stakeholders in quality assurance span various levels from individual learners and academics to international organizations. Quality is defined as multifaceted, dynamic, and representative of multiple perspectives.
The document discusses quality considerations for open educational resources (OER) and online learning. It identifies three significant areas related to quality - content, process, and culture. It also outlines various quality models and frameworks, and discusses stakeholders' perspectives and maturity levels. Finally, it emphasizes that quality assurance is important and can occur through self-assessment, internal processes, community ratings, and individual reviews to help ensure the accuracy, reputation, production standard, accessibility, fitness for purpose and trust of OER.
Driving World Class Sales Excellence Brochure V 6.0Nidal Bitar
www.astd.optimizaacademy.com
Increase SALES capacity and put
people and resources in the right place
doing the RIGHT things!
Achieving and sustaining profitable, predictable, persistent sales revenue growth requires more than training your sales team. It requires a balanced approach to developing capability and increasing sales capacity with real-world solution that help your team and your organization.
Seminar on excellence in ict enhanced higher education sequent2014Ebba Ossiannilsson
This document discusses open educational resources (OERs) and quality in OER. It defines OERs as educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license, allowing anyone to legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. Quality in OER is seen as an ongoing process involving self-assessment, community feedback and review. Key factors in evaluating OER quality include accuracy, reputation of authors, technical and accessibility standards, fitness for purpose, and trust. Ensuring openness, learner-centeredness, and independent learning are also important aspects of quality.
This document discusses online banking, including its definition, types of online banking services, how to use online banking, and security concerns. It notes that online banking allows customers to conduct financial transactions through a secure website and describes basic and fully transactional online banking services. Examples are given of checking account balances, transferring funds, and paying bills online. Security controls and the risks of online banking fraud are also mentioned.
This document discusses MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), their history and evolution, benefits, and types. It provides background on major MOOC platforms like Coursera and edX and key milestones in MOOC development. Benefits mentioned include branding, entrepreneurship, globalization, and sustainability. Three main types of MOOCs are described: cMOOCs focused on connectivism, xMOOCs focused on video lectures, and sMOOCs for social networking. Challenges and the future of MOOCs are also addressed, as well as the potential for open educational resources and alliances.
This document summarizes the work of the OER Sverige partnership project. The project aimed to foster open collaboration on open educational practices among Swedish higher education institutions. It established a website that received over 12,000 unique visitors. The project held webinars to promote open learning and increase awareness of OERs. An evaluation found that the virtual organization and open webinars were effective at enhancing national collaboration on supporting teachers and students through improved access to high-quality OERs. Going forward, the project aims to establish networks and communities of practice to continue promoting OERs and open educational practices in Sweden.
1) The document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson from Lund University, Sweden on quality in e-learning.
2) It discusses trends driving changes to learning such as technology, demography, and labor market demands. This is shifting education towards more flexible, personalized, collaborative, and informal learning.
3) Quality in e-learning involves aspects like blended learning, open educational resources, massive open online courses, and ensuring high digital competences for teachers and learners. National strategies and institutional policies are important to mainstream e-learning.
The document provides an overview of a presentation given by Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson on March 8th, 2016 about opening up education through open educational resources (OERs), MOOCs, and online/e-learning. It discusses key concepts like open educational cultures, quality in OERs, the Paris Declaration on OERs, and the development and characteristics of MOOCs. Examples of global MOOC providers and popular subject areas are also mentioned.
The document discusses organizational culture, beginning with a quote from the CEO of Zappos emphasizing that they view culture as their top priority. It then provides links to a video and news article about Zappos' culture. The document explains that culture emerges from human interaction and is sustained through language, stories, and symbols. It posits that culture can be viewed as something an organization has or something an organization is. The document concludes by discussing how social media can impact and communicate organizational culture, using Zappos' 10 core values as an example.
Ossiannilsson mmvc15 the battle for innovation towards opening up educationEbba Ossiannilsson
The document discusses the "battle for innovation towards opening up education." It notes that there are conflicting visions between open education and traditional education, significant advantages to be gained, and a battle over the prevailing narrative. Stakeholders in this battle include educators, students, technology companies, and policymakers. The document argues that strategic decisions need to be made at the macro-level regarding open education given changes in globalization, demographics, and technology. It also asserts that expansion, personalization, networking and automation can enhance education.
The document describes research conducted to develop a persona representing typical users who would use the DIA 2 TUES Persona tool. Interviews were conducted with 24 STEM educators and researchers. Analysis of the interview data was used to define a persona named Michael Anderson, a 45-year-old associate professor of engineering education. The persona's goals, activities and needs are presented to capture common challenges such as managing time, staying informed, finding collaborators, and obtaining research funding. Suggestions from users are provided along with implications for the design of the tool. A scenario shows how the persona might use the tool to explore funding opportunities from the National Science Foundation.
