SXSW is an annual 10-day event celebrating creativity and innovation across interactive, film, and music. It attracts over 30,000 attendees and features talks on emerging trends. Recent years have focused on ambient location awareness, big data, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, streaming, and ensuring equality. The festival looks to the future rather than the past.
Presentation for Canadian Film Centre class regarding social media & activism. Emphasis on microblogging platform to raise awareness, gain momentum & usurp MSM. Final musings on importance of humour to keep conversations going online, attract attention & stay relevant.
A brief overview of my journey at the MIT Media Labs' design innovation workshop at PDPU Gandhinagar, held on Jan 2015.
The process followed at the workshop, the product and my takeaways from the workshop.
Fifty Shades of Augmented Reality: Creating Connection Using ARMark Billinghurst
Keynote speech by Mark Billinghurst at the Laval Virtual 2017 conference on March 24th 2017. The presentation talks about how Augmented Reality can be used to enhance remote collaboration.
Presentation for Canadian Film Centre class regarding social media & activism. Emphasis on microblogging platform to raise awareness, gain momentum & usurp MSM. Final musings on importance of humour to keep conversations going online, attract attention & stay relevant.
A brief overview of my journey at the MIT Media Labs' design innovation workshop at PDPU Gandhinagar, held on Jan 2015.
The process followed at the workshop, the product and my takeaways from the workshop.
Fifty Shades of Augmented Reality: Creating Connection Using ARMark Billinghurst
Keynote speech by Mark Billinghurst at the Laval Virtual 2017 conference on March 24th 2017. The presentation talks about how Augmented Reality can be used to enhance remote collaboration.
This is a presentation that I gave that 2011 RISE University day at the University of Texas - a one day event held on the UT campus for undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be.
On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through ...Lynn Connaway
Harvey, William, Erin M. Hood, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway. 2017. “On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through Digital Visitors and Residents Maps.” Presented at the ASIS&T 2017, 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 31.
On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through ...OCLC
Harvey, William, Erin M. Hood, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway. 2017. “On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through Digital Visitors and Residents Maps.” Presented at the ASIS&T 2017, 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 31.
Joy Mountford at BayCHI: Visualizations of Our Collective LivesBayCHI
The lines between art, design, and information are dissolving as we experience new places and objects. Consider, for example, the organic flow of air traffic over North America at daybreak, the bursts of search query memes spreading around the globe, and the pointillist surge of mobile phone usage on New Year's Eve. Using the new techniques of generative data visualization, a new generation of artist/designers/engineer/scientists are creating gorgeous, dynamic experiences driven by massive sets of data about our own lives. Their work comes to life in architectural spaces, on walls of wood and metal and light and shimmering glass clouds suspended overhead. Of course it must be touched to be appreciated and engaged with, simple gestures launch a thousand images and possibilities. Many of these projects have received international recognition. They are primarily 3D applications that can run in real time, but really can only be appreciated by watching them, as movies. These data movies aim to make information easier to understand while being enjoyable to watch. Surprising insights surface through looking at our 'data life' in new ways, and may compel us to design in different, even better ways.
An examination of the emerging technologies that are expected to have a large impact in the museum world during the coming five years. Looking at the 2010 and 2011 Museum Edition of the Horizon Report. I give insights into which of these technologies I think are best suited to Arkansas museums given key trends and significant challenges.
The future of computing is a symbiosis of machines and people. To achieve this we need an "operating system" upgrade for digital technology. We all need a Guardian Avatar to help us to navigate the "metaverse", and to care for us and protect us.
My talk at #frAIday talks at Umea University - June 4, 2021.
I talked about some principles for building social interactive agents and presented some examples of such agents.
As the world goes digital each day, businesses face the challenge of keeping up with the transformation. This is a comprehensive outlook on how brands can engage with consumers in the connected age through various mediums. Most examples are hyperlinked to a more detailed case-study, so please hover over the slides. While I've tried to cover as much ground as I could the digital realm is a vast one. So, please share your thoughts, wisdom and experience in the comments. Hope this proves to be worthy of your time.
Integrity AI and Geospatial Keynote 2023Ed Morrissey
StL TechWeek keynote presentation given by Ed Morrissey of Integrity Web Consulting covering exponential growth and generational technophobia as concerns with AI and Geospatial.
Atlases are changing, although the paper paradigm of maps and atlases pervaded recent cartographic history. By nature that paradigm serves, as well as defines, a specific audience in terms of use and presentation. In the production process and at the printing press, the paper paradigm demands certain design and creation workflows that have drastically changed through evolutions in data, mapmaking techniques, and presentation methods. Technological transformations in mapping influence much of this change, and the resulting implications for the design, creation, and distribution of atlases are significant.
