The document summarizes David Mertz's opening keynote at PyCon India 2012. It begins with introductions about Mertz and the Python Software Foundation (PSF). It then discusses the PSF's mission to promote the Python language, its finances, projects, and a community service award. The latter part describes Mertz's work on designing a secure and verifiable electronic voting system using random ballot IDs mapped to voters confidentially by an administrator. The system aims to guarantee anonymity, verifiability and security of elections while having some limitations for public use.
- The document discusses the topic of whether India has the capacity to export skilled labor to other countries.
- It provides arguments both for and against India being able to export skilled labor, with points made about India's large population and potential for skills development as well as current issues with unskilled labor force and lack of proper skills training.
- The conclusion is that while the idea of exporting skilled labor from India is visionary, actual implementation faces hurdles that need to be overcome such as improving skills training programs.
The document discusses suicide statistics in the United States based on age, sex, race, and national statistics. It finds that the highest suicide rate is among those ages 45-49, males die by suicide more than females but females attempt suicide more, and whites have a higher suicide rate than other races. Nationally, over 36,000 people die by suicide each year in the US.
YouTube 1.0 analyzes 25 Procter & Gamble brands' presence on YouTube. It finds that some brand channels are global while others are local, and some channels are always active while others are created for specific promotions. It assesses each brand's channel through a participation pyramid of opt-in, share, interact, co-create, and advocate/buy. Finally, it provides examples of several P&G brand channels that exemplify different levels of the participation pyramid.
perancangan jahat yahudi untuk menghancurkan islam dari pelbagai sudut baik dari segi baik dari luaran hingga dalam seperti makanan dan ubatan . http://madusidir.com
The document provides advice on how to break into mobile app development. It discusses the current job growth and opportunities in mobile development. It recommends acquiring the necessary competencies through self-training, formal courses, or on-the-job training. When seeking opportunities, it advises targeting strategic companies and creating value while customizing your approach and leaving no doubt about your skills.
Me, inc how to create and market your personal brandLStevens-Huffman
The document provides steps to define and market a personal brand:
1. Set goals such as finding a new job or increasing visibility. Focusing goals guides the branding strategy.
2. Define the target audience and what motivates them.
3. Discover the brand by gathering feedback on strengths and value from references and past work. Select distinctive qualities that support goals.
4. Create a branding toolkit including handles, statements, examples and visuals to represent the brand.
5. Design a marketing campaign to reach the target audience and motivate action. Evaluate progress and refine the brand over time.
Artificial intelligence is the discipline responsible for building processes executed on physical architectures to maximize performance through actions and results. The wizard is the successor of Siri, an iPhone application that helps users with daily tasks through natural language voice commands, such as finding restaurants. You can ask the wizard questions like you would ask Siri.
- The document discusses the topic of whether India has the capacity to export skilled labor to other countries.
- It provides arguments both for and against India being able to export skilled labor, with points made about India's large population and potential for skills development as well as current issues with unskilled labor force and lack of proper skills training.
- The conclusion is that while the idea of exporting skilled labor from India is visionary, actual implementation faces hurdles that need to be overcome such as improving skills training programs.
The document discusses suicide statistics in the United States based on age, sex, race, and national statistics. It finds that the highest suicide rate is among those ages 45-49, males die by suicide more than females but females attempt suicide more, and whites have a higher suicide rate than other races. Nationally, over 36,000 people die by suicide each year in the US.
YouTube 1.0 analyzes 25 Procter & Gamble brands' presence on YouTube. It finds that some brand channels are global while others are local, and some channels are always active while others are created for specific promotions. It assesses each brand's channel through a participation pyramid of opt-in, share, interact, co-create, and advocate/buy. Finally, it provides examples of several P&G brand channels that exemplify different levels of the participation pyramid.
perancangan jahat yahudi untuk menghancurkan islam dari pelbagai sudut baik dari segi baik dari luaran hingga dalam seperti makanan dan ubatan . http://madusidir.com
The document provides advice on how to break into mobile app development. It discusses the current job growth and opportunities in mobile development. It recommends acquiring the necessary competencies through self-training, formal courses, or on-the-job training. When seeking opportunities, it advises targeting strategic companies and creating value while customizing your approach and leaving no doubt about your skills.
Me, inc how to create and market your personal brandLStevens-Huffman
The document provides steps to define and market a personal brand:
1. Set goals such as finding a new job or increasing visibility. Focusing goals guides the branding strategy.
2. Define the target audience and what motivates them.
3. Discover the brand by gathering feedback on strengths and value from references and past work. Select distinctive qualities that support goals.
4. Create a branding toolkit including handles, statements, examples and visuals to represent the brand.
5. Design a marketing campaign to reach the target audience and motivate action. Evaluate progress and refine the brand over time.
Artificial intelligence is the discipline responsible for building processes executed on physical architectures to maximize performance through actions and results. The wizard is the successor of Siri, an iPhone application that helps users with daily tasks through natural language voice commands, such as finding restaurants. You can ask the wizard questions like you would ask Siri.
Pragmatic use of artificial intelligence in smart cities 03262018ThomasCook16
Successful AI predictions are dependent on data.
