The document describes a wireless sensor network for collecting agrometeorological data. The network uses low-cost sensor nodes that operate for many years on battery power. The nodes transmit sensor readings wirelessly over long distances to concentrator nodes, which then forward the aggregated data to monitoring systems. Researchers are developing new operating system software and hardware to improve the sensor network technology and allow integration with other data systems using open standards. An example application is monitoring groundwater levels to detect excessive water extraction.
Earth Observation - An Eye on the Wild Earth, Admiral Conrad LautenbacherWILD Foundation
Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, US Navy and (former) Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spoke during the Monday (9 November) WILD9 plenary on "Earth Observation - An Eye on the Wild Earth."
At the conclusion of the 2011 Egypt WaterHackathon, software developers and water specialists presented their innovative ICT-based solutions to real-world problems of water access and sanitation. This presentation highlights one of these solutions.
Automatic Train Collision and Accidence Avoidance systemPradeepRaj
This is an idea presentation, which can be implemented in near future to drastically reduce the rate of train accidents.
It is based on the concept of Piezoelectric sensor, Ultrasonic sensor and Pattern recognition.
Android Emergency Alert with Fall DetectionLouis Shue
Presented at GDG Singapore DevFest 2013 on 12/10/2013, by Lim Seow Chiong, Senior Lecturer/Info-Communications Technology, School of Electronics & Info-Comm Technology, ITE College Central, Singapore.
With the mobile revolution, smartphone applications are being developed to provide functions previously found only in dedicated electronic devices. In this talk, the speaker will explore using the Android smartphone as an emergency alert system with fall detection capability. Comparison will be made between a dedicated medical alert system and the smartphone-based solution. The speaker will also address the technical challenges and limitation of using Android smartphone for fall detection.
Earth Observation - An Eye on the Wild Earth, Admiral Conrad LautenbacherWILD Foundation
Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, US Navy and (former) Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spoke during the Monday (9 November) WILD9 plenary on "Earth Observation - An Eye on the Wild Earth."
At the conclusion of the 2011 Egypt WaterHackathon, software developers and water specialists presented their innovative ICT-based solutions to real-world problems of water access and sanitation. This presentation highlights one of these solutions.
Automatic Train Collision and Accidence Avoidance systemPradeepRaj
This is an idea presentation, which can be implemented in near future to drastically reduce the rate of train accidents.
It is based on the concept of Piezoelectric sensor, Ultrasonic sensor and Pattern recognition.
Android Emergency Alert with Fall DetectionLouis Shue
Presented at GDG Singapore DevFest 2013 on 12/10/2013, by Lim Seow Chiong, Senior Lecturer/Info-Communications Technology, School of Electronics & Info-Comm Technology, ITE College Central, Singapore.
With the mobile revolution, smartphone applications are being developed to provide functions previously found only in dedicated electronic devices. In this talk, the speaker will explore using the Android smartphone as an emergency alert system with fall detection capability. Comparison will be made between a dedicated medical alert system and the smartphone-based solution. The speaker will also address the technical challenges and limitation of using Android smartphone for fall detection.
ENVIROFI for cross domain FI-PPP applicationsDenis Havlik
ENVIROFI presentation on Austrian FI-PPP Phase-3 event. Graz, 2013 06-26.
Presenation explains how ENVIROFI work fits in the context of teh Future Internet PPP programme and presents a vision of enviromentally enabled future internet applications.
ENVIROFI for cross domain FI-PPP applicationsDenis Havlik
ENVIROFI presentation on Austrian FI-PPP Phase-3 event. Graz, 2013 06-26.
Presenation explains how ENVIROFI work fits in the context of teh Future Internet PPP programme and presents a vision of enviromentally enabled future internet applications.
Arkady Zaslavsky, Charith Perera, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Sensing as a Service and Big Data, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Cloud Computing (ACC), Bangalore, India, July, 2012, Pages 21-29 (8)
The Design of Monitoring and Data Infrastructures – Applying a forward-think...Matthias Schroeder
Climate Change is an extraordinary challenge for the
development of our socioeconomic environment. The compilation
of comprehensive knowledge about our physical environment is a
key importance for implementing of mitigation strategies. Long-
term terrestrial observatories are supporting the systematic
monitoring of environmental parameters. They are responsible
for data collection, data analysis and subsequently for decision
support. Not only the complex structure and the large volume of
data streams but also the necessary integration of existing
monitoring infrastructures for such observatories imply special
technological challenges for today’s scientific data and
information management. Recent developments of Information
and Communication Technology provide important conceptual
and technological input for the proper design and
implementation of underlying monitoring and data
infrastructures. To avoid constantly recurring system
developments for such infrastructures, a general and integrated
approach for a reference architecture concept is needed.
In a distributed system, components running on different Operating Systems and applications written in different programming languages all work together as one single reliable system. As the complexity of these systems increase, it becomes more important to gain visibility into your environment and expose potential problems before they jeopardize your production system.
RTI Connext Tools offer a rich tools suite that helps you develop applications more efficiently. They enable you to monitor, analyze and debug your complete system in operation. And they provide facilities for recording and replaying data in real-time, and logging diagnostic system data for deeper analysis and archiving. This webinar explores the many tools available for development, debugging, and testing applications in your distributed system.
Precision Farming (PF) is introduced and history in short is reviewed. Essential activities of GPS locating, soil mapping, GIS dataprocessing and presentation and VRT application are described. Basic principles of PF are shown to be:
• Precision Farming is the management process of within-field variability.
• This management must bring profit or at least reduce the risk of loss
• This management must reduce the impact of farming on environment.
