An Introduction to what gamification is. Examples of gamification applications, platforms, and methods.
I put these slides together for a lecture I've given at the University of Waterloo, July 2016.
Gamification - Defining, Designing and Using itZac Fitz-Walter
A presentation that describes the concept of gamification, it's roots, design and application. Minimal words, lots of pics and lots of fun to present. :)
Make sure to sign up to my weekly gamification newsletter: http://gamificationweekly.com
Lecture 1 of 4 in the Game Design Class, Fall 2012 - Structure of Games: introduction to formal, dramatic, spatial elements, and a definition of games.
We presented this deck at the ESOMAR Congress 2011 conference in Amsterdam where it was nominated for "Best Methodological Paper".
The meat of this deck is a collection of case studies showing the efficacy of gamification in various BUSINESS contexts. It took us ages to contact and collate these various examples, so hopefully having them all in one place will save you time.
A big thank you very much to the various folks who helped us put this piece of research together!
If you have any questions, comments, requests, or are interested in the original paper that this deck is based on, please feel free to drop us a line :)
Gamification - Defining, Designing and Using itZac Fitz-Walter
A presentation that describes the concept of gamification, it's roots, design and application. Minimal words, lots of pics and lots of fun to present. :)
Make sure to sign up to my weekly gamification newsletter: http://gamificationweekly.com
Lecture 1 of 4 in the Game Design Class, Fall 2012 - Structure of Games: introduction to formal, dramatic, spatial elements, and a definition of games.
We presented this deck at the ESOMAR Congress 2011 conference in Amsterdam where it was nominated for "Best Methodological Paper".
The meat of this deck is a collection of case studies showing the efficacy of gamification in various BUSINESS contexts. It took us ages to contact and collate these various examples, so hopefully having them all in one place will save you time.
A big thank you very much to the various folks who helped us put this piece of research together!
If you have any questions, comments, requests, or are interested in the original paper that this deck is based on, please feel free to drop us a line :)
MEMOIRE GAMIFICATION - Quand jouer c'est communiquer, la publicité à l'épreuv...Quentin Delamotte
How can we explain the recent interest that brands have in game? What are the benefits brought by the playful experience in advertising communication strategy? What is gamification and how can it be applied in a marketing perspective; which opportunities does it offer and what are its limits?
To answer these questions we conducted a study in several steps. First, we analyzed how the use of game as a tool and a communication medium results from a double evolution: on the one hand, the evolution of advertising from traditional communication to brand content; on the other hand, societal evolution, with the recent transformation of our society into a "society of game." Then, we studied the different ways brands appropriated game in their communication strategies. By outlining the opportunities but also the limitations of these tools, we tried to identify and define the value of the playful object. Thus, we could wonder if game would affect brands’ communication over the long term.
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Comment expliquer l’intérêt récent des marques pour le jeu ? Quels avantages apporte l’expérience ludique dans une stratégie de communication publicitaire ? Qu’est-ce que la gamification et comment peut-elle s’appliquer dans une perspective marketing ; quelles opportunités offre-t-elle et quelles sont ses limites ?
Pour répondre à ces questions nous avons mené une étude en plusieurs temps. Dans un premier temps, nous avons analysé en quoi l’utilisation du jeu en tant qu’outil et support de communication résulte d’une double évolution : publicitaire d’une part, avec la mutation de la communication traditionnelle en communication de contenu ; sociétale d’autre part, avec la transformation récente de notre société en « société du jeu ». Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons étudié les différentes formes de récupération du jeu par les marques dans leur communication : des advergames aux campagnes gamifiées. En exposant les opportunités mais aussi les limites de ces différents outils, nous avons tenté de déterminer et de circonscrire l’intérêt de l’objet ludique ; de sorte à se demander si le jeu pourrait influencer durablement la communication de marque.
This whitepaper offers an introduction to the world of Gamification. Containing theories and examples, it provides a framework with which the reader can start implementing Gamification in his own organization.
Mecânica de jogos digitais: documentando com Behaviour Driven Developemnt (BD...Potiguar Indie Games
Palestra ministrada na Cientec (UFRN) em outubro de 2013 nos dias 22 e 23.
