This article by Kaushal Sarda, Chief Evangelist at Kuliza, was published in issue 06 of Social Technology Quarterly.
Summary: A look at collaborative consumption, a phenomenon that is challenging current methods of consumption and is defining new ways of living.
We will work to acquire donations and fund development of key projects: Trusted News, Outcome-based Consensus, a Mobile civ.works platform and Virtual TownWorks.
When Two Worlds Collide: Data Strategy and Strategic Planning for 'Smart Gove...Sarah Barns
The rise of the data economy and support for ‘government as platform’ models of digital governance have seen growing appetite among city governments to invest in public-facing dashboards, which use open data channels to promote greater transparency in the monitoring a city’s well-being and functional performance. Well known examples include the London Data Store, the Dublin Dashboard and the NYC Open Data.
As the dashboard model grows traction and is embraced by Australian governments, this paper reflects on the institutional design of city dashboards, as they cut across the worlds of ICT policy and strategic urban planning. Based on recent case study research across Sydney, London and New York, this presentation compares a series of dashboard examples with a view to understanding the relationship between data-driven discovery programs, open data release channels or platforms, and the mechanisms of city performance management and strategic planning. In particular, it addresses the ‘back end’ support programs that support data discovery and harvesting; the challenges of persistent ‘data shadows’; and the forums needed to support alignment between data discovery, citizen engagement and strategic planning.
The analysis highlights the need to address the rise of city dashboards not simply as end products, but as more open-ended processes through which decision-makers, researchers and urbanists and technologists can seek to test the potential for data-driven methodologies to guide responses to contemporary city challenges.
This presentation looks at what 'The Age of the Platform' means for smart city policy challenges and opportunities. Presented as a Keynote Address a the Media Architecture Biennale held as part of Sydney's Vivid Festival in June 2016.
This article by Kaushal Sarda, Chief Evangelist at Kuliza, was published in issue 06 of Social Technology Quarterly.
Summary: A look at collaborative consumption, a phenomenon that is challenging current methods of consumption and is defining new ways of living.
We will work to acquire donations and fund development of key projects: Trusted News, Outcome-based Consensus, a Mobile civ.works platform and Virtual TownWorks.
When Two Worlds Collide: Data Strategy and Strategic Planning for 'Smart Gove...Sarah Barns
The rise of the data economy and support for ‘government as platform’ models of digital governance have seen growing appetite among city governments to invest in public-facing dashboards, which use open data channels to promote greater transparency in the monitoring a city’s well-being and functional performance. Well known examples include the London Data Store, the Dublin Dashboard and the NYC Open Data.
As the dashboard model grows traction and is embraced by Australian governments, this paper reflects on the institutional design of city dashboards, as they cut across the worlds of ICT policy and strategic urban planning. Based on recent case study research across Sydney, London and New York, this presentation compares a series of dashboard examples with a view to understanding the relationship between data-driven discovery programs, open data release channels or platforms, and the mechanisms of city performance management and strategic planning. In particular, it addresses the ‘back end’ support programs that support data discovery and harvesting; the challenges of persistent ‘data shadows’; and the forums needed to support alignment between data discovery, citizen engagement and strategic planning.
The analysis highlights the need to address the rise of city dashboards not simply as end products, but as more open-ended processes through which decision-makers, researchers and urbanists and technologists can seek to test the potential for data-driven methodologies to guide responses to contemporary city challenges.
This presentation looks at what 'The Age of the Platform' means for smart city policy challenges and opportunities. Presented as a Keynote Address a the Media Architecture Biennale held as part of Sydney's Vivid Festival in June 2016.
Civic Innovation Network (CIN) is a coalition of organisations and individuals who want to transform the way cities work around the common values of openness, collaboration and transparency .
This is a presentation given by James Gleave of Mobility Lab to the Smart Transport Conference in Birmingham on Wednesday 18th September 2019. Public participation is something all transport planners do. But we often do it poorly. This presentation builds on current research to identify the current challenges facing public engagement in transport, and what planners can do about it.
Adapting to future trends is not just about understanding what they are and their impacts. It is about who has the power to do something. This presentation was given to the RTPI / TPS Network Annual Conference in November 2019
Speed and scale are hallmarks of thisTechnology, which makes sharing and participation fast and easy, also empowers people who will create the new economy of the future. This talks gives examples of technology platforms that invite end-user contributions.
