For four years in the late 1990's and early 2000's I worked at Stanford University’s Section on Medical Informatics doing research in Artificial Intelligence. I was one of the primary architects on the Protege project (an open-sourced knowledge representation system) and spent quite a bit of time thinking about how to represent knowledge, the logical structure of knowledge, how to define constraints on information, and how to classify algorithms (a.k.a. “problem-solving methods”).
This talk, from 2001, describes the underlying architecture formal knowledge model used in Protege, how "slot widgets" play in the system, and goes on to describe PAL: the Protege Axiom Language. It's long, and really only for knowledge representation afficionados, but it's pretty complete.
In this presentation is briefly introduced the use of Docker for Data Science.
Are presented arguments like the management of containers and the creation of new Docker images
Lessons Learned Running Hadoop and Spark in Docker ContainersBlueData, Inc.
Many initiatives for running applications inside containers have been scoped to run on a single host. Using Docker containers for large-scale production environments poses interesting challenges, especially when deploying distributed big data applications like Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. This session at Strata + Hadoop World in New York City (September 2016) explores various solutions and tips to address the challenges encountered while deploying multi-node Hadoop and Spark production workloads using Docker containers.
Some of these challenges include container life-cycle management, smart scheduling for optimal resource utilization, network configuration and security, and performance. BlueData is "all in” on Docker containers—with a specific focus on big data applications. BlueData has learned firsthand how to address these challenges for Fortune 500 enterprises and government organizations that want to deploy big data workloads using Docker.
This session by Thomas Phelan, co-founder and chief architect at BlueData, discusses how to securely network Docker containers across multiple hosts and discusses ways to achieve high availability across distributed big data applications and hosts in your data center. Since we’re talking about very large volumes of data, performance is a key factor, so Thomas shares some of the storage options implemented at BlueData to achieve near bare-metal I/O performance for Hadoop and Spark using Docker as well as lessons learned and some tips and tricks on how to Dockerize your big data applications in a reliable, scalable, and high-performance environment.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/hadoop-big-data-ny/public/schedule/detail/52042
Lessons Learned from Dockerizing Spark Workloads: Spark Summit East talk by T...Spark Summit
Many initiatives for running applications inside containers have been scoped to run on a single host. Using Docker containers for large-scale production environments poses interesting challenges, especially when deploying distributed Big Data applications like Apache Spark.
Some of these challenges include container lifecycle management, smart scheduling for optimal resource utilization, network configuration and security, and performance. At BlueData, we’re “all in” on Docker containers – with a specific focus on Spark applications. We’ve learned first-hand how to address these challenges for Fortune 500 enterprises and government organizations that want to deploy Big Data workloads using Docker.
In this session, you’ll learn about networking Docker containers across multiple hosts securely. We’ll discuss ways to achieve high availability across distributed Big Data applications and hosts in your data center. And since we’re talking about very large volumes of data, performance is a key factor. So we’ll discuss some of the storage options we explored and implemented at BlueData to achieve near bare-metal I/O performance for Spark using Docker. We’ll share our lessons learned as well as some tips and tricks on how to Dockerize your Big Data applications in a reliable, scalable, and high-performance environment.
Docker right now provides great value in the enterprise but the value proposition is more about developer productivity than scale-out.
Docker benefits include resource management, environment management, continuous delivery, developer and operations collaboration, and hybrid workloads.
Take care in its introduction. Consider Docker as just part of an overall toolkit and you don't need to go "full stack" to gain value.
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/
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
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
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.
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
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
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
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.
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.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !
Stoop ed-frameworks
1. S.Ducasse 1
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Stéphane Ducasse
Stephane.Ducasse@univ-savoie.fr
http://www.listic.univ-savoie.fr/~ducasse/
A Word about
Frameworks
Stéphane Ducasse --- 2005
4. S.Ducasse 4
Frameworks vs. Libraries
• Libraries
• You call them
• Callback to extend them
• Framework
• Hollywood principle: Don’t call me I will call you
• GreyHound principle: Let’s drive
5. S.Ducasse 5
Frameworks
• A set of collaborating classes that define a context and
are reusable by extension in different applications
• A framework is a reusable design expressed as a set of
abstract classes and the way their instances colla
borate. By definition, a framework is an object-orien
ted design. It doesn't have to be implemented in an
object-oriented language, though it usually is.[Johnson]
• Large-scale reuse of object-oriented libraries requires
frameworks.The framework provides a context for
the components in the library to be reused. [Johnson]
• A framework often defines the architecture of a set of
applications.
6. S.Ducasse 6
Library vs. Framework
Classes instantiated by the client
Framework instantiated classes,
extended by inheritance
Clients invoke library functions
Framework calls the client
functions
No predefined flow, predefined
interaction, default behavior
Predefined flow, interaction and
default behavior
7. S.Ducasse 7
Inheritance as Parameterization
• Subclass customizes hook methods by implementing
(abstract) operations in the context of template
method
• Any method acts as a parameter of the context
• Methods are unit of reuse
• Abstract class -- one that must be customized before
it can be used
9. S.Ducasse 9
You remember self…
• self is dynamic
• self acts as a hook
A
foo
bar
^ 10
B
foo
self foo
^ 50
10. S.Ducasse 10
You remember super…
• super is static
• super forbid extension
A
foo
bar
^ 10
B
x
super X
^ 50
11. S.Ducasse 11
On Frameworks...
• Frameworks design
• Need at least 3 applications to support the
generalization
• http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/droberts/evolve.html
• Smile if somebody tell that they start implementing a
framework
• Framework often rely on whitebox abstractions: ie
extended by inheritance
• Others are blackboxes framework: ie extended by
composition
• A framework can use design patterns