O intuito desta palestra é mostrar conceitos básicos de desenvolvimento de jogos e abordar um pouco do processo criativo vinculado a processo de desenvolvimento e documentação de mecânica de jogos digitais.
The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Presentation shows how it all started, some best and worst practices and main principles of gamification.
Getting2Alpha: Turbo-charge your product with Game Thinking by Amy Jo KimNaresh Jain
Do you want to harness the deeper power of games – the power to drive long-term engagement? Are you ready to look beyond the silver bullets & Skinner boxes – and learn to think like a game designer? In this talk, you’ll learn the foundations of Game Thinking - brought to life with front-line stories from eBay, Ultima Online, The Sims, Rock Band, Covet Fashion, Happify, Lumosity and Slack. You’ll come away with a smarter approach to innovative product design - and practical, actionable design tips you can use right away to turbo-charge your path towards product/market fit.
More details: https://confengine.com/agile-india-2016/proposal/1961/getting2alpha-turbo-charge-your-product-with-game-thinking
Gamification ist in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Technik angekommen. Grundsätzliche Idee dahinter ist den Spieltrieb der Menschen anzusprechen.
Folgende Ziele stehen dabei im Vordergrund:
Nicht zur Unterhaltung vorgesehen
Erlernen von neuen Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen
Lerninhalt integriert
Spielerische Vermittlung & Training neuer Fähigkeiten
Marketing
Der Nutzen von Gamification ist vielfältig. So auch die Einsatzszenarien, in denen Gamification angewendet wird. Sei es im Human Resources Bereich für das Recruiting, in der Ausbildung/Weiterbildung, in Marketing und Vertrieb zur Produkteinführung, Kundenbindung, Produktwerbung oder in der Wissenschaft um kollektive Intelligenz und Fähigkeiten weltweit zu nutzen, um Probleme zu lösen.
Die Charts geben einen Einblick in Einsatzszenarien und Erfolgsfaktoren von Gamification.
Do all users equally enjoy all game elements in gamification?
This talk presents the Hexad user types survey and the game elements correlated with each one of the six Hexad user types.
Presented at the ACM CHI PLAY 2016 Conference.
Gamification 101: Learn the Basics of Gamification StrategyTechnologyAdvice
Learn the basics of gamification strategy, including common terms, how to implement solutions, and what it can do for your company.
For more gamification resources, visit us at TechnologyAdvice.com
MEMOIRE GAMIFICATION - Quand jouer c'est communiquer, la publicité à l'épreuv...Quentin Delamotte
How can we explain the recent interest that brands have in game? What are the benefits brought by the playful experience in advertising communication strategy? What is gamification and how can it be applied in a marketing perspective; which opportunities does it offer and what are its limits?
To answer these questions we conducted a study in several steps. First, we analyzed how the use of game as a tool and a communication medium results from a double evolution: on the one hand, the evolution of advertising from traditional communication to brand content; on the other hand, societal evolution, with the recent transformation of our society into a "society of game." Then, we studied the different ways brands appropriated game in their communication strategies. By outlining the opportunities but also the limitations of these tools, we tried to identify and define the value of the playful object. Thus, we could wonder if game would affect brands’ communication over the long term.
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Comment expliquer l’intérêt récent des marques pour le jeu ? Quels avantages apporte l’expérience ludique dans une stratégie de communication publicitaire ? Qu’est-ce que la gamification et comment peut-elle s’appliquer dans une perspective marketing ; quelles opportunités offre-t-elle et quelles sont ses limites ?
Pour répondre à ces questions nous avons mené une étude en plusieurs temps. Dans un premier temps, nous avons analysé en quoi l’utilisation du jeu en tant qu’outil et support de communication résulte d’une double évolution : publicitaire d’une part, avec la mutation de la communication traditionnelle en communication de contenu ; sociétale d’autre part, avec la transformation récente de notre société en « société du jeu ». Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons étudié les différentes formes de récupération du jeu par les marques dans leur communication : des advergames aux campagnes gamifiées. En exposant les opportunités mais aussi les limites de ces différents outils, nous avons tenté de déterminer et de circonscrire l’intérêt de l’objet ludique ; de sorte à se demander si le jeu pourrait influencer durablement la communication de marque.