The DIA2 User Requirements Report outlines the key requirements for the DIA2 system including that it must provide real-time data analysis, integrate with other systems, and comply with all relevant security standards. A conceptual design for the DIA2 system is proposed which includes using a cloud-based platform for flexibility, deploying microservices for modularity, and implementing identity and access management controls. The report and conceptual design provide foundational information to guide the development of the new DIA2 system.
The document outlines the major steps of the design process including requirements analysis, conceptual design, prototyping, production, launch, and maintenance. It provides details on activities within each step such as conducting interviews and surveys to understand user needs in requirements analysis, creating use cases and information architecture in conceptual design, developing thumbnail sketches, mockups and prototypes for testing in prototyping, and conducting user testing and ensuring quality in production. The goal is to research, design, test and refine the product through an iterative process before launch.
1. The document discusses trends in e-learning and the future of education from 2020-2030 based on reports from various organizations.
2. It suggests learning objectives will focus more on competencies than knowledge and be more tailored, active, connected to real life, and integrated with technology.
3. Teachers will need to become lifelong learners and education systems will need to change to respond to economic and societal needs through organizational and policy changes to encourage innovation.
This document discusses metaphors, interfaces, and web typography. It covers how metaphors can be used on interfaces through analogies like desktops and shopping carts. It then discusses how webfonts can be embedded using CSS and supported in browsers. Finally, it lists common font formats for the web like TrueType, Embedded Open Type, OpenType, and Web Open Font Format.
2010 focus on the short- and long-term effects of ghrelin on energyAgrin Life
Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that regulates energy homeostasis by stimulating appetite and food intake. It is secreted by the stomach and its levels rise before meals and in response to fasting. Ghrelin activates neurons in the hypothalamus that stimulate appetite and feeding behavior. It also acts on reward centers in the brain to influence food motivation. Long-term, ghrelin promotes weight gain by increasing food intake and fat storage while reducing energy expenditure. Polymorphisms in the ghrelin and ghrelin receptor genes have been linked to obesity and eating disorders. Ghrelin antagonists may help treat obesity by reducing appetite and food intake.
My presentation at the EDEN_EDLW 2016, 8th November 2016. with the title Current challenges on quality in open, online, flexible and technology enabled learning #EbbaOssian
This document discusses current trends and challenges in quality assurance for open online learning and e-learning. It notes that quality assurance agencies will need to shift from norm-based accreditation to process-based enhancement as open online learning becomes more mainstream and diverse. Key areas of quality discussed include learner interaction, purpose, autonomy, and openness. Stakeholders in quality assurance span various levels from individual learners and academics to international organizations. Quality is defined as multifaceted, dynamic, and representative of multiple perspectives.
The document discusses quality considerations for open educational resources (OER) and online learning. It identifies three significant areas related to quality - content, process, and culture. It also outlines various quality models and frameworks, and discusses stakeholders' perspectives and maturity levels. Finally, it emphasizes that quality assurance is important and can occur through self-assessment, internal processes, community ratings, and individual reviews to help ensure the accuracy, reputation, production standard, accessibility, fitness for purpose and trust of OER.
Driving World Class Sales Excellence Brochure V 6.0Nidal Bitar
www.astd.optimizaacademy.com
Increase SALES capacity and put
people and resources in the right place
doing the RIGHT things!
Achieving and sustaining profitable, predictable, persistent sales revenue growth requires more than training your sales team. It requires a balanced approach to developing capability and increasing sales capacity with real-world solution that help your team and your organization.
Seminar on excellence in ict enhanced higher education sequent2014Ebba Ossiannilsson
This document discusses open educational resources (OERs) and quality in OER. It defines OERs as educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license, allowing anyone to legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. Quality in OER is seen as an ongoing process involving self-assessment, community feedback and review. Key factors in evaluating OER quality include accuracy, reputation of authors, technical and accessibility standards, fitness for purpose, and trust. Ensuring openness, learner-centeredness, and independent learning are also important aspects of quality.
This document discusses online banking, including its definition, types of online banking services, how to use online banking, and security concerns. It notes that online banking allows customers to conduct financial transactions through a secure website and describes basic and fully transactional online banking services. Examples are given of checking account balances, transferring funds, and paying bills online. Security controls and the risks of online banking fraud are also mentioned.
