This is the final product of my project for the course "Internet Project" at Telecom ParisTech.
During the first part of my project, I read some books about startups and Silicon Valley (references on the last slide) as well as websites and blogs.
Then, I made this presentation which is mostly about Silicon Valley and how it became the heart of the world's innovation.
I hope you'll enjoy.
F.C.
This deck provides an overview of the history of Silicon Valley, mainly as it pertains to the high-tech sector.
There are also a few slides on SAP in Silicon Valley, as the company has a big presence in Palo Alto and is very involved in the local community.
This is a presentation that offers a basic introduction to Silicon Valley's computer and Internet industries. It offers brief glances at the history, current business and future of this California community.
This deck has been published with the kind permission of Christine Johnson, Sr. Director of SAP Community Relations.
"This deck provides an overview of the history of Silicon Valley, mainly as it pertains to the high-tech sector.
There are also a few slides on SAP in Silicon Valley, as the company has a big presence in Palo Alto and is very involved in the local community."
You can follow Christine at @SAPBayArea.
This deck provides an overview of the history of Silicon Valley, mainly as it pertains to the high-tech sector.
There are also a few slides on SAP in Silicon Valley, as the company has a big presence in Palo Alto and is very involved in the local community.
This is a presentation that offers a basic introduction to Silicon Valley's computer and Internet industries. It offers brief glances at the history, current business and future of this California community.
This deck has been published with the kind permission of Christine Johnson, Sr. Director of SAP Community Relations.
"This deck provides an overview of the history of Silicon Valley, mainly as it pertains to the high-tech sector.
There are also a few slides on SAP in Silicon Valley, as the company has a big presence in Palo Alto and is very involved in the local community."
You can follow Christine at @SAPBayArea.
Summary of the strategy of building low-burn-rate startups, i.e. capital efficient and generally frugal. By taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste.
Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple IncSHREYANSH VATS
The following presentation is based on a case on Apple Inc about how Apple goes about implementing innovation and design thinking at their firm, and how there's a shift with the arrival of Tim Cook. The case was a part of our course called BusinessInnovation in New Environment (BINE)
A short and simple presentation of the major phases of life of Steve Jobs. From his childhood till death. How he started at Apple and his down-fall and then a surprise comeback. Included all the important phases and events of his timeline.
Art/Science Interaction - Case study: Silicon Valleypiero scaruffi
Presentation for the Alpbach Technology Forum of August 2014 on Art/Science and Silicon Valley. I keep updating my presentations on Silicon Valley at www.scaruffi.com/svhistory
Summary of the strategy of building low-burn-rate startups, i.e. capital efficient and generally frugal. By taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste.
Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple IncSHREYANSH VATS
The following presentation is based on a case on Apple Inc about how Apple goes about implementing innovation and design thinking at their firm, and how there's a shift with the arrival of Tim Cook. The case was a part of our course called BusinessInnovation in New Environment (BINE)
A short and simple presentation of the major phases of life of Steve Jobs. From his childhood till death. How he started at Apple and his down-fall and then a surprise comeback. Included all the important phases and events of his timeline.
Art/Science Interaction - Case study: Silicon Valleypiero scaruffi
Presentation for the Alpbach Technology Forum of August 2014 on Art/Science and Silicon Valley. I keep updating my presentations on Silicon Valley at www.scaruffi.com/svhistory
Presentation to Arab Trade Delegation to Silicon Valley Jan. 15 2014
History of how Silicon Valley became Silicon Valley
Arab potential for tech development
Why joint ventures with Silicon Valley
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
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
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And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
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• 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.
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4. How it all started
Stanford University
• 1891, Leland Stanford
• Hired faculty members from the East Coast
• But no jobs for graduates
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5. How it all started
Stanford University
• 1891, Leland Stanford
• Hired faculty members from the East Coast
• But no jobs for graduates
Prof. Frederick Terman
• Father of the Silicon Valley
• Encourages students to start
companies near Stanford
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6. How it all started
H&P
• 1937
• Started in a garage
• With the help of Terman
• 1939, 1st deal with Walt Disney
• 2010, $115B annual revenue (9th)
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7. How it all started
Varian Associates
• 1937
• Research on radars, microwave
• Lab and some money from Stanford University
• Good investment
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8. The Park
Stanford Industrial Park
• 50s, Stanford needs money
• 3240 hectares of unused land
• Leased to High Tech companies
• Varian, GE, Kodak, etc
• Defense contracts (public)
• Lockheed, IBM, NASA
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9. The silicon
The silicon in Silicon Valley
• 1955, William Shockley invents the transistor
• 1958, 8 Engineers found Fairchild
• Invention of the integrated circuit
• Fairchild becomes a huge firm
• Spin-offs: Intel, Signetics (Phillips), AMD, etc
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10. The silicon
The PC revolution
• 1973, Introduction of the CPU by Intel
• Massive production of “chips”
• Homebrew Computer Club
• You can have a computer at home
• 1976, Apple Computer (Wozniak, Jobs)
• 1982, IBM PC with Microsoft DOS
• 80s, expansion of microcomputers
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11. The Internet Valley
80-90s, semiconductor crisis
• International competition (Japan)
• Competition inside the USA (Texas)
• Government expenses drastically lowered
1980, ARPANET
1989, WWW, first browser
Exponential growth
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12. The Internet Valley
90s, Internet startups
• cheap, high return
Venture Capitalists
• Offices on Sand Hill Road
• Dot com boom, lot of money, IPOs
2000, dot com bubble
• Market value >> Real value
• Bubble bursts
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13. Where technology emerges
Computer science
Electronics
Bio-technology
Sustainable energy
etc
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14. Today
Web 2.0 boom
• Social Networks
Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare
• User generated content, etc
Youtube, Flickr, etc
A new bubble?
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15. Today
Still “the place to be”
• Huge culture of technology
• Great entrepreneur networks
• Seed-money is easy to get
• You can fail and try a new idea
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16. The Future
NYC
• Growing community of tech entrepreneurs
Europe
• Higher investments in tech companies
India
• A lot of talented engineers who need little money
The Silicon Valley state of mind is spreading
worldwide
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18. Interesting readings
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
• Stories of startups’ early days
Mastering the VC Game by Jeffrey Bussgang
• How to get from startup to IPO
Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
• Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
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