How to Use HealthyCity.org and Learn the ABCs of DataHealthy City
Have you ever been excited about the world of data, but not sure where to begin? What if you could learn the basics of data and access all that you need in one place? HealthyCity.org provides one of the largest community resource and data hubs in California, pulling information from trusted and reliable data sources and presenting it in user-friendly formats for local communities throughout the state. Learn about trusted data sources, how to interpret data and how to use it to meet your research and advocacy needs. This webinar will discuss the power of primary and secondary data, tips for finding and presenting data specifically on www.healthycity.org as well as examples of how data has been utilized for community based research and advocacy. (Click on the link to read more)
This is the PowerPoint from our 3.17.10 Healthy City Webinar (there is no audio component). Additional User Guides will soon be available on HealthyCity.org.
HealthyCity.or Hands-on Introductory Training-v.7.14.11Healthy City
These slides are from a hands-on training designed to provide an overview of the Healthy City website, which allows you to search for local services, as well as create maps and charts of health and socio-economic data to support policy and planning. After participating in an Introductory Training, you will understand how to use HealthyCity.org to:
- Register for your own free account (to save data, maps, and more)
- Find a Service using the detailed health and human service database of 211s across the state
- Create an Asset Map for your community - Map thematic data along with services and other points of interest
- Grab a stat: Find data quick using charts and tables
- Learn about advanced features
How to Use HealthyCity.org and Learn the ABCs of DataHealthy City
Have you ever been excited about the world of data, but not sure where to begin? What if you could learn the basics of data and access all that you need in one place? HealthyCity.org provides one of the largest community resource and data hubs in California, pulling information from trusted and reliable data sources and presenting it in user-friendly formats for local communities throughout the state. Learn about trusted data sources, how to interpret data and how to use it to meet your research and advocacy needs. This webinar will discuss the power of primary and secondary data, tips for finding and presenting data specifically on www.healthycity.org as well as examples of how data has been utilized for community based research and advocacy. (Click on the link to read more)
This is the PowerPoint from our 3.17.10 Healthy City Webinar (there is no audio component). Additional User Guides will soon be available on HealthyCity.org.
HealthyCity.or Hands-on Introductory Training-v.7.14.11Healthy City
These slides are from a hands-on training designed to provide an overview of the Healthy City website, which allows you to search for local services, as well as create maps and charts of health and socio-economic data to support policy and planning. After participating in an Introductory Training, you will understand how to use HealthyCity.org to:
- Register for your own free account (to save data, maps, and more)
- Find a Service using the detailed health and human service database of 211s across the state
- Create an Asset Map for your community - Map thematic data along with services and other points of interest
- Grab a stat: Find data quick using charts and tables
- Learn about advanced features
Katrina Kosec
POLICY SEMINAR
Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Service Referral & Planning Healthy City
These slides highlight the tools on HealthyCity.org that facilitate both service referral and service planning. The website helps you connect vulnerable populations to the resources they need by providing the largest searchable and mappable online hub of health and human services in California. In addition to this comprehensive resource data, service providers and planners can access additional community data to identify gaps in services, as well as identify areas of need and opportunity to inform program planning. In this training you will learn how to:
- Facilitate case management: Help clients find services by searching the detailed health and human service database of 2-1-1s across the state (*available in 16 counties and counting).
- Inform service planning: Research information about your clients’ communities to enhance program focus and planning.
- Improve service planning and provision by adding your own data: Map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.
This webinar will be examining diabetes hospitalization rates among US and Foreign-Born Hispanics/Latin@s in California. Using the Social Determinants of Health framework, we will be exploring potential contributing factors to these hospitalization rates. Lastly, we will demonstrate (live) how to access and map related health data of other communities of interest on HealthyCity.org.
Katrina Kosec
POLICY SEMINAR
Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Service Referral & Planning Healthy City
These slides highlight the tools on HealthyCity.org that facilitate both service referral and service planning. The website helps you connect vulnerable populations to the resources they need by providing the largest searchable and mappable online hub of health and human services in California. In addition to this comprehensive resource data, service providers and planners can access additional community data to identify gaps in services, as well as identify areas of need and opportunity to inform program planning. In this training you will learn how to:
- Facilitate case management: Help clients find services by searching the detailed health and human service database of 2-1-1s across the state (*available in 16 counties and counting).
- Inform service planning: Research information about your clients’ communities to enhance program focus and planning.
