Al-Khouri, A.M. (2010) 'Facing the Challenge of Enrolment in National ID Schemes', The Biometric Landscape in Europe, BEST NETWORK – BIOSIG, September 9-10, Darmstadt, Germany.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2011) 'The Development of a Federal Digital Identity', BIT's 1st Annual International Congress of u-World 2011, October 23-25, 2011, Dalian World EXPO Center (DWEC), China.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2006) 'Pitfalls in Large Scale IT Projects: The Case of UAE National ID CardProgram', Electronic Passport Forum- ID World International Congress, November 28-30, Milan, Italy.
Despite significant investments in eGovernment, reported experiences show limited and struggling success cases. In the last 15 years, Governments’ efforts have been scattered, as agencies were mainly concerned with the development of informational portals and some basic online services resulting from the automation of a few traditional transactions.
In fact, Governments have been cautious in terms of their preferred eGovernment approaches and strategies. A large number of Governments’ services are still provided over the counter and requires the physical presence of citizens. This is in principle due to the fact that existing eGovernment environments lack effective methods through which they can establish trust and avail services over digital networks.
This article discusses the need for trust establishment to advance eGovernment in light of the existing and emerging realities. It looks at the evolving forms of identities, namely digital identities and the role of PKI technology in enabling such requirements.
The key contribution of this article is that it provides an overview of a large scale national PKI program which was deployed as part of a government identity management infrastructure development scheme in the United Arab Emirates. It provides an insight into the architecture and features of the PKI deployment. It presents how the UAE government planned and set up a national identity validation gateway to support both online and traditional transactions. It also includes some reflections on key management considerations and attempts to make reference to some European initiatives to highlight similarities and differences with the UAE and GCC projects.
This article looks at one of the evolving crimes of the digital age; identity theft. It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. The article concludes that such infrastructure may provide the foundation for e-government and e-commerce initiatives as it addresses the need for strong user authentication of virtual identities.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2011) 'The Development of a Federal Digital Identity', BIT's 1st Annual International Congress of u-World 2011, October 23-25, 2011, Dalian World EXPO Center (DWEC), China.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2006) 'Pitfalls in Large Scale IT Projects: The Case of UAE National ID CardProgram', Electronic Passport Forum- ID World International Congress, November 28-30, Milan, Italy.
Despite significant investments in eGovernment, reported experiences show limited and struggling success cases. In the last 15 years, Governments’ efforts have been scattered, as agencies were mainly concerned with the development of informational portals and some basic online services resulting from the automation of a few traditional transactions.
In fact, Governments have been cautious in terms of their preferred eGovernment approaches and strategies. A large number of Governments’ services are still provided over the counter and requires the physical presence of citizens. This is in principle due to the fact that existing eGovernment environments lack effective methods through which they can establish trust and avail services over digital networks.
This article discusses the need for trust establishment to advance eGovernment in light of the existing and emerging realities. It looks at the evolving forms of identities, namely digital identities and the role of PKI technology in enabling such requirements.
The key contribution of this article is that it provides an overview of a large scale national PKI program which was deployed as part of a government identity management infrastructure development scheme in the United Arab Emirates. It provides an insight into the architecture and features of the PKI deployment. It presents how the UAE government planned and set up a national identity validation gateway to support both online and traditional transactions. It also includes some reflections on key management considerations and attempts to make reference to some European initiatives to highlight similarities and differences with the UAE and GCC projects.
This article looks at one of the evolving crimes of the digital age; identity theft. It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. The article concludes that such infrastructure may provide the foundation for e-government and e-commerce initiatives as it addresses the need for strong user authentication of virtual identities.
Presentation held by Mr. Toon Timbermont, within the Regional Workshop on Georgia's anti-corruption and public service delivery reforms (22-24 September 2011).
The incorporation of the Bio-metric authentication system with the identification of Fingerprint pattern is an upcoming eGovernance Mechanism for Visa is an information validation and Visa processing mechanism using an IT and Communication infrastructure. Issuance of VISA by the consular and embassy is among the top 100 risky jobs. This has a very serious impact on the relationship between countries and among the standard forum of United Nations. The complex process need adequate data input from various sources. The integration of those data is the core value of this paper which needs the global impact for successful implementation. The statistical analyses of UN reports say that there are huge quanta of people who overstay or attempt VISA Run. This could create adverse effects in a nation’s economy and security policies. However, this crisis can be averted through digitization and eGov mechanism in Visa Issuance, this feat can be achieved through the means of Global data and information verification process associated with multilingual data validation system. EU has already adopted VIS a form cross continental information interchange process during their Schengen Visa issuance.
