This document provides an overview of important IT skills for the modern world. It discusses various hardware and software components, programming languages, web development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, certifications, and how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data are used for tasks like facial recognition, speech processing, and image analysis. The key IT skills highlighted include knowledge of computer components, programming, cloud services, security, communication skills, and certifications for networking, servers, and Microsoft and Cisco technologies. Real-world examples are given of how facial recognition and speech processing have helped police solve crimes using Amazon and other AI/ML technologies.

1. Greetings from the golden state of California !
• I am Passionate about Computer Technologies as they relate to IT:
• Cloud Computing, Networking and Web-based services on offer now. Why?
• These web-based services (offered by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba
open up new frontiers in mass communication and e-Commerce on scales
hitherto not seen (web-based commerce reached trillion-dollar level now)
So, IT has become an enabling technology in our day-to-day living and some
current examples are given to buttress this line of thinking.

2. IT-savvy
people sit right
at the top of
this Table
Hardware Desktop/Lap
top/Tablet
Workstation
/Server
Server in the
iCloud
Software Application System Cloud enabled
Processes Algorithms Delivery of IT
products
Just-in-Time,
or JIT concept
Networking P2P/Server-
client
Enterprise
level
Web and
iCloud
So, IT training is
a top priority for
any University

3. BASIC Skills
form a Good
Foundation
• BASIC SKILLS as a Foundation (Platform):
• Basic Skills are needed to master the IT skills.
• These basic skills include: Computer Logic,
Mathematics, Statistics, Geometry and Communication
• Nowadays, they include Emotional Intelligence (EQ),
Humanability (Human Ability) and Commitment
General Engineering skills
including Math, Science,
Graphing, Geometry and
Logic will be of great help

4. There is a good demand for IT skills
• HARDWARE KNOWLEDGE:
• Hardware (CPU speed and size), IDE/SCSI and SS Drives
• DRAM, SRAM and Cache (Speed and Capacity)
• Bus Speed and width (in bits)
• Monitors (VDUs): Size and Resolution; weight and portability
• Cloud Hardware

5. Cloud Types and Cloud Services
• Cloud Types are:
• Public, Private and HybridCloud
Classification
• Software as a Service, SaaS,
Platform as a Service, PaaS
• and Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS)
Cloud
Services

6. Software Classification in General
• Application SW (Office 365/ 2016, AutoCAD,
Adobe et al)
• System Software includes: Device Drivers,
Operating Systems (Windows, LINUX, IOS
(Apple) and NOS (Network Operating System)
• Learning the KEY concepts of these different
Software is considered to be as essential as
CODING in Programming languages

7. Learn to code in Programming Languages
Basic Programming Languages
• Assembly Language
• DOS Commands
• Python
• HTML
• Java/ JavaScript
• C
Advanced Programming
Languages
• C++, C#
• Hadoop
• RDBMS
• ORACLE
• Use of SQL

8. Certifications in IT (A degree in IT, AS or BS is
like a Passport, and a Certificate is like a Visa to
get an IT Job and a career path for several years)
Basic Level
• CompTIA A+ (Hardware and Software)
• CompTIA Network+
• Comp TIA Security+
• Server+
Advanced Level
• CISCO CCNA
• CISCO CNE
• Micro Soft Certified Engineer. MSCE
• Cybersecurity+

9. Advanced Training in Cloud Services
• Web-page Design and
Authoring with Text,
moving images, cartoons
and Animation need a
good knowledge of
programming, or coding
in Python, HTML, CSS,
Java, JavaScript and
other high-level
Programming Languages
(HLL)
• Cloud-based Web
Services are made
available mainly by:
• Amazon (AWS)
• Microsoft (Azure)
• Google (WS)
• Alibaba Ali

10. BIG Data Handling (Processing), BDH
• Terabytes of data is now processed routinely involving:
• Structured Data arrangement
• Data Warehousing
• Data Mining and Retrieval ( done with the help of SQL)
• Security of Data: stored, online accessing and processing
• Key Concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep
Learning (DL) come into play in BDH

11. Application of AI, ML, DL and BDH:
• Speech (Command) Processing for
converting spoken words into
documents; Alexa has made huge
gains in command, or question
recognition, with context
remembered (An example is shown
in the next slide)
• Image (Facial) recognition has a
huge application for Id-ing in crime
fighting and in knowing about
crowds and gang activities ( A
current Example is shown in the
next slide)
• Programmed Robots
• Unmanned Autonomous
Vehicles (UAV)
• Speech (Command)
Recognition
• Image Processing

12. Examples of using AI, ML and BDH in life
• Facial Recognition and getting the ID
of the person involved:
• Just last week, a shooter killed five
Journalists in Annapolis, Maryland:
Using Amazon’s advanced facial-
image processing and authenticated
by “TweetDeck for Cops”, the Police
were able to get ID details of the
shooter and nabbe the shooter within
hours.
• Such is the POWER of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Machine
Learning (ML) in Image Processing
• Speech Recognition:
• Q1: what was Adele’s first album?
• Answer_1: Should be 19
• Play it now and album plays
• Q2 and Answer_2: What year the
Album came out and how many copies
it sold? And now, ask to Play it.
Earlier versions of Alexa were
stumped but the latest version
remembered the context of “it,
meaning 19” and played it cool. So, the
train of thought was followed. And,
the context was remembered.

13. Summary of IT skills in Today’s World
• Knowledge of Computer Hardware and Software Components for all PCs,
Gadgets (iPhones) and Devices
• Programming in basic languages at the AS degree level and Programming in
more advanced languages (at the BSIT level)
• Web page design, authoring and publishing with appealing content
• Using Alexa and improving it; learning and using Image-processing concepts
• Cloud Computing and Cyber Security
• Pleasant and appealing communication skills with a high EQ
• Certification (A+, Network+, Server+, Security+, CCNA, CNE and MSCE)

14. I cannot thank you enough for your patience in
sitting through this Technology-jargon-centered
presentation. But, suffice to say: “Thanks and
many thanks for sparing your valuable time on an
auspicious day here in the US and in California,
the high-tech state of the Union!”
Now, I am ready for your questions and to answer
to the best of my ability.

15. A pretty Image
This image is from Mojabe desert in CA.