Computational thinking involves understanding how systems work through algorithms and programming. The document discusses several examples:
1) Bank ATMs work through a network of ATM machines connected to a central bank computer. The computer tracks transactions and balances between banks.
2) Barcode scanners read product codes and send the information to store computers to update inventories and trigger reorders from central databases.
3) Google Maps uses data from earth-observing satellites and aerial imagery to create digital maps. These maps are displayed on navigation systems in cars and on mobile devices using APIs.
Alan Walks Wales: Sensing the Miles - 5 - Data and challengesAlan Dix
About the data I have available from the Wales walk (all available in public domain) and some of the research challenges and opportunities that arise from it. Final part of presentation for 'Enhancing Self-Reflection with Wearable Sensors', workshop at mobileHCI 2014.
geoinformatics handbook:it contains all open source software and commerical software of remote sensing,gis and photogrammerty and also all free data sources.free data sources such as DEM and LIDAR
Alan Walks Wales: Sensing the Miles - 5 - Data and challengesAlan Dix
About the data I have available from the Wales walk (all available in public domain) and some of the research challenges and opportunities that arise from it. Final part of presentation for 'Enhancing Self-Reflection with Wearable Sensors', workshop at mobileHCI 2014.
geoinformatics handbook:it contains all open source software and commerical software of remote sensing,gis and photogrammerty and also all free data sources.free data sources such as DEM and LIDAR
Making an Orienteering Map in Seven Basic StepsGord Hunter
Orienteering is a simple sport. The participant uses a map and compass to get to a series of checkpoints called controls. How he/she gets from one point to the next is entirely up to the participant. Deciding the best route depends a lot on having accurate information on the orienteering map. Are the trails accurately mapped? Are the woods accurately described? Will there be any steep cliffs, deep waterways or other obstacles in the way? All that has to be shown on the map.
For many the making of the orienteering map is as much fun as the orienteering itself.
Here is a quick look at how the mapping is done using a combination of modern computer technology and good old fashioned leg work.
Making orienteering maps is a passion of mine. Creating base maps using on-line tools has changed an expensive time consuming jobs in to a 'breeze'. However doing the field work to bring the map to what the orienteer sees on the ground remains a time consuming task. GPS enabled computer tablets work for some. I find a great time and technology saver is the easier to use GPS watch. Here's how.
This presentation highlights why there is a need of GPS for transport sector.
WebXpress is an IT and Solutions company that offers services in the domain of Logistics.
Founded in 2004 the company has a presence in India, Saudi Arabia, East Africa, and South Asia.
Our idea is to connect all stakeholders in supply chain and provide visibility.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in military operations. The concept of Command, Control, Communication and Coordination in military operations is largely dependent on the availability of accurate, spatial information to arrive at quick decisions for operational orders.
In the present digital era, GIS is an excellent tool for military commanders in the operations. The use of GIS applications in military forces has revolutionised the way in which these forces operate and function.
How google maps uses artificial intelligence to store the data, add the data and various algorithms that can be used behind the accuracy of google maps.
Making an Orienteering Map in Seven Basic StepsGord Hunter
Orienteering is a simple sport. The participant uses a map and compass to get to a series of checkpoints called controls. How he/she gets from one point to the next is entirely up to the participant. Deciding the best route depends a lot on having accurate information on the orienteering map. Are the trails accurately mapped? Are the woods accurately described? Will there be any steep cliffs, deep waterways or other obstacles in the way? All that has to be shown on the map.
For many the making of the orienteering map is as much fun as the orienteering itself.
Here is a quick look at how the mapping is done using a combination of modern computer technology and good old fashioned leg work.
Making orienteering maps is a passion of mine. Creating base maps using on-line tools has changed an expensive time consuming jobs in to a 'breeze'. However doing the field work to bring the map to what the orienteer sees on the ground remains a time consuming task. GPS enabled computer tablets work for some. I find a great time and technology saver is the easier to use GPS watch. Here's how.
This presentation highlights why there is a need of GPS for transport sector.