Viktor Gursky (SocialBoost) - Dark Side of Civic Engagement
3. Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy @ Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2019
April 6, 2019
Gdańsk, Poland
To celebrate the launch of Charlottesville's Open Data site, I shared some experience and vision for how to make the city truly collaborative with the community.
"Collaboration in Cities: From Sharing to ‘Sharing Economy’". World Economic...eraser Juan José Calderón
White Paper del World Economic Forum de Diciembre de 2017 In collaboration with PwC del titulado: "Collaboration in Cities: From Sharing to ‘Sharing Economy’"
Social Smart Citizens: Guest Lecture E-Governance and E-Democracy University ...robineffing
Introducing Digital and Social Strategies for Participatory Governance in Smart Cities. Guest lecture by Robin Effing partly based on paper presentation of Effing & Groot (2016) : http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-44421-5_19
E Volving Reciprocal Relationship E ConomiesLiezl Coetzee
This presentation examines human interaction in the virtual world created by networked communication systems, focusing on the formation of reciprocal networks of information sharing. Mauss’s theory of ‘the gift’ is used to indicate the essentially reciprocal nature of gift giving, which creates an obligation for some form of exchange, although not by means of direct payment as expected in market relations. Free exchange of information based on reciprocal sharing has been central to the development of the Internet. Where commercial interests have come in to enforce copywriting and licensing (notably in proprietary software), Free and Open Source Software movements have sprung up with copyleft licensing to protect the right to free sharing of code and other information. In this way what is referred to as the ‘High-Tech Gift Economy’ is directly challenging its capitalist counterpart in technology development, with the development of free software designed through the co-operation of ‘techies’ across the globe competing with commercial products. The paper argues that despite limitations the world wide web of information sharing does create an environment for giving gifts of information to a global audience. It is furthermore argued that reciprocal exchange of such gifts through generalized exchange with a worldwide network requires a heightened sense of presence in the virtual gift society.
NJ Future Redevelopment Forum Communications Strategy resourcesNew Jersey Future
A list of articles and other resources to help those involved in redevelopment and planning craft an effective communications strategy to maximize the chances of a successful outcome.
Civic Innovation Network (CIN) is a coalition of organisations and individuals who want to transform the way cities work around the common values of openness, collaboration and transparency .
This is a presentation given by James Gleave of Mobility Lab to the Smart Transport Conference in Birmingham on Wednesday 18th September 2019. Public participation is something all transport planners do. But we often do it poorly. This presentation builds on current research to identify the current challenges facing public engagement in transport, and what planners can do about it.
Adapting to future trends is not just about understanding what they are and their impacts. It is about who has the power to do something. This presentation was given to the RTPI / TPS Network Annual Conference in November 2019
Speed and scale are hallmarks of thisTechnology, which makes sharing and participation fast and easy, also empowers people who will create the new economy of the future. This talks gives examples of technology platforms that invite end-user contributions.
Viktor Gursky (SocialBoost) - Dark Side of Civic Engagement
3. Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy @ Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2019
April 6, 2019
Gdańsk, Poland
To celebrate the launch of Charlottesville's Open Data site, I shared some experience and vision for how to make the city truly collaborative with the community.
"Collaboration in Cities: From Sharing to ‘Sharing Economy’". World Economic...eraser Juan José Calderón
White Paper del World Economic Forum de Diciembre de 2017 In collaboration with PwC del titulado: "Collaboration in Cities: From Sharing to ‘Sharing Economy’"
Social Smart Citizens: Guest Lecture E-Governance and E-Democracy University ...robineffing
Introducing Digital and Social Strategies for Participatory Governance in Smart Cities. Guest lecture by Robin Effing partly based on paper presentation of Effing & Groot (2016) : http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-44421-5_19
E Volving Reciprocal Relationship E ConomiesLiezl Coetzee
This presentation examines human interaction in the virtual world created by networked communication systems, focusing on the formation of reciprocal networks of information sharing. Mauss’s theory of ‘the gift’ is used to indicate the essentially reciprocal nature of gift giving, which creates an obligation for some form of exchange, although not by means of direct payment as expected in market relations. Free exchange of information based on reciprocal sharing has been central to the development of the Internet. Where commercial interests have come in to enforce copywriting and licensing (notably in proprietary software), Free and Open Source Software movements have sprung up with copyleft licensing to protect the right to free sharing of code and other information. In this way what is referred to as the ‘High-Tech Gift Economy’ is directly challenging its capitalist counterpart in technology development, with the development of free software designed through the co-operation of ‘techies’ across the globe competing with commercial products. The paper argues that despite limitations the world wide web of information sharing does create an environment for giving gifts of information to a global audience. It is furthermore argued that reciprocal exchange of such gifts through generalized exchange with a worldwide network requires a heightened sense of presence in the virtual gift society.
