Kevin O'Keefe shares his take on Machine Learning and how Google is adapting to the marketplace and starting to recognize the influence of lawyers through their online behavior and characteristics.
Leadership & Technology presenation to the Baltimore County Pubic Schools - Office of Fiscal Services Featuring Insights to Action, Social Media, Mindmanager, XBRL.
Digital literacy - a new language for disruptionJoyce Hostyn
To achieve the digital enterprise, you need a workforce that embraces new ways of working. One in which they’re able to harness the power of information, collaboration, and communities to get their jobs done. This requires treating digital as a new language. One with a different grammar and syntax from what people are used to. And learning a new language isn't easy. How can we empower people through digital literacy to work smarter, treating digital as a language to use to express ideas and create magical experiences that people choose to participate in and, as a consequence, change their behavior? How can we get people dreaming in digital?
This was a project for my communications class in which we had to chose and organization and observe it. Afterwards we much put together our suggestions on how the communication within the company can be improved.
Leadership & Technology presenation to the Baltimore County Pubic Schools - Office of Fiscal Services Featuring Insights to Action, Social Media, Mindmanager, XBRL.
Digital literacy - a new language for disruptionJoyce Hostyn
To achieve the digital enterprise, you need a workforce that embraces new ways of working. One in which they’re able to harness the power of information, collaboration, and communities to get their jobs done. This requires treating digital as a new language. One with a different grammar and syntax from what people are used to. And learning a new language isn't easy. How can we empower people through digital literacy to work smarter, treating digital as a language to use to express ideas and create magical experiences that people choose to participate in and, as a consequence, change their behavior? How can we get people dreaming in digital?
This was a project for my communications class in which we had to chose and organization and observe it. Afterwards we much put together our suggestions on how the communication within the company can be improved.
Gamification and Enabling Technologies White PaperDavid Wortley
This White paper is intended to provide an understanding of gamification and its growing importance and relevance for addressing some of the serious challenges faced by business and society in the modern world. It argues that gamification is a vital and ubiquitous practice for our continuing sustainable development and is a life skill that individuals and organisations need to master in order to be successful. The paper explains the implications and results of the dramatic shift from a hierarchical society to a networked society brought about by digital technologies and the kinds of challenges this has caused in business, education, politics and healthcare.
The paper offers some solutions and enabling technologies that can support the development of gamification skills and strategies and outlines the benefits of adopting best practice ethical gamification strategies for the individual and the organisation.
Executive presence and assertiveness... a coffee break with Lorena VillanuevaLorena Villanueva
Support slides put together from various sources to chat about Executive Presence and Assertiveness in the business environment with the sole purpose of sharing my personal experience, my carreer progression and my personal beliefs. A brief chat shared with young Leaders in the internal Women's Network campaign from Genpact
People, System, Culture: Where Leadership ThrivesPawel Brodzinski
If, as Jerry Weinberg points, leadership is a process of creating an environment where people become empowered let’s focus on how we create and evolve environments we work at.
One thing is how we build our teams. If we focus only on technical skills we won’t cover the leadership gap.
Another issue is the system. As W. Edwards Deming famously said, a bad system will defeat a good person every time. If we hire great people but put them in highly constrained environment they won’t thrive.
Lastly, we have an organizational culture, which is a steering force behind everyday leadership acts or lack of them. It is also one of the main reasons why many transformations fail.
I will show how all these areas are inseparably interconnected and how we need to change all three to evolve toward participatory leadership. The end result is that every team member overtakes a role of a leader dynamically, depending on the context.
Research on collective intelligence shows how flawed our recruitment approaches are. Experience of system thinkers suggests how much potential is hidden in improving the system. Finally, an organizational culture is what adds meaning to our actions thus is a crucial enabler of change of our behaviors. These are building blocks of the participatory leadership approach.
This isn’t just a theory. In Lunar Logic we’ve put this theory into practice. You will learn our story along with why we believe it works. Even though some of the ideas shared during the session may sound counter-intuitive or even radical we are the living proof that it can be done.
Women in leadership 2011 Cathy Ellwoodcathyellwood
This presentation was given at the Insurance Networking News Women in Leadership conference held in September 2011. It was designed to help women in leadership positions develop their own personal brand and to be comfortable with their unique differences from men in the workplace. It provides templates, tools and insights for women in leadership roles. Although specifically targeted for women in the insurance industry, most of the principles apply to women in any leadership role.
This is one of the handouts that participants of Banks International’s program, Culture Audit Interviews, receive and is one of the base documents attendees at the 21st Century Organizations can also receive.