- Improve service planning and provision by adding your own data: Map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.
This webinar will be examining diabetes hospitalization rates among US and Foreign-Born Hispanics/Latin@s in California. Using the Social Determinants of Health framework, we will be exploring potential contributing factors to these hospitalization rates. Lastly, we will demonstrate (live) how to access and map related health data of other communities of interest on HealthyCity.org.
Hands-On Training Salinas 5-2-12 (Part I)Healthy City
This is a presentation that was given in Salinas on May 2, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
This webinar will demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data and maps. Learn how to access data highlighting the needs and opportunities within your communities and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Grant Writing & ReportingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data, maps, and charts. Learn how to access data that highlights the needs and opportunities within your communities of interest and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Grant Writing & ReportingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar (11/16/11) designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data, maps, and charts. Learn how to access data that highlights the needs and opportunities within your communities of interest and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
Discovering and mapping your community needs - HealthLandscape
Presented at the 2013 Community Connections Pre-Application Workshops for The HealthPath Foundation of Ohio
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Uploading Your Own Data Healthy City
Do you collect data about your community? Are you using the best tools to target your services, outreach or organizing efforts? Using www.HealthyCity.org to upload and map the data you gather can help maximize your organization’s efforts. This webinar is for individuals looking to better understand the usefulness of data for planning, advocacy and action. We will discuss the importance of data-driven decision-making, how to layer your data alongside other information available on HealthyCity.org, as well as examples of how user-uploaded data has been utilized for research and advocacy.
In this webinar you will learn:
- How to upload point or thematic data on HealthyCity.org, including how to set up your spreadsheet, input information, and how to transform your survey data into informative maps and charts.
- How other HealthyCity.org users have had success in uploading and assessing their data for community research and advocacy, program planning, grant writing, and more.
- The best ways to take the maps you’ve made on HealthyCity.org and share them in reports or social media.
- About accessing our Help Center, which has a User Guide, video tutorials, and recorded webinars that can help you over any technical hurdles.
This presentations covers:
- Case Study: Advocating for a Safe Place to Play at Stiern Park by Jennifer Lopez, Kaiser Permanente and Jose Pinto, Greenfield Community Resident
- Case Study: Youth Map Healthy Food Options in Historic Filipinotown (LA) by Ailene Ignacio, Asian Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance
- Using Wikimaps on HealthyCity.org for Community-Engaged Mapping
- Additional Resources
Using Maps in Community-Based Research (3/12/15)Healthy City
Through this webinar you will:
• Explore Healthy City's community-based research approach
• Hear case studies of how others have used community mapping
• Learn how to create your own maps on HealthyCity.org
Social Determinants of Health in ActionHealthy City
Social determinants of health: Exploring how to put health research into action using data and mapping
This webinar will explore various ways to put health research into action by using data and mapping tools. We’ll use the Social Determinants of Health as a frame to present examples of ways to map services in your selected geography, how to map demographic and health data such as poverty and education; and how to work with different features on HealthyCity.org to support your work.
A Holistic Approach to Women s Health, Data and MappingHealthy City
In this webinar we will discuss:
* Changing the lens when analyzing data on women’s health by considering mind/body/spirit
*A day in the life of two women: what do women need to lead comprehensive healthy lives?
*Tools and resources available on HealthyCity.org
*Moving from information to action
Maps help communities tell stories.Maps help connect the dots between data and people within specific geographic locations. Maps can also reveal unique, place-based issues that quantitative data alone cannot. Maps can also be repositories for community knowledge which can assist advocates, community-based organizations, policy-makers and funders to communicate community needs to a broad audience clearly, quickly and dramatically. In this webinar we will cover map making basics using HealthyCity.org.
You will also learn:
* How maps are used for research and action
* Key elements of map design and mapping methods
* Considerations and best tips for creating effective maps
Healthy City's Community Research Lab (CRL) shares best practices and methods for community-based organizations interested in supporting their strategies with research that combines community knowledge + Healthy City technology. The CRL is a resource for collaborating, networking, learning, and innovating with community-based organizations to lead and sustain research for social change. Using the Community Based Participatory Action Research framework, we partner with organizations to develop, implement, and disseminate community research projects, tools, and workshops.
