Presentation made at "Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders" organised by National Defence University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC on 17 August 2011.
Presentation on information and communications technology (ICT) and peacebuilding made to class of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) students at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in March 2008.
LOCATION PRIVACY ONLINE: CHINA, THE NETHERLANDS AND SOUTH KOREAijsptm
The aim of the study is to explore cross-cultural differences in users’ location privacy behaviour on LBSNs (location-based social networks) in China, the Netherlands and Korea. The study suggests evidence that Chinese, Dutch and Korean users exhibit different location privacy concerns, attitudes to social influence, perceived privacy control and willingness to share location-related information on LBSNs. The results
show that in general, the more concerned users are about location privacy, the less they are willing to share and it also suggests that location privacy concern and social influence affect each other. Furthermore, the more control people perceive they have over their privacy, the more they are willing to share location information. A negative relationship between willingness to share location information and users’ actual sharing of location information was seen. In short, it is concluded that the relation between cultural values and location privacy behaviours only have a partial connection.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)_ A Friend or Enemy in Combating Disinformation ...211 Check
Artificial Intelligence (AI):
A Friend or Enemy in Combating Disinformation in South Sudan is a presentation by Makur Majeng as a part of a webinar organised by Defyhatenow South Sudan 211 Check project with support from the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN)
Media's Discursive Influence on the Philippines' War on DrugsMark Raygan Garcia
The presentation analyzes the discursive influence of Philippine media on the government's war on drugs, and the interplay of power between media and government. It also examines the buffering effect of the Duterte administration's populist approach to leadership on alleged media's undermining (direct or indirect) of its campaign against drugs.
Strategic communication, news media and influencePOLIS LSE
Slides for a presentation to the NATO defence college in Rome in March 2017 looking at the news and social media context and how it is becoming more networked. It looks at the positive and negative aspects of digital change and the structural shifts in communication, especially in journalism and its consumption and dissemination.
Presentation on information and communications technology (ICT) and peacebuilding made to class of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) students at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in March 2008.
LOCATION PRIVACY ONLINE: CHINA, THE NETHERLANDS AND SOUTH KOREAijsptm
The aim of the study is to explore cross-cultural differences in users’ location privacy behaviour on LBSNs (location-based social networks) in China, the Netherlands and Korea. The study suggests evidence that Chinese, Dutch and Korean users exhibit different location privacy concerns, attitudes to social influence, perceived privacy control and willingness to share location-related information on LBSNs. The results
show that in general, the more concerned users are about location privacy, the less they are willing to share and it also suggests that location privacy concern and social influence affect each other. Furthermore, the more control people perceive they have over their privacy, the more they are willing to share location information. A negative relationship between willingness to share location information and users’ actual sharing of location information was seen. In short, it is concluded that the relation between cultural values and location privacy behaviours only have a partial connection.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)_ A Friend or Enemy in Combating Disinformation ...211 Check
Artificial Intelligence (AI):
A Friend or Enemy in Combating Disinformation in South Sudan is a presentation by Makur Majeng as a part of a webinar organised by Defyhatenow South Sudan 211 Check project with support from the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN)
Media's Discursive Influence on the Philippines' War on DrugsMark Raygan Garcia
The presentation analyzes the discursive influence of Philippine media on the government's war on drugs, and the interplay of power between media and government. It also examines the buffering effect of the Duterte administration's populist approach to leadership on alleged media's undermining (direct or indirect) of its campaign against drugs.
Strategic communication, news media and influencePOLIS LSE
Slides for a presentation to the NATO defence college in Rome in March 2017 looking at the news and social media context and how it is becoming more networked. It looks at the positive and negative aspects of digital change and the structural shifts in communication, especially in journalism and its consumption and dissemination.
Week Three – “Contemporary Media Research”, which will bring our understanding of media psychology into the domain of Zillmann and Bryant – the pioneers of the modern study of media influence – and take us to the current state of the field. Here, we will discuss research on media violence, aggression, sexuality and racism in the media to understand how we currently see the relationship between media, the individual, and society. Notably, we will study the influence of this early scholarship on the specific study of entertainment and society.