Gamification and Enabling Technologies White PaperDavid Wortley
This White paper is intended to provide an understanding of gamification and its growing importance and relevance for addressing some of the serious challenges faced by business and society in the modern world. It argues that gamification is a vital and ubiquitous practice for our continuing sustainable development and is a life skill that individuals and organisations need to master in order to be successful. The paper explains the implications and results of the dramatic shift from a hierarchical society to a networked society brought about by digital technologies and the kinds of challenges this has caused in business, education, politics and healthcare.
The paper offers some solutions and enabling technologies that can support the development of gamification skills and strategies and outlines the benefits of adopting best practice ethical gamification strategies for the individual and the organisation.
Executive presence and assertiveness... a coffee break with Lorena VillanuevaLorena Villanueva
Support slides put together from various sources to chat about Executive Presence and Assertiveness in the business environment with the sole purpose of sharing my personal experience, my carreer progression and my personal beliefs. A brief chat shared with young Leaders in the internal Women's Network campaign from Genpact
People, System, Culture: Where Leadership ThrivesPawel Brodzinski
If, as Jerry Weinberg points, leadership is a process of creating an environment where people become empowered let’s focus on how we create and evolve environments we work at.
One thing is how we build our teams. If we focus only on technical skills we won’t cover the leadership gap.
Another issue is the system. As W. Edwards Deming famously said, a bad system will defeat a good person every time. If we hire great people but put them in highly constrained environment they won’t thrive.
Lastly, we have an organizational culture, which is a steering force behind everyday leadership acts or lack of them. It is also one of the main reasons why many transformations fail.
I will show how all these areas are inseparably interconnected and how we need to change all three to evolve toward participatory leadership. The end result is that every team member overtakes a role of a leader dynamically, depending on the context.
Research on collective intelligence shows how flawed our recruitment approaches are. Experience of system thinkers suggests how much potential is hidden in improving the system. Finally, an organizational culture is what adds meaning to our actions thus is a crucial enabler of change of our behaviors. These are building blocks of the participatory leadership approach.
This isn’t just a theory. In Lunar Logic we’ve put this theory into practice. You will learn our story along with why we believe it works. Even though some of the ideas shared during the session may sound counter-intuitive or even radical we are the living proof that it can be done.
Women in leadership 2011 Cathy Ellwoodcathyellwood
This presentation was given at the Insurance Networking News Women in Leadership conference held in September 2011. It was designed to help women in leadership positions develop their own personal brand and to be comfortable with their unique differences from men in the workplace. It provides templates, tools and insights for women in leadership roles. Although specifically targeted for women in the insurance industry, most of the principles apply to women in any leadership role.
This is one of the handouts that participants of Banks International’s program, Culture Audit Interviews, receive and is one of the base documents attendees at the 21st Century Organizations can also receive.
The making of HsuTube IP Law Videos #SMLF13Adrian Dayton
Richard Hsu, Partner at the Global Law Firm of Shearman & Sterling shares the story of how his short videos were created with the help of drawings by his 14-year-old daughter.
Social media lessons from the accounting industry by Eric MajchrzakAdrian Dayton
Eric tells the story of how he brought in over $6 million dollars in business to his accounting firm as marketing director. As a result he made the top 100 list of most influential people in America twice.
Pick Your Poison: Practical Tips to Choose Which Social Media is Right for Yo...Adrian Dayton
Peter Winzig from Weltman Weinberg & Reis asks how do you choose which social media is right for your firm? How do you find the right lawyers to champion the process?
What makes some content more popular than others?Adrian Dayton
Adrian Lurssen tackles the question of what makes some blog content more popular than others? There were hundreds of lawyers writing about the changes to patent law this Spring, why did one article stand out receiving ten times the traffic of all others?
Andrea Crews share her take on why lawyer bios need to humanize members of the firm and how Levenfeld Pearlstein in Chicago was able to accomplish this. (Also includes 7 intro slides by Adrian Dayton to introduce Andrea and the other five speakers.)
Presentation given to the legal counsel at ING in Australia- just purchased by ANZ. Sorry, but there is no audio.
I also showed the youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SeL6i3sHM0
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
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.
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.
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.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
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!
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
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.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
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/
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.
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.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
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
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
2. in·flu·ence
Noun: The capacity to have an
effect on the character,
development, or behavior of
someone or something, or the
effect itself.
Verb: Have an influence on.
4. To have clout -- to be able to
shape the world and
the way it works.
What is an influential
lawyer?
Legal results, media presence,
credibility in the business community, and
thought leadership