Earlier this year, we received a two-year grant to provide our CRL Workshop series throughout California! In these workshops, we provide step-by-step guidance on topics that cover:
• how to develop research questions
• how to create effective community maps
• how to facilitate participatory mapping
• how to share maps and data with local community members
The workshops also include:
• facilitated activities training participants how to collect community feedback for advocacy, organizing and other projects
• sessions on how to develop strategies where community members can give input to telling their community’s story.
We are currently preparing to launch the first round of the workshop series in: Sacramento, Central Valley, and the Inland Empire!
Healthy City works with community-based organizations to apply Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) in their mapping and community-engagement work. CBPAR starts with issues and strategies to produce analysis, uses mapping technology as one tool for community engagement and focuses on communities within a geographic location, such as a neighborhood. Using CPBAR in mapping facilitates engagement, education, strategizing, and dialogue among community members--including youth--and decision-makers.
Including young people in map making allows them to contribute their unique knowledge and lived experiences as community residents. Youth can provide invaluable insight and can act as change agents advocating on behalf of their communities. Whether you are a Youth Organizer, Community Liaison or Direct Service Provider, there are a number of ways you can incorporate and share youth data and stories using a variety of free resources and tools available on HealthyCity.org to build community power.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
1) Research and map youth population data to enhance program focus and planning on healthycity.org
2) Upload your own data onto a map
3) Use Wikimaps to better plan, collaborate and share youth outreach strategies and stories
Supporting Abused and Neglected Children Through Early Care and PolicyHealthy City
Title: Supporting abused and neglected children through early care and policy
This webinar will make the case for supporting abused and neglected children through early care opportunities as well as describe how to use the healthycity.org site to research and identify policy solutions around foster youth and early childhood education issues.
Learning objectives:
1) Strengthen one’s understanding of populations that make up abused and neglected children
2) Learn how to identify data around abused and neglected children on healthycity.org
3) Understand policy opportunities to improve conditions for the youngest abused and neglected children
Is Information Power? Maps and Data for Community ChangeHealthy City
This slideshow showcases new and improved tools in both English and Spanish available on HealthyCity.org as well as stories from partners using maps and data to transform their communities. By participating in this webinar, you will:
• See new and exciting updates including HealthyCity.org in Spanish, easy to use how-to guides, and enhanced data search
• Hear examples of how data and maps have driven community change
• Learn how you can turn information into action
Solving the Mystery of Geographies (pdf)Healthy City
ZIP Codes? Census tracts? Service Planning Area? What do all of these geographies mean? More importantly, which one should I use for my map?!
This webinar answers all these questions and more. Learn how geographic boundaries are determined, how to choose geographies and how this basic step in map-making will affect the interpretation of your map. Ultimately, you will learn how to make the best map possible to support your case.
ZIP Codes? Census tracts? Service Planning Area? What do all of these geographies mean? More importantly, which one should I use for my map?!
This webinar answers all these questions and more. Learn how geographic boundaries are determined, how to choose geographies and how this basic step in map-making will affect the interpretation of your map. Ultimately, you will learn how to make the best map possible to support your case.
Healthy City Webinar_Getting Started with HealthyCity.orgHealthy City
This webinar will provide an overview of the Healthy City website, which allows you to search for local services, as well as create maps and charts of health and socio-economic data to support policy and planning. After participating in an Introductory webinar training, you will understand how to use HealthyCity.org to:
- Locate resources by accessing the health and human service database of 2-1-1s across the state
- Research information about your community and create customized maps to enhance planning and advocacy work
- Upload data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, facilities, or other organizations.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Planning and Development Healthy City
This customized webinar is for individuals working in Community Planning & Development that are interested in learning new strategies and tools to create healthier living environments in our communities. Working within a social justice framework, this webinar will demonstrate useful practices for planners utilizing the HealthyCity.org website. It will focus on how to use HealthyCity.org to promote a deeper understanding of community assets, characteristics, and the physical environment in order to inform and enhance the planning process. It will also highlight successful methods to engage community members in planning efforts, particularly around sharing local knowledge about the built environment.
Hands-On Training Salinas 5-2-12 (Part II)Healthy City
This is a presentation that was given in Salinas on May 2, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
This is a presentation that was given in Merced on March 15, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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
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.
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.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
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.
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.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
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.
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
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.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...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.
