Approaches to Integrated Water Management – Case Stories of Applied Solutions.
Presented by Torsten Jacobsen, Hydrologist (MSc, PhD), Water Resources Department, DHI.
ESI Annual Conference – Wednesday 20th June 2012.
Qafqaz university-inegrated-management-information-systemAbzetdin Adamov
Project was started in 2002 as an application of research results and findings has became today a strategic value-added tool and framework for Qafqaz University's core functions and services. We at the Qafqaz University are using IUMIS since 2004. Due to IUMIS we are able to
handle large number of students, core operational activities like admission, registration, examination, billing, reporting, communication etc efficiently with great accuracy.
Reflections on knowledge management practice case studyRichard Vines
This presentation provides some early reflections of a KM start up project related to Victoria's agricultural sector (Australia) some 16 months after commencement. It also draws upon some work undertaken at the University of Melbourne on the topic of regulatory burden reduction
Design and implement social investment programmes that speak to your vision.
Dr Elmie Castleman and Dr Sue Cook from the Royal Bafokeng Nation speak at the Tshikululu Social Investments Serious Social Investing 2013 workshop.
Maritime Archaeological Modelling using MIKE 21Stephen Flood
Maritime Archaeological Modelling using MIKE 21.
Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz, The Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton.
MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting – 20th And 21st Of March 2012.
Qafqaz university-inegrated-management-information-systemAbzetdin Adamov
Project was started in 2002 as an application of research results and findings has became today a strategic value-added tool and framework for Qafqaz University's core functions and services. We at the Qafqaz University are using IUMIS since 2004. Due to IUMIS we are able to
handle large number of students, core operational activities like admission, registration, examination, billing, reporting, communication etc efficiently with great accuracy.
Reflections on knowledge management practice case studyRichard Vines
This presentation provides some early reflections of a KM start up project related to Victoria's agricultural sector (Australia) some 16 months after commencement. It also draws upon some work undertaken at the University of Melbourne on the topic of regulatory burden reduction
Design and implement social investment programmes that speak to your vision.
Dr Elmie Castleman and Dr Sue Cook from the Royal Bafokeng Nation speak at the Tshikululu Social Investments Serious Social Investing 2013 workshop.
Maritime Archaeological Modelling using MIKE 21Stephen Flood
Maritime Archaeological Modelling using MIKE 21.
Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz, The Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton.
MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting – 20th And 21st Of March 2012.
Modelling extreme conditions for wave overtopping at Weymouth - Oliver Way (H...Stephen Flood
2015 DHI UK & Ireland Symposium
Modelling of Extreme Conditions for Wave Overtopping at Weymouth Bay
Oliver Way (Hyder Consulting), Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 16:00 - 16:20
A wave model study of Weymouth Bay was undertaken for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to investigate flooding in the historical centre of Weymouth which is understood to be caused by tidal and fluvial waters overtopping flood defences, groundwater rising above ground level in response to high tides and heavy rain and wave overtopping along the open coast / Esplanade. The wave modelling results in this study are used to provide input conditions to the overtopping calculations which will in turn be used as inputs to the models of overland flow to provide flood extents. MIKE 21 SW was applied to simulate extreme wave conditions with combined extreme water levels. The model domain extends from Chesil Beach in the west to Lulworth Cove in the east. Extreme water level data were supplied by the Environment Agency for Weymouth from the Coastal flood boundary conditions for UK mainland and islands report (Environment Agency, 2012). Extreme wave values were also obtained from this Environment Agency report at offshore locations on the model boundary. Extreme wave conditions were considered for three directional sectors: south west, south and south east. A joint probability approach was applied for a range of return periods and climate change epochs. Wave data were extracted at nearshore locations along the beach front of Weymouth Bay. These data were used as input conditions for wave overtopping calculations (EurOtop) at site specific points along the beach to determine overtopping discharge rates along the beach front.
Shellfisheries Waters Compliance Assessments at Pegwell BayStephen Flood
Shellfisheries Waters Compliance Assessments at Pegwell Bay in Kent. MIKE by DHI modelling (FM Series) formed a large part of the study, and Jonathan presents some interesting experiences in the use of the Software (Jonathan Short - URS).