This document discusses MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), their history and evolution, benefits, and types. It provides background on major MOOC platforms like Coursera and edX and key milestones in MOOC development. Benefits mentioned include branding, entrepreneurship, globalization, and sustainability. Three main types of MOOCs are described: cMOOCs focused on connectivism, xMOOCs focused on video lectures, and sMOOCs for social networking. Challenges and the future of MOOCs are also addressed, as well as the potential for open educational resources and alliances.
This document summarizes the work of the OER Sverige partnership project. The project aimed to foster open collaboration on open educational practices among Swedish higher education institutions. It established a website that received over 12,000 unique visitors. The project held webinars to promote open learning and increase awareness of OERs. An evaluation found that the virtual organization and open webinars were effective at enhancing national collaboration on supporting teachers and students through improved access to high-quality OERs. Going forward, the project aims to establish networks and communities of practice to continue promoting OERs and open educational practices in Sweden.
1) The document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson from Lund University, Sweden on quality in e-learning.
2) It discusses trends driving changes to learning such as technology, demography, and labor market demands. This is shifting education towards more flexible, personalized, collaborative, and informal learning.
3) Quality in e-learning involves aspects like blended learning, open educational resources, massive open online courses, and ensuring high digital competences for teachers and learners. National strategies and institutional policies are important to mainstream e-learning.
The document provides an overview of a presentation given by Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson on March 8th, 2016 about opening up education through open educational resources (OERs), MOOCs, and online/e-learning. It discusses key concepts like open educational cultures, quality in OERs, the Paris Declaration on OERs, and the development and characteristics of MOOCs. Examples of global MOOC providers and popular subject areas are also mentioned.
The document discusses organizational culture, beginning with a quote from the CEO of Zappos emphasizing that they view culture as their top priority. It then provides links to a video and news article about Zappos' culture. The document explains that culture emerges from human interaction and is sustained through language, stories, and symbols. It posits that culture can be viewed as something an organization has or something an organization is. The document concludes by discussing how social media can impact and communicate organizational culture, using Zappos' 10 core values as an example.
Ossiannilsson mmvc15 the battle for innovation towards opening up educationEbba Ossiannilsson
The document discusses the "battle for innovation towards opening up education." It notes that there are conflicting visions between open education and traditional education, significant advantages to be gained, and a battle over the prevailing narrative. Stakeholders in this battle include educators, students, technology companies, and policymakers. The document argues that strategic decisions need to be made at the macro-level regarding open education given changes in globalization, demographics, and technology. It also asserts that expansion, personalization, networking and automation can enhance education.
The document describes research conducted to develop a persona representing typical users who would use the DIA 2 TUES Persona tool. Interviews were conducted with 24 STEM educators and researchers. Analysis of the interview data was used to define a persona named Michael Anderson, a 45-year-old associate professor of engineering education. The persona's goals, activities and needs are presented to capture common challenges such as managing time, staying informed, finding collaborators, and obtaining research funding. Suggestions from users are provided along with implications for the design of the tool. A scenario shows how the persona might use the tool to explore funding opportunities from the National Science Foundation.
The DIA2 User Requirements Report outlines the key requirements for the DIA2 system including that it must provide real-time data analysis, integrate with other systems, and comply with all relevant security standards. A conceptual design for the DIA2 system is proposed which includes using a cloud-based platform for flexibility, deploying microservices for modularity, and implementing identity and access management controls. The report and conceptual design provide foundational information to guide the development of the new DIA2 system.
Dealing with Data Deluge at National Funding Agencies: An Investigation of User Needs for Understanding and Managing Research Investments https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-20618-9_14
Gestalt principles of visual perception are illustrated using cats in this document. The principles of perception like figure-ground relationship, proximity, similarity, continuity, and closure are demonstrated through images of cats. This document aims to explain key concepts in visual perception through cat pictures.
The document proposes a new major in Human-centered Design & Development that takes an experience design approach to curriculum creation. The curriculum is organized around six skill strands and uses learning goals, activities, feedback, and learning studios to teach technical skills, design, user research, humanities, entrepreneurship, and global awareness. It presents a vision persona of Sarah, a graduate who leads multi-disciplinary teams through the user-centered design process to create innovative digital products.
The document discusses the basic building blocks of interface design which are controls, imperative selection, and entry display. It lists different types of controls like buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, switches, toggle buttons, lists, and combo boxes. It also discusses concepts like affordance, bounded vs unbounded entries, and validation related to interface design elements.
This document discusses responsive design, which allows websites to automatically adapt to different screen sizes and devices. It covers the what, why and how of responsive design. Specifically, it explains that responsive design uses flexible grids, images and media queries (CSS) to respond to user needs and device capacities. The goal is to enhance the user experience across devices with less frustration for developers. It also discusses user experience perspectives like content strategy and navigation design for responsive sites.