2. Healthy City is a project of…
A public policy change organization
rooted in the civil rights movement
3. …is an information + action resource that unites rigorous
research, community voices and innovative technologies
to solve the root causes of social inequity
DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO:
COMMUNITY ORGS
FOUNDATIONS
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB
Training community groups to lead
and sustain action-oriented research &
technology projects
ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGY
www.HealthyCity.org
4. …to fuel social change and improve our communities
HealthyCity.org
Website
Service
Provider
Case
Manager
Policy
Advocate
Funder
Community
Organizer
Researcher
Who Uses
HealthyCity.org?
Grant
Writer
5. Learning Objectives
You will learn…
The importance of demographic data
Kinds of demographic data
How to map demographic data on HC
How to chart demographic data on HC
6. What Are
Demographics?
They are categories of information describing
populations and subsets of populations
Ex. age, gender, ethnicity, income, etc.
What are some other types of demographics?
7. Why Important?
Easily describe a population
Measure growth or decline
Environment, poverty
Immigration, migration
Socioeconomic power
Understand characteristics, patterns, trends
Race/ethnicity
Target services or funding
Communities with need
8.
9.
10. Where does the data come from?
U.S. Census
Sample Surveys
Registration systems
Accuracy varies by source
Who collects data?
Government
Health organizations
Private organizations i.e. Claritas
Kinds of Data
11. Popular data sets or sources:
U.S. Census
American Community Survey
CA Department of Public Health
DataQuest – CA Dept. Education
CA Healthy Interview Survey (CHIS)
Accuracy varies by source
Kinds of Data
13. Time to Share:
How have you
used data or
maps in your
work?
1957 Wally Freeland
14. Data Source
Tips
Key Points to Keep in Mind:
• What is the original source and how reliable is it?
• How old is the data?
• How was the data gathered and analyzed?
• How complete is the data?
• What are the pros and cons for a specific dataset?
• Understand sample size, margins of error, confidence interval
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
21. Aggregation
ZIP Codes Yuba County
Yes, because…
The data values are raw numbers such as number of housing units
or population
Can you aggregate the number of births by ZIP Code to find out
the total number of births in Yuba County?
?
22. Aggregation
ZIP Codes Yuba County
No, because…
The data values are percentages or rates, such as percentage of
families in poverty or drop out rate
X?
Can you aggregate the birth rates by ZIP Code to find out the
birth rate in Yuba County?
23. Data Lingo Recap
• Indicators
Age, Employment Status
• Variables
Ages 0-5, Currently Employed
• Data Levels
ZIP Code, Service Planning Area, County
• Universe
Total Population, Civilian Population Age 16 and Over
• Metadata
Supporting information about the dataset such as description, source,
year, universe
• Aggregation
Combining data values from smaller geographies to create a data value
for a larger geography
26. • Colorful, engaging
•Sources are cited
•Issues displayed are important to your goal
• Clear and easy to understand
Data Visualizations
Healthy City, 2011
Data Source: US Census 2010
Healthy City, 2011
Data Source: US Census 2010 Healthy City, 2011
Data Source: US Census 2010
27. Data Visualizations
Pie charts are useful for showing significant
differences in percentages as parts of a whole.
*Remember—values need to add up to 100%
Bar graphs are useful for
comparing data between different
groups or showing changes over
time.
Line graphs are useful for
showing changes over time.
30. • Help reveal larger place-based
dynamics that numbers by
themselves cannot
• Connect community knowledge and data to location
• Support strategy through communicating patterns to a
broad audience, clearly, quickly, and dramatically
Why Are Maps Useful
Visualizations?
31. Organizations can use maps to:
• Act on an issue/Confirm action
• Strategy: Community Organizing
• Strategy: Advocacy
• Highlight an issue or a specific
aspect of an issue
• Strategy: Media/Communications
• Strategy: Policy
• Strategy: Grantwriting
Why Are Maps Useful
Visualizations?
33. Types of Data on HealthyCity.org
ThematicPopulation Characteristics
Civic Participation
Employment, Income &
Poverty
Health Conditions, Diseases,
Injuries and Deaths
Crime & Public Safety
Housing
And much more…
34. Services & Points
Social Services & Nonprofits
Hospitals and FQHCs
Public & Private Schools
Grocery Stores & WIC Vendors
Alcohol Outlets & Toxic Sites
And much more…
Types of Data on HealthyCity.org
42. Add a second layer of data:
Families in Poverty or Median
Household Income
Click the “i” tool and
then click on map to
see data values
See range of data
values in the Legend
Click Customize to
modify your map
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Edu: The Educational Opportunity program expands educational opportunities for low-income children from birth through high school graduation and ensures school facilities for all.UP: program at Advancement Project reduces and prevents community violence, making poor neighborhoods safer so that children can learn, families can thrive and communities can prosper.EPF:program reveals significant discrepancies between the allocation of public funds and the needs of low-income communities and communities of color, and makes public finance more transparent for improved advocacy and engagement.HC: is an information + action resource for California that unites community voices, rigorous research and innovative technologies to solve the root causes of social inequity.