MIKE by DHI 15th UK User Group Meeting - Tuesday 19 March 2013
Umsl super bowl hastag strategy case studyPerry Drake
UMSL students were challenged by Professor Perry Drake to develop better hashtag usage strategies for 7 of the many brands that advertised during the 2013 super bowl. The goal being to engage the consumer with the brand and pull them into the second and third screen.
Emulex and Enterprise Strategy Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Virtual...Emulex Corporation
This webcast is the second in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Bob Laliberte, senior analyst from ESG, will present the importance of I/O to virtualized environments. As they continue to mature and become more flexible and dynamic, I/O becomes critical to a successful deployment.
Skelta is a product company founded in 2003, headquartered in Bangalore with its sales headquarters in Boston, USA.
Skelta’s highly innovative flagship product BPM™ specializes in enterprise wide Business Process Management (BPM) and Advanced workflow solutions for small to large sized enterprises worldwide. It is the world’s first 100% embeddable BPM and advanced workflow framework built on .NET technology.
Skelta provides BPM solutions which integrate between system to system, system to human and Human Workflow Solutions for Business Users, Power Users, and Developers for providing BPM functionalities inside existing applications, making it an excellent candidate for OEMing applications that require BPM functionality. Skelta BPM™ particularly integrates well with products based on Microsoft Technologies. Skelta is also utilized as a Business Application Platform to build horizontal solutions like such as Accounts Payable Solution, Document Management for Paperless Processes, Corporate Governance, and Human Resource Information System for various industries ranging from Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Finance and many more.
Modelling extreme conditions for wave overtopping at Weymouth - Oliver Way (H...Stephen Flood
2015 DHI UK & Ireland Symposium
Modelling of Extreme Conditions for Wave Overtopping at Weymouth Bay
Oliver Way (Hyder Consulting), Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 16:00 - 16:20
A wave model study of Weymouth Bay was undertaken for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to investigate flooding in the historical centre of Weymouth which is understood to be caused by tidal and fluvial waters overtopping flood defences, groundwater rising above ground level in response to high tides and heavy rain and wave overtopping along the open coast / Esplanade. The wave modelling results in this study are used to provide input conditions to the overtopping calculations which will in turn be used as inputs to the models of overland flow to provide flood extents. MIKE 21 SW was applied to simulate extreme wave conditions with combined extreme water levels. The model domain extends from Chesil Beach in the west to Lulworth Cove in the east. Extreme water level data were supplied by the Environment Agency for Weymouth from the Coastal flood boundary conditions for UK mainland and islands report (Environment Agency, 2012). Extreme wave values were also obtained from this Environment Agency report at offshore locations on the model boundary. Extreme wave conditions were considered for three directional sectors: south west, south and south east. A joint probability approach was applied for a range of return periods and climate change epochs. Wave data were extracted at nearshore locations along the beach front of Weymouth Bay. These data were used as input conditions for wave overtopping calculations (EurOtop) at site specific points along the beach to determine overtopping discharge rates along the beach front.
Shellfisheries Waters Compliance Assessments at Pegwell BayStephen Flood
Shellfisheries Waters Compliance Assessments at Pegwell Bay in Kent. MIKE by DHI modelling (FM Series) formed a large part of the study, and Jonathan presents some interesting experiences in the use of the Software (Jonathan Short - URS).
MIKE by DHI 15th UK User Group Meeting - Tuesday 19 March 2013
Umsl super bowl hastag strategy case studyPerry Drake
UMSL students were challenged by Professor Perry Drake to develop better hashtag usage strategies for 7 of the many brands that advertised during the 2013 super bowl. The goal being to engage the consumer with the brand and pull them into the second and third screen.
Emulex and Enterprise Strategy Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Virtual...Emulex Corporation
This webcast is the second in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Bob Laliberte, senior analyst from ESG, will present the importance of I/O to virtualized environments. As they continue to mature and become more flexible and dynamic, I/O becomes critical to a successful deployment.
Skelta is a product company founded in 2003, headquartered in Bangalore with its sales headquarters in Boston, USA.
Skelta’s highly innovative flagship product BPM™ specializes in enterprise wide Business Process Management (BPM) and Advanced workflow solutions for small to large sized enterprises worldwide. It is the world’s first 100% embeddable BPM and advanced workflow framework built on .NET technology.