SG, SignGATE, is the first accredited Certification Authority (CA) in South Korea and has issued over 1,000,000 digital certificates and providing PKI-based authentication services for government officials and private sector since 1999.
SG established National PKI in Panama, Philippines and provided PKI consulting in many countries such as Costa Rica, Cameroon, Indonesia, Mongolia, etc.
Social, political and technological considerations for national identity mana...Ravinder (Ravi) Singh
Government agencies face the intricate challenge of effectively and securely controlling population flows,
identifying individuals, and managing their access to services, while aligning their strategies with citizen’s
expectations for convenience, security and privacy. Identity Management initiatives, especially after the
increased frequency of terrorist attacks around the world, have become a political imperative of
unprecedented urgency, for an increasing number of governments around the world. The India’s answer
to this challenge is expressed through the proposed UID Scheme.
This paper details all the architecture considerations and its realizations ...
Leading Practices in Information Security & PrivacyDonny Shimamoto
Many not-for-profits are operating in an environment in which there is a tremendous amount of electronic documents, communications, and confidential data sits on computers and networks that are connected to the Internet. Privacy and security threats are also increasing, putting Internet communications and computer data at risk at an alarming rate. At the same time, laws and regulations with significant penalties have been passed or are being passed by states, the Federal government, and industry groups (e.g. PCI DSS) increasing the consequences of data breaches and privacy violations.
Whether you’re an executive director, program manager, or IT manager, this non-technical presentation will help you learn about the threats, requirements, and leading practices related to information security you need to help protect your donors and constituents.
This is a presentation prepared and delivered to the International Bar Association Conference in 2012 on behalf of the Interactive Direct Marketing Association. It looks at some of the pragmatic challenges that exist in getting organisations to adopt and adapt to the requirements of the Cookies regulations.
The Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act in Michigan: Now That We Have it, ...gallowayandcollens
In an era where technology plays such an important part of everyday life, the attorney needs to understand how to properly plan for a client’s digital assets. This presentation will discuss Michigan’s new Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act and how to incorporate it into your existing practice.
Adolescent Drug Abuse In Halton
In recent months there have been several media stories relating directly and indirectly to our youth and their use of drugs. As a result of these stories and the parents' need for information, Parent Watch hosted a drug presentation on December 18, 1996. There were approximately 120 people in attendance. Officer Michalski of the Halton Regional Police conducted a drug awareness presentation that was followed by a student panel discussion. At the end of the presentation we made a commitment to hold a follow-up meeting, which was held on January 15, 1997.
The purpose of the meeting was to address some of the issues raised and facilitate community discussion. The exercise was most informative and to some degree therapeutic for those of us struggling to address the issues of drug abuse.
We would ask that readers of this report be aware that although some of the recommendations may already be in place, unattainable or unrealistic, it is the process of community involvement that is important. In addition, parent Watch and its members would hope that they are not perceived to be pontificating, but rather participating.
Presentation held by Mr. Toon Timbermont, within the Regional Workshop on Georgia's anti-corruption and public service delivery reforms (22-24 September 2011).
The incorporation of the Bio-metric authentication system with the identification of Fingerprint pattern is an upcoming eGovernance Mechanism for Visa is an information validation and Visa processing mechanism using an IT and Communication infrastructure. Issuance of VISA by the consular and embassy is among the top 100 risky jobs. This has a very serious impact on the relationship between countries and among the standard forum of United Nations. The complex process need adequate data input from various sources. The integration of those data is the core value of this paper which needs the global impact for successful implementation. The statistical analyses of UN reports say that there are huge quanta of people who overstay or attempt VISA Run. This could create adverse effects in a nation’s economy and security policies. However, this crisis can be averted through digitization and eGov mechanism in Visa Issuance, this feat can be achieved through the means of Global data and information verification process associated with multilingual data validation system. EU has already adopted VIS a form cross continental information interchange process during their Schengen Visa issuance.
SG, SignGATE, is the first accredited Certification Authority (CA) in South Korea and has issued over 1,000,000 digital certificates and providing PKI-based authentication services for government officials and private sector since 1999.
SG established National PKI in Panama, Philippines and provided PKI consulting in many countries such as Costa Rica, Cameroon, Indonesia, Mongolia, etc.
