Presentation procad 25 mars chambre de commerce- LONDRES/LONDON 2014Vieran Hodko
Presenting Procad's experience in London as we participated as one of the winners of the 2013-2014 cohort of emerging tech with the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. Avail. in english
Presentation procad 25 mars chambre de commerce- LONDRES/LONDON 2014Vieran Hodko
Presenting Procad's experience in London as we participated as one of the winners of the 2013-2014 cohort of emerging tech with the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. Avail. in english
Nothing Ever Happens Here: Story ideas and where to find themSusan Tantillo
This presentation is perfect for high school student media staffs who need help finding story ideas. Created by Candace Perkins Bowen, Director of the Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University, and revised by Susan Hathaway Tantillo, a retired high school journalism teacher/adviser, the slides are in three parts. First, questions advisers can use with their media staffs to brainstorm ideas. Second, important resources for both advisers and their students to explore for story ideas to localize. Third, essential parts of any story idea assignment to avoid having students turn in a one-word topic and think that's an idea.
Chatty Kathy - UNC Bootcamp Final Project Presentation - Final Version - 5.23...John Andrews
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Title: Chatty Kathy: Enhancing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
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Discover how Chatty Kathy, an innovative project developed at the UNC Bootcamp, aims to tackle the challenge of low physical activity among older adults. Our AI-driven solution uses peer interaction to boost and sustain exercise levels, significantly improving health outcomes. This presentation covers our problem statement, the rationale behind Chatty Kathy, synthetic data and persona creation, model performance metrics, a visual demonstration of the project, and potential future developments. Join us for an insightful Q&A session to explore the potential of this groundbreaking project.
Project Team: Jay Requarth, Jana Avery, John Andrews, Dr. Dick Davis II, Nee Buntoum, Nam Yeongjin & Mat Nicholas
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Empowering the Data Analytics Ecosystem: A Laser Focus on Value
The data analytics ecosystem thrives when every component functions at its peak, unlocking the true potential of data. Here's a laser focus on key areas for an empowered ecosystem:
1. Democratize Access, Not Data:
Granular Access Controls: Provide users with self-service tools tailored to their specific needs, preventing data overload and misuse.
Data Catalogs: Implement robust data catalogs for easy discovery and understanding of available data sources.
2. Foster Collaboration with Clear Roles:
Data Mesh Architecture: Break down data silos by creating a distributed data ownership model with clear ownership and responsibilities.
Collaborative Workspaces: Utilize interactive platforms where data scientists, analysts, and domain experts can work seamlessly together.
3. Leverage Advanced Analytics Strategically:
AI-powered Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like data cleaning and feature engineering, freeing up data talent for higher-level analysis.
Right-Tool Selection: Strategically choose the most effective advanced analytics techniques (e.g., AI, ML) based on specific business problems.
4. Prioritize Data Quality with Automation:
Automated Data Validation: Implement automated data quality checks to identify and rectify errors at the source, minimizing downstream issues.
Data Lineage Tracking: Track the flow of data throughout the ecosystem, ensuring transparency and facilitating root cause analysis for errors.
5. Cultivate a Data-Driven Mindset:
Metrics-Driven Performance Management: Align KPIs and performance metrics with data-driven insights to ensure actionable decision making.
Data Storytelling Workshops: Equip stakeholders with the skills to translate complex data findings into compelling narratives that drive action.
Benefits of a Precise Ecosystem:
Sharpened Focus: Precise access and clear roles ensure everyone works with the most relevant data, maximizing efficiency.
Actionable Insights: Strategic analytics and automated quality checks lead to more reliable and actionable data insights.
Continuous Improvement: Data-driven performance management fosters a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Sustainable Growth: Empowered by data, organizations can make informed decisions to drive sustainable growth and innovation.
By focusing on these precise actions, organizations can create an empowered data analytics ecosystem that delivers real value by driving data-driven decisions and maximizing the return on their data investment.
Techniques to optimize the pagerank algorithm usually fall in two categories. One is to try reducing the work per iteration, and the other is to try reducing the number of iterations. These goals are often at odds with one another. Skipping computation on vertices which have already converged has the potential to save iteration time. Skipping in-identical vertices, with the same in-links, helps reduce duplicate computations and thus could help reduce iteration time. Road networks often have chains which can be short-circuited before pagerank computation to improve performance. Final ranks of chain nodes can be easily calculated. This could reduce both the iteration time, and the number of iterations. If a graph has no dangling nodes, pagerank of each strongly connected component can be computed in topological order. This could help reduce the iteration time, no. of iterations, and also enable multi-iteration concurrency in pagerank computation. The combination of all of the above methods is the STICD algorithm. [sticd] For dynamic graphs, unchanged components whose ranks are unaffected can be skipped altogether.
Levelwise PageRank with Loop-Based Dead End Handling Strategy : SHORT REPORT ...Subhajit Sahu
Abstract — Levelwise PageRank is an alternative method of PageRank computation which decomposes the input graph into a directed acyclic block-graph of strongly connected components, and processes them in topological order, one level at a time. This enables calculation for ranks in a distributed fashion without per-iteration communication, unlike the standard method where all vertices are processed in each iteration. It however comes with a precondition of the absence of dead ends in the input graph. Here, the native non-distributed performance of Levelwise PageRank was compared against Monolithic PageRank on a CPU as well as a GPU. To ensure a fair comparison, Monolithic PageRank was also performed on a graph where vertices were split by components. Results indicate that Levelwise PageRank is about as fast as Monolithic PageRank on the CPU, but quite a bit slower on the GPU. Slowdown on the GPU is likely caused by a large submission of small workloads, and expected to be non-issue when the computation is performed on massive graphs.