Skelta provides BPM solutions which integrate between system to system, system to human and Human Workflow Solutions for Business Users, Power Users, and Developers for providing BPM functionalities inside existing applications, making it an excellent candidate for OEMing applications that require BPM functionality. Skelta BPM™ particularly integrates well with products based on Microsoft Technologies. Skelta is also utilized as a Business Application Platform to build horizontal solutions like such as Accounts Payable Solution, Document Management for Paperless Processes, Corporate Governance, and Human Resource Information System for various industries ranging from Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Finance and many more.
ITM Platform - Company and Product Overview v jun2012 en 1.0ITM Platform
ITM Platform is the core concept holding four products (and others to come)
1) Project Management: Advanced, collaborative and easy-to-use
2) Program Management: Strategic planning and business alignment
3) Global IT Management: the solution covering 80% of IT processes
4) Corporate Portfolio: Business analysis on multiple instances
How Well Does ERP Facilitate Project-Based Business Models?charlesrathmann
What is Project ERP? It is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software designed fo r project-intensive environments like engineer to order manufacturing, engineering procurement and construction contracting or even asset-based environmetns like process manufacturing. This study from IFS North American and Mint Jutras indicates that many of these industries lack the Project ERP functionality necessary to increase productivity and manage risk.
So maximieren Sie den Nutzen von SAP: Business Netzwerke als Schlüssel zum Er...SAP Ariba
Das Erfassen aller Ausgaben über Warengruppen, Lieferanten und Ländergrenzen ist
eine große Herausforderung für die meisten eProcurement Systeme. Die Nutzung
eines solchen Systems hängt von vielen Erfolgsfaktoren ab, wie z.b. dem Enablement
der Lieferanten, dem Bereitstellen von Katalogen und schlussendlich der operativen
Nutzung durch die User. Clariant wird Ihnen in diesem spannenden Vortrag erläutern,
wie der führende Hersteller von Spezialchemie das Ariba Netzwerk zusammen mit SAP
nutzt, um Synergieeffekte im Einkauf zu nutzen und Prozesse länderübergreifend zu
standardisieren.
Peter Beyeler, Global eProcurement & Automation Manager – Clariant
2013 Ariba Commerce Summit Frankfurt
These slides, based on the webinar from leading IT research firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), highlight the most essential findings of EMA’s Network Management Megatrends 2020 report.
Based on a survey of 350 IT professionals, this research offers advice on how to build and manage corporate networks for a digital future.
How Well Does ERP Facilitate Project Based Business Models?Charles Rathmann
What is Project ERP? It is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software designed fo r project-intensive environments like engineer to order manufacturing, engineering procurement and construction contracting or even asset-based environmetns like process manufacturing. This study from IFS North American and Mint Jutras indicates that many of these industries lack the Project ERP functionality necessary to increase productivity and manage risk.
Innovating and enabling digital futures 12-07-2011Jude Umeh
This presentation, for a BrightTalk Summit webcast (See: http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/286/30997), focuses on various demand, usage and fulfilment scenarios that are likely to play out in the immediate future for digital content and mobile infrastructure
Models Done Better... - UDG2018 - Intertek and DHIStephen Flood
Use of integrator systems (operational data and model management platforms) to enhance model performance and value.
Presented at the CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Annual Conference 2018
Richard Dannatt - Intertek
Steve Flood - DHI
DHI’s Digital Strategy and Future Technologies. Mark Britton, DHI.Stephen Flood
"Mark will outline how our data, software and technologies will evolve to support the digital transformation of the water and environmental sectors focussing on DHI's digital strategy and recent cloud-based innovations."
Presented at the DHI Ireland Symposium 2018.
Sediment mobility modelling and maerl habitat dynamics in Galway Bay. Siddhi ...Stephen Flood
"Siddhi will describe work undertaken as part of her PhD to look at Sediment mobility modelling and maerl habitat dynamics in Galway Bay."
Presented at the DHI Ireland Symposium 2018.
Using numerical modelling to regulate a growing aquaculture sector. Rebecca S...Stephen Flood
As Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, SEPA is responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental quality standards. The implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which focuses on the ecological and chemical status of water bodies, combined with a rapidly expanding aquaculture sector, means risk-appropriate modelling of the impacts from fish farms is required. Using a combination of small scale highly simplified modelling, large scale, low resolution screening tools, and relatively complex waterbody scale hydrodynamic modelling and particle tracking , we can obtain a better understanding of the risks posed to the marine environment, influence strategic policy decisions and support sustainable future farm growth and development.