This whitepaper offers an introduction to the world of Gamification. Containing theories and examples, it provides a framework with which the reader can start implementing Gamification in his own organization.
Mecânica de jogos digitais: documentando com Behaviour Driven Developemnt (BD...Potiguar Indie Games
Palestra ministrada na Cientec (UFRN) em outubro de 2013 nos dias 22 e 23.
O intuito desta palestra é mostrar conceitos básicos de desenvolvimento de jogos e abordar um pouco do processo criativo vinculado a processo de desenvolvimento e documentação de mecânica de jogos digitais.
The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Presentation shows how it all started, some best and worst practices and main principles of gamification.
Getting2Alpha: Turbo-charge your product with Game Thinking by Amy Jo KimNaresh Jain
Do you want to harness the deeper power of games – the power to drive long-term engagement? Are you ready to look beyond the silver bullets & Skinner boxes – and learn to think like a game designer? In this talk, you’ll learn the foundations of Game Thinking - brought to life with front-line stories from eBay, Ultima Online, The Sims, Rock Band, Covet Fashion, Happify, Lumosity and Slack. You’ll come away with a smarter approach to innovative product design - and practical, actionable design tips you can use right away to turbo-charge your path towards product/market fit.
More details: https://confengine.com/agile-india-2016/proposal/1961/getting2alpha-turbo-charge-your-product-with-game-thinking
Gamification ist in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Technik angekommen. Grundsätzliche Idee dahinter ist den Spieltrieb der Menschen anzusprechen.
Folgende Ziele stehen dabei im Vordergrund:
Nicht zur Unterhaltung vorgesehen
Erlernen von neuen Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen
Lerninhalt integriert
Spielerische Vermittlung & Training neuer Fähigkeiten
Marketing
Der Nutzen von Gamification ist vielfältig. So auch die Einsatzszenarien, in denen Gamification angewendet wird. Sei es im Human Resources Bereich für das Recruiting, in der Ausbildung/Weiterbildung, in Marketing und Vertrieb zur Produkteinführung, Kundenbindung, Produktwerbung oder in der Wissenschaft um kollektive Intelligenz und Fähigkeiten weltweit zu nutzen, um Probleme zu lösen.
Die Charts geben einen Einblick in Einsatzszenarien und Erfolgsfaktoren von Gamification.
Do all users equally enjoy all game elements in gamification?
This talk presents the Hexad user types survey and the game elements correlated with each one of the six Hexad user types.
Presented at the ACM CHI PLAY 2016 Conference.
Gamification 101: Learn the Basics of Gamification StrategyTechnologyAdvice
Learn the basics of gamification strategy, including common terms, how to implement solutions, and what it can do for your company.
For more gamification resources, visit us at TechnologyAdvice.com
Organisations continue to search for the silver bullet that will deliver improved employee and customer engagement, facilitate more effective collaboration and drive innovation. Is "gamification" the answer, or is it just one more over-hyped and fashionable trend that promises much but delivers little? Gamification has indeed bubbled to the top of the Gartner hype cycle, but there is growing evidence that it is an effective business improvement change agent, with industry growth rates predicted to be 67% p.a. and a market worth £3.4 billion by 2018.
Gamification is about much more than simply rewarding points and badges, but rather understanding and influencing the human behaviours companies want to encourage among their employees and customers. Gamification is founded in the fundamentals of human psychology and behavioural science, and rests on three primary factors: motivation, ability level and triggers.
This session looks at some of the gamification strategies and techniques being used to influence behaviour change, and how these techniques can be used to facilitate more effective collaboration and employee/customer engagement.
Toward Personalised Gamification for Learning EnvironmentsBaptiste Monterrat
Many learning environments are deserted by the learners, even if they are effective. Gamification is a growing approach used to raise learners’ motiva-tion by adding game elements in their environment, but it still pays few attention to the individual differences among learners’ motivations. This paper presents a gamification system designed to be plugged on various learning environments. It can be automatically personalised, based on an analysis of the interaction traces.