As Europe's leading economic powerhouse and the fourth-largest hashtag#economy globally, Germany stands at the forefront of innovation and industrial might. Renowned for its precision engineering and high-tech sectors, Germany's economic structure is heavily supported by a robust service industry, accounting for approximately 68% of its GDP. This economic clout and strategic geopolitical stance position Germany as a focal point in the global cyber threat landscape.
In the face of escalating global tensions, particularly those emanating from geopolitical disputes with nations like hashtag#Russia and hashtag#China, hashtag#Germany has witnessed a significant uptick in targeted cyber operations. Our analysis indicates a marked increase in hashtag#cyberattack sophistication aimed at critical infrastructure and key industrial sectors. These attacks range from ransomware campaigns to hashtag#AdvancedPersistentThreats (hashtag#APTs), threatening national security and business integrity.
🔑 Key findings include:
🔍 Increased frequency and complexity of cyber threats.
🔍 Escalation of state-sponsored and criminally motivated cyber operations.
🔍 Active dark web exchanges of malicious tools and tactics.
Our comprehensive report delves into these challenges, using a blend of open-source and proprietary data collection techniques. By monitoring activity on critical networks and analyzing attack patterns, our team provides a detailed overview of the threats facing German entities.
This report aims to equip stakeholders across public and private sectors with the knowledge to enhance their defensive strategies, reduce exposure to cyber risks, and reinforce Germany's resilience against cyber threats.
1. Music Video Analysis – Spanish Sahara
The video I have chosen to analyse is ‘Spanish Sahara’ by the band ‘Foals’. The
reason I have chosen this video is because I think the camera movements and
edits are suitable for the song. The first shot starts with a white screen which
gradually fades into a wide shot of a huge snowy landscape. As the fade finishes
and the whole shot is clear, we can see a man walking far in the distance. This
shot lasts for 1:04 which is unusual for a music video but it is suitable because the
first line of the song is “So I walked into the haze”. The video and lyrics work hard
in hand to convey that the man in the video has been walking for a long time into
‘the haze’. The mise en scene of this shot also shows that it is very cold and tries
to emphasise the idea of being alone.
The next shot is synchronized with the
guitar chords that are being played and
straight away we see a close up of a
man laying down on the ground
looking into the camera. We assume
that this is the man who we seen
walking in the previous clip. “Now I see
you lying there”, is the line of the song
which is sung over this scene. In this
case the man we see lying on the floor
is the front man of the band ‘Yannis
Phillippakis’.
2. The next number of shots are all scenic shots showing bits of ice and the waves in
the sea. We also see a plastic bag floating in the water which looks like it has
something in, however we do not know what this is yet. Depending on what song
we decide to do our music video, we might use this as inspiration and get some
scenic shots to go in ours as well. It works well in this song because it is slow and
it gives the feeling of time passing.
The
next
image
is one
that
we see
a lot in
this
video.
We see the singer in a close up shot
where we can only see his face and a white background behind him. In the shot
he is singing the words to the song. In this shot the singer is staring straight into
the camera which means he is making direct contact with the audience. We also
see the wind blowing his hair as he sings which again emphasizes the cold
atmosphere that he is in.
The next shot refers back to the
plastic bag in the earlier shot.
We now see the man dragging the bag out of the sea by a rope and as we get
3. closer we finally come to see that there is in fact a dog inside the bag. This shot
accompanies the repeated lyrics, “forget the horror here, forget the horror here”.
We as the audience do not know why there is a dog in a plastic bag or why he is
dragging it out of the sea. The music video never actually explains why this is
happening so it leaves a lot to the imagination of the listener/viewer.
After this shot there are a number of other scenic shots which show the sea
covered in bits of ice. These images could again represent the cold surroundings
that this man is in.
The next number of clips show the man dragging two dogs in plastic bags with
him through the massive landscape in which the video is set. We don’t know
where he got the second dog from but that fact that he is taking them with him
4. could mean that they were his dogs or even just because he felt sorry for them.
We see the struggle he has climbing up the hill with both of the dogs but still he
perseveres and continues to take them with him. We do not know what he is
going to do with them yet. At this point the music is building up and getting
louder.
Finally as the music comes to its peak
and the whole band come in, we see an image of a fire where the flames are
burning quite high, it is not until a couple of shots later that we see Yannis stood
between two fires, which we assume are the two dogs that he has found. This is
quite a powerful scene as it works well with the music and the lyrics that are
repeated throughout the extended outro of the song, “I’m the fury in your head,
I’m the fury in your bed, I’m the ghost in the back of your head”.
5. As the music starts to come to an end, we see the fires starting to burn out and
we go back to some more slow motion scenic shots of the area around. A couple
of these shots are shown and then the screen fades to black to bring the music
video to an end.