Presented at the DHI Ireland Symposium 2018.
This presentation will cover the extensive application of hydraulic modelling on the national Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment & Management (CFRAM) programme, as well as discussing the likely future modelling requirements for the detailed development of over 100 flood relief schemes programmed over the coming decade.
Presented at the DHI Ireland Symposium 2018.
Latest Marine developments by DHI. Henrik Kofoed-Hansen, DHI.Stephen Flood
Henrik Kofoed-Hansen will tell us about the upcoming MIKE Release 2019 (available in Q4 2018) which includes several new products, new tools, new valuable features, enhanced functionality, improved workflow etc. Henrik will also share some of the key news covering the ground-breaking new 3D MIKE 3 Wave Model FM module, which offers entirely new application opportunities, dynamic ship mooring and response analysis covering multi-body simulations as well as new exciting features for enhanced sediment transport and morphological modelling. Henrik will also touch upon readily available data portals enabling you to speed up your project work.
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
My experiences of learning to use MIKE. Jonathan Griffiths, ABPmer.Stephen Flood
"Jonathan will share his experience of learning to use MIKE software for coastal projects over the last 18 months. Previous to joining ABPmer, Jonathan was an oil spill modeller and used specialised spill models such as SINTEF’s OSCAR model, RPS ASA’s OILMAP model and BMT’s OSIS model. Jonathan has found learning to use MIKE a steep but rewarding learning curve. Jonathan will take about some of the differences between these models and MIKE, and the lessons he has learnt along the way."
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
Using numerical modelling to regulate a growing aquaculture industry. Ted Sch...Stephen Flood
Scotland is currently the largest producer of Atlantic salmon in the EU, and the third largest globally. Exports have doubled in the past decade to nearly £1 billion per annum, and the Scottish Government has specified targets for further expansion. SEPA is working with fish-farmers to help them comply with environmental legislation and to ensure that this growth is sustainable.
Modelling is used to predict the environmental impact of organic material and medicines, and to determine appropriate locations and biomass limits for fish-farms. Traditionally, these farms have been assessed and licensed in isolation, but numerical modelling is increasingly being used to investigate larger scale impacts, cumulative effects, and hydrodynamic connectivity between farms.
MIKE21 models of several water bodies have been developed, with the Particle Tracking module used to predict the spatial and temporal variation of SLICE, a sea-lice medicine. A sub-model of the Scottish Shelf Model developed by Marine Scotland has been converted from FVCOM and is being used to develop a screening tool for assessing the interaction between farms in the Highlands and Islands. By adopting risk-based modelling over a range of scales, SEPA can obtain a better understanding of the environmental impact of fish-farms, influence strategic policy decisions and support sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry.
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
Developments in pollution risk forecasting at the Environment Agency. Deborah...Stephen Flood
The Environment Agency's new method of making daily forecasts of water quality at Bathing Waters, plus further improvements that have been implemented in 2018.
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
An Introduction to the Environment Agency extreme offshore wave, water level ...Stephen Flood
An Introduction to the Environment Agency extreme offshore wave, water level and wind conditions data sets, transformed to nearshore for events covering up to the 10000 year extreme coastal event, available to all for use in local studies.
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
FAST Danube – Hydraulic and sediment transport modelling with MIKE 21 FM mode...Stephen Flood
The objective of the FAST Danube project is to propose navigation improvement solutions on the Romanian-Bulgarian common sector of the River Danube. The proposed technical solutions would ensure that the required navigation parameters (navigation channel width, depth and bend radius) are achieved at the specified lowest navigation water levels. This would enable safe navigation and transport activities on the Romanian-Bulgarian common sector of the River Danube throughout the entire year.
MIKE 21 FM hydrodynamic and sediment transport models have been developed to help understand the behaviour of the river and the reasons for the changes in river morphology, which result in constraints to navigation at the critical locations. The MIKE 21 FM models are required to support the selection of solution options by providing a first assessment of the relative performance of navigation improvement solutions in maintaining the required navigation fairway parameters. In addition, the MIKE 21 FM models will also provide outputs to support the assessment of the potential impacts of the solutions on navigation conditions and on the river environment. Furthermore, the models will also be used as tools in future management of the river in the project area.