• The Industrial IoT (IIoT) is a natural source of valuable
data
• This resultant symbiotic relationship between AI and the
IIoT augments the predictive capabilities of AI
• One value of “big data” in IIoT is its ability to influence
AI decisions.
The Smartest Smart Cities Will Benefit from the Confluence of AI and Big Data...Echelon Corporation
Successful AI predictions are dependent on data. The Industrial IoT (IIoT) is a rich source of valuable data. These slides attempt to describe how the resultant symbiotic relationship between AI and the IIoT augments the predictive capabilities of AI, and creates an invaluable tool for Smart Cities.
This document provides an overview of the global software products industry and India's opportunity to become a leading software product nation. It notes that the top companies in the industry are currently from the US and Europe, but software is transforming many industries. It discusses how product and platform companies are thriving. India has advantages like a large pool of engineers and lower costs that could allow it to build more software product companies. The document outlines iSPIRT's mission to help build India's software product ecosystem through various initiatives like supporting startups, encouraging platform development, and engaging with other parts of the industry.
This document proposes an online voting system built as an Android application. It aims to address security issues with traditional and online voting methods. The system uses voter ID and password for login authentication. Voters can request a one-time password via SMS or email which is encrypted using the Playfair cipher technique. This encrypted OTP must be entered for authorization to view candidate lists and cast a vote, preventing multiple votes from the same user. The candidate vote is saved to a database maintained by the Election Commission of India. The system is designed to be secure, reduce fraud, and allow remote mobile voting while maintaining voter authentication and an auditable record.
IRJET - Secured Smart Voting System using AadharIRJET Journal
The document proposes a secured smart voting system using Aadhar cards to authenticate voters instead of voter ID cards. It aims to provide tamper-free votes and increase voting percentages by allowing migrants to vote through a mobile app. The system would use biometric fingerprint authentication linked to Aadhar cards to verify voter identity. For migrants, an OTP would be sent to the mobile number registered with the voter's Aadhar card after entering their Aadhar number in the app. The system seeks to address issues with the current voting system like vote manipulation and not receiving migrant votes. It argues that Aadhar-based voting is more secure, cost-effective and improves digital inclusion compared to the existing EVM-based system.
The Auto response system for legal consultation will provide the knowledge of cyber laws. The objective is to implement the legal consultant system service by using chat bot Technology. It was implemented based on the information of the offence, previous records of cyber crimes and under sections of INDIAN IT ACT 2008 and their penalty all the records are gathered. User will input the offence then the chat bot will take the keyword from that offence and search for the law for that particular offence or crime and it will show the penalties, sections, and imprisonment for that offence or crime. Nikita Bhanushali | Shruti Habibkar | Sagar Shah | Amol Dhumal | Radhika Fulzele "Auto Response System for Legal Consultation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31045.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/computer-engineering/31045/auto-response-system-for-legal-consultation/nikita-bhanushali
This document describes a proposed online voting system that aims to address issues with traditional paper-based voting. The system would allow voters to cast ballots online securely using their Aadhar card digital ID. It discusses the existing paper-based system and issues like voter fraud. The proposed online system would use a centralized database to authenticate voters via their Aadhar ID and other details before allowing them to vote. The system is designed to provide security, convenience and accessibility compared to traditional methods. It also aims to save time and resources over paper-based systems.
Reaching its Potential: Making Government Developed OSS a Major PlayerDelta3D
The document discusses managing and directing open source software (OSS) programs developed by the government. It suggests that the DoD CIO should disseminate a memo describing how to transition OSS from government organizations to outside organizations in order to address issues like a lack of agility and responsiveness compared to commercial alternatives. Specifically, the memo would describe who can make the decision to transition software, what the process is, how it works, and why it is important to have this ability to transition software to be more competitive.
This document discusses new ways of handling old data and unlocking value from unstructured content through cognitive systems. It provides predictions for big data and analytics spending and adoption through 2020. Key points include:
- 90% of digital information is unstructured content stored in separate repositories that don't communicate.
- By 2020, 50% of business analytics software will incorporate prescriptive analytics using cognitive computing.
- Organizations that can analyze all relevant data and provide actionable insights will gain $430 billion in productivity over less analytical peers.
- Cognitive software can support better decision-making by applying broader evidence without bias to situations.
- The cognitive software market is expected to grow rapidly over the next five
Pinduoduo is a Chinese e-commerce platform known for group buying deals. It has over 788 million users as of 2020. The document discusses Pinduoduo's business model, which involves social commerce through group purchases and team buying. This drives lower prices through bulk orders and creates a self-reinforcing cycle. The document also covers Pinduoduo's use of distributed artificial intelligence to analyze user data and improve operations and decision making across organizational layers.
This document describes a portable biometric e-voting system that uses fingerprint identification to authenticate voters and prevent election fraud. The system uses a fingerprint sensor interfaced with a Raspberry Pi microcomputer to scan voters' fingerprints and match them to a database of registered voters linked to their Aadhar identification cards. If a match is found, the voter can cast their vote which is recorded in a cloud-based database. This biometrics-based system aims to make the voting process more secure, accurate and efficient by authenticating each voter and preventing multiple votes from being cast.