Slides for the "tech talk" given by David Brin and Sheldon Brown at Google late 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/yy7yxm Where does the Net fit into 500 years of expanding tools for vision, memory and perspective? What missing pieces are people not noticing that might vastly improve problem-solving?
The age of fractured truth – subhash dhuliyaGmeconline
This first phase of the information and technological revolution was facilitated by the integration of computers, telecommunication and satellite. A networked global ‘village’ had emerged. People had access to diverse sources of news and information. The Internet created numerous platforms of political, social and cultural interactions. There were high expectations that information will be democratized... Read More
Presentation on Reimagining Extremism: Context, culture, community and countrySanjana Hattotuwa
ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited by New Zealand’s Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to speak at He Whenua Taurikura, New Zealand’s first annual hui (meaning a large gathering in Maori) on countering terrorism and violent extremism. The hui was held from 14-16 June 2021 in Christchurch. He Whenua Taurikura translates to ‘a country at peace’. This presentation was delivered as part of the fourth panel at the hui, on day two.
Sanjana followed presentations by Jordan Carter from InternetNZ, Kate Hannah from Te Pūnaha Matatini and University of Auckland, Dr Nawab Osman from Facebook, Nick Pickles from Twitter, and Anjum Rahman from Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono and Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand. The panel was chaired by Paul Ash, head of the Christchurch Call.
Roles of media in peacebuilding & conflict generationSanjana Hattotuwa
Was invited by Associate Professor SungYong Lee at NCPACS to deliver a guest lecture to his 2021 MA class on media's role in peacebuilding violent conflict generation.
Are we collectively ruining democracy? Polarisation of thought and belief seems to be on the increase particularly in the online environment. Where people who think similarly move (or are pushed) towards more fixed or extreme views, it makes it harder for people to express opinions or suggest new ideas. How can we challenge it? This is an opportunity to talk about how groupthink is affecting our lives, and to discuss positive alternatives.
Peace processes after the pandemic: What role for technology?Sanjana Hattotuwa
Increasingly discussed today in the Global North, Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have featured in mediation processes in the Global South for close upon two decades. This bears mention in what are often discussions that appear to present or posit the use of ICTs in mediation as recent or somehow pegged to the advent and, today, ubiquity of social media. The challenges today are both similar and different to those that existed at the turn of the century. Transparency, agency and voice, central pillars of democracy, find expression, at ever increasing scale, scope, and speed, on social media. Conversely, new forms of spoiler dynamics, linked to in large part the manipulation of public discourse, also use social media as key vectors to incite violence, inflame hate and spread incendiary falsehoods. The dilemma facing mediation today is one of having to deal with vectors of information production that lie entirely beyond the remit of the Chatham House rule, rules of confidential engagement, and the sandboxing needed to incubate fragile processes and relationships. Mediators are bombarded with information they must make sense of, and this sense-making process is itself often under-valued in modern day mediation. The confusion leads to (understandable, yet misplaced) anxiety, which often finds expression in suspicion and scepticism around the role, reach and relevance of ICTs in mediation processes.
Additionally, the post-Coronavirus landscape brings with it added challenges. If physical meetings are no longer viable for the foreseeable future, a key question is how the rich, sensory experience, relational depth, non-verbal cues, physical contact and the security of verbal communication in a closed-door environment can be replicated, and to what degree, through virtually mediated environments. Aside from the obvious cyber-security concerns are also psycho-social, cognitive, socio-cultural, gendered challenges in mediation processes that will be predominantly anchored to online technologies, including social media apps, products, and platforms. Questions asked by Hattotuwa in 2018 are even more relevant in the long-shadow of Covid-19, in addition to others borne out of global and local circumstances that a few months ago seemed unimaginable. How can social media and ICTs help? What is important to focus on, and what are some dangers of today’s conflict landscape beyond the headlines? What questions should mediators ask in order to avoid the more uncommon pitfalls of incorporating ICTs in negotiations processes? Fundamentally, how will conflict transformation, anchored to mediation, change in a post-Coronavirus world where travel and meetings will be severely restricted, or no longer possible to do discreetly? More fundamentally, how can and should expectations from, models of and approaches to mediation change, post-pandemic, in a world increasingly mediated (no pun intended) through social media?