On/Off Road Cycle Infrastructure Review - Urban
Venue: Glasgow - Cycling Scotland Office
Site Visit: Glasgow Connect 2 Cycle Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Start Time 9.30am
Brief Description: Review of Connect 2 infrastructure installed within Glasgow. This will be completed by a series of workshops on designing for cyclists looking in depth at current design manuals and providing a more technical review of current standards. Site visits will be used to review the infrastructure completing the day with a feedback session on the installed infrastructure.
A Sententia Gamification Design Tool
www.SententiaGames.com
What is a Learner Persona?
Learner Personas are a fictional representation of your targeted learners. They are based on real data about learner demographics and behavior, along with educated speculation about their personal histories, motivations, and concerns.
Learn More at www.SententiaGames.com
Monica Cornetti
CEO Sententia Gamification
guru@sententiagames.com
@monicacornetti
La impugnabilidad de la resolución de secuestro en la jurisdicción marítima, ...Nelson Carreyó Collazos
Las medidas cautelares como mecanismos de coerción en algunas ocasiones puede representar injusticias; de allí que el legislador se haya preocupado en estructurar instrumentos procedimentales idóneos para el ejercicio del derecho de defensa los cuales pueden ser utilizados en la misma instancia, en apelación o como recurso extraordinario.
En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar esos métodos de impugnación y en especial dilucidar si puede considerarse (como en la práctica lo ha hecho la jurisdicción marítima en algunos fallos) que el fenómeno jurídico de la prescripción de la acción extingue los créditos marítimos privilegiados para efectos de estimar o desestimar la principal de esas medidas como es el Apremio.
Gamification: The reality of what it is and what it isn'tTNS
Kyle Findlay, TNS Global Brand Equity Centre, South Africa and Kirsty Alberts, TNS Global Brand Equity Centre, South Africa
"Gamification" is a buzzword currently reverberating across the internet - but how much of it is hype vs. reality? Sitting at the cross-roads between behavioural economics and video games, gamification brings behaviour change methodologies into the digital age by explicitly providing us with the mechanics to improve user engagement. In theory, "gamifying" any process, from filling in tax forms in the real world to shopping on Amazon.com, should increase user engagement and overall satisfaction. The presentation will test these claims. It will investigate just what gamification really is and what it is not. The presenters will highlight recent research they have conducted into this topic along with interviews with various members of some of the tech companies that are at the forefront of this trend.
Gamification: Integrating gaming into your brand strategy TP1
Gamification (or gameful design) is not a new concept, but it has been mishandled by marketing consultants. This presentation will outline the concept for you through the perspective of game design.
This presentation covers ideas and issues related to the use of games and videogame technologies in crowdsourcing projects for productivity, education, citizen science, human computation, and more.
Video: http://goo.gl/oKMFm // Are points and badges mere indulgences for the faithful looking for redemption in loyalty programs? In nine (and a half) theses, this talk will walk you through the history, definition, and issues of “gamification,” and point out what is worth salvaging for designers and researchers.
2011’s HOT BUTTON TOPIC: ENGAGEMENT THROUGH GAMIFICATION.Merging Media
2011’s HOT BUTTON TOPIC: ENGAGEMENT THROUGH GAMIFICATION.
Speaker: Scott Dodson, COO, Bobber Interactive.
In just a year, Gamification has become the hottest and most engaging media strategy of the day, but are we just diving in and getting the most of Gamification or missing the mark? Can games change the way we engage film/TV audiences? US Gamification expert Scott Dodson shares some interesting insights into this new trend and provides some existing examples of good play!
Video Games as Learning Tools & Making Games as Systems ThinkingMichelle
Playing and making video games – classroom appropriate? Games encompass many new media literacy skills and allow opportunities to develop analytical, systems, and problem-solving skills. There are three ways to use games with students: play an existing game, you make a game, and students make a game.
Several research studies have been showing that personalized gameful solutions can lead to higher engagement and performance. However, personalized gameful design faces two challenges: deciding how to select game elements and activities that are appealing to different users, and deciding how to adapt the experience to each user. In this talk, Gustavo reports on the latest research and his own experience designing personalized gameful solutions. To solve the first challenge (design), he will show how to use the classification of gameful design elements, the gameful design heuristics, and the user types models to create solutions that are appealing to different users. For the second challenge (adaptation), he will discuss strategies for customization (letting the user adjust their experience at will) or personalization (having the system automatically learn about the user and make adjustments).