The document discusses starting an IoT project and provides guidance on key aspects to consider. It recommends focusing on hardware, connectivity, platform and applications/dashboards. A simple process is outlined involving sensors, connectivity, an IoT platform and developing an application. Popular programming languages for IoT are also listed. The document promotes Favoriot as an IoT platform that can help users develop IoT solutions and provides two free eBooks on IoT topics.
Copy of State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE.pptxmpower4ru
The document provides an overview and summary of the 2023 State of AI Report produced by Nathan Benaich and the Air Street Capital team. It discusses key dimensions covered in the report including research, industry, politics, safety, and predictions. In the research section, it summarizes progress made in large language models, diffusion models, multimodality, and applications in life sciences. The industry section summarizes growth in the AI sector, demand for GPUs, and investments in generative AI applications. The politics section discusses regulatory approaches and geopolitics around AI and chips. It also includes a scorecard reviewing predictions made in the 2022 report.
State of Artificial intelligence Report 2023kuntobimo2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a multidisciplinary field of science and engineering whose goal is to create intelligent machines.
We believe that AI will be a force multiplier on technological progress in our increasingly digital, data-driven world. This is because everything around us today, ranging from culture to consumer products, is a product of intelligence.
The State of AI Report is now in its sixth year. Consider this report as a compilation of the most interesting things we’ve seen with a goal of triggering an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future.
We consider the following key dimensions in our report:
Research: Technology breakthroughs and their capabilities.
Industry: Areas of commercial application for AI and its business impact.
Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.
Safety: Identifying and mitigating catastrophic risks that highly-capable future AI systems could pose to us.
Predictions: What we believe will happen in the next 12 months and a 2022 performance review to keep us honest.
State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE presentationssuser2750ef
State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE.pptx
When conducting a PEST analysis for the Syrian conflict, it's important to consider the political, economic, socio-cultural, and technological factors that have influenced and continue to impact the situation in Syria. Here's a high-level overview of a PEST analysis for the Syrian conflict:
1. Political Factors:
- Government Instability: Ongoing civil war and conflict have led to political instability and a complex power struggle between various factions and international players.
- Foreign Intervention: Involvement of external powers and regional actors has exacerbated the conflict and added geopolitical complexities to the situation.
- International Relations: Relations with global powers like the United States, Russia, and regional players like Iran and Turkey significantly impact the conflict dynamics.
2. Economic Factors:
- Humanitarian Crisis: The conflict has resulted in a severe humanitarian crisis, causing widespread displacement, destruction of infrastructure, and economic decline.
- Sanctions and Trade Barriers: International sanctions and disrupted trade have further worsened the economic situation in Syria, affecting the livelihoods of the population.
- Resource Depletion: Conflict-driven resource depletion, including loss of agricultural lands and disruption of industries, has weakened the economy.
3. Socio-cultural Factors:
- Civilian Suffering: The conflict has led to a significant loss of life, displacement of populations, and severe trauma among civilians, impacting social cohesion and community structures.
- Ethnic and Religious Divisions: Deep-seated ethnic and religious divisions have fueled the conflict, leading to sectarian tensions and societal fragmentation.
- Refugee Crisis: The conflict has triggered a massive refugee crisis, with millions of Syrians seeking asylum in neighboring countries and beyond, straining regional stability.
4. Technological Factors:
- Communication and Propaganda: Technology, including social media, has been used for communication, mobilization, and spreading propaganda by various actors in the conflict.
- Warfare Technology: Advancements in warfare technology and the use of drones, cyber warfare, and other advanced weaponry have transformed the nature of conflict in Syria.
- Cybersecurity Concerns: The conflict has also raised concerns about cybersecurity threats, misinformation campaigns, and digital vulnerabilities in the region.
This analysis provides a broad understanding of the multifaceted nature of the Syrian conflict, highlighting the diverse factors at play and the complex challenges facing Syria and the international community.
Multi purpose national identity card (mnic)Arpit Sharma
The document discusses a proposed Multi-Purpose National Identity Card (MNIC) project in India that would assign each citizen a unique identification number linked to personal data stored on a smart card. It describes the goals of providing national ID and residency verification, reasons for implementing such a system to help with security and welfare programs, and technical aspects like the front-end and database tools used. Potential challenges that led to project delays are analyzed, and recommendations are provided such as improving management practices, increasing user involvement, and strengthening data security.
Trustable Tech Mark / Magic Monday at Casa Jasmina TorinoPeter Bihr
Presenting the ThingsCon Trustable Tech Mark at Casa Jasmina's Magic Monday. Torino, 24 September 2018.
Learn more about the ThingsCon Trustable Tech mark at https://thingscon.com/iot-trustmark
Innovation in Cybersecurity [Montreal 2018 CRIAQ RDV Forum]Interset
At the 2018 CRIAQ RDV Forum, Interset Director of Field Operations Jay Lillie presented on Interset's mission to apply principled math and data science to cybersecurity in order to detect insider threats.