HC.org provides these people with data and technology to support their work within and on behalf of our communities. HC.org helps encourage data-driven planning and inform policy within sectors such as Education, Public Safety, Health, Public Health, Government, etc. Some of our funders include F5, CA Endowment…
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Here give an opportunity for the audience to throw out suggestions of data they are familiar with, have used before, are currently using, or are interested in.
Here give an opportunity for the audience to throw out suggestions of data they are familiar with, have used before, are currently using, or are interested in.
Here give an opportunity for the audience to throw out suggestions of data they are familiar with, have used before, are currently using, or are interested in.
Here give an opportunity for the audience to throw out suggestions of data they are familiar with, have used before, are currently using, or are interested in.
Mention that most of the data seen on our site is quantitative in nature, counts of people that fall into a certain category. The qualitative piece often comes in from attitudes of residents, that you can gather using short or in-depth interviews of residents in your community, etc. Qualitative data describes whereas quantitative data defines/measures. Ex: An interview of community residents’ attitudes on police presence in their neighborhood. Quantitative Ex: The count of people without health insurance in Los Angeles County.
Mention that most of the data seen on our site is quantitative in nature, counts of people that fall into a certain category. The qualitative piece often comes in from attitudes of residents, that you can gather using short or in-depth interviews of residents in your community, etc. Qualitative data describes whereas quantitative data defines/measures. Ex: An interview of community residents’ attitudes on police presence in their neighborhood. Quantitative Ex: The count of people without health insurance in Los Angeles County.
We have data from a wide variety of sources such as the US Census, CA Health Interview Survey, CA Dept of Ed and more. We also have User Uploaded data which is clearly labeled as such on HC.org and which we do not verify or vet. Here are some tips for vetting data sources you encounter.
Relate back to HC.org. Is it reliable? Would the same survey produce the same results again? This is related to consistency and stability of the data collection method.Is it valid? How well does it measure what it says it measures?
Complete list of all of our data sources with links back to their websites.
Variables: Ages 0-5, Percentage AdvancedIndicators: Age, 3rd Grade English-Language Arts LevelsSuppose you only have data, such as population, by county. Can you “aggregate” the data and come up with a population value for a larger geography like state?
Suppose you only have data, such as population, by county. Can you “aggregate” the data and come up with a population value for a larger geography like state?Can you aggregate number of births by ZIP Code to find out how many births there were in Yuba County?Can you aggregate the birth rates by ZIP Code to find out the Yuba County birth rate?
Data values with margins of error, which includes all ACS data are also non-aggregatable. Example: ACS 2005-09 5-Year Veterans Population for Yuba City is 4,938 (4,580 ~ 5,296).That means that the true value is somewhere between 4,580 and 5,296.
Indicator: Gen. CharacteristicVariable: Specific CharacteristicData Levels: Although your community or place may be identified by specific street boundaries, geographies are spatial (non-physical) boundaries, such as census tracts or ZIP codes. Administrative data, or data collected by persons, organizations or departments of government for their own purposes but often made available for public use, is usually collected for these geographies. To use this type of data in your research, particularly for making comparisons over time using multiple years of data, you will need to determine which geographies represent your community or place.Universe: Population/people included in the datasetMetadata is data about data! Source, year, methodology, geographical coverage, description of indicator/variables, data levels available.
Here’s where you’ll see all those things in the Map Room. In addition, click customize to modify your map. You can change the color scheme and the data ranges among other things.
Why use visuals? Gives people perspective provides context helps people relateThese are some things we’ve found helpful about visuals. Anything you want to add that would be key for a visual?
-Ex. 36% of all people prefer apple pie.-Ex. People buy more oranges compared to mangos. Do not have to add up to 100%. May also show change in number of apples bought over time.-Ex. population change growth over time comparing males and females.
-Ex. 36% of all people prefer apple pie.-Ex. People buy more oranges compared to mangos. Do not have to add up to 100%. May also show change in number of apples bought over time.-Ex. population change growth over time comparing males and females.