Keynote presented at Gamification Europe 2020.
Player Characteristics and Video Game PreferencesGustavo Tondello
The Games User Research literature has advanced considerably on understanding why people play games and what different types of games or mechanics they prefer. However, what has been less studied is how models of player preferences explain their game choices. In this study, we address this question by analyzing data about the games that participants enjoy, their player trait scores, and their preferred game elements and playing styles. The results provide evidence that these scores can significantly explain participants’ preferences for different games. Additionally, we provide information about the characteristics of players who enjoy each game. This work was presented at CHI PLAY 2019.
"I don't fit into a single type": A Trait Model and Scale of Game Playing Pre...Gustavo Tondello
Player typology models classify different player motivations and behaviours. These models are necessary to design personalized games or to target specific audiences. However, many models lack validation and standard measurement instruments. Additionally, they rely on type theories, which split players into separate categories. Yet, personality research has lately favoured trait theories, which recognize that people's preferences are composed of a sum of different characteristics. Given these shortcomings of existing models, we developed a player traits model built on a detailed review and synthesis of the extant literature, which introduces five player traits: aesthetic orientation, narrative orientation, goal orientation, social orientation, and challenge orientation. Furthermore, we created and validated a 25-item measurement scale for the five player traits. This scale outputs a player profile, which describes participants' preferences for different game elements and game playing styles. Finally, we demonstrate that this is the first validated player preferences model and how it serves as an actionable tool for personalized game design.
Dynamic Personalization of Gameful Interactive SystemsGustavo Tondello
These are the slides of my Ph.D. thesis oral defence at the University of Waterloo on June 20, 2019.
Gameful design, the process of creating a system with affordances for gameful experiences, can be used to increase user engagement and enjoyment of digital interactive systems. It can also be used to create applications for behaviour change in areas such as health, wellness, education, customer loyalty, and employee management. However, existing research suggests that the qualities of users, such as their personality traits, preferences, or identification with the task, can influence gamification outcomes.
Given how user qualities shape the gameful experience, it is important to understand how to personalize gameful systems. Current evidence suggests that personalized gameful systems can lead to increased user engagement and be more effective in helping users achieve their goals than generic ones. However, to create this kind of system, designers need a specific method to guide them in personalizing the gameful experience to their target audience. To address this need, this thesis proposes a method for personalized gameful design with three steps: (1) classification of user preferences, (2) classification and selection of gameful design elements, and (3) heuristic evaluation of the design.
Furthermore, this thesis describes the design, implementation, and pilot evaluation of a software platform for the study of personalized gameful design. It integrates nine gameful design elements built around a main instrumental task, enabling researchers to observe and study the gameful experience of participants. The platform is flexible so the instrumental task can be changed, game elements can be added or removed, and the level and type of personalization or customization can be controlled. This allows researchers to generate different experimental conditions to study a broad range of research questions.
Our personalized gameful design method provides practical tools and clear guidelines to help designers effectively build personalized gameful systems.
A Theory of Gamification Principles Through Goal-Setting TheoryGustavo Tondello
Goal setting theory has been used for decades to explain how to motivate people to perform better in work related tasks, but more recently gamification has also gained attention as an alternative method to increase employee engagement and performance at work. However, despite goal setting and feedback being at the core of gameful implementations, there is a lack of literature explaining how gamification works through the lens of goal setting theory or suggesting how goal setting concepts and recommendations can be employed to improve gameful systems. Therefore, we present a conceptual framework that establishes a relationship between the goal setting concepts and gamification concepts and mechanisms. Next, we describe how this framework can help explain the mechanisms behind gamification and suggest potential improvements to current gameful design methods. Finally, we propose directions for future empirical research aimed to apply this conceptual framework in practice.