This document provides information about Bhadale Group of Companies and their AI Assisted Living program. It consists of two companies, Bhadale IT Developers Pvt. Ltd which provides IT and engineering consultation, and Bhadale Real Estate Developers Pvt. Ltd which develops infrastructure for data centers. Bhadale IT Developers has several AI programs including image recognition, intelligent applications, conversational systems, and adaptive security architecture. Their AI Assisted Living program aims to use AI to assist humans in various areas like decision making, identifying social issues, and automating repetitive tasks. The document provides details of the services offered by Bhadale IT Developers related to developing AI solutions including enterprise architecture, business architecture, and technical architecture services.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Pragmatic use of artificial intelligence in smart cities 03262018ThomasCook16
Successful AI predictions are dependent on data.
• The Industrial IoT (IIoT) is a natural source of valuable
data
• This resultant symbiotic relationship between AI and the
IIoT augments the predictive capabilities of AI
• One value of “big data” in IIoT is its ability to influence
AI decisions.
The Smartest Smart Cities Will Benefit from the Confluence of AI and Big Data...Echelon Corporation
Successful AI predictions are dependent on data. The Industrial IoT (IIoT) is a rich source of valuable data. These slides attempt to describe how the resultant symbiotic relationship between AI and the IIoT augments the predictive capabilities of AI, and creates an invaluable tool for Smart Cities.
This document provides an overview of the global software products industry and India's opportunity to become a leading software product nation. It notes that the top companies in the industry are currently from the US and Europe, but software is transforming many industries. It discusses how product and platform companies are thriving. India has advantages like a large pool of engineers and lower costs that could allow it to build more software product companies. The document outlines iSPIRT's mission to help build India's software product ecosystem through various initiatives like supporting startups, encouraging platform development, and engaging with other parts of the industry.
This document proposes an online voting system built as an Android application. It aims to address security issues with traditional and online voting methods. The system uses voter ID and password for login authentication. Voters can request a one-time password via SMS or email which is encrypted using the Playfair cipher technique. This encrypted OTP must be entered for authorization to view candidate lists and cast a vote, preventing multiple votes from the same user. The candidate vote is saved to a database maintained by the Election Commission of India. The system is designed to be secure, reduce fraud, and allow remote mobile voting while maintaining voter authentication and an auditable record.
IRJET - Secured Smart Voting System using AadharIRJET Journal
The document proposes a secured smart voting system using Aadhar cards to authenticate voters instead of voter ID cards. It aims to provide tamper-free votes and increase voting percentages by allowing migrants to vote through a mobile app. The system would use biometric fingerprint authentication linked to Aadhar cards to verify voter identity. For migrants, an OTP would be sent to the mobile number registered with the voter's Aadhar card after entering their Aadhar number in the app. The system seeks to address issues with the current voting system like vote manipulation and not receiving migrant votes. It argues that Aadhar-based voting is more secure, cost-effective and improves digital inclusion compared to the existing EVM-based system.
The Auto response system for legal consultation will provide the knowledge of cyber laws. The objective is to implement the legal consultant system service by using chat bot Technology. It was implemented based on the information of the offence, previous records of cyber crimes and under sections of INDIAN IT ACT 2008 and their penalty all the records are gathered. User will input the offence then the chat bot will take the keyword from that offence and search for the law for that particular offence or crime and it will show the penalties, sections, and imprisonment for that offence or crime. Nikita Bhanushali | Shruti Habibkar | Sagar Shah | Amol Dhumal | Radhika Fulzele "Auto Response System for Legal Consultation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31045.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/computer-engineering/31045/auto-response-system-for-legal-consultation/nikita-bhanushali
This document describes a proposed online voting system that aims to address issues with traditional paper-based voting. The system would allow voters to cast ballots online securely using their Aadhar card digital ID. It discusses the existing paper-based system and issues like voter fraud. The proposed online system would use a centralized database to authenticate voters via their Aadhar ID and other details before allowing them to vote. The system is designed to provide security, convenience and accessibility compared to traditional methods. It also aims to save time and resources over paper-based systems.
Reaching its Potential: Making Government Developed OSS a Major PlayerDelta3D
The document discusses managing and directing open source software (OSS) programs developed by the government. It suggests that the DoD CIO should disseminate a memo describing how to transition OSS from government organizations to outside organizations in order to address issues like a lack of agility and responsiveness compared to commercial alternatives. Specifically, the memo would describe who can make the decision to transition software, what the process is, how it works, and why it is important to have this ability to transition software to be more competitive.
This document discusses new ways of handling old data and unlocking value from unstructured content through cognitive systems. It provides predictions for big data and analytics spending and adoption through 2020. Key points include:
- 90% of digital information is unstructured content stored in separate repositories that don't communicate.
- By 2020, 50% of business analytics software will incorporate prescriptive analytics using cognitive computing.
- Organizations that can analyze all relevant data and provide actionable insights will gain $430 billion in productivity over less analytical peers.
- Cognitive software can support better decision-making by applying broader evidence without bias to situations.
- The cognitive software market is expected to grow rapidly over the next five
Pinduoduo is a Chinese e-commerce platform known for group buying deals. It has over 788 million users as of 2020. The document discusses Pinduoduo's business model, which involves social commerce through group purchases and team buying. This drives lower prices through bulk orders and creates a self-reinforcing cycle. The document also covers Pinduoduo's use of distributed artificial intelligence to analyze user data and improve operations and decision making across organizational layers.
This document describes a portable biometric e-voting system that uses fingerprint identification to authenticate voters and prevent election fraud. The system uses a fingerprint sensor interfaced with a Raspberry Pi microcomputer to scan voters' fingerprints and match them to a database of registered voters linked to their Aadhar identification cards. If a match is found, the voter can cast their vote which is recorded in a cloud-based database. This biometrics-based system aims to make the voting process more secure, accurate and efficient by authenticating each voter and preventing multiple votes from being cast.
The document discusses starting an IoT project and provides guidance on key aspects to consider. It recommends focusing on hardware, connectivity, platform and applications/dashboards. A simple process is outlined involving sensors, connectivity, an IoT platform and developing an application. Popular programming languages for IoT are also listed. The document promotes Favoriot as an IoT platform that can help users develop IoT solutions and provides two free eBooks on IoT topics.
Copy of State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE.pptxmpower4ru
The document provides an overview and summary of the 2023 State of AI Report produced by Nathan Benaich and the Air Street Capital team. It discusses key dimensions covered in the report including research, industry, politics, safety, and predictions. In the research section, it summarizes progress made in large language models, diffusion models, multimodality, and applications in life sciences. The industry section summarizes growth in the AI sector, demand for GPUs, and investments in generative AI applications. The politics section discusses regulatory approaches and geopolitics around AI and chips. It also includes a scorecard reviewing predictions made in the 2022 report.
State of Artificial intelligence Report 2023kuntobimo2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a multidisciplinary field of science and engineering whose goal is to create intelligent machines.
We believe that AI will be a force multiplier on technological progress in our increasingly digital, data-driven world. This is because everything around us today, ranging from culture to consumer products, is a product of intelligence.
The State of AI Report is now in its sixth year. Consider this report as a compilation of the most interesting things we’ve seen with a goal of triggering an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future.
We consider the following key dimensions in our report:
Research: Technology breakthroughs and their capabilities.
Industry: Areas of commercial application for AI and its business impact.
Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.
Safety: Identifying and mitigating catastrophic risks that highly-capable future AI systems could pose to us.
Predictions: What we believe will happen in the next 12 months and a 2022 performance review to keep us honest.
State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE presentationssuser2750ef
State of AI Report 2023 - ONLINE.pptx
When conducting a PEST analysis for the Syrian conflict, it's important to consider the political, economic, socio-cultural, and technological factors that have influenced and continue to impact the situation in Syria. Here's a high-level overview of a PEST analysis for the Syrian conflict:
1. Political Factors:
- Government Instability: Ongoing civil war and conflict have led to political instability and a complex power struggle between various factions and international players.
- Foreign Intervention: Involvement of external powers and regional actors has exacerbated the conflict and added geopolitical complexities to the situation.
- International Relations: Relations with global powers like the United States, Russia, and regional players like Iran and Turkey significantly impact the conflict dynamics.
2. Economic Factors:
- Humanitarian Crisis: The conflict has resulted in a severe humanitarian crisis, causing widespread displacement, destruction of infrastructure, and economic decline.
- Sanctions and Trade Barriers: International sanctions and disrupted trade have further worsened the economic situation in Syria, affecting the livelihoods of the population.
- Resource Depletion: Conflict-driven resource depletion, including loss of agricultural lands and disruption of industries, has weakened the economy.
3. Socio-cultural Factors:
- Civilian Suffering: The conflict has led to a significant loss of life, displacement of populations, and severe trauma among civilians, impacting social cohesion and community structures.
- Ethnic and Religious Divisions: Deep-seated ethnic and religious divisions have fueled the conflict, leading to sectarian tensions and societal fragmentation.
- Refugee Crisis: The conflict has triggered a massive refugee crisis, with millions of Syrians seeking asylum in neighboring countries and beyond, straining regional stability.
4. Technological Factors:
- Communication and Propaganda: Technology, including social media, has been used for communication, mobilization, and spreading propaganda by various actors in the conflict.
- Warfare Technology: Advancements in warfare technology and the use of drones, cyber warfare, and other advanced weaponry have transformed the nature of conflict in Syria.
- Cybersecurity Concerns: The conflict has also raised concerns about cybersecurity threats, misinformation campaigns, and digital vulnerabilities in the region.
This analysis provides a broad understanding of the multifaceted nature of the Syrian conflict, highlighting the diverse factors at play and the complex challenges facing Syria and the international community.
Multi purpose national identity card (mnic)Arpit Sharma
The document discusses a proposed Multi-Purpose National Identity Card (MNIC) project in India that would assign each citizen a unique identification number linked to personal data stored on a smart card. It describes the goals of providing national ID and residency verification, reasons for implementing such a system to help with security and welfare programs, and technical aspects like the front-end and database tools used. Potential challenges that led to project delays are analyzed, and recommendations are provided such as improving management practices, increasing user involvement, and strengthening data security.