Social, political and technological considerations for national identity mana...Ravinder (Ravi) Singh
Government agencies face the intricate challenge of effectively and securely controlling population flows,
identifying individuals, and managing their access to services, while aligning their strategies with citizen’s
expectations for convenience, security and privacy. Identity Management initiatives, especially after the
increased frequency of terrorist attacks around the world, have become a political imperative of
unprecedented urgency, for an increasing number of governments around the world. The India’s answer
to this challenge is expressed through the proposed UID Scheme.
This paper details all the architecture considerations and its realizations ...
Leading Practices in Information Security & PrivacyDonny Shimamoto
Many not-for-profits are operating in an environment in which there is a tremendous amount of electronic documents, communications, and confidential data sits on computers and networks that are connected to the Internet. Privacy and security threats are also increasing, putting Internet communications and computer data at risk at an alarming rate. At the same time, laws and regulations with significant penalties have been passed or are being passed by states, the Federal government, and industry groups (e.g. PCI DSS) increasing the consequences of data breaches and privacy violations.
Whether you’re an executive director, program manager, or IT manager, this non-technical presentation will help you learn about the threats, requirements, and leading practices related to information security you need to help protect your donors and constituents.
This is a presentation prepared and delivered to the International Bar Association Conference in 2012 on behalf of the Interactive Direct Marketing Association. It looks at some of the pragmatic challenges that exist in getting organisations to adopt and adapt to the requirements of the Cookies regulations.
The Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act in Michigan: Now That We Have it, ...gallowayandcollens
In an era where technology plays such an important part of everyday life, the attorney needs to understand how to properly plan for a client’s digital assets. This presentation will discuss Michigan’s new Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act and how to incorporate it into your existing practice.
Adolescent Drug Abuse In Halton
In recent months there have been several media stories relating directly and indirectly to our youth and their use of drugs. As a result of these stories and the parents' need for information, Parent Watch hosted a drug presentation on December 18, 1996. There were approximately 120 people in attendance. Officer Michalski of the Halton Regional Police conducted a drug awareness presentation that was followed by a student panel discussion. At the end of the presentation we made a commitment to hold a follow-up meeting, which was held on January 15, 1997.
The purpose of the meeting was to address some of the issues raised and facilitate community discussion. The exercise was most informative and to some degree therapeutic for those of us struggling to address the issues of drug abuse.
We would ask that readers of this report be aware that although some of the recommendations may already be in place, unattainable or unrealistic, it is the process of community involvement that is important. In addition, parent Watch and its members would hope that they are not perceived to be pontificating, but rather participating.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2010) 'Trends and Development in Government Sector: Building e-Government Backbone', e-Government Conference, December 21, 2010, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2011) 'Biometric Applications in Public Sector', VI Biometrics International Conference of the Argentine Republic (CIBRA 2011), November 14-16, 2011, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2012) 'Human Resources at Emirates Identity Authority: A Building Block of the New Strategic Plan', Sharing Best Practices of Investors in People Forum, Feb24, Dubai, UAE.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2012) 'Strategic Vision: Public eID Programs in GCC Countries', World e-ID Congress, Identity Services for Government Healthcare & Enterprise, Sept. 19-21, Nice French Riviera, France.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2013) 'The Role of Emirates Identity Authority in Supporting the Development of Public Sector', The Bi-Annual IMAGE Users Group Forum, April 15 – 18, Paris, France.
The role of TRA in e-commerce in the UAE
For more information on this presentations visit The Internet Show ME 2011: http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/internet-show-middle-east/
Presented during the Open Source Conference 2012, organized by Accenture and Redhat on December 14th 2012. This presentation discusses Identity Analytics.
By Cyrille Bataller, Managing Director, Accenture Technology Labs
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2010) 'The Development of a National Identity Management System to Support National Security and Economy', World Hi-Tech Forum, October 14 2010, London, UK.
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2012) 'The Government Role in improving Service Quality in Public Sector: The Case of the Emirates Identity Authority', Customer Service Conference, June 24, 2012, Rome, Italy.
This article provides some insight into the implementation of the national ID programme in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The fundamental aim is to contribute to the existing body of knowledge in the field, as it sheds light on some of the lessons learned from the programme that is believed to widening the knowledge horizons of those involved in such initiatives.
In the past two years following the pandemic, there is an emergent paradigm shift across all Digital Identities, Business Processes and Technology. It is no longer about People, but Human and Non-Human Identities including Machines, Applications, Cloud, Internet of Things and others. It is important for Technology Leaders and Professionals to understand that resilient Identity and Access Management is achievable as Technology and Business evolve. Inculcating Multi-factor authentication and Zero Trust Model into their Identity and Access Management System should be the order of this Digital Age. It is also important to work with the newly updated frameworks in Identity Management to accommodate the state of the art technology. The culture of Identifying, authenticating, authorizing and Accounting should be strictly applied in the above order for optimal security. The Support of Identity Management vendors should be embraced. Happy Identity Management Day!