This presentation will focus on the numerical modelling conducted with the MIKE 21 FM model within the FAST Danube project, and how the MIKE 21 FM models are used in the development of navigation improvement solutions and options appraisal process.
Presented at the DHI UK Symposium 2018.
Join us for our first Irish Symposium!
DHI UK & Ireland is very pleased to invite you to the DHI – IRELAND Symposium 2018.
This free event is your opportunity to learn more about the varied applications of our modelling software, and our complementary technologies, through client-led presentations. The Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to meet DHI experts, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia, regulatory authorities and research organisations.
We will be starting this year's event with drinks and nibbles followed by a DHI Lecture on the evening of Monday 17th September 2018. We encourage everyone to arrive on the 17th to relax with a drink, nibbles and some informal networking.
The main event will start at 08:30am on Tuesday 18th September 2018. This day will be your opportunity to tell everyone how you have been using MIKE software over the past 12-months, share newly acquired knowledge and innovations, learn how we use our software, and network with your peers. Lunch will be provided, and the day will finish around 4:30pm to give you time to travel home. You are more than welcome to stay on later if you wish to meet with us face to face.
For more information, and to sign up for the event, please visit www.dhi-symposium.ie
Join us as we celebrate our 20th UK Symposium!
DHI UK & Ireland is very pleased to invite you to the DHI – UK Symposium 2018.
This free event is your opportunity to learn more about the varied applications of our modelling software, and our complementary technologies, through client-led presentations. The Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to meet DHI experts, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia, regulatory authorities and research organisations.
We will be starting this year's event with drinks reception and conference dinner, hosted by DHI UK & Ireland, on the evening of Tuesday 11th September 2018. We encourage everyone to arrive on the 11th to relax with a drink, good food and some informal networking
The main event will start at 9:00am on the Wednesday 12th September 2018. This day will be your opportunity to tell everyone how you have been using MIKE software over the past 12-months, share newly acquired knowledge and innovations, learn how we use our software, and network with your peers. Lunch will be provided, and the day will finish around 4:30pm to give you time to travel home. You are more than welcome to stay on later if you wish to meet with us face to face.
For more information, and to sign up for the event, please visit www.dhi-symposium.uk
DHI UK & Ireland Symposium 2017 ProgrammeStephen Flood
DATA-LED DECISION MAKING IN A CHANGING WORLD
Knowledge sharing for water and environmental professionals
DHI UK & Ireland is very pleased to invite you to our annual Symposium 2017.
REGISTRATION
www.dhi-symposium.uk
IMPORTANT DATES
Reception: 26th June 2017 (evening)
Symposium day: 27th June 2017
FEES
Participation in the event is free of charge, including:
- drinks reception and symposium dinner on the 26th June
- lunch and attendance at the Symposium on 27th June
LOCATION AND VENUE
The Moat House, Acton Trussell, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0RJ, UK.
Please visit www.moathouse.co.uk
This free event is your opportunity to learn more about the varied applications of our modelling software, and our complementary technologies, through client-led presentations. The Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to meet DHI experts, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia, regulatory authorities and research organisations.
We will be starting this year's event with drinks reception and conference dinner, hosted by DHI UK & Ireland, on the evening of Monday 26th June 2017. We encourage everyone to arrive on the 26th to relax with a drink, good food, some informal networking, and news about our forthcoming MIKE 2017 release.
The main event will start at 9:00am on the Tuesday 27th June 2017. This day will be your opportunity to tell everyone how you have been using MIKE software over the past 12-months, share newly acquired knowledge and innovations, learn how we use our software, and network with your peers. Lunch will be provided, and the day will finish around 4:30pm to give you time to travel home. You are more than welcome to stay on later if you wish to meet with us face to face.
DHI UK & Ireland Symposium 2017 Announcement FlyerStephen Flood
DHI UK & Ireland Symposium 2017
VENUE
The Moat House, Acton Trussell, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0RJ, UK.
Please visit https://www.moathouse.co.uk/
DATES
Drinks reception and conference dinner: 6:00pm-10:00pm on 26th June 2017.
Symposium: 9:00am-4:30pm on 7th June 2017.
FEES
Attendance at the drinks reception and conference dinner on the 26th June is free of charge.
Attendance at the Symposium on 27th June is also free of charge.
DHI and FORCE Technology have together developed a cutting-edge software package for quantifying and optimising channel operability, which sets a new industry standard for how accurately vessel under keel clearance (UKC) predictions can be incorporated effectively into the design and day-to-day operational management of navigational channels in some of the world’s most complex waterways.