Trustable Tech Mark / Magic Monday at Casa Jasmina TorinoPeter Bihr
Presenting the ThingsCon Trustable Tech Mark at Casa Jasmina's Magic Monday. Torino, 24 September 2018.
Learn more about the ThingsCon Trustable Tech mark at https://thingscon.com/iot-trustmark
Innovation in Cybersecurity [Montreal 2018 CRIAQ RDV Forum]Interset
At the 2018 CRIAQ RDV Forum, Interset Director of Field Operations Jay Lillie presented on Interset's mission to apply principled math and data science to cybersecurity in order to detect insider threats.
This document provides information about Bhadale Group of Companies and their AI Assisted Living program. It consists of two companies, Bhadale IT Developers Pvt. Ltd which provides IT and engineering consultation, and Bhadale Real Estate Developers Pvt. Ltd which develops infrastructure for data centers. Bhadale IT Developers has several AI programs including image recognition, intelligent applications, conversational systems, and adaptive security architecture. Their AI Assisted Living program aims to use AI to assist humans in various areas like decision making, identifying social issues, and automating repetitive tasks. The document provides details of the services offered by Bhadale IT Developers related to developing AI solutions including enterprise architecture, business architecture, and technical architecture services.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
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Election security
1. PyCon India 2012 Opening Keynote David Mertz
What shall I talk about today?
The first part of this talk is largely administrative
– letting this audience know a bit about the
Python Software Foundation, its mission, and
accomplishments.
The larger, latter, section of this talk shall delve
into a technical topic that I find interesting:
making a secure, anonymous, and verifiable
voting system (in Python).
2. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
Who am I?
A Director of the Python Software Foundation
(one of eleven).
Chair of PSF Trademarks Committee.
Chair of PSF Outreach and Education Committee.
Creator of the election system used by the PSF
(segue coming to topic of the main talk).
3. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
More about me:
I used to be well known as author of the IBM
developerWorks column Charming Python and
Addison-Wesley book Text Processing in Python.
Now I work at a research lab called D. E. Shaw
Research who have built the world's fastest
supercomputer for doing molecular dynamics.
My academic publications include a number in
voting technologies (segue coming). Plus a
doctorate in Political Philosophy along the way.
DESRES has an office in Hyderabad, and we are hiring!
4. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a non-
profit membership organization devoted to
advancing open source technology related to the
Python programming language.
It qualifies under the US Internal Revenue Code as a
tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific and educational
public charity, and conducts its business according
to the rules for such organizations.
http://www.python.org/psf/
http://www.python.org/psf/mission/
Let's start dry and factual
5. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
The mission of the Python Software Foundation
is to promote, protect, and advance the Python
programming language, and to support and
facilitate the growth of a diverse and
international community of Python
programmers.
The PSF is composed of a membership elected by
prior members, who in turn elect a Board of
Directors to conduct the daily business of the
Foundation.
6. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
PSF Finances
PyCon US 2012
Revenue: US$1395K (~75M Rs)
Profit: US$277K
st
Balances (as of May 31 2012)
Total equity: US$700K (~38M Rs)
Receivables: US$121K
Payables: US$27K
Net income: US$309K
The biggest PSF revenue source, by far, is PyCon US
7. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
Things the PSF Does:
Protects the Intellectual Property in Python
(trademarks and copyrights).
Funds conferences & sprints (including a
contribution to PyCon India 2012).
Funds Python related projects (targeted
development; filling gaps in module coverage;
education and outreach efforts, etc).
Runs PSF projects (brochure; website redesign;
speed.python.org; sprints; awards; etc).
8. PyCon India 2012 David Mertz
Things the PSF Does Hereby:
We are honored to grant the Python Software
Foundation Community Service Award to
Kenneth Gonsalves, posthumously.
The Indian Python Software Society is
establishing a Kenneth Gonsalves Memorial
Award to be given to Python students. The PSF
is likewise pleased to provide seed funding of
US$3500 (~190K Rs) to IPSS for this award.
Certificate for family of Kenneth Gonsalves, if they are available
9. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Segue time:
The rest of this talk is about voting systems. It
doesn't have anything to do with the PSF per se,
although the PSF has used the described method.
This talk doesn't really have much to do with
Python either. The systems presented and
implemented were written in Python, but you
could do it in a different programming language.
... for that matter, you could do most of it with
pencils and paper.
10. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
From time to time, the PSF conducts elections to
elect members, a Board of Directors, and to pass
motions of the membership.
There is a key property that we can rely on, that
makes it possible to provide some interesting
(theoretical) guarantees for these elections.
Namely, the identity – and email address – of
every eligible voter is known in advance and
centrally maintained.
11. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
What I do NOT advocate:
I hasten to observe that I do not support using
a system like the one I describe for public/
governmental elections.
It is outside the scope of this talk fully to
explain why, but the constraints and
properties public elections need cannot be fit
into the model given in this talk without
compromising principles of democracy.
12. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
What can we (almost) guarantee? (part 1)
1. An election should be anonymous. No one
should be able to determine how any voter voted
(other than a voter herself).
Our system allows a notable weakening of this
condition by allowing a single, trusted Election
Administrator who can puncture anonymity. This
person is, therefore, required to be a disinterested
party.
This weakening is much of why our approach
does not work for public elections – no one can
be trusted to be sufficiently disinterested.
(continued ...)
13. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
What can we (almost) guarantee? (part 2)
2. An election should be collectively verifiable.
That is, every observer should be able to
determine that the tabulation is accurate, and
that no ineligible votes are included.
Moreover, each individual voter should be able to
determine that her own vote (or non-vote) is
accurately included in the collection of ballots.
(continued ...)
14. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
What can we (almost) guarantee? (part 3)
3. An election should be secure against
tampering. No malicious action by any voter
should be able to alter an election. Ideally, no
malicious action by an outside hacker should be
able to change anything either.
A crucial element here is that even the Election
Administrator cannot tamper with an election in
a way that is not detectable by observers and/or
eligible voters.
15. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Things we do not guarantee:
The system described makes no effort to prevent
vote buying/coercion. For PSF elections we
assume that voters act free of undue influence.
The identity of eligible voters is a matter of public
record; again, this fits the PSF membership
model (but the count of voters would suffice).
In the event of a challenge to results or to the
conduct of an election, a challenger would need to
abandon anonymity, at least to auditors.
(All reasons why this doesn't match public elections)
16. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
The simplicity of how it works:
The basic concept is that each voter is assigned a
random ballot-id associated with her ballot, and
the mapping from eligible voters is known only to
the Election Administrator.
When an election is completed, the set of cast
ballots – each identified only by ballot-id – is
published. The code actually used in the last PSF
election is at:
http://gnosis.cx/psf/
17. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Suppose that we have a list of eligible voters, e.g.:
Anand Chittipothu, anandology@gmail.com
Massimo DiPierro, massimo.dipierro@gmail.com
Jacob Kaplan-Moss, jacob@jacobian.org
David Mertz, mertz@gnosis.cx
Anand Pillai, abpillai@gmail.com
Vasudev Ram, vasudevram@gmail.com
Prabhu Ramachandran, prabhu@aero.iitb.ac.in
Guido van Rossum, guido@python.org
We know the identity of all the voters, and that they
number 8 total (the second fact can be inferred from
the first, of course).
(These happen to be PSF members either mentioned or likely in audience)
18. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Generating ballot-id's is a very simple script:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from random import randint, choice
from string import ascii_uppercase as uppercase
from time import asctime, strftime
out=open('Ballot-Map-'+strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),'w')
for person in open('Address_List.members'):
ballotID = choice(uppercase)+
choice(uppercase)+
"%0.3d" % randint(0,1000)
print(ballotID,"t",person, file=out)
(Finally some Python code!)
19. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
We have produced an annotated list of eligible
voters with random ballot-id's. Remember, this
mapping is maintained confidentially by the
Election Administrator and given to no one else:
QG996 Anand Chittipothu, anandology@gmail.com
VW195 Massimo DiPierro, massimo.dipierro@gmail.com
VE237 Jacob Kaplan-Moss, jacob@jacobian.org
TQ084 David Mertz, mertz@gnosis.cx
IN792 Anand Pillai, abpillai@gmail.com
SW003 Vasudev Ram, vasudevram@gmail.com
ZG441 Prabhu Ramachandran, prabhu@aero.iitb.ac.in
XD724 Guido van Rossum, guido@python.org
20. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Another script, send-ballot-ids, was used to process
the generated file, e.g. Ballot-Map-2012-09-19, and
send ballots to voters; another step that may not be
obvious is important to prevent tampering.
Remember our concern to prevent tampering, even
by the Election Administrator? To address this, the
administrator commits to the exact set of ballot-id's
used, but doesn't actually reveal what they are. E.g.
she can publish this:
% cut -c-5 Ballot-Map-2012-09-26 | sort | shasum
b7f1ada5057273482db97eafecf4476c5b3fb6c7 -
(The 'sort' in there is no accident)
21. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
This “commitment” to ballot-id's is nuanced. The
full set of (purported) ballot-id's is published at the
end of the election (along with the full ballots).
If the Election Administrator had
not published this “commitment,”
she could stuff the ballot at the end
with newly invented ballot-id's
having the votes she desired.
With the commitment, eligible voters – who either
do or do not cast a ballot – can verify their vote
against the eventually published archive of ballots,
leaving no room for stuffed ballots.
22. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
The Election Administrator sends a personalized
ballot to each eligible voter that incorporates a
voter's ballot-id.
Within the voting period, some
or all of the eligible voters vote
by sending back their ballot (with
ballot-id) to the Election
Administrator (more is better,
but we cannot mandate 100%
participation by PSF members).
23. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Email is a likely way to handle sending and
receiving personalized ballots, but it could be
physical papers or other internet protocols without
affecting the guarantees.
The system described does not
address message-level or
transport-level security. It
would be nice if every voter
installed GPG and published a
public key, but we could not
count on that within the PSF.
24. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Note that the voting procedure and publication is
neutral as to the tabulation and voting rules used.
Ballots are just documents, and whether an
organization wants “first pass the post” or “ranked
preference” voting – and similar tabulation choices
– is open within this framework.
25. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Collective Verification:
Every actual voter can verify that the ballot
matching their ballot-id contains the votes they
intended.
Every eligible but non-voter can also verify that
their ballot-id is excluded from the published
archive.
Every observer can verify that the ballot archive
contains a subset of the committed ballot-id's.
Every observer can check the tabulation of the
ballot archive independently.
26. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
The last several PSF elections were conducted using
the method described. Following the most recent
election, some voters expressed a preference for
using a web interface rather than sending text files
over email.
My colleague Massimo DiPierro developed such a
web interface with my assistance. His code is on
github and a live test version of it is at web2py.
● https://github.com/mdipierro/evote/
● http://tests.web2py.com/evote
●
27. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Massimo's E-Vote uses the same general principles
as the system I have described thus far, but allows
creation of elections and casting votes purely within
web interfaces.
The code to implement E-Vote requires scaffolding
for an MVC web framework, and therefore uses
more code than the <100 lines in the PSF system (of
which <50 lines are essential), but E-Vote is still
quite compact and simple.
E-Vote is a bit more automated than the PSF
system, but it also offers slightly improved
guarantees.
28. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Anyone may create an election at the demo URL for
E-Vote; sign-in uses OpenID. An administrator
creates a ballot using a markup format and enters
the email addresses of all eligible voters.
Voters are each sent a custom link incorporating a
UUID associated with their individual ballot:
To: david.mertz@gmail.com
Subject: Simple Election
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:12:21 +0000
Link to vote:
https://tests.web2py.com/evote/default/vote/21/
voter-B110C66787DC459BA72BA74D422684FE
29. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
After voting at the prior link:
30. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
While these ballots use ballot-id's, as with the
previous code, in E-Vote the mapping between the
UUID/URL for voting and the stored ballot-id is not
retained after the URL is used. What a ballot-id still
does, however, is make each ballot unique, even if it
contains the same vote(s) as another ballot.
Discarding the UUID/ballot-id association obscures
voter identity. While a malicious Election
Administrator who controlled the code could still
covertly store the mapping, if a trusted third party
hosts the code, the Election Administrator cannot
access that mapping.
31. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
The most interesting thing on a completed E-vote
ballot is probably its signature. This is generated
using RSA public-key cryptography:
# Pure-Python RSA module: http://stuvel.eu/rsa
import rsa, base64
def sign(text, privk_pem):
privkey = rsa.PrivateKey.load_pkcs1(privk_pem)
signature = base64.b16encode(
rsa.sign(text,privkey,'SHA-1'))
return signature
32. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
The public key that may be used to verify a signature
is published. In fact, it is contained in the “Ballot
Verification Code” link on the ballot:
% cat ballot-verification.py
# This program allows you to verify your ballot
# using the RSA algorithm.
import base64, rsa
# this is the ballot to verify
ballot = """<h2>Simple Election</h2>
<input checked="checked" value="1"/>yes
<input value="2"/>no
<input value="3"/>abstain
<pre>ballot-21-000001</pre>
""".strip()
(continued...)
33. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Continuing the verification code...
# this is the ballot RSA signature
signature = base64.b16decode("5E5CD5...2330B4")
# this is the election public key
pk_pem = """-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
MIGJAoGBAIlKHjsPqghsAvQhqGY8DZxoGIyRUkk6OlEhJUoDqCmF2rpeR9u4u3z+
MMNaWIO4iVsPQnO1JFYJr5Zim1TokLyvz+1HglYRlwW9yLMZjz/tUOFhTPu8zvq4
dHBXF47rIS5Cv4ravS5sB0zG7fQN6znWrHOO961yJSiL1KWtL/jfAgMBAAE=
-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- """
# this is the code that verifies the signature
public_key = rsa.PublicKey.load_pkcs1(pk_pem)
if rsa.verify(ballot,signature,public_key)==None:
print 'valid'
else:
print 'invalid'
34. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Putting a signature on each ballot “commits” the
Election Admin (who is code, really) more strongly
than did the commitment of the ballot-id list.
A voter can save her signed ballot (and/or the
verification script above) which prevents the
Election Administrator from being able to deny
receiving the ballot. Only the election private-key
could have signed the ballot, and only the Election
Administrator (via the software) has that key.
This model doesn't work in email, since it is a
completed ballot that gets signed, not the blank.
35. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Each voter can make sure her own ballot is
included, as before. As well, every observer can
independently verify the signatures on each ballot.
E-Vote handles non-voters by generating a “blank”
ballot for each eligible voter who did not participate,
and sends them a notice that is similar to that
received by voters when they vote.
36. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
A picture of my cat:
Every technical talk needs a cute kitten, right?
(Python pose?)
37. PyCon India 2012 A verifiable election system David Mertz
Wrap-up / Questions?
● This talk describe two variations on a voting system
that enforces properties of Anonymity, Collective
Verifiability, and Security Against Tampering.
● There are other properties that one might hope for,
but these strike me as more-or-less the right ones
for an online, explicit-membership organization like
the PSF.
● If we have time, I'd love feedback on my ideas (or
catch me in the hallways).