Al-Khouri, A.M. (2013) 'Developing More Inclusive and Innovative Government', The 5th Government Technology Summit – Middle East, February 5 – 6, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
يسلط الكتاب الضوء على دور اقتصاد البيانات في دعم الأنظمة الاقتصادية الوطنية، وإرشاد القرارات والسياسات في مختلف القطاعات. ويقدم مجموعة من التوصيات لتطوير السياسات التنظيمية والبنى التحتية ودعم الابتكار وتشجيع نمو القطاع الخاص وريادة الأعمال.
يسلط الكتاب الضوء على أهم أبعاد التحول الرقمي الحكومي، ويقدم أطر ومفاهيم عامة لتصميم وتطوير المنظومات الخدماتية القائمة على إنشاء القيمة وتحقيق النمو الاجتماعي والاقتصادي
يتناول الكتاب المتغيرات التي فرضتها التكنولوجيات الحديثة على المفاهيم المرتبطة بالنقد، ودور العملات الرقمية في تشكيل مستقبل الأسواق العالمية.
ويتطرق أيضاً إلى التحولات الكبيرة في الاقتصاد العالمي الجديد، ودور العملة في الاقتصاد، والمشكلات التي تواجه العملات بشكل عام والورقية على الأخص، والمدفوعات والعملات الإلكترونية، ومفهوم العملات الرقمية الحكومية والتجارية والافتراضية والمشفرة والمستقرة، هذا بالإضافة إلى مميزات العملات المشفرة ومخاطرها، والقيم المتذبذبة للعملات التجارية، والترويج الذي يتم لها.
كما يستعرض الكتاب التجارب الدولية للعملات الرقمية، والتجارب العربية في هذا المجال، والمواقف الحكومية من العملات المشفرة، وعملة الـفيسبوك، ومستقبل العملات الرقمية والمدفوعات الرقمية، هذا بالإضافة إلى دور تكنولوجيا البلوك تشين في تأمين المعاملات المالية.
ويضع الكتاب النموذج المتوقع لعمل العملات الرقمية الحكومية، وذلك من خلال التطرق إلى 9 خصائص رئيسية مطلوبة لأي منظومة عملة ناجحة من العملات الرقمية، وكذلك 8 مكونات أساسية لنموذج عمل العملات الرقمية الحكومية، مع شرح آلية عمل النموذج.
ومن بين أهم التوصيات التي أوصى بها الكتاب هو ضرورة أن يتوحد العالم العربي لدراسة وتأسيس عملة رقمية وفق منهج علمي مدروس وجماعي، تكون الأولوية الحاكمة فيه هي التوافق والتكامل.
يشير الكتاب على أن التنمية الفكرية في بناء المؤسسات تمثل إحدى أهم الأبعاد المحورية نحو المجتمعات والاقتصادات المستدامة، ويبين أن وصول المؤسسات للقمة والتميز يتطلب منها تكوين فهم دقيق للقيمة المضافة التي تنشئها المؤسسة قبل بحث الكيفية والوسيلة، وأن القدرة على الابتكار والتغيير والتحديث هي السمات التي يمكن من خلالها أن تسهم في توفير قوة دافعة للمؤسسة للتميز والاستدامة.
ويتناول الكتيب عدة محاور ضرورية من شأنها أن تعزز من إسهامات القيادات الشابة في مؤسساتهم، والتي جاء في مقدمتها: مفهوم القمة في العمل المؤسسي، ومجالات وصول المؤسسات للقمة، وأدوات الوصول للقمة والمحافظة عليها؛ وشرح لمفاهيم الإدارة المتميزة، وأساسيات إدارة الموارد البشرية، ومدى الاستفادة من التكنولوجيا، وما يحمله المستقبل من تطورات في مجالات جديدة بالثورة الصناعية الرابعة، وطريقة الوصول للقمة، وكذلك استمرارية البقاء على القمة التي تستدعي التعلم بشكل مستمر، وكيفية استدامة التميز المعتمدة على المنهج المتكامل القابل لتحديد نفسه بصفة دائمة.
يتطرق الكتاب إلى بعض المعطيات التي أصبحت تدفع نحو تحولات كبيرة في النظام الاقتصادي العالمي، ويتناول توقعات المؤسسات الدولية لأداء الاقتصاد العالمي.