NJ Future Redevelopment Forum Communications Strategy resourcesNew Jersey Future
A list of articles and other resources to help those involved in redevelopment and planning craft an effective communications strategy to maximize the chances of a successful outcome.
"How you manage your attention today influences your life tomorrow. The great opportunity of our time is to harness our inner technology … to learn to fully optimize nature’s most powerful operating system: the human mind. Mindfulness is a mental discipline for developing personal awareness and mastery of one’s inner life." Bess Gallanis at Ignite Chicago on February 6, 2012.
When the stakes are high, your communication skill can be a game changer or a deal breaker. The Firestarter Experience is an advanced communication skills intensive for senior executives, business owners and start up founders.
Code for All: Comparative Models Across Borders by Catherine Bracy (Code for ...mysociety
Catherine (Director of Community Organizing at Code for America) presented this session at The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC 2015) on 25 March 2015 in London.
21st Century Cities, Technology & Innovation - An OverviewAbhi Nemani
A "101" primer from EthosLabs.us on what makes a 21st century city work, and what it can accomplish -- including dozens of case studies/examples, and tips on how to get started.
EthosLabs is a government innovation consultancy designed to help cities and startups work together to embrace this opportunity. If your city or company is interested in working together, get in touch: hello@ethoslabs.us
This flyer lists the benefits of bringing Code for America's fellows to your city. The year long program enlists a team of fellows to build apps, train staff and help city governments strengthen their longterm ability to innovate. Become a 21st Century Government that is by the people and for the people. Visit http://codeforamerica.org/cities
City Vitals and City Dividends were first developed by economist Joe Cortright of Impresa, Inc. and CEO + President Lee Fisher's predecessor, Carol Coletta, now VP/Community and National Initiatives for the Knight Foundation. With the expert assistance of our Senior Research Advisors, Dr. Ziona Austrian and Merissa C. Piazza and their team at the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, CEOs for Cities has expanded on the groundbreaking work. Visit ceosforcities.org/cityvitals for more information.
Civic Tech to empower democracy and increase civic engagement: Local examples...mysociety
This was presented at mySociety's TICTeC Local 2019 conference, which was held on 1st November 2019 at City Hall in London. More details on the conference can be found here: https://tictec.mysociety.org/local/2019
Writing Sample-Title: Pioneering Urban Transformation: The Collective Power o...Rahsaan L. Browne
This article delves into the dynamic collaboration between New York City's public sector and its diverse communities, highlighting the crucial role of city and government officials in urban planning and community engagement. It explores the contributions of various NYC agencies, including the School Construction Authority (SCA), in driving innovation and transformation. By fostering inclusivity and leveraging partnerships with grassroots organizations, the article showcases how NYC sets a standard for sustainable development and collective progress.
Project I did with my group partner Alwayne Ritchie, for Analyzing Trends class. We had to choose a category (such as transportation, retail, technology etc), analyze the trends shaping it, the opportunities and cases that support such opportunities,a culture network that leads the market, its behavior and come up with a set of strategic actions
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
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/
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.
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
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.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
3. CFA helps city governments become more transparent, connected and
efficient by embracing the transformative power of the web to achieve more
impact with less money.
Inspired by Teach for America, CFA works with city officials and leading web
development talent to identify and then develop web solutions that can then
be shared and rolled out more broadly to cities across America.
4. /Seattle OurNeighborhood
Connect citizens in a sustainable network with government and
one another to ensure essential neighborhood priorities are met.
/DC Civic Commons
Design a system that enables cities to replicate existing code
projects in a sustainable and cost-effective manner.
CodeForAmerica.org
5.
6. Human progress is neither automatic nor
inevitable...
Every step toward the goal of justice requires
sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless
exertions and passionate concern of dedicated
individuals.