A Framework and Taxonomy of Videogame Playing Preferences (CHI PLAY 17)Gustavo Tondello
We propose a conceptual framework of player preferences based on two dimensions: game elements and game playing styles. To investigate these two concepts, we conducted an online survey of player preferences, which allowed us to create a taxonomy of nine groups of game elements and five groups of game playing styles. These two concepts are foundational to games, which means that our model can be used by designers to create games that are tailored to their target audience.
Introduction to Gameful Design Heuristics (CHI 2017)Gustavo Tondello
Part 1/2 of CHI 2017 course "Applying Gameful Design Heuristics". This course will supply attendees with our gameful design heuristics and train them in using the heuristics on an example application. Finally, at the end of the second unit, we
will be discussing how to generate design ideas with the heuristics.
In gameful design, motivational affordances are often used to facilitate intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. This presentation details the 12 dimensions of motivational affordances according to the Gameful Design Heuristics by the HCI Games Group.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
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/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
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3. Gamification can be seen as part
of Positive Computing
Sources: Positive Computing.
Yu-kai Chou. Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. Octalysis Media: 2015.
Positive Computing
“design and development of technology to
support wellbeing and human potential.”
Human-Focused Design
“optimizes for human motivation in a system as
opposed to optimizing for pure functional
efficiency within the system.”
Two focuses:
wellbeing (goals) and motivation (means).
4. Source: Deterding, Dixon, Khaled, Nacke. From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”. MindTrek ‘11
What is Gamification
Playful
Design
Gameful
Design
(Gamification)
Toys Games
Parts
Whole
Play Games
5. Gamification is “the use of game design
elements in non-game contexts”.
Level Description Example
Game interface design
patterns
Common design solutions Badges, leaderboards, levels
Game design patterns
and mechanics
Reoccurring parts of the
design of a game that concern
gameplay
Time constraint, limited
resources, turns
Game design principles
and heuristics
Evaluative guidelines to
analyze design problems
solutions
Enduring play, clear goals,
variety of game styles
Game models Conceptual models of the
components of game
experience
MDA; challenge, fantasy,
curiosity; game design atoms
Game design methods Game design-specific practices
and processes
Playtesting, play-centric
design, value conscious game
design
Source: Deterding, Dixon, Khaled, Nacke. From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”. MindTrek ‘11
6. Gamification is “the use of game design
elements in non-game contexts”.
Source: Deterding, Dixon, Khaled, Nacke. From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”. MindTrek ‘11
Training Education Health Fitness
Nutrition
Customer
relations
Human
resources
Team
management
7. Gamification is mainly concerned
with users’ motivation.
Motivated users engage use a system or
application more often and for longer periods.
Motivated employees are more effective in their
activities.
A system may be great at performing its function,
but users must be motivated to use it!
8. Photo: Mike Linksvayer (CC0)
What do games make us experience
that motivate us to play?
How can we foster the same type of motivation in
activities that are not games?
9. Theory of Motivation
Sources: Self-determination theory (SDT).
Rigby and Ryan. Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound. Praeger: 2011.
Intrinsic Motivation: the activity is enjoyable by itself.
• Autonomy: feeling free to choose one’s own goals and
activities
• Competence: feeling capable of accomplishing one’s
goals and learning new things
• Relatedness: feeling connected with other people
Extrinsic Motivation: comes from the expectation of
earning something (a reward) in return from
completing an activity.
10. Motivation in Games
Bernard Suits
The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia.
3rd Ed. Broadview, 2014.
“Playing a game is a voluntary
attempt to overcome
unnecessary obstacles.”
23. Source: Brian Burke. Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People To Do Extraordinary Things. Bibliomotion: 2014.
Gameful Design Process
Define business outcomes
and success metrics
Define target audience
Define player goals
Define
engagement
model
Define play
space and
game
mechanics
24. Gameful Design Methods
Marczewski’s
Gamification Framework
Octalysis Framework
Lens of Intrinsic Skill
Atoms
Gamification Toolkit
Gamification Model
Canvas
Kaleidoscope of
Effective Gamification
25. Suggested additional material
An Introduction to Gamification in
Human-Computer Interaction
Photo: Gamification by michael davis-burchat (CC BY-ND 2.0)
What is Gamification?