كما يضع الكتاب عدد من السمات المفترضة للنظام الاقتصادي الجديد خلال فترة ما بعد (كوفيد 19).
يتناول الكتاب الصادر من مجلس الوحدة الاقتصادية العربية بجامعة الدول العربية بعنوان “الاقتصاد الرقمي ودوره في تعزيز الأمن الوطني”، الفرص التي يمتلكها الاقتصاد الرقمي ويدعو للتركيز على الاقتصاد الرقمي كعنصر تنموي استراتيجي لتطوير مقومات الأمن الاقتصادي.
The study highlights the effects of the revolutions and unrest in Arab countries with an attempt to provide an overview of Arab present and its prospects. It primarily recommends the adoption and employment of advanced technologies in reconstruction efforts and supporting the development of resilient and sustainable economies.
The book is designed to promote understanding of conflicts in organisations, and establish how they can be handled effectively, and make them work as opportunities for improvement and constructive change.
دراسة موجزة لمجلس الوحدة الاقتصادية العربية بجامعة الدول العربية حول آثار أزمة جائحة كورونا على الدول العربية وتقدم توصيات لمتخذي القرار وراسمي السياسات للتعامل مع تداعيات الأزمة.
The book pinpoints that the digital future is exposed to the danger of chaotic, unregulated growth, which constitutes a challenge for countries that still operate according to traditional economic models, and that public thinking in the Arab region in facing challenges still follows the "reaction methodology" and temporary solutions with short-term prospects, and that this is confirmed by the current international indicators of its competitiveness. The book proposes that in order to address this, visions and efforts should be based on strategies driven by scientific methods, and with it the Arab countries must develop a clear understanding of the main challenges before jumping to seize opportunities.
The book shows that it is fundamental for policymakers and decision-makers to have precise and accurate understanding of the intricate details in digital transformation initiatives and the role that modern technologies can play in changing the rules and systems of current practices, and in how to develop digitized, more innovative business models with which to build resilient and sustainable social economies and systems.
The book also draws on the current data and indicators of the global economy and that they are pushing to form a worrying picture of weaknesses in Arab countries, which in turn may threaten the stability of the entire region, especially with regard to the "cognitive decline" and “increasing unemployment rates” and “poor economic performance"; and that these challenges call for dealing with it as key strategic indicators that require urgent action plans; with emphasis that these plans need to be designed to reflect different ways of thinking and adapted to the nature of the requirements and challenges of the 21st century and treat them as forces and positive factors.
The book highlights the importance of accelerating the implementation of a set of initial reform projects to encourage the development of more dynamic and developed digital business environments in the Arab region, in parallel with the development of educational systems and healthcare, and strengthening agricultural capabilities to achieve food security targets, and focus on economies based on industry and production, and promoting the development of Arab digital platforms to support e-commerce practices.
يتطرق الكتاب إلى تحليل الوضع الراهن لمشاريع التحول الرقمي في الحكومات العربية، والمراحل الأربعة للتحول في المنظومة الحكومية، وأهم العوائق والتحديات التي تعطل مسيرة التطور والتقدم ويقدم الكتاب بعض الحلول الموجزة والمقترحة في هذا السياق.
ويوضح الكتاب بأن مفاهيم الصناعة باتت تدفع بتطبيقات ممكّنة للآلات للتواصل فيما بينها من خلال الشبكات الإلكترونية واتخاذ القرارات اللامركزية بمستويات تفوق القدرات البشرية. كما أن ذلك أصبح يدفع أيضاً إلى ظهور نماذج عمل للمؤسسات أشبه بـ «المصانع الذكية» تتميز بقدراتها الآلية على التطوير الذاتي والتعامل مع المتغيرات والتعلم المستدام، والقدرة على تطوير المنظومات الخدمية والإنتاجية بمستويات كفاءة وفاعلية ومستويات أداء غير مسبوقة؛ وأن المؤسسات في المنطقة العربية لم يعد أمامها خيار سوى الاستمرار ومواكبة التقدم في تنفيذ مشاريع التحول الرقمي.
وجدير بالذكر أن المنطقة العربية وكثير من دول العالم شهدت في العقدين الماضيين آلاف المبادرات والمشاريع في مجال التحول الرقمي، مستهدفة دعم قدراتها كحكومة مسئولة عن صناعة العديد من القرارات وتقديم الخدمات، وانطلاقاً من رؤية القيادات في هذه الدول لتحويل الخدمات الحكومية إلى خدمات إلكترونية وذكية.
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/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!