A presentation to the Construction Specifications Canada (CSC), in Winnipeg on topics of innovation and transformation through technology and its implication on the built environment--and the consequent role for architects, engineers, and construction companies.
South-Western Economic Alliance -- the Need for ChangeRick Huijbregts
An overview of the trends that shape our communities and the call to action for municipalities to join forces and do something about it -- get ahead and get left behind.
Cisco IBSG shares areas where Big Data will provide significant opportunities for Retailers over the next several years. This discussion will focus being in the store. For more info: http://cs.co/ibsg-bigdataretail
South-Western Economic Alliance -- the Need for ChangeRick Huijbregts
An overview of the trends that shape our communities and the call to action for municipalities to join forces and do something about it -- get ahead and get left behind.
Cisco IBSG shares areas where Big Data will provide significant opportunities for Retailers over the next several years. This discussion will focus being in the store. For more info: http://cs.co/ibsg-bigdataretail
Accenture Mobility MWC 2012 - Bubble over barcelona - lars kampLars Kamp
A perspective on the major trends shaping mobility in the coming decade. A video of the talk is on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbFgus5puY&feature=youtu.be
Mobile payments will only be able to disrupt if user is king. Tieto Corporation
At his presentation at Bankdagen 2012, Mr Johan Lofmark from Tieto shared his thoughts around how critical it is for actors in the payment industry to focus on the users when designing new disruptive mobile payment services.
Cloud 2015: The Road to 15 Billion Connected DevicesIntel IT Center
Kirk Skaugen Intel Datacenter and Connected Systems Group GM discusses the growth of data and connected devices through 2015. Kirk discusses how the industry is preparing for this growth and Intel's role.
FCM Sustainable Communities, Panel February 9 2012Rick Huijbregts
A presentation for FCM Sustainable Communities Conference, Ottawa 2012. Thursday closing panel: Integrating Land Use, Landscape, Climate and Infrastructure Planning : Changing from Reactive to Proactive PlanningTechnology, the Next Frontier.
Accenture Mobility MWC 2012 - Bubble over barcelona - lars kampLars Kamp
A perspective on the major trends shaping mobility in the coming decade. A video of the talk is on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbFgus5puY&feature=youtu.be
Mobile payments will only be able to disrupt if user is king. Tieto Corporation
At his presentation at Bankdagen 2012, Mr Johan Lofmark from Tieto shared his thoughts around how critical it is for actors in the payment industry to focus on the users when designing new disruptive mobile payment services.
Cloud 2015: The Road to 15 Billion Connected DevicesIntel IT Center
Kirk Skaugen Intel Datacenter and Connected Systems Group GM discusses the growth of data and connected devices through 2015. Kirk discusses how the industry is preparing for this growth and Intel's role.
FCM Sustainable Communities, Panel February 9 2012Rick Huijbregts
A presentation for FCM Sustainable Communities Conference, Ottawa 2012. Thursday closing panel: Integrating Land Use, Landscape, Climate and Infrastructure Planning : Changing from Reactive to Proactive PlanningTechnology, the Next Frontier.
Learn about all the personal loan options Community First Credit Union offers. From mortgages to auto loans, Community First has a range of choices to finance your dream.
Why Communication Skills for Teachers need to Change?Sheel Damani
Presented to a group of high-school teachers at a government school. It was an orientation session to help them see why they need to adopt new methods of teaching.
Client: Rajasthan School Ahmedabad (India), June 2012
Automation Framework - gFast: generic Framework for Automated Software Testing - QTP Framework
The Most sophisticated frameworks in Automation Testing is Designed with highly experienced Automation Consultants of Heyday Software Solution for all the areas. This makes us to make the impossible things to make possible very fast with our proprietary framework "gFAST".This is a QTP Framework
About gFAST: generic Framework for Automated Software Testing
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Developed on Quick Test Professional supporting all Platforms(addin's) with KeyWord Driven Framework.
Key Features
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* Better ROI
* Internationalization Support
* Supports Multiple Projects/TestSuites/TestCases
* 24/7 Automatic Regression Tests Running Facility
* Generates Email Reports
* Generates Test Logs
* Simple way to Create Test Cases(without any new QTP Scripts development)
* Easy to Create Test Cases with Test Cases Generator
* Easy way to Create Tests With Excel/Text files facility)
* Easy to Maintain.(Whole Framework will Have 3 QTP script Files -Driver and Two
Controllers and Libraries.)