Beyond the global reset: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically ...Sanjana Hattotuwa
On the invitation of Christina Goodness, Chief Information Management Officer at the Departments of Peacebuilding, Political and Peace Operations DPPA-DPO, United Nations, the ICT4Peace Foundation's Sanjana Hattotuwa gave a presentation titled 'Beyond the global reset: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically new?' as part of the '(un)data Seminar Series on Outrageous Questions'.
Details and overview at https://ict4peace.org/activities/post-coronavirus-towards-pandemic-panopticons-or-something-radically-new/
«From the burning of the Notre Dame in Paris to heinous terrorism in Sri Lanka and Christchurch, social media inextricably is entwined with how billions see or engage with the world.»
More details at https://ict4peace.org/activities/full-video-slidedeck-of-lecture-from-christchurch-to-sri-lanka-the-curious-case-of-social-media/
Presentation delivered at the Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze gGmbH (Centre for International Peace Operations) based in Berlin, Germany, as part of an event to celebrate 15 years since its inception on 28 June 2017.
Human Rights & ICTs. A presentation delivered on 1 April 2017 to Amnesty International's 2017 Chairs Assembly and Director's Forum (CADF), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
I was recently asked to put together a presentation on the fake news phenomenon for discussions with leading journalists and media institutions in a developing country, with extremely poor media literacy but strong growth around social media use, on how to both identify misleading content and also stem its flow, reach and influence.
Download the full presentation as a PowerPoint (with embedded videos) or as an Apple Keynote file, here - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbk4wYolphwcVk4bV85aEFtYXc
Gave a short presentation at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) on 26th October on drone journalism, as part of the excellent OneSriLanka Journalism Fellowship programme, supported by Internews.
Digital transformation and the role of civil society in Sri LankaSanjana Hattotuwa
The Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Regional office South Asia organized a regional seminar on "Promoting Liberty Digitally" in Sri Lanka from 15th to 17th October 2016. I was asked to speak on "Digital transformation and the role of Civil Society in Sri Lanka" and to be present at a group discussion on "Civil rights and the Internet".
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
8. Reality in most CPEs
Complex Political Emergencies (CPEs) and relief work
9. Focus on process, not just spikes
Narrow band over time adds richness, full spectrum adds context
Local language(s)
Culture
Local actors
Diaspora
Hagiography and myth
Identity and power
Partisan politics
Regional power blocs
Inequity
Demographics (Youth)
Civic media
Verbal storytelling
10. New information networks
Fluid, spontaneous, viral, short-term spikes, long tail
Event / Issue Witness / Victim Citizen media
Army / Govt / Members
Closed Intel
UN system states /
Global / Local
audiences
12. A lesbian in Damascus
And other tall tales
Disinformation
Misinformation
Partial accounts
Gaming the system
Gender imbalance (e.g. rape reports in DRC)
Lack of access leads to challenges in verification
Multiple retweets mistaken for authenticity
Anonymity online (esp. post-Norwegian terrorist attack)
Machine translation / Lack of translation
Little or no direct access
Trauma
Anxiety
Fear
Persecution
Network infiltration and disruption
Trust perceptions and authority markers
Bias in mainstream media
Bias in citizen media
14. how do we know?
Traditional media
Citizen journalism / Digital, web based
media
Trusted intelligence from UN system
Situational Awareness
15. human security approach
Human security is an emerging paradigm for understanding global
vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of
national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should
be the individual rather than the state. Human security holds that a
people-centered view of security is necessary for national, regional
and global stability.
16. more open, not more closed
Open content generation and sharing (e.g. wikis)
help in environments with conflicting and unreliable
data and after sudden onset disasters.
17. communicate effectively
Use the same networks that civil society uses to
communicate aims, objectives, vital information.
Civilians will always suspect military domains.
18. tune in without subscribing more
Choice kills. Determine through robust analysis that is
revisited often what and who to listen to, when, why
and how. Use local knowledge and technology to
increase signal to noise ratio.
19. go beyond UN, UN going beyond UN
Durable solutions, community resilience and early warning stem
from people on the ground, increasingly producing their own
content. UN is there over long term, but also needs to engage
with hyper-local, web and mobile based, alternative narratives.