We are currently transitioning from the Information Age to the Hybrid Age in a technological revolution distinguished by ubiquitous computing, intelligent machines, social technologies, integrated scientific fields, and rapidly-adaptive development strategies. I this new age there is a new kind of atlas—one that is itself ubiquitous, intelligent, social, and integrative. Web services provide easy access to atlas content through ubiquitous computing on smart phones, tablets, phablets, laptops, and desktops—trillions of devices connected via the Internet. The user interface seamlessly integrates the multi-scale slippy maps and their supporting content. The user experience supports intelligent exploration through contextual understanding, intuitive findability, and configurable comparison. Integration with social media provides opportunities to communicate and collaborate with others. Commenting, bookmarking, and note taking provide valuable capabilities for increased personal usability. The resulting, fully-citable set of digital maps and web services brings these important historical documents to life, preserving the past and providing knowledge for current and future generations of users.
AAG 2017 Annual Meeting - Boston, MA
Some believe that we are transitioning from the Information Age to the Hybrid Age in a technological revolution distinguished by ubiquitous computing, intelligent machines, social technologies, integrated scientific fields, and rapidly-adaptive development strategies. It is into this new age that we introduce a new kind of atlas—one that is itself ubiquitous, intelligent, social, and integrative. Web services provide easy access to the atlas content through ubiquitous computing on a wide range of devices—smart phones, tablets, laptops, and more—trillions of other devices that are connected via the Internet. The user interface seamlessly integrates the maps and supporting content. The user experience supports intelligent exploration through contextual understanding, intuitive findability, and desirable comparison. Social media links provide useful opportunities to communicate and collaborate with others.
In this paper we suggest a design research method for eliciting
affordances and new meanings for Smart Objects in the Internet of Things Era.
After an introduction to the topic and the description of some open issues, we
propose to adopt a Critical Design approach, where the role of Ambiguity is
twofold: on the one hand, it is the objective of the observation for defining a set
of ambiguous objects or affordances; on the other hand, it is the result of a
design conceptualization of smart objects aiming at provoking cognitive
dissonance and finalized to understand people adaptation processes and
behaviors.
Sometimes the internet feels too darn big. Thankfully there are a few keys tools that can make it more manageable— and this informal session will teach you how to wrangle the web to its knees.
This short presentation will include a live demo of some free easy tools for communicators who’d like to:
• Receive real-time email alerts about issues, key terms, topics and more
• Build a personalized dashboard to display new online content & organize the dashboard into categories
• Use Twitter tools as a dashboard to track trends, conversations, influential users and more
Bring a lap top to this interactive session so you can set up your own accounts and work with the tools on the spot.
This is a presentation that I gave that 2011 RISE University day at the University of Texas - a one day event held on the UT campus for undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be.
On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through ...Lynn Connaway
Harvey, William, Erin M. Hood, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway. 2017. “On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through Digital Visitors and Residents Maps.” Presented at the ASIS&T 2017, 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 31.
On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through ...OCLC
Harvey, William, Erin M. Hood, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway. 2017. “On Shapes and Sizes: Measuring Diversity of Technological Engagement through Digital Visitors and Residents Maps.” Presented at the ASIS&T 2017, 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 31.
Joy Mountford at BayCHI: Visualizations of Our Collective LivesBayCHI
The lines between art, design, and information are dissolving as we experience new places and objects. Consider, for example, the organic flow of air traffic over North America at daybreak, the bursts of search query memes spreading around the globe, and the pointillist surge of mobile phone usage on New Year's Eve. Using the new techniques of generative data visualization, a new generation of artist/designers/engineer/scientists are creating gorgeous, dynamic experiences driven by massive sets of data about our own lives. Their work comes to life in architectural spaces, on walls of wood and metal and light and shimmering glass clouds suspended overhead. Of course it must be touched to be appreciated and engaged with, simple gestures launch a thousand images and possibilities. Many of these projects have received international recognition. They are primarily 3D applications that can run in real time, but really can only be appreciated by watching them, as movies. These data movies aim to make information easier to understand while being enjoyable to watch. Surprising insights surface through looking at our 'data life' in new ways, and may compel us to design in different, even better ways.
An examination of the emerging technologies that are expected to have a large impact in the museum world during the coming five years. Looking at the 2010 and 2011 Museum Edition of the Horizon Report. I give insights into which of these technologies I think are best suited to Arkansas museums given key trends and significant challenges.
The future of computing is a symbiosis of machines and people. To achieve this we need an "operating system" upgrade for digital technology. We all need a Guardian Avatar to help us to navigate the "metaverse", and to care for us and protect us.
My talk at #frAIday talks at Umea University - June 4, 2021.
I talked about some principles for building social interactive agents and presented some examples of such agents.
As the world goes digital each day, businesses face the challenge of keeping up with the transformation. This is a comprehensive outlook on how brands can engage with consumers in the connected age through various mediums. Most examples are hyperlinked to a more detailed case-study, so please hover over the slides. While I've tried to cover as much ground as I could the digital realm is a vast one. So, please share your thoughts, wisdom and experience in the comments. Hope this proves to be worthy of your time.