* Screen Capturing on Error for Each of the Test Cases
* Global Configuration Files
* Multiple Browser windows support
* Easy to build automation for the Projects
Our Frameworks:
Selenium Framework
WATIR RUBY Framework
Silk Framework
Winrunner Framework
QTP Framework
Generic Automation Framework
Perl Automation Framework
Talk by sateesh_addepalli_at_nasa_cmu_workshopsateeshadd
We present a new Pervasive IT Architecture as one of the first motivating manifestations of the Internet of Things. This new architecture consisting of a federated computing, storage and networking paradigm provides the foundation for billions of smart objects (IP based sensors, actuators, smart devices, etc) spanning home, industrial settings, vehicles, transportation systems to sense, predict and act on activities and events, in a timely and closed control-loop manner. We discuss the need for a new wireless architecture, including the role of ad-hoc & spontaneous networking, federated trusted anchors, smart object level security & mobility, smart middleware for peer-to-peer, peer-to-group and peer-to-cloud, and inter-cloud human/machine collaborative communications. We also address the importance of distributed big data analysis as a special focus of this new architecture, and its impact on the acceleration of development and adoption of immersive intent and contextual based geo-spatial decision spaces, where mashed-up isolated data sets from public, private and non-profit sources are combined with human natural collaborative interaction capabilities. Such emerging combination will produce higher situational awareness, context aware intent analysis of machines and human in a highly collaborative manner, and will provide context aware real-time/near-real-time response to events/activities. Finally, we discuss various IoT and Human Networks scenarios that will greatly benefit from such a platform, including smart & connected home, energy, cities and communities.
This presentation will discuss cloud computing at Cisco Canada, including an overview of Cloud Computing, Cisco’s cloud strategy, the unified Data Center, Cisco Solution, Cloud Case study, and advances in technology and platforms.
Technology Development and Innovation at CiscoCisco Canada
This presentation will cover, how to align your network to the business, delivering innovation-hardware, delivering innovation-software and how to tie it all together.
Setting the Foundation for Data Center Virtualization Cisco Canada
Today the Data Centre is at the heart of IT and business innovations. As the Data Centre evolves from a pure cost centre to a strategic asset to achieve business goals, Cisco is evolving our Data Centre Architectural Framework to help accelerate IT Innovations that deliver better business value. Ed Bugnion will explain that to do this successfully it is important to have a reliable and strategic roadmap to establish the DC foundation, the virtualized services that support the key cloud capabilities such as automation, provisioning and metering.
This presentation highlights practical key learnings on operating a global saas cloud. It focuses on the release management approach, core dna elements of saas ops, and new engagement models with product and engineering.
This session will provide attendees with an overview of Enterprise Cloud Computing and how technology and service solutions from Cisco will enable to path to private cloud computing. Cloud computing is changing the economics and operations of IT. IT organizations are consolidating IT resources around consistent building blocks, virtualizing those resources to increase efficiency and flexibility, and automating service creation processes.
Slides from our Lunch n' Learn webinar show how a Cisco Business Edition VOIP phone solution and related collaboration technologies deliver immediate and lasting benefits for companies who are not willing to settle for less than what they need to get the job done. We'll even show you some great financing offers to help make the transition even easier on your budget.
Request link to recording at: http://info.ali-inc.com/UnifiedCommunications_WebinarRegistration.html
Rick Huijbregts's keynote at the CSC Toronto Expo on February 27th at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre. The Future of Construction in a Digital World.
Education in Age of Digital Disruption @ OPSOARick Huijbregts
Keynote presentation for OPSOA (Ontario Public Supervisory Officers' Association) at its Annual Conference. Topic: the impact on Education in a world of digital disruption.
RENEW, RETHINK and REIMAGINE THE VISION FOR EDUCATION
IoT613: Re-imagining Real Estate with the Internet of ThingsRick Huijbregts
Presentation for IOT613 about digital transformation in real estate. Digital Ceiling, Power over Ethernet. Creating new experiences for future generations.
An overview of the trends that will forever disrupt and transform the real estate industry. Topics include convergence, #DigitalCeiling, UPoE, Power-over-Ethernet. And how Cisco Canada is reaping the benefits at its new Canadian HQ in Toronto (RBC Waterpark Place) by Oxford Properties.