Smart Real-time Control of Water SystemsStephen Flood
Smart Real-time Control of Water Systems
Henrik Madsen(1), Peter Steen Mikkelsen(2), Lasse Engbo Christiansen(3), Anne Katrine Falk(1), Morten Borup(2), Rune Juhl(3), Nadia Schou Vorndran Lund(2), Rasmus Halvgaard(1), Nina Donna Sto. Domingo(1), Lisbeth Birch Pedersen(1), Stephen J. Flood(1) & Lene Bassøe(4)
(1)DHI, Agern Alle 5, 2970 Hørsholm, DK
(2)DTU Environment, Bygning 115, , 2800 Kongens Lyngby, DK
(3)DTU Compute, Bygning 324, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, DK
(4)Aarhus Water, Bautavej 1, 8210 Aarhus V, DK
Delivered at: Urban Drainage Group Autumn Conference and Exhibition 2016, Blackpool, UK, November 9th–11th 2016
Presenter: Dr. Lisbeth Birch Pedersen (Product Owner, MIKE Powered by DHI)
Keywords: smart water, smart cities, urban drainage, climate change, surrogate modelling, weather radar, frameworks
Cities across the world are facing significant water system challenges related to urbanisation and climate change. To advance the concept of integrated real-time control of water systems, an innovative generalised technology framework has been developed as part of a collaborative research effort. The framework facilitates the global acceptance and improved implementation of smart real-time control of water systems which offers a proven, cost effective alternative to the conventional approach of increasing system capacity.
The core of the framework is a generalised data platform which can be used within all water domains. This platform integrates time series data and spatial data with numerical models, and offers a broad suite of generalised tools for data processing and reporting. Data tools can be executed as automated workflows that replace tedious and error prone manual tasks. A key element of the work is the development of fast and accurate surrogate models of complex physical systems, complementing standard deterministic high-fidelity models adapted to observations in real time in order to ensure efficiency and performance of the automated model predictive control algorithms. A second element is the utilisation of local area weather radar data, since distributed rainfall observations and accurate forecasts are essential for optimising the use of the system capacity.
This work focuses on the impacts of using the new smart real-time control of water systems framework on a full scale, real world example using the urban drainage system of the city of Aarhus, Denmark as a testbed.
DHI UK - BRIEFING FOR UK AND IRELAND WATER COMPANIES - NO 4 - UDG EDITION - N...Stephen Flood
BRIEFING FOR UK & IRELAND WATER COMPANIES
Welcome to a special 'CIWEM UDG 2016' issue of DHI-UK's biannual newsletter for Water Companies and their Consultants. The full and complete fourth edition will be available soon.
Publication is primarily through Linkedin, so please share with your colleagues and friends.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
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:
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
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/
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
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.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...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
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Integrated Water Management
1. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Case Stories of Applied Solutions
Torsten Jacobsen
Hydrologist (MSc, PhD),
Water Resources Department, DHI
tvj@dhigroup.com
20 years experience from consultany project around the world, mainly in integrated water management and
integrated hydrological modelling.
2. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
DHI in brief
International research and specialised consultancy organisation within most
aspects of water.
• Software (MIKE by DHI) 6%
5%
Core Funding for R&D
(Performance
Contract)
• Present focus on Decision Support Systems Commissioned R&D
(R&D Contracts)
19% Software Sales
Equipment Sales
(Other Products)
Specialized
2%
Consultancy
68%
8% 1%
6% 24%
Denmark
Rest of EU
Rest of Europe
16% Middle East
Africa
Subsidiaries Asia
Australia etc.