Techniques used in Precision Farming are described. Economics of Precision Farming is discussed. A general cost/benefit analysis and profitability of PF are reviewed. The price of PF adoption facing a farmer is discussed. Methods of process analysis and activity based costing are shown as useful instruments for PF process analysis and model building. PF process is analysed and process graph is developed.
The “Club of Ossiach”, a group of agriculturists, agribusiness managers, agriculture technologists and agricultural ICT specialists from around the world, met at Ossiach between 17-19 June 2013 at the “AgriFuture Days” Conference. They reviewed current trends and
possible discontinuities resulting from political, social, environmental and technological changes, potentially impacting on the future of agriculture, farming, rural viability, food and nutrition worldwide.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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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:
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Ist africa2012 alert system in case of excess drawing of ground water_1
1. Alert system in case of excess drawing of ground water
Karel Charvat, Zbynek Krivanek, Marek Musil, Jan Jezek,
Michal Kepka, Premysl Vohnout
Czech Centre for Science and Society, Czech Republic
Maris Alberts
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of
Latvia
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2. Objective
• The presentation describes common research of
Czech centre for Science and Society (as part of
projects EnviroGrids@BlackSea and VLIT NODE)
and Institute of Mathematics and Computer
Science of the University of Latvia and Institute of
Electronics and Computer Science (as part of the
project Long Range Wireless Sensor Network
Development for Precision Farming Applications)
and it is in some way continuation of presentation
VLITE NODE – New sensors solution for farming
from the last IST Africa
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3. Collection of agro meteorological information
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4. Collection of agro meteorological information
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5. VLIT requirements
• Very low complexity elementary sensors,
associated with a low power consumption and low-
cost
• High reliability of the decision /estimation/
measurement of the network as a whole
• Long network life-time for low maintenance and
stand-alone operation
• High scalability
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6. VLIT technology
• Working frequency - 868.0 – 868.6 MHz
• Distance between nodes - In the line-of-sight: at
least 200m in any weather conditions, at least 800
m in ideal weather conditions
• Communication support - At least Point-to-point,
Point-to-multipoint, multi – hopping
• Institute of Electronics and Computer Science is
developing robust and user friendly WSN open
source operating system
• Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science is
working on hardware implementation of the next
generation of VLIT node
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7. VLIT technology
• Technology supports - wireless networking (with
corresponding operating system), data collection,
data processing at least on calculation of simple
operations level, data transmission
• Battery Lifetime of Node - 6 months – 5 years
(depending on battery size and type of
communication)
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8. VLIT NODE as concentrator
• At least one node in network must act as so called
“concentrator”. This node collects all data from
network and forwards them to the upstanding
system (RS485 bus).
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9. New development
• Technology is being extended : IMCS in
cooperation with IECS is developing a new WSN
operation system
Prepare open software interface based on OGC SOS
standard for easy integration with other data
• New application domain
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13. SensLog
• Observations & Measurements (O&M) – The general
models and XML encodings for sensor observations and
measurements.
• Sensor Model Language (SensorML) – The general models
and XML schema for describing sensors and processes
associated with measurement.
• Transducer Markup Language (TML) – General
characterizations of transducers, their data, the
phenomenon, transporting the data, and any and all support
data (metadata) necessary for later processing and
understanding of the transducer data.
• Sensor Observation Service (SOS) – The service provides
an API for managing deployed sensors and retrieving
sensor data (observations).
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14. SensLog
• SOS provides access to observations from sensors
and sensor systems in a standard. The same way
is used for any type of sensor systems. It can be
remote sensing, in-situ, fixed and mobile sensors.
SOS leverages the O&M specification for
modelling observations and the TML and
SensorML specifications for modelling sensors and
sensor systems. SOS is primarily designed to
provide access to observations. In SensLog we are
mainly focused on publication of observation in
standard form for consumers of observation. It
could be analytical modules, view client etc.
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15. SensLog
• SensLog is currently published as Open Source
under GPL licence
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17. Human sensors concept
• Currently more and more often is mentioned the
so-called principle of “People as Sensors” (also
“human sensors”). This means that “human
observations” can be part of real-time Spatial Data
Infrastructures (SDI) and serve as input to spatial
decision-making processes. Such type of
observation could be the part of the GEOSS and
GMES infrastructures.
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18. Human sensors concept
• In the pilot implementation of project we decide
include human observation using Android
operating system integrating different sensing
possibilities like photos or measurement as part of
standard Sensor Enablement Infrastructure to
support such operation like semi-automated quality
assurance, sensor fusion, standardised alerting
(including Complex Processing) and integration of
different Volunteered Geographic Information as
part of EnviroGrids infrastructure.
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19. Results
• Poor implementation of Sensor Observation Server and
client for Sensor Observation, which are now two
independent components. The first is published as Open
Source under name SensLog, the second is part of
HSLayers (also Open Source product). This allows
integration of both components with other modules.
SensLog is able to transform heterogeneous observation
into interoperable form of SOS. It allows to access
heterogeneous measurements by analytical modules
including GRIS application trough SOS. The condition is
including the SOS client as part of this solution. The SOS
client is the first example of client allowing visualisation of
sensor measurements including dynamic graphs.
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20. Results
• The implementation of complex solution as part of URM,
which could demonstrate with heterogeneous sensors the
possibility of accessing sensor measurements based on
given requirements, their analysis and visualisation. They
are implemented on concrete pilot case as examples. The
pilot case could be extended to any regions of the project,
but could be also easily modified for different types of
monitoring. This technology could be easily modified also
for African purposes.
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21. Follow us on
www.envirogrids.cz
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3374617&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4350839&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
http://www.facebook.com/pages/EnviroGRIDS/150917451599500
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