This document discusses key concepts related to attention, memory, and interface design including:
1. Attention - How interfaces can guide user attention through visual hierarchy and ensuring important elements are noticeable. Attention can be top-down, directed by user goals, or bottom-up, directed by interface design.
2. Information scent - The sense users get about the content and nature of information from interface cues like titles and snippets. Good information scent helps users navigate to their goals.
3. Recognition over recall - Interfaces should leverage people's stronger ability to recognize information versus recalling it later. Examples include consistent layouts that reduce cognitive load.
The document provides examples and suggests designers consider how interfaces support top-
1. The document discusses learning goals around user-centered design (UCD), including appreciating that user error stems from poor design, distinguishing UCD from design as art, and listing the major steps of the UCD process.
2. It provides an overview of the UCD process, which involves requirements analysis, conceptual design, production, launch, and iterative user research and evaluation.
3. Examples of affordances and how they help make products more intuitive by triggering mental models of how to use objects are discussed.
Usability has five key dimensions that can be measured: learnability, efficiency, memorability, error prevention and recovery, and satisfaction. There are three paradigms of design: engineering focuses on making things work, usability focuses on ease of use, and user experience focuses on pleasure of use. The user-centered design process involves research and evaluation, requirements analysis, conceptual design, production, and launch in an iterative process that focuses on understanding users.
This document discusses information architecture (IA) and its key components of organization systems, navigation systems, search systems, and labeling systems. It provides examples of different schemes and structures for organizing content, such as alphabetical, chronological, and by topic. It also discusses best practices for labeling systems, including using consistent labels and keeping the scope narrow and focused, as well as methods for testing and refining IA like card sorting.
UX Conceptual design - sketches, wireframes, mockups, prototypesDr. V Vorvoreanu
The document outlines the process of designing a product from initial user research through prototyping. It involves researching users through personas and scenarios, brainstorming design ideas through probes and workshops, sketching concepts, creating storyboards to explore interaction flows, wireframing screens with layout and functionality, adding graphic design elements to mockups, and developing interactive prototypes to test the product before coding. User involvement through co-design is recommended when possible. The process moves from loose sketches to explore ideas through increasingly refined representations to prototypes that can be tested.
The document provides information about the final exam for the CGT 256 course. It states that the exam will not be cumulative, except for general questions about the user-centered design process and Nielsen's 10 heuristics. The exam will cover topics taught in the course like conceptual design, navigation, writing, branding, responsive design, and evaluation methods. It will include multiple choice and a few open-ended questions, totaling 100 points. The course objectives are also listed, which are to apply the user-centered design process, value UX as problem solving, consider UX as a career, position oneself as a professional, and engage in self-reflection. Finally, it provides some general advice about working with people and continuing to
The document discusses principles for pervasive information architecture and cross-channel user experiences. It defines key terms like cross-channel UX and pervasive information architecture. Cross-channel experiences consider the interconnected ecosystem of devices, users, and information across physical and digital domains. The document outlines five heuristics for cross-channel UX design: place-making, consistency, resilience, reduction, and correlation. It emphasizes the need for designers to adopt a holistic vision that considers the user experience across related physical and digital environments as an interconnected ecosystem.
This document outlines the user research and design process. It involves contextual inquiry like interviews and observations to understand users. Researchers analyze the data to develop personas, scenarios and use cases. They define requirements and conceptualize designs through brainstorming, sketches, storyboards and wireframes. Prototypes are created and evaluated through usability testing to provide continuous feedback for improvement.
Social media design focuses on facilitating social interaction and relationships between users. Key aspects of social media include user profiles and identities, relationships between users, communication and interaction, as well as sharing content and taking actions like commenting and rating. Effective social media interface design can influence the nature and quality of interactions between users by considering factors like the representation of time, different social contexts, and setting an overall mood or atmosphere.
A prototype can simulate the final design through functionality and interactivity, and can take the form of paper sketches, linked wireframes, or a pre-alpha version. Prototypes can fall on a spectrum from "Lo-Fi" to "Hi-Fi" depending on how close they are to resembling the final product. Prototypes help communicate and test ideas early in the design process.
The document discusses information architecture and navigation. It outlines the objectives of explaining the 3 questions of navigation, applying them to critique interfaces, defining information architecture, and recognizing different organizational logics. It also discusses how to represent information architecture, using card sorting to solve problems, and factors like breadth vs depth and recommended design levels. Navigation must always answer where the user is, has been, and can go. Information architecture aims to organize information to support user tasks.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
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.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
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How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
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.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
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.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
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.
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DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.