WebXpress is an IT and Solutions company that offers services in the domain of Logistics.
Founded in 2004 the company has a presence in India, Saudi Arabia, East Africa, and South Asia.
Our idea is to connect all stakeholders in supply chain and provide visibility.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in military operations. The concept of Command, Control, Communication and Coordination in military operations is largely dependent on the availability of accurate, spatial information to arrive at quick decisions for operational orders.
In the present digital era, GIS is an excellent tool for military commanders in the operations. The use of GIS applications in military forces has revolutionised the way in which these forces operate and function.
How google maps uses artificial intelligence to store the data, add the data and various algorithms that can be used behind the accuracy of google maps.
Multi tracking system for vehicle using gps and gsmeSAT Journals
Abstract In the present paper a multilayered microstrip low pass filter using complementary split ring resonator is proposed. A design for prominent stop band characteristics with minimized ripples is presented, while maintaining the filter pass-band performance. By properly designing and integrating the complementary split ring resonators with the low pass filter, the proposed structure exhibit superior pass band and stop band characteristics by eliminating unwanted spurious signals. Since the literature is multi-layered, no structure is designed at the ground plane and the problem of distortion of ground plane structure while packaging is resolved. The measured results indicate that the proposed structure achieves significantly improved band characteristics with minimum distortion, when compared with the simulated one. Keywords: Low Pass filter; Multilayered; Metamaterial; Complementary split ring resonator ( CSRR) structure
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
2. Computational Thinking – How Stuff Works?
How does a Bank ATM work?
How does a Bar code system work?
How Google Maps work?
3. How does a Bank ATM work?
Bank’s Central
Computer
ATM
Location 1
ATM
Location n
ATM 1 ATM 1 ATM 1
Anatomy of an ATM
Other Bank’s
Central Computer
Transaction Flows
- Control hundreds of ATMs
- Keeps a master list of
transactions
One location can
have 1 or more
ATM counters
Customers of one bank
can use the ATMs of
other banks
At the close of every
business day, each bank’s
central computer calculates
- amount of money it owes
- is owed by other banks
4. Anatomy of a Bank ATM
Bank’s Central
Computer
ATM 1
Other Bank’s
Central Computer
ATM 2
Circuit Controller
Main Memory Central
Processing Unit
(CPU)
Auxiliary Storage
Controller
Satellite Circuit
Controller
Magnetic Tape Storage
Magnetic Disc Storage
Circuit Controller
Main Memory
Central
Processing Unit
(CPU) User-Machine
Interface
Controller
Keypad
Display Screen
Monitor
Unit Controller Card Reader
ATM Location – Aluva Parur Junction
5. ATM Transaction Flows
Customer inserts
Card
ATM reads Card
Code
Customer enters
PIN
Customer
requests a Cash
Withdrawal
ATM checks customer’s
account balance
ATM prints transaction
record
ATM returns Card
ATM dispenses Cash
Central Computer Update Balance
6. How does a Barcode system work?
DatabaseSupplier
Scanner Scanner
Store ComputerSales Sales
Central Computer
Computer
Link
• Scanner sends information in
the product’s bar code to the
store’s computer.
Databases, Cloud computing - hardware/software/networking as services, ERP Shared Services – Retailers / Suppliers
• The computer subtracts the
item from its inventory and
informs the central computer.
• Central computer reorders
products as needed.
7.
8. What are Barcodes?
A bar code’s secret language
Each bar code has room for 113 lines.
A black line corresponds to a binary 1, a
white line to a 0.
Every group of seven lines represents a
number, which appears below the code.
9. Anatomy of a Bar Code Scanner
Gun-type
Barcode Scanner
10. How Google Maps works?
How do Satellites map Earth?
How do Computers make Maps?
How Computers work in Cars to
show these Maps?
How Google Maps works on
Mobile?