Toronto Real Estate Board, Realtor Quest 2016Rick Huijbregts
On overview of the digital trends that will transform the real estate industry as we know it. There has never been a better time to use digital innovation to transform how we design, build, operate, and transact real estate.
a webinar with CBRE, Rifinity and Cisco on the interaction of Smart Spaces, Collaboration, Workforce Productivity, Workplace strategy, and office design and configuration.
ACT Canada - Internet of Everything for Sustainable Mobility Rick Huijbregts
Luncheon keynote at ACT Canada #SMS2014 on the role of the Internet of Everything for sustainable communities, sustainable mobility, innovation and industry transformation.
Context for panel discussion on Smart Cities, Smart Buildings and the value of the Internet of Everything. Panel included BMO Financial, Oxford Properites, Jones Lang Lasalle.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
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.
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.
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
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
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:
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
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.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
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.
The World is changing, we’re going through massive rebalancing in economic growth, socially – talent re-shuffling, and environmentally – natural resources.THE world will consume 40% more energy in 2030 than it does today, according to BP's Energy Outlook – The Economist, Jan 2012http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/01/daily-chart-14
Public Safety & Security and Sustainability is Key – for Urbanization & City RevitalizationNeed for Productivity, Efficiency and Reach are conclusion to Energy / Education / Healthcare700M Urbanized / 5B will be Connected (as conclusion to S+CC drivers)
Bring the building systems and the IT systems into one networkAccess – only the network provides access to all of these systemsAnalyze – find new ways to harness informationAct – continuously improve building operationsVery important component in LEEDGet feedback to change the pattern as to what is happeningMonitor and adapt performanceHooray for technology.Use “Living Organism” analogy.Cisco Real Estate solutions converge key functions onto an IP network that becomes the fabric of every building—supporting all real estate requirements and provides the foundation for workforce effectiveness, building performance, and physical security. With the Cisco’s Real Estate solution, you can reduce costs and complexity by replacing disparate communications, security, and building automation systems with one simplified, flexible, and scalable IP network.
So how can we help solve these issues?we need visionary leadership by political and key business leaders to visualize a different way to build and operate a cityopen global standards so that it can become a globally interconnected city, technologically and economicallySmart regulation by governments to redefine infrastructure development and city operationsPublic private partnerships with governments and private enterprises and I would add to that now a 4th P – PeopleGlobal ecosystem of partners that include academia, business, and social networks.Ittakes all five of these factors…without one, it changes completely.
GE & Duke best examples. At Cisco we have defined collaboration to include Social, Mobile, Visual (Video) and Virtual. While each one of these pillars is critical and is moving into the enterprise, what is most exciting is the convergence of the four and rate of speed. From a consumer standpoint it is already happening. An iPhone is the perfect example: mobile, social, virtual (apps) and video all converging with greater capabilities and apps being added daily which enriches the overall experience. Cisco is developing its solutions portfolio so that we have products and solutions offerings in each pillar. For example:Social – Quad, Jabber, WebExMobile – Any Connect in combination with ISE and a MDM (mobile device management) hosted solution offered in our advanced services (coming in next few months)Visual – Video to include all TelePresence, Show and Share, WebEx video, Jabber video (convergence is already happening in our products: social plus video)Virtual: “virtual” occurs at three layers – virtual desktop, (VXI/VDI), virtual content (currently under evaluation) and virtual apps. I am most excited about the virtual apps as Cisco IT is bringing in those transactional systems into the overall experience either within Quad or on mobile devices. Examples include My PTO, My Expenses, My Approvals (one place to have all the items an employee has to approve in one location travel, headcount, expenses, Purchase orders etc.). Making these transactional systems (“app light”) aligns to our goals in ACT which is simplification and an improved employee experience. Enterprises are being asked and in some cases expected to deliver all of these capabilities. In my experience it really doesn’t matter which “pillar” where customers begin, but they must do so with an eye towards architectural convergence. If they start with social they must think of the implications of video and mobile. If mobile, we must think about virtual apps and social. The architectural convergence is the unique differentiator that only Cisco can offer and is a direct example of our 5th priority as a company which is the business architecture and technical architectures converging.