This document discusses willingness to communicate (WTC), which is defined as the probability that one will choose to initiate communication given the opportunity. It is influenced by both enduring individual differences and situational factors. WTC exists in a state of ambivalence, as the desire to both approach and avoid communication creates competing tendencies. The pyramid model of WTC depicts six layers of influences, from immediate situational factors to more enduring individual characteristics. Language learning occurs as individuals make choices about communication in a social context over time. Accounting for ambivalence and the dynamics of change is important for understanding language use.
All agile development begins with the sales process. Internally, adopting agile approaches require the support of top management and project managers. External clients have to be sold on the agile approach and convinced to sign a contract that allow for agile development. Sales teams have to be able to convince external clients that the agile approach is the best for their project.
Paul Klipp has been selling the agile process internally and to outside clients since 2004 with considerable success. In this presentation, he'll discuss how to sell the benefits of agile development to internal stakeholders and to outside clients and will provide an overview of different approaches to agile contracts.
ABSTRACT: One of the most interesting features of social media sites is that they provide both private and public contexts in which to share messages. Studies have suggested that people perceive interpersonal messages differently based on this characteristic, but less is known about how people may intend to respond to messages based on their access exclusivity. Building upon a previous study in this area, the current study examined people’s responses to a hypothetical situation in which they received a negative interpersonal disclosure of varying intensity either publicly or privately through Facebook. Data suggest that privately-disclosed messages elicited more uncertainty and more uncertainty reduction behaviors. Publicly-disclosed messages caused recipients to feel more offended about the content, express privacy violation concerns, and delete the offending content. These findings are discussed for their theoretical value, and limitations and directions for future research are as well.
Goldman, Z., Bowman, N. D., & Westerman, D. (2013, April).“You need to back off:” Utilizing communication privacy management theory to explore responses to public and private interpersonal disclosures on Facebook. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Research Symposium “Media and Social Life: The Self, Relationships, and Society,” Las Vegas.
All agile development begins with the sales process. Internally, adopting agile approaches require the support of top management and project managers. External clients have to be sold on the agile approach and convinced to sign a contract that allow for agile development. Sales teams have to be able to convince external clients that the agile approach is the best for their project.
Paul Klipp has been selling the agile process internally and to outside clients since 2004 with considerable success. In this presentation, he'll discuss how to sell the benefits of agile development to internal stakeholders and to outside clients and will provide an overview of different approaches to agile contracts.
ABSTRACT: One of the most interesting features of social media sites is that they provide both private and public contexts in which to share messages. Studies have suggested that people perceive interpersonal messages differently based on this characteristic, but less is known about how people may intend to respond to messages based on their access exclusivity. Building upon a previous study in this area, the current study examined people’s responses to a hypothetical situation in which they received a negative interpersonal disclosure of varying intensity either publicly or privately through Facebook. Data suggest that privately-disclosed messages elicited more uncertainty and more uncertainty reduction behaviors. Publicly-disclosed messages caused recipients to feel more offended about the content, express privacy violation concerns, and delete the offending content. These findings are discussed for their theoretical value, and limitations and directions for future research are as well.
Goldman, Z., Bowman, N. D., & Westerman, D. (2013, April).“You need to back off:” Utilizing communication privacy management theory to explore responses to public and private interpersonal disclosures on Facebook. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Research Symposium “Media and Social Life: The Self, Relationships, and Society,” Las Vegas.
Socio-cultural perspectives on second language learning faisal khallab
Language Learning In Social TermsTarget language interactions can not be viewed as a source of input for autonomous and internal learning mechanisms.
James Lantolf is the foremost figure advocating the relevance of socio -cultural theory to SLL
Lev Semeonovich Vygotksy & Jean Piaget (Language & Child Development)Mediation and mediated learningLanguage as a tool of taught
Learning is a mediated process
Learning is socially mediated
Face –to- face interaction &shared processes
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
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Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
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Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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.