Offices 3% North America
Head office 2% South America
1%
39%
DHI work both as consultants and as tool builders – ‘in-built knowledge’
3. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
‘Integration trends’ seen from a DHI perspective
‘Traditional approaches’ ‘ New and upcoming approaches and trends’
IWRM / WFD CUSTOMISED IT SYSTEMS
Policies and principles of multi Deliverables integrating with
sector and stakeholder clients IT infrastructure, web
involvement in the process based water management tools
Nile Basin DSS – a platform
for IWRM WFD Program of Measures,
Denmark
PHYSICAL INTEGRATION REAL TIME AND PLANNING
SW/GW managed as one Integration of operational and
resource, integrated and planning systems for water
dynamically linked modeling management
tools
MIKE SHE – Mike Urban CARM – Computer Aided River
modeling tools used in climate Management, Murrumbidge,
change adaptation AUS
4. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Decision support systems / Information Systems
On-line, real time operational DSS and water planning DSS platforms
Policy Makers / Managers
• Investment strategies
• performance indicators
• weightings (MCA) • operations (day-to-day)
• socio economics
DSS
• water use strategies
Modelling • problem identification
and Analysis • scenario analysis • stakeholder involvement
Exchange and access to • access to data • trust building
• sharing of data
data and information
• Institutional issues
• data safety
Data • data visualisation
• data processing • data ownership
Technicians / Engineers
5. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
IWRM - The NB DSS Project
Client : Nile Basin Initiative, Water Resources
Management Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Lead Consultant : DHI
Sub-consultants:
• Riverside Technologies, USA
• Mott MacDonald, UK
• Tropics Consultants, Ethiopia.
• Funding : World Bank
• Project Period (May 2009 – December 2012)
• Project Scope (WP1 : IT Project)
– Software Requirement Analysis
– Software Architecture and Design
– Software Development and Testing
– Proof-of-concept
• WP2 (NB DSS Application within the Nile Basin)
– Software Testing
– Full scale application
6. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Why a Nile Basin DSS? t
Objective:
To enhance capacity to support basin wide communication, information
exchange, and identifying trans-boundary opportunities for cooperative
development of the Nile Basin water resources based on IWRM.
The Nile Basin DSS is expected is a tool to be used by all riparian
countries in the management of the shared Nile water resources.
Regional level (Regional Nile Basin DSS Center,(NBI, Addis Ababa)
Sub Regional Level (ENTRO (Eastern Nile), NELSAP (Nile Equatorial Lakes)
National Level, DSS units in each of the 9 countries.
7. NB DSS - Areas of Concern
(determined through stakeholder consultation)
Water resources development: main focus on interventions that alter the time and space
distribution of water in the basin; involve physical structures.
Optimal water resources utilization: Main focus on those planning decisions required to
enhance utilization of available water resources, mainly through non-structural interventions.
Energy development (hydropower): focuses on development of hydropower potentials in the
basin.
Rain-fed and irrigated agriculture: area focuses on assessing current productivity and
production levels of both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture supporting efforts to increase food
production through relevant interventions, such as in the planning of irrigated agriculture.
Coping with floods: main focus in the first phase of the DSS shall be to provide information on
characteristics of flood prone areas, flow generation, assessing impacts (or benefits) of storage
reservoirs on flood control, etc.
Coping with droughts: support drought management efforts, including the planning for
adaptation to climate change and variability.
Watershed and Sediment Management: evaluation of impacts of alternative land use/cover on
the hydrology of the river system, the estimation of sediment yield, and reservoir sedimentation.
Navigation: focus to identify how navigation might be affected by contemplated interventions and
support efforts to minimize the adverse impacts. In addition, navigation benefits shall be
considered in the planning and management of storage schemes.
Cross cutting issues: Climate change and water quality
8. DSS Platform
System Characteristics
• State-of-the-art IT technology
• Client-server system
• Customisable / extendable
• Open Interfaces / scriptable
• Link to DHI models and other models
Customized Solu-
tions that build on a
shared/generalised
platform
Model Data Scenario
Tools Management Management Reporting Analysis
MCA
CBA Flood Reduction Investment Alternatives Evaluation
Ensemble 4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0 Performance
Value
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Water Supply
Baseline Flood Control
Alt 1 Pop. Displace.