Integrity AI and Geospatial Keynote 2023Ed Morrissey
StL TechWeek keynote presentation given by Ed Morrissey of Integrity Web Consulting covering exponential growth and generational technophobia as concerns with AI and Geospatial.
Atlases are changing, although the paper paradigm of maps and atlases pervaded recent cartographic history. By nature that paradigm serves, as well as defines, a specific audience in terms of use and presentation. In the production process and at the printing press, the paper paradigm demands certain design and creation workflows that have drastically changed through evolutions in data, mapmaking techniques, and presentation methods. Technological transformations in mapping influence much of this change, and the resulting implications for the design, creation, and distribution of atlases are significant.
We are currently transitioning from the Information Age to the Hybrid Age in a technological revolution distinguished by ubiquitous computing, intelligent machines, social technologies, integrated scientific fields, and rapidly-adaptive development strategies. I this new age there is a new kind of atlas—one that is itself ubiquitous, intelligent, social, and integrative. Web services provide easy access to atlas content through ubiquitous computing on smart phones, tablets, phablets, laptops, and desktops—trillions of devices connected via the Internet. The user interface seamlessly integrates the multi-scale slippy maps and their supporting content. The user experience supports intelligent exploration through contextual understanding, intuitive findability, and configurable comparison. Integration with social media provides opportunities to communicate and collaborate with others. Commenting, bookmarking, and note taking provide valuable capabilities for increased personal usability. The resulting, fully-citable set of digital maps and web services brings these important historical documents to life, preserving the past and providing knowledge for current and future generations of users.
AAG 2017 Annual Meeting - Boston, MA
Some believe that we are transitioning from the Information Age to the Hybrid Age in a technological revolution distinguished by ubiquitous computing, intelligent machines, social technologies, integrated scientific fields, and rapidly-adaptive development strategies. It is into this new age that we introduce a new kind of atlas—one that is itself ubiquitous, intelligent, social, and integrative. Web services provide easy access to the atlas content through ubiquitous computing on a wide range of devices—smart phones, tablets, laptops, and more—trillions of other devices that are connected via the Internet. The user interface seamlessly integrates the maps and supporting content. The user experience supports intelligent exploration through contextual understanding, intuitive findability, and desirable comparison. Social media links provide useful opportunities to communicate and collaborate with others.
In this paper we suggest a design research method for eliciting
affordances and new meanings for Smart Objects in the Internet of Things Era.
After an introduction to the topic and the description of some open issues, we
propose to adopt a Critical Design approach, where the role of Ambiguity is
twofold: on the one hand, it is the objective of the observation for defining a set
of ambiguous objects or affordances; on the other hand, it is the result of a
design conceptualization of smart objects aiming at provoking cognitive
dissonance and finalized to understand people adaptation processes and
behaviors.
Sometimes the internet feels too darn big. Thankfully there are a few keys tools that can make it more manageable— and this informal session will teach you how to wrangle the web to its knees.
This short presentation will include a live demo of some free easy tools for communicators who’d like to:
• Receive real-time email alerts about issues, key terms, topics and more
• Build a personalized dashboard to display new online content & organize the dashboard into categories
• Use Twitter tools as a dashboard to track trends, conversations, influential users and more
Bring a lap top to this interactive session so you can set up your own accounts and work with the tools on the spot.
Slides from an Ignite delivered in 2012 after returning from SXSW. Picked up on 4 big trends & mapped them out as appealing to either sloth or pride...Guess you had to be there.
Hakeem Olajuwon, the retired Nigerian American professional basketball player, is the oracle for all wisdom, strength, integrity and growth. At a crossroads in life, love, career or identity? Hakeem has the answer. Look beyond the NCAA/NBA records, rebounding prowess and innumerable hoops-related accolades to discover the Tao of the Gentle Giant.
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.
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.
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
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 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
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...
SXSW 2015 Trends
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4. What is SXSW?
Celebration of creativity & innovation across
Interactive, Film & Music
• 22 years of interactive
• 10 days (5 Interactive)
• 33,825 attendees
• 1,250 talks
Cannes is a celebration of the past, SXSW is a celebration of the
future...
5. What was SXSW trend-wise?
2012
• Ambient location aware
• Curation
• Mobile 1st
• Social storytelling
2013
• Big data + context
• Distribution > Virality
• Creative collaboration
• Humanized tech
2015
• A.I. & Transhumanism
• V.R. & Agile Storyworlds
• Stream(ies)
• Enforced Equ(al)ity
2014
• Paranoia -> Anonymity
• Currency alternatives
• Body/brain hacks/history
• Integrated interactive intuition
For years film, music, interactive silo’ed – convergence is increasing
Platforms overlapping overtly – digital/entertainment/social applies everywhere – evidenced by expansion into sports, gaming, fashion & EDU
Big theme that works across all these streams – humanity/nature vs. tech evolution
`keep Austin weird`is still true – dedicated to protecting art, culture, indie scenes
Sxsw adds 1/3 of the population to the city every year
Traffic is congested, locals leave, another kