There’s more communication, but less talk and more text. And your kids want more face-to-face time with you. If you’ve ever wondered about the impact that communication technology is having on the modern family, then a new report from Ericsson ConsumerLab will make interesting reading.
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/consumerlab
The purpose of this survey research was to ascertain the current usage of technology mediated communication in the parent-child relationships of college students as it relates to the identity development process of single young adults. While there is no single theory that predicts or explains the concepts presented in this research, the current study uses individual development theories as the framework, family development theory for the foundation of the framework, and communication theory to link computer-mediated technology to individual and family development.
This June 2010 talk takes a "true or false" format that confirms, complicates or debunks conventional wisdom about teens and young adults and their use of cell phones, social media, their creation of content and attitudes towards online privacy.
Media and Children is an attempt to assist parents ensure exposure to various forms of media is a positive and learning experience and minimize the negative impacts.
Teens, trends in communications and revolutionsGraham McInnes
Teens, trends in communications and revolutions. What happens when you have a large group of under-utilized, socially active youth armed with abundant technology? This is perhaps the greatest social experiment of our time.
Presentation to the Department of Commerce's Online Safety & Technology Working Group - covers wireless, mobile internet use, social networks, content creation, blogging, twitter and sexting among teens and young adults.
Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy which concerns with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
The purpose of this survey research was to ascertain the current usage of technology mediated communication in the parent-child relationships of college students as it relates to the identity development process of single young adults. While there is no single theory that predicts or explains the concepts presented in this research, the current study uses individual development theories as the framework, family development theory for the foundation of the framework, and communication theory to link computer-mediated technology to individual and family development.
This June 2010 talk takes a "true or false" format that confirms, complicates or debunks conventional wisdom about teens and young adults and their use of cell phones, social media, their creation of content and attitudes towards online privacy.
Media and Children is an attempt to assist parents ensure exposure to various forms of media is a positive and learning experience and minimize the negative impacts.
Teens, trends in communications and revolutionsGraham McInnes
Teens, trends in communications and revolutions. What happens when you have a large group of under-utilized, socially active youth armed with abundant technology? This is perhaps the greatest social experiment of our time.
Presentation to the Department of Commerce's Online Safety & Technology Working Group - covers wireless, mobile internet use, social networks, content creation, blogging, twitter and sexting among teens and young adults.
Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy which concerns with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Ericsson ConsumerLab: Family CommunicationEricsson
The Ericsson ConsumerLab report Family Communication, based on studies carried out in the US, shows that all families differ from one another – from the way they communicate to how they create rules and spend time together.
The report compares the behavior of families with high usage of communication services with that of families with low usage. Those two groups of families are equally sized, and both demonstrate extreme behavior. And usage varies greatly – not only between the parents, but even between the children in the two types of families.
Eighty percent of families using a lot of communication services believe that as a result, they are happier, have more communication with each other and better knowledge about each other. But for these families, there are also more concerns that appear.
Ericsson ConsumerLab: Connecting the senior generationEricsson
A new study from Ericsson ConsumerLab carried out in the United States shows that seniors who use communications technology feel more enriched, informed, younger and more in touch with others and society.
Technology Usage and Social Life-Do teenagers have a say?Ericsson
Teenagers around the world use technology to keep in touch. But what are the rules? And who in the family decides what is okay? Ericsson ConsumerLab conducted an online study of 2000 US teenagers, aged 13-17, to find out.
The study found that even if children have more say in how to use technology, parents are still much involved in how and when their young teenagers are using computers, mobile phones and Facebook. Facebook and "how to use the computer" are the two things parents seem to have strict rules about, especially for those aged 13-14. Around 30 percent of parents typically make the decisions for their children at this age.
Effectiveness of New Media as a Tool of Edu-Entertainment among School Childreninventionjournals
In this era of technological revolution and changing patterns of family life, children’s favorite pastime has gone beyond outdoor activities or reading bed time stories. Like any other age group, media and children are dependent mutually for their existence. While a majority of children are found watching Television, surfing internet, playing video games on smart phones or on computer, or watching their favorite cartoon/videos online media, we also have children being seriously considered as their prospective customers. We have an influx of Kids channels on Television, comics, VCD’s/DVD’s and New Media in its various manifestations are available in abundance. Childhood also refers to education and children spend a quality time in schools. Thanks to the concept of globalization, technological revolution has made their presence in many international schools that have mushroomed in many big cities. New Media which has found its niche in all fields has not spared education field also. Bangalore being an IT hub hosts innumerable types of educational franchise catering to the needs of customers. One of the most defining factors as observed in these schools is their extensive usage of new media tools as part of their system. In these schools the children are not only being exposed to new media as an educative medium but also for entertainment purposes, thus providing an impetus for better learning and understanding
Media & Learning What Parents Should Know!By Yongping YeHomAbramMartino96
Media & Learning: What Parents Should Know!
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Why does it matter?
We live in the digital age
The environment has deep impact on children’s behaviors and development.
Good or bad? It depends on how we use media.
Science behind
Learning from TV and other media:
Require repetition
Familiar characters
Socially relevant and contingent feedback (looks at and talk to the child)
Here is a video represents above three contents in a show.
Children under 2.5 or 3 years old learn better from a real-world than from an equivalent media. They develop the ability of dual representation (need to represent TV as something they learn from) around 3 years old.
Learning two “5”
Children follow 5 steps to learn new things
Sensory register: receives input from the environment and registers it for processing
Information processing: Approach that describes how people learn using a computer analogy
Short-term memory: Holds information temporarily
Long-term memory: Stores information processed from short term memory for later retrieval
Learning response: Recognize and recall information from short- and long-term memory.
5 capabilities that contribute to social learning
Symbolization: can think about social behavior in words and images
Forethought: anticipate consequences of our own and others’ actions
Self-regulation: adopt standards of acceptable behavior for us (aspirational, social, moral)
Self-reflection: analyze our thoughts and actions
Vicarious learning: learn by watching others be rewarded and punished
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Parenting instructions:
Media is a new environment for children. Parents should guide them to adapt to the environment.
Consider media as an optional tool for learning. Parents’ companion is necessary for children’s development. It always better to learn from real-world than from the screen.
Don’t use it as an emotional pacifier. Parents should not use TV or other media to calm down their children. They need to learn to control their emotion.
Set limits and encourage playtime. Kids are kids. They will make mistakes using media. Parents’ surveillance is indispensable.
Be a good role model. Except for limiting children’s on-screen playtime, parents should control their time on using media each day.
Here is a video explaining how TV affect young children’s brain development
Ball & Bogatz (1970) – research on Sesame Street
Children could learn basic information
Literacy skills
Preschool readiness skills
Other studies showed learning from a single episode or clip
Better learning with repetition.
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Play with your child!
For ages 5-8 children, play Animal Crossing.
Through the game, you can create a home with your child. It is good way to interact with cute animal villagers and enjoy life in the game.
For ages 8-12 children, play Lego
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Kid´s Audience Behavior Across PlatformsJonathan Blum
With increasingly diverse platforms available, kids consume multiple types of media and spend many of their waking hours in front of multiple types of screens, often simultaneously. As more technologies and devices become available to kids (and as kids become older and savvy enough to use these devices), how do behaviors change and shift from one platform to another? How does the presence of other household members affect the amount and type of content consumed?
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Ericsson Technology Review: Versatile Video Coding explained – the future of ...Ericsson
Continuous innovation in 5G networks is creating new opportunities for video-enabled services for both consumers and industries, particularly in areas such as the Internet of Things and the automotive sector. These new services are expected to rely on continued video evolution toward 8K resolutions and beyond, and on new strict requirements such as low end-to-end latency for video delivery.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores recent developments in video compression technology and introduces Versatile Video Coding (VVC) – a significant improvement on existing video codecs that we think deserves to be widely deployed in the market. VVC has the potential both to enhance the user experience for existing video services and offer an appropriate performance level for new media services over 5G networks.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
Ericsson Technology Review: Integrated access and backhaul – a new type of wi...Ericsson
Today millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum is valued mainly because it can be used to achieve high speeds and capacities when combined with spectrum assets below 6GHz. But it can provide other benefits as well. For example, mmWave spectrum makes it possible to use a promising new wireless backhaul solution for 5G New Radio – integrated access and backhaul (IAB) – to densify networks with multi-band radio sites at street level.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains the IAB concept at a high level, presenting its architecture and key characteristics, as well as examining its advantages and disadvantages compared with other backhaul technologies. It concludes with a presentation of the promising results of several simulations that tested IAB as a backhaul option for street sites in both urban and suburban areas.
Ericsson Technology Review: Critical IoT connectivity: Ideal for time-critica...Ericsson
Critical Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity is an emerging concept in IoT development that enables more efficient and innovative services across a wide range of industries by reliably meeting time-critical communication needs. Mobile network operators (MNOs) are in the perfect position to enable these types of time-critical services due to their ability to leverage advanced 5G networks in a systematic and cost-effective way.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the benefits of Critical IoT connectivity in areas such as industrial control, mobility automation, remote control and real-time media. It also provides an overview of key network technologies and architectures. It concludes with several case studies based on two deployment scenarios – wide area and local area – that illustrate how well suited 5G spectrum assets are for Critical IoT use cases.
5G New Radio has already evolved in important ways since the 3GPP standardized Release 15 in late 2018. The significant enhancements in Releases 16 and 17 are certain to play a critical role in expanding both the availability and the applicability of 5G NR in both industry and public services in the near future.
This Ericsson Technology Review article summarizes the most notable new developments in releases 16 and 17, grouped into two categories: enhancements to existing features and features that address new verticals and deployment scenarios. This analysis and our insights about the future beyond Release 17 is an important component of our work to help mobile network operators and other stakeholders better understand and plan for the many new 5G NR opportunities that are on the horizon.
Ericsson Technology Review: The future of cloud computing: Highly distributed...Ericsson
The growing interest in cloud computing scenarios that incorporate both distributed computing capabilities and heterogeneous hardware presents a significant opportunity for network operators. With a vast distributed system (the telco network) already in place, the telecom industry has a significant advantage in the transition toward distributed cloud computing.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the future of cloud computing from the perspective of network operators, examining how they can best manage the complexity of future cloud deployments and overcome the technical challenges. Redefining cloud to expose and optimize the use of heterogeneous resources is not straightforward, but we are confident that our use cases and proof points validate our approach and will gain traction both in the telecommunications community and beyond.
Ericsson Technology Review: Optimizing UICC modules for IoT applicationsEricsson
Commonly referred to as SIM cards, the universal integrated circuit cards (UICCs) used in all cellular devices today are in fact complex and powerful minicomputers capable of much more than most Internet of Things (IoT) applications require. Until a simpler and less costly alternative becomes available, action must be taken to ensure that the relatively high price of UICC modules does not hamper IoT growth.
This Ericsson Technology Review article presents two mid-term approaches. The first is to make use of techniques that reduce the complexity of using UICCs in IoT applications, while the second is to use the UICCs’ excess capacity for additional value generation. Those who wish to exploit the potential of the UICCs to better support IoT applications have the opportunity to use them as cryptographic storage, to run higher-layer protocol stacks and/or as supervisory entities, for example.
Mobile data traffic volumes are expected to increase by a factor of four by 2025, and 45 percent of that traffic will be carried by 5G networks. To deliver on customer expectations in this rapidly changing environment, communication service providers must overcome challenges in three key areas: building sufficient capacity, resolving operational inefficiencies through automation and artificial intelligence, and improving service differentiation. This issue of ETR magazine provides insights about how to tackle all three.
Ericsson Technology Review: 5G BSS: Evolving BSS to fit the 5G economyEricsson
The 5G network evolution has opened up an abundance of new business opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) in verticals such as industrial automation, security, health care and automotive. In order to successfully capitalize on them, CSPs must have business support systems (BSS) that are evolved to manage complex value chains and support new business models. Optimized information models and a high degree of automation are required to handle huge numbers of devices through open interfaces.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains how 5G-evolved BSS can help CSPs transform themselves from traditional network developers to service enablers for 5G and the Internet of Things, and ultimately to service creators with the ability to collaborate beyond telecoms and establish lucrative digital value systems.
Ericsson Technology Review: 5G migration strategy from EPS to 5G systemEricsson
For many operators, the introduction of the 5G System (5GS) to provide wide-area services in existing Evolved Packet System (EPS) deployments is a necessary step toward creating a full-service, future-proof 5GS in the longer term. The creation of a combined 4G-5G network requires careful planning and a holistic strategy, as the introduction of 5GS has significant impacts across all network domains, including the RAN, packet core, user data and policies, and services, as well as affecting devices and backend systems.
This Ericsson Technology Review article provides an overview of all the aspects that operators need to consider when putting together a robust EPS-to-5GS migration strategy and provides guidance about how they can adapt the transition to address their particular needs per domain.
Ericsson Technology Review: Creating the next-generation edge-cloud ecosystemEricsson
The surge in data volume that will come from the massive number of devices enabled by 5G has made edge computing more important than ever before. Beyond its abilities to reduce network traffic and improve user experience, edge computing will also play a critical role in enabling use cases for ultra-reliable low-latency communication in industrial manufacturing and a variety of other sectors.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the topic of how to deliver distributed edge computing solutions that can host different kinds of platforms and applications and provide a high level of flexibility for application developers. Rather than building a new application ecosystem and platform, we strongly recommend reusing industrialized and proven capabilities, utilizing the momentum created with Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and ensuring backward compatibility.
The rise of the innovation platform
Society and industry are transforming at an unprecedented rate. At the same time, the network platform is emerging as an innovation platform with the potential to offer all the connectivity, processing, storage and security needed by current and future applications. In my 2019 trends article, featured in this issue of Ericsson Technology Review, I share my view of the future network platform in relation to six key technology trends.
This issue of the magazine also addresses critical topics such as trust enablement, the extension of computing resources all the way to the edge of the mobile network, the growing impact of the cloud in the telco domain, overcoming latency and battery consumption challenges, and the need for end-to-end connectivity. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about how to overcome the challenges ahead and take full advantage of new opportunities.
Ericsson Technology Review: Spotlight on the Internet of ThingsEricsson
The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a fundamental cornerstone in the digitalization of both industry and society as a whole. It represents a huge opportunity not only in economic terms, but also from a global challenges perspective – making it easier for governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to address pressing food, energy, water and climate related issues.
5G and the IoT are closely intertwined. One of the biggest innovations within 5G is support for the IoT in all its forms, both by addressing mission criticality as well as making it possible to connect low-cost, long-battery-life sensors.
With this in mind, we decided to create a special issue of Ericsson Technology Review solely focused on IoT opportunities and challenges. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about the IoT-related opportunities available to your organization, along with ideas about how we can overcome the challenges ahead.
Ericsson Technology Review: Driving transformation in the automotive and road...Ericsson
A variety of automotive and transport services that require cellular connectivity are already in commercial operation today, and many more are yet to come. Among other things, these services will improve road safety and traffic efficiency, saving lives and helping to reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change. At Ericsson, we believe that the best way to address the growing connectivity needs of this industry sector is through a common network solution, as opposed to taking a single-segment silo approach.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explains how the ongoing rollout of 5G provides a cost-efficient and feature-rich foundation for a horizontal multiservice network that can meet the connectivity needs of the automotive and transport ecosystem. It also outlines the key challenges and presents potential solutions.
This presentation explains the importance of SD-WAN technology as part of the Enterprise digital transformation strategy. It goes over the first wave of SD-WAN in a single vendor deployment, with Do-it-yourself (DIY) as the preferred model. Then continues with the importance of orchestration in the second wave of SD-WAN deployments in a multi-vendor ecosystem, turning to SD-WAN Managed Services as the preferred model. It ends up with some examples of use cases and the Verizon customer case. More information on Ericsson Dynamic orchestration - http://m.eric.sn/6rsZ30psKLu
Ericsson Technology Review: 5G-TSN integration meets networking requirements ...Ericsson
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is becoming the standard Ethernet-based technology for converged networks of Industry 4.0. Understanding the importance and relevance of TSN features, as well as the capabilities that allow 5G to achieve wireless deterministic and time-sensitive communication, is essential to industrial automation in the future.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explains how TSN is an enabler of Industry 4.0, and that together with 5G URLLC capabilities, the two key technologies can be combined and integrated to provide deterministic connectivity end to end. It also discusses TSN standards and the value of the TSN toolbox for next generation industrial automation networks.
Ericsson Technology Review: Meeting 5G latency requirements with inactive stateEricsson
Low latency communication and minimal battery consumption are key requirements of many 5G and IoT use cases, including smart transport and critical control of remote devices. Thanks to Ericsson’s 4G/5G research activities and lessons learned from legacy networks, we have identified solutions that address both of these requirements by reducing the amount of signaling required during state transitions, and shared our discoveries with the 3GPP.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains the why and how behind the new Radio Resource Control (RRC) state model in the standalone version of the 5G New Radio standard, which features a new, Ericsson-developed state called inactive. On top of overcoming latency and battery consumption challenges, the new state also increases overall system capacity by decreasing the processing effort in the network.
Ericsson Technology Review: Cloud-native application design in the telecom do...Ericsson
Cloud-native application design is set to become standard practice in the telecom industry in the near future due to the major efficiency gains it can provide, particularly in terms of speeding up software upgrades and releases. At Ericsson, we have been actively exploring the potential of cloud-native computing in the telecom industry since we joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) a few years ago.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains the opportunities that CNCF technology has enabled, as well as unveiling key aspects of our application development framework, which is designed to help navigate the transition to a cloud-native approach. It also discusses the challenges that the large-scale reuse of open-source technology can raise, along with key strategies for how to mitigate them.
Ericsson Technology Review: Service exposure: a critical capability in a 5G w...Ericsson
To meet the requirements of use cases in areas such as the Internet of Things, AR/VR, Industry 4.0 and the automotive sector, operators need to be able to provide computing resources across the whole telco domain – all the way to the edge of the mobile network. Service exposure and APIs will play a key role in creating solutions that are both effective and cost efficient.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores recent advances in the service exposure area that have resulted from the move toward 5G and the adoption of cloud-native principles, as well as the combination of Service-based Architecture, microservices and container technologies. It includes examples that illustrate how service exposure can be deployed in a multitude of locations, each with a different set of requirements that drive modularity and configurability needs.
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.
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/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
2. the voice of the consumer
Ericsson ConsumerLab has 20 years’ experience of
studying people’s behaviors and values, including the
way they act and think about ICT products and services.
Ericsson ConsumerLab provides unique insights on market
and consumer trends. Ericsson ConsumerLab gains its
knowledge through a global consumer research program
based on interviews with 100,000 individuals each year,
in more than 40 countries and 15 megacities – statistically
representing the views of 1.1 billion people.
Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used, and
hundreds of hours are spent with consumers from different
cultures. To be close to the market and consumers, Ericsson
ConsumerLab has analysts in all regions where Ericsson is
present, developing a thorough global understanding of the
ICT market and business models.
All reports can be found at:
www.ericsson.com/consumerlab
For the purpose of this US report, Ericsson ConsumerLab
conducted five focus groups – two with parents, one
with boys aged 14–15 and two with girls aged 14–15.
Additionally, 12 at-home interviews with both parents
and at least one child in the 12–15 year old age range
were conducted in the San Francisco area.
Further to this, Ericsson ConsumerLab carried out an online
study with parents in 1,005 families across the US, including
570 children aged 12–15. This study represents middle
class families in the US that have two working parents, with
at least one working full time, and children aged 12–15.
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2 ERICSSON CONSUMERLAB BRINGING FAMILIES CLOSER
Contents
3 Family communication
4 Communication when apart
8 Communication when together
10 Rules and worries
11 a positive impact
3. ERICSSON CONSUMERLAB BRINGING FAMILIES CLOSER 3
Family communication
The introduction of smartphones and tablets has
created new social patterns in our society and how we
communicate. These new ways of communicating have
had a subsequent impact on family communication.
But how have new forms of communication
changed family behavior, and do families take
advantage of the new possibilities this brings?
In this US report, Ericsson ConsumerLab looks into
how families communicate amongst themselves,
whether in person or using various technologies. In
what ways have they seen their family life transformed
by technology? What modes of communication
are used in what situations and why? What
constraints or controls are attempted or imposed
by parents? Are the benefits of communication
technology embraced or resisted by parents?
Key findings
Communication technology has a
positive impact on families
> The ability to have continuous contact throughout
the day with other family members increases the
feeling of closeness and happiness. The majority
of families claim they communicate more, know
each other better, and are able to organize
practicalities/logistics during the week more easily
Texting is increasing
When apart, texting and voice are still the main
methods of communication for the majority of
families. Texting in particular is described by
families as a “life saver” for organizing logistics
and practicalities in busy day-to-day life. Texting
and voice are the most used services, while
newer communication services are used much
less and could be short lived. The usage of texting
is increasing and very few have stopped using it
Different services for different purposes
Face-to-face is the natural choice for quality
conversations, as well as sharing interests,
while texting and voice come into play for
practicalities. In general, fathers seem to
prefer voice in more situations than both
mothers and children, who favor texting
New services mean increased communication
Although a minority, some families also use apps
such as WhatsApp and KIK. Parents who use new
services communicate five times more with each
other, and eight times more with their children.
In addition, families who use new services use
texting and voice twice as often as other families
Separate services for family and friends
There is a clear divide in what services are used
to communicate with family compared to with
friends. This is especially true for children who
use many more services than their parents.
They also separate the usage by using different
services to communicate with their friends.
Keeping their privacy is key for teenagers
More worries, more rules
New communication services have created
new worries for parents, so unsurprisingly
there are more rules in place for their children.
At the same time, worried parents have a
perfect tool in the smartphone to monitor their
children. 72 percent of parents use restrictions
of the mobile phone as a punishment
Need for more contact
Almost half of children want more communication
with their parents during the week. Communication
technology will not solve this as it is mostly
face-to-face time and family time that is in
demand. The study shows that we should be
aware that an obsession with our phones and
tablets, by parents and children alike, is impacting
on valuable family time
4. Things to consider that have an impact on family communication
A teenager’s relationship with the family
In order to understand family communication, we need
to understand the different stages children go through
in their teenage years. When young, there are two things
that have a great impact on your life: your circle of friends
and your parents’ control.
12−13 years old: At this age parents are actively involved
in their children’s social lives.
14−15 years old: Now children are beginning to develop
autonomy, and their own social networks outside the
home are, for the first time, independent of family life.
16 years old: Parents now have fewer restrictions and
social control.
The age when you get a mobile phone
For a child, owning a smartphone for the first time is seen
as an important rite of passage, marking the transition
from a dependent child to a slightly more autonomous
person − a journey that eventually ends in adulthood.
While a child’s focus is mainly on what their smartphone
can do for them, they also think it makes them seem
more grown up.
Attitudes to ICT usage correlated with parenting styles
Families have different parenting styles. These will
stem from parental values, how they accommodate the
developmental needs of their children and how they
relate to each other.
The need to control and manage ICT usage in a
proactive manner is more pronounced in authoritative
parents. Permissive parents are more hands off and are
more likely to rely upon the common sense and innate
values of their children.
Number of children’s activities
Children aged 12−15 years old nearly always have
after-school activities, at least three during the course
of a week. The higher the number of activities, the more
frequent the communication between family members
during the day.
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Communication
when apart
In the days before the existence of the mobile phone,
there was little or no contact between family members
during a normal weekday while they were at school or
at work. The introduction of the mobile phone changed
this completely. The personal phone enabled family
members to have continuous contact during the day
through either voice or texting. With smartphones, there
are even more ways to be in contact during the day.
Busy lifestyles
With both parents working and children in middle or
high school, families have exceptionally busy lives. To
families who are stressed by schedules, commutes, and
flexible working hours, as well as multiple after school
activities, the mobile phone is the perfect tool that knits
the family together during the day.
Feature phone
− 10 years old
Smartphone
− 11 years old
The average age when children get a mobile phone
Each week, children
aged 12−15 have at
least 3 after-school
activities
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Talking, texting, poking and dating, 2012;
Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, 2015; Ericsson ConsumerLab,
Dynamics in the home, 2011
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Texting and voice – still going strong
With both parents working, family members are apart
for most of the day, spending 9–10 hours outside
the home. This creates a need for solving family
logistics and practicalities throughout the entire day.
Usually the content of overall family communication
using technology is about logistics and practicalities.
Texting and voice are the perfect services to support
this and as a result they are used for half of all family
communication. Texting in particular is described as a
“life saver” for the short, distinct communication that is
needed during the day to share schedules and logistical
arrangements, for example when arranging drop off and
pick up times for after-school activities.
Interestingly, the amount of contact between family
members does not increase with the amount of hours
the parents are away from their children. The greatest
impact on how frequently family members contact each
other is the number of activities the children have, i.e.
the more activities, the more contact they have. Texting
is also used more than voice when children have more
after-school activities.
Advantages of texting
Texting and voice are the foundation of services for
most families, and very few have taken up services
such as WhatsApp and KIK. For the majority of families,
there are no services replacing texting or voice yet.
The advantages of texting are still valid. The prevalence
of texting is an assurance that all family members
can be easily and quickly reached. If not in a Wi-Fi
area (some children might have only Wi-Fi connected
mobiles) texting always works. In addition, texting is
good enough for any short, fast communication that
is needed during the day. Consequently there is no
compelling motivation to replace texting with another
communication method, as it works perfectly well today.
Besides there is no incentive to save costs (e.g. using
over-the-top (OTT) internet services) as most families
have family plans with unlimited voice and texts.
Email is used less and not as frequently
With email there is a difference in how many use
the service and how many use it for their family
communication. In comparison, a clear majority of
those that use texting and voice also use it for family
communication. Even if the parents belong to the email
generation and almost all parents and children use
email, it is not used much to communicate with each
other. Email is the practical communication method
for work and school, but is not as suitable for family
communication, except for when they want to attach a
picture or link to a fun video, or send a longer document.
Figure 1: Average contacts by texting
and voice during a day when apart
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, US, 2015
Base: All respondents
BETWEEN PARENTS
Text: 3 times
Voice: 3 times
MOTHER TO SON
Text: 3 times
Voice: 2 times
FATHER TO DAUGHTER
Text: 2 times
Voice: 2 times
MOTHER TO DAUGHTER
Text: 3 times
Voice: 2 times
FATHER TO SON
Text: 2 times
Voice: 2 times
Figure 2: Amount of times families have contact through voice and text when apart during weekdays
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, US, 2015
Base: Users of voice and text
More than 5 times a day 2–5 times a day Once a day Less often Never
Mother’s contact
with child – voice
Father’s contact
with child – voice
Mother’s contact
to partner – voice
Father’s contact
to partner – voice
Mother’s contact
with child – Text
Father’s contact
with child – Text
Mother’s contact
to partner – Text
Father’s contact
to partner – Text
0% 0%20% 20%60% 60%80% 80%100% 100%40% 40%
20% 33% 23% 23% 22% 42% 19% 16%
30% 38% 13% 16% 24% 46% 11% 17%
14% 28% 19% 37% 17% 31% 16% 33%
18% 42% 17% 20% 11% 39% 20% 24%
1% 1%
3% 1%
3% 5%
2% 3%
Mothers fathers
Texting has
surpassed voice in
family communication
6. Newer services
Few families use newer services such as WhatsApp,
KIK, Snapchat and Vine. Figure 3 shows that of
those who do use WhatsApp and KIK, the majority
use the services in their family communication, and
communication is more frequent. The reason for parents
to start using those services is mainly to try them out
because their children are using them. But usage might
be short lived, because almost half of those who started
using newer services have since stopped using them.
Families have different usage patterns
It is interesting to look at different families in
respect of how many services they use. All families
use texting and voice as their main methods for
communication, and few families have included the
more recent services to varying degrees. There is
a clear difference, both in usage and behavior.
Families using many services
Families that use many services have much more
frequent contact with each other during the day when
apart, compared to families that only use texting and
voice and maybe one other service. This is valid for
both the communication between parents as well
as with their children. On average, families using
many services have contact 27 times a day between
parents and 25 times with children. In contrast, families
who use few services have contact five times a day
between parents and three times a day with children.
Very communicative families also use all methods
more frequently in their family communication – not
just the most recent ones such as OTT services,
but also the more traditional ones like texting and
voice. These families use texting and voice twice
as frequently as families not using OTT services.
Families who use many services are more
communicative, have a closer family connection, use
many devices, are tech oriented and feel up-to-date
on communication services. Parents in these families
also want more control over their children and are
very much involved in their lives. Their children
are very active and as many as 30 percent have
five after-school activities during a week. One in five of
the families in this study belongs to this type of family.
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Families using many
services have five times
more communication
between parents and eight
times more communication
with their children
Children contact their
mothers more often
than their fathers
The most recent services like
snapchat and vine are not
used by many families in
their communication. Of
those that do, it is mostly
the parents that contact their
children via these services and
not the other way around.These services
are seen by children as “theirs” and used
in their communication with friends.Texting
and voice are still the dominant and preferred
ways to communicate with parents.
Figure 3: WhatsApp and KIK usage
WHATSAPP kik
19% 13%33% 15%
of mothers
use WhatsApp
of mothers
use KIK
of fathers use
WhatsApp
of fathers
use KIK
83% 71%
of those use
WhatsApp
for family
communication
(both to partner
and children)
of those use
KIK for family
communication
(both to partner
and children)
92%
of those use
WhatsApp
for family
communication
(both to partner
and children)
90%
of those use
KIK for family
communication
(both to partner
and children)
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, US, 2015
Base: All respondents
7. Families are surprised by how rational their
communication is and how little they share emotions
and feelings during the day while apart. Mothers in
particular noticed that communication was mainly
purposeful, and less emotional.
Preferred service for different kinds of communication
Family members do not have the same idea about what
a conversation is. Children perceive instant messaging
(IM) and sending a text as having a conversation. This
is especially true in their conversations with friends. It
implies a fast tapping of keys, with messages going
back and forth at a speed that their parents would have
difficulty keeping up with. Children change their way
of communicating, both in how they write messages
and what mode they use when communicating with
their parents.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a common
understanding between children and parents that
face-to-face, texting and voice are the preferred ways to
communicate with each other, but this varies depending
on what kind of communication they want to have.
Face-to-face conversations are preferred for quality talk
and sharing of interests, compared to sending a text
which is mostly used for practicalities.
Figure 4 shows that a majority of mothers, fathers
and children prefer to meet face-to-face for a
quality conversation. For mothers it is even more
important to wait to meet in person in order to
have a quality talk with their children. When sharing
interests, face-to-face is also preferred by both
parents and children. A fairly small group prefers
to use Facebook or email, even if these modes of
communication are suited to sharing interests.
For small talk, children prefer face-to-face, whereas
mothers and fathers prefer voice. For practicalities
and logistics, texting is the preferred way for most,
except for fathers who seem to be more voice-centric.
There is a clear difference in how many mothers
compared to fathers use texting in this situation.
Children and mothers are generally more text focused
for any kind of communication compared to fathers.
Eight percent of children prefer to use Facebook for
all their communication, both to parents and siblings,
while parents mainly use it for shared interests.
In summary, face-to-face, texting and voice are
the preferred ways for communicating. The more
personal and emotional the communication is, the
more inclined we are to leave technology and have
conversations in person. This is true for parents
and children alike. And it is apparent that the need
for face-to-face conversations between child and
parent is even greater than between parents.
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Figure 4: Preferred way of communicating, depending on the type of communication
Practical Small talk Quality talk Shared interest
Face-to-face
Voice
Texting
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, US, 2015
Base: All respondents
Mother Father Child
8. Small islands of face-to-face time
The family meal reinforces the unit
The main face-to-face interaction on a weekday for the
family is during the evening meal. It provides a short
island of time in a busy day and helps to reinforce
the family as a unit. It is also a time when the day’s
activities, events and experiences are shared and
when emotions are vented, which may not be possible
during the day.
Devices are usually banned from the table so that
the family can converse without distractions.
Time spent in the car
Those who drive their children to school or after-school
activities value this opportunity for face-to-face time,
enabling more intimate conversations to take place.
With no distractions, there could be more quality talks,
while at home the conversations are usually more
rushed and purposeful.
Interaction between parents and children when in the car:
28% – Only talk
45% – Mostly talk and the child somewhat
engaged with their device
21% – Talk while the child is equally
as engaged with their device
5% – Talk while the child is mostly
engaged with their device
Communication through devices at home
There are situations when some families
communicate with each other through services on
their devices, even if they are all at home. A quarter
of families say they do this on a regular basis.
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Communication
when together
85%
of parents drive their
children to school or
activities weekly
71%48%
of families
do not use
devices during
the evening meal
have an evening
meal with the
whole family on
a daily basis
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Family time
After the evening meal, families usually fragment into
independent activities, often in personal media zones.
But there is a fair amount of time that the family spends
together during a week at home. 74 percent have “family
time” at least a couple of times a week, where watching
TV or a movie is the most regular activity.
Almost half of children want more face-to-face time with
their parents as well as family time during the week.
For children in families that have very frequent contact
through devices, this figure is even higher. It is only
during the weekend that children think they have
sufficient time with their parents. This might be evidence
that communication through devices cannot replace
face-to-face communication, but can only complement it.
Distractions
The dependencies and even obsession with our
devices (smartphones and tablets) influence the way we
communicate with our family members. The distraction
is not just valid for children but for parents as well.
Instead of being present during family time, parents
might be reading work emails or active on social media.
The need for constant attention from the world
outside the family seems to be as important both for
parents and children. They do not want to miss out on
something. 30 percent of parents and 60 percent of
children often engage with their devices during family
time. Parents do not seem to have an understanding
of how much their children use their devices during
family time, as the children admit to using their
devices more often than the parents believe they
do. 75 percent of parents are concerned by the
fact that family members use their devices during
family time, compared to 50 percent of children.
2nd screen phenomenon:
being physically together in one room but in separate worlds
After dinner we could be all
flipping through our phones
when a show is on.”
Son, 13 years old
Figure 5: What do you do during “family time”?
Source: Ericsson ConsumerLab, Bringing families closer, US, 2015
Base: All respondents
Movie nights 65%
Conversations/
discussions
56%
Making family plans 42%
0% 20% 60% 80% 100%40%
Computer games 31%
Board games 35%
10. Smartphones and mobile phones are at the center of
broader cultural conversations. Parents, especially
mothers, talk to other parents about their children’s
mobile phone usage and the drama caused by specific
mobile phone incidents. They read about potential
dangers of smartphones in the media; not just their
distractibility but also the risks associated with internet
browsing and the careless use of social media apps.
Of the families in our study, 40 percent have had
incidents with their child using communication
devices and social media, but only 21 percent
have had incidents multiple times. The majority
of parents have never had an incident with either
their children or their children’s friends.
With all these issues around the smartphone and
other devices, it is no surprise that many parents
actively manage their children’s devices. Protocols
and rules about children’s usage of smartphones/
tablets and other devices are the norm.
Parents’ rules
46% – Allow devices to be used only at certain
times during the evening and weekend
32% – Have a written contract between
parents and children about how to behave
and act when using mobile devices
27% – Do not allow their child to use mobile devices
to communicate when alone in their room
Time spent on the phone
With devices and services being so important to
us, there is an issue within families as to how much
time is spent on them. Two thirds of parents and
children agree this creates a point of tension in the
family, leading to discussions. It is the smartphone
that creates the most issues. Even if children do
not agree with their parents, most see their point
and understand why they are complaining.
Mobile phones are the obvious punishment tool
Examples of why parents confiscate the mobile
phone as a punishment include using a mobile after
curfew, poor school grades, forgotten homework and
inappropriate messaging.
Removing the phone can hurt the parent as much
as the child, because the child cannot then be
reached or monitored. 54 percent of parents agree
on this. For some children it might not be a major
punishment. When asked if they have ways to work
around not having a phone, 26 percent of children
said yes. Smartphones can be a real point of tension
within the family, one that needs to be understood
and negotiated.
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Rules and
Worries
72%
of parents take away
the mobile phone as
a punishment
Parents monitoring
their children
68% – Track the child’s phone
60% – Control the child’s
network privacy settings
56% – Gatekeep apps
42% – Mirror the texts their
children send/receive
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Even if there are some negative aspects to the use of
technology in family communication, the positive parts
are agreed by most. Parents feel that they know a good
deal more about what is going on in everyone’s lives,
and feel more connected as a result. This is in contrast
to the level of knowledge within an earlier generation of
families. While children generally had more freedom in
the past, parents often knew far less about their lives.
More knowledge about the family often translates into
a feeling that the family is closer. This is especially
true for families who initiate short bursts of contact
throughout the day, regardless of message content.
The opportunities for short bursts of contact throughout
the day may be more effective in creating a sense of
satisfaction than lengthier but less frequent exchanges.
This knowledge and sense of closeness also means
that parents feel much more secure about their
children’s wellbeing.
Percentage of parents who agree with these statements
about communication technology:
85% – It has made it possible to have contact
with the family throughout the day
82% – It makes practicalities/logistics
during the week much easier
75% – I have better contact with my child/children
71% – The family has more
communication with each other
68% – I communicate more with my child/children
64% – I have better knowledge about my child/children
63% – My child can spend more time outside
the home since he/she can be reached
With the smartphone there are even more ways to keep
in contact, not just with texting and voice. This potential
has only been taken up by a minority of families today.
Voice and texting are still the predominant methods
used within families when communicating with each
other when apart.
a positive
impact
We are closer in a way. When
I was growing up my mom and
dad could not get hold of me.”
Mother
Family app needed
Current consumers’ usage has changed since a year
ago, and it has increased for all services. Texting,
WhatsApp and Snapchat are the services that have
increased the most with variations for the father and
mother. Fathers are the main users of WhatsApp
and have increased their usage the most.
New services such as Snapchat, Vine and KIK
are the ones that some parents test out and then
almost half of them stop using. The main driver is
to check out what their children are using. Still the
vast majority have never used those new services.
The question is, will the minority of families that
have already taken up more services and are more
frequent in their family communication lead the
way for other families that have not? And in that
case will those families be as frequent users?
One possibility is that more families will start to
use more services in their family communication.
This could be opposed by the children that want to
keep some services to only be used with friends.
Alternatively, texting and voice will remain the main
services for the foreseeable future. In that case, if
families do not use services other than voice and texting
in their daily communication, there might be a need for
a “parent plus children” app that doesn’t exist today but
solves issues related to family communication. It should
be easy to use by all family members, separating family
communication from communication with friends.
68%of children said there are no
services that they use today
to communicate with friends
that they would like their
parents to begin using