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Thematic – data aggregated to political, jurisdictional, or other boundaries such as counties and ZIP Codes. For example the number of families in poverty or the number of unemployed civilians in a city are displayed as thematic layers on our maps.Thematic/Indicator dataDemographic (population, educational attainment, ethnicity, etc.)Civic ParticipationChild WelfareChild Care & Early EducationIncome & PovertyEmploymentNonprofit InfrastructureEnvironment & Land UseHealth – Birth, Prenatal & ChildHealth - Conditions, Disease & InjuryHealth – DeathsHealth - Insurance & accessHealth – Physical Activity & NutritionNeighborhood & CommunityCrime & Public SafetyHousing
Viewing point and thematic data together enables you to get an initial picture of the distribution of resources, while understanding a particular characteristic about an area. For example, are there educational resources in areas with low educational attainment? Is there access to fresh food in areas with a high concentration of people with diabetes?Point DataGrocery StoresAlcohol OutletsNonprofit OrganizationsSchools (Public & Private)WIC Agencies & VendorsHospitals (OSHPD)Head Start AgenciesChild Care CentersEPA Hazard SitesFed. Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)Fast FoodBanks v. Check CashingCommunity Services (detailed Social Service data from 2-1-1 for 16 counties: Over 30,000 Service sites in CA; includes: Basic Needs, Legal Services, Education, Health Care, Employment, and many other Community Services)
Today we’ll look at two of the functions on HC.org: Maps and Charts. We’ll start with maps.You can access thematic data in the Map Room either by clicking on the Maps link at the top of the page or by using one of the quick links in the middle of the page which let you skip a few steps if you already know what you want to do.
We now see a map of HS grads in the city of Riverside. In this box you will see the name of the indicator you chose along with its metadata such as description, universe, source, year. As well as the data level, which is the geography at which the data is displayed. In this case it is Census Tract but if you were mapping the whole state of CA, you may want to look at a different data level such as County. HC.org automatically chooses a data level for you based on the geography you choose. However, you can always change it here if you want to see more/less detail (as long as data is available at multiple levels).Second, you’ll notice the legend in the bottom right corner, this shows you the range of values for the whole dataset, the indicator/variable name and the data level.Finally, you can view 2 thematic datasets at a time on HC.org, so you could click another Target and add a second characteristic like Percent of Families in Poverty or Median Household Income.
Relate back to HC.org. Is it reliable? Would the same survey produce the same results again? This is related to consistency and stability of the data collection method.Is it valid? How well does it measure what it says it measures?
We now see a map of HS grads in the city of Riverside. In this box you will see the name of the indicator you chose along with its metadata such as description, universe, source, year. As well as the data level, which is the geography at which the data is displayed. In this case it is Census Tract but if you were mapping the whole state of CA, you may want to look at a different data level such as County. HC.org automatically chooses a data level for you based on the geography you choose. However, you can always change it here if you want to see more/less detail (as long as data is available at multiple levels).Second, you’ll notice the legend in the bottom right corner, this shows you the range of values for the whole dataset, the indicator/variable name and the data level.Finally, you can view 2 thematic datasets at a time on HC.org, so you could click another Target and add a second characteristic like Percent of Families in Poverty or Median Household Income.
You can change the color scheme and the data ranges among other things.
Quantile: Each class contains an equal number of features. Equal Interval: Divides the range of values into equal-sized sub-ranges.Percent of African-Americans in California = 5.8%…Use Quantile to see where the highest concentrations of small populations areIn areas with higher Percent of African-Americans like south Los Angeles,…Use Equal Interval to see variation in areas with highly concentrated populations
You can access the Data Room using these links
In this example we are looking at a table and chart of Births by Mother’s Age in Fresno County. We get the information in table and chart form.
You can compare many geographies in the Data Room. You can also compare geographies in the Map Room but it is limited to two at a time. You can use this drop-down menu to change which year of data you are viewing (if >1 is available). In addition, you can view all years of data available at once, allowing you to trend data over time (data permitting). Finally, you can also change the type of chart from Bar to Pie to Stacked. Remember, pieces of the pie chart must add up to 100%!
Here’s where you’ll find the metadata in the Data Room. Whenever you see a red number next to your geography, that means the data is aggregated. It is a good idea to note which data level is being used for the aggregation. At this time you are not able to change the data level in the Data Room, although you can in the Map Room.
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