11. How Satellites map Earth?
Computer images of Earth, as seen from orbit
- Produced by a fleet of remote sensing satellites
- Used by geologists, ecologists, cartographers, and other researchers
- Landsat, SPOT, ERS satellites
Landsat
Relay satellite
Earth station
14. How Map Databases created?
Computers completely changed Cartography
- They simplified the assembly and display of all the complex data that goes into a map
- Information on geomorphology, from aerial and satellite surveys is digitized and stored in
a computer for use in a variety of maps
- Existing maps can be scanned and digitized for use by a computer, then easily updated
- Data is digitized by moving a mouse over a map or structural drawing and entering
co-ordinates for each feature
- 3-dimensional data can be entered on a stereo digital photogrammetric station
(SDPS) by using the parallax, or apparent displacement, between aerial photographs
taken by separate cameras.
The same database that is used to make maps may also be used to create computer graphics
of the area being mapped
16. Instrumentation Panel in Cars / Google Maps on mobile
On-board Navigation System
- Car instrument displays have become increasingly computerized
- Needle gauges have been replaced by liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
- Head-up displays project readings from the car’s instruments onto a windscreen,
- helping the driver to see them while keeping his or her eyes on the road.
Google Maps APIs for Mobiles
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Editor's Notes
An ATM allows bank customers to perform simple banking functions such as deposits, withdrawals and transfers between accounts in a quick and easy manner. Introduced in the late 1960s, ATMs caught on by virtue of their convenience. Not only can they operate 24 hours a day at any location, but their small size allows them to be installed virtually anywhere.
When someone opens a bank account, the bank usually issues that patron, or customer, an ATM card. On the back of the card, in older versions, is a magnetic strip containing a coded number assigned exclusively to that card. For newer cards, there is an electronic chip. To use an ATM, the customer inserts the card into the machine and enters his or her personal identification number, or PIN, using the machine’s keypad. Then, the customer inputs his request, the transaction is carried out, and the ATM returns the access card.
An ATM allows bank customers to perform simple banking functions such as deposits, withdrawals and transfers between accounts in a quick and easy manner. Introduced in the late 1960s, ATMs caught on by virtue of their convenience. Not only can they operate 24 hours a day at any location, but their small size allows them to be installed virtually anywhere.
When someone opens a bank account, the bank usually issues that patron, or customer, an ATM card. On the back of the card, in older versions, is a magnetic strip containing a coded number assigned exclusively to that card. For newer cards, there is an electronic chip. To use an ATM, the customer inserts the card into the machine and enters his or her personal identification number, or PIN, using the machine’s keypad. Then, the customer inputs his request, the transaction is carried out, and the ATM returns the access card.
A bar code – the familiar sequence of black and white lines that appears on products sold in stores – is a binary code similar to that used by computers. The sequence of the alternating black and white bars enables manufacturers and retailers to encode and monitor a great deal of information about a product: its identity, its price, and its place of origin.
Landsat – These satellites circle the Earth at an altitude of around 700-900 kilometres. They swing from North Pole to South Pole and, as the Earth spins beneath them, they pass over each part of Earth’s surface every 15 to 20 days. With each orbit, a satellite concentrates on a single north-to-south strip of Earth below; for Landsats it is a 185-kilometre-wide strip
Instead of using cameras, some satellites have sensors called thematic mappers (TMs). Within the TMs are scanning mirrors that tilt back and forth, picking up light reflected from Earth’s surface.
This light passes through an optical system to a set of detectors that record the wavelengths and intensities of the light waves they receive, including the infrared light that is invisible to human eyes.
A computer then converts this information into digital code and transmits it through radio waves to an Earth station. When the digital signals are received on Earth, they are processed by computers and changed back into images.
The result is a remarkable graphic representation of portions of Earth, showing rivers, cities, forests, fields, glaciers, and more. Satellite images are especially helpful to scientists who study forests, the spread of agriculture, and changes in the cleanliness of the environment.
Because all this information is stored digitally in the computer, it can be rearranged in different ways to create maps for many purposes.
Different types of map information can be recorded together in separate layers of a computer database. The information can be retrieved separately or combined as needed.
Construction planning, Urban planning can use different layers of map databases (Road layer, Building layer, pipe layer)