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
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.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
1. Willingness to Communicate:
The dynamics of motivation for
language use in context
Peter D. MacIntyre
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
1
4. Outline
Language learning is done by individuals in a social
context
A view of time
Willingness to communicate is a choice
Individuals’ volitional action
Influenced by a number of factors
The choice to communicate reflects ambivalence
Two competing tendencies: to Approach and to Avoid
Convergence of dynamic processes
Implications for language learning and use
5. Language learning
Done by individuals
motivations, anxieties, beliefs, values, etc.
In a social context
intergroup conflict, demographic patterns,
migration, etc.
Interact among variables
Focus today on:
Choice to communicate in the L2.
6. A view of “time”
Simplistic, often implicit view of time
start finish
Better to think that we arrive at a point in time
(distal influences)
“Then”
“Now”
(proximal
influences)
7. L2 Acquisition:
individual decision making
Choosing to communicate or not
Affects Pedagogy
Affects Intergroup contact
Willingness to communicate
“The probability that one will choose to initiate
communication, given the opportunity to do so.”
Intention to communicate
A person might be Able but unwilling
8. Motivation meets anxiety
?
anxiety
1
motivation
2
We require some way to capture what is happening as the
learner goes along, in their day-to-day activity .
9. WTC In The Second
Language
Pyramid model of WTC
6 layers
Immediate vs. Distal
Enduring vs. Situational
Top 3 layers = situational
Bottom 3 layers = enduring
10. Layer I 1
Layer I L2 Communication
Use Behaviour
2
Layer II Behavioural Intention
Willingness to
Communicate
3 4
Layer III Desire to State Situated Antecedents
communicate with Communicative
a specific person Self-Confidence
5 6 7
Layer IV Interpersonal Intergroup L2 Motivational
Motivation Motivation Self-Confidence Propensities
8 9 10
Layer V Affective-Cognitive Context
Intergroup Social Communicative
Attitudes Situation Competence
Layer 11 12
Social and Individual
VI
Intergroup Climate Personality Context
11. Motivation & Anxiety
as a State
At a particular moment, motivation & anxiety
will interact
Feeling both motivated and anxious
Creates ambivalence
• At moderate levels
Desire to both approach and avoid
A very interesting moment in time
Affects the course of future events
Effects build up over longer periods of time
15. Ambivalence in Language Learning:
Crossing the Rubicon (Dörnyei & Otto)
do I raise my hand to answer a question in the
classroom,
what if I make a mistake?
do I offer assistance to a second language speaker I
just met at the airport,
is there somebody more capable of providing
assistance?
do I use the second language in conversation,
not knowing exactly what course it might take or what
embarrassment awaits?
16. An example of ambivalence
I was most unwilling to speak French when I
was at a craft show with my mom and she
met someone who spoke French. Mom
introduced me to her friend, vice versa. I felt
like saying hello in French [but did not] I felt I
would make a mistake. I don’t feel comfortable
talking with strangers in French. I would though,
if I had another opportunity.”
Taken from an ‘unwillingness to communicate diary’
of a French immersion student (approximately 12 years old) .
17. Simultaneous approach and
avoidance
Neurological level (brain)
Behavioral Activation System (BAS)
Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)
Interact to regulate motivation
Opponent Process Theory (emotions)
An emotion triggers its opposite
The opposite emotion may be below our awareness
Maintain homeostasis
18. WTC research
Immersion education increases WTC
Friends enhance WTC
Social context must provide for choice
WTC affected adjustment of Japanese
student sojourners
WTC initiation of communication in L1
Introverts can be made more willing to
communicate than extraverts
19. Implications for language
learning and use
Time must be clearly understood (Dörnyei)
Dynamics of change
Consistency is not expected
We must account for ambivalence
Convergence of relevant learner variables
A more individualistic approach is needed
Based on willingness not competence
• Idiographic (Gordon Allport, 1962)
• Idiodynamic (Rosenzweig, 1986)
20. Willingness to Communicate:
The dynamics of motivation for
language use in context
Peter D. MacIntyre
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
20