Alt 2
Sedimentation
Alt 3
Cost
Alt 4 Criteria
Alternatives
Alt 5 Total weighted
9. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Integration between groundwater and surface water
MIKE SHE Features :
• Integrated
Fully dynamic coupling
• Distributed
Spatial and temporal
variation of input data
and parameters
• Physically based
Basic flow processes, physical
interpretation of model
parameters,direct use of field data
• Comprehensive
‘All-in-one’-model
10. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Integrating catchment hydrology and urban hydrology (MIKE SHE – MIKE URBAN)
Runoff
Infilltration
Sewer-aquifer leakage
Infilltration
• Provides a full description of urban
hydrological processes (GW and SW)
• Sewer system receives considerable inflow
from groundwater affceting cost-effectiveness
of water treatment plants
• Climate change catchment models will have
to incorporate both ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ features
11. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
What is Computer Aided River Management ? CARM, Murrumbidgee NSW-AUS
12. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
CARM System Area - Murrumbidgee Catchment
Murrumbidgee
Irrigation Area
Coleambally
Irrigation Area
Catchment area = 87,300 sq km
1300 km, dams to Balranald
Annual average flow 4200GL
13. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Challenges for Daily River Operations and Seasonal Planning
• Meeting water orders, while conserving available dam water, taking into account:
– Water orders may change
– Catchment inflow contributions
– River conditions (low and high flows produce variable travel times)
– Potential losses and gains
– Available storages and levels in weirs
• Constraints:
– Manual, daily operation relies on judgement and experience
– Limited ability to use real time and forecast data (flows, rainfall, demands)
– “Known unknowns” – tributary inflows, river seepage, evapotranspiration and
evaporation losses
– Lack of real river hydraulics
– Aging operations technology
14. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
CARM Components
• River hydraulics and catchment hydrology computer simulation tools
• Real time information used to its maximum potential (“self correcting”)
• Forecast of catchment inflows, river losses and gains
• Optimisation of dam and weir releases
Irrigation
water demand
(MIKE BASIN) River
Catchment Losses/Gains
Inflows (MIKE 11 (MIKE SHE)
RR NAM)
River dynamics
and storage
(MIKE 11) Real Time Data Optimized
Assimilation releases
(MIKE 11 DA) (MIKE
AUTOCAL)
15. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Real Time Data Usage and Optimisation
Real time data assimilation to flow
and level gauges
Optimisation to calculate releases
needed to meet future irrigation and
environmental demands, considering
river inflow and loss, river storage
Model Self
Forecast Period
Correction
16. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
A web based tool for WFD Program of Measures analysis
• Local authorities are faced with implementing cost effective WFD plans
• Shared responsibility in catchments, need for shared data and methods
• How best to spend tax payers money to maximise environmental benefits
• Need for a transparent screening and overall assessment tool
• The tool based on standard GIS layers
Web-GIS tool
Google Earth
GIS
17. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
A web based tool for WFD Program of Measures analysis
Simple concept
1. Selector query source locations (point sources or diffuse sources)
2. Assign a measure from a pre-defined (and expandable) list of measures
(associated with e.g N, P and BOD effects, costs and cost-effectiveness) and
a simplified physical index for rivers.
3. Repeat, checking for all relevant water bodies and reduction targets
(upstream to downstream) to create a full catchment Program of Measures
4. Execute calculation considering river topology, GW and lake retention
5. Evaluate results, compliance, total cost estimates, cost effectiveness of
applied measures (Excel outputs)
Can be learned in 30 minutes and allows many possible scenarios to be
evaluated (as opposed to more complex catchment models)
18. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
A web based tool for WFD Program of Measures analysis
First generation DK water plans blamed for lack of focus, transparency
and cost-effectiveness by agricultural sector. A more site specific
assessment requested.
A current PhD study supported by DHI using the POM tool demonstrates
significant potential for higher cost-effectiveness in water plans (Roskilde
Fjord case).
The POM screening tool will be further developed to address net CO2-
emission effects and highlight conflicts in minumum flow requirements
versus abstraction
19. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Basin scale load and water quality modeling tools
Following identification of feasible scenarios using the POM tool comprehensive effect models may be used
An elaboration of MIKE SHE, MIKE11 and EcoLab to adress WFD requirments and diffuseloads
Input : Nitrate leakage from root zone Basin WQ model
Groundwater
Shallow Groundwater
Deep Groundwater
Coastal waters Surface water
Wetland Riparian
zone
Output Temp.
flooding
Cost-benefit calculations
of management scenarios
Lakes
WQ modeling of the fjord
20. Approaches to Integrated Water Management –
Conclusion
• Increased need for Integration of modelling tools in Catchment Management
• Tailoring of both model specifics and decision support systems for individual clients.
• Move to extensive dynamic model couplings in catchment models
• Improvements in sensor technologies allow improved data assimilation and
optimisation
• Clients are looking to base decisions for Integrated Catchment Management on
tailored, user friendly, multi user platforms rather than by a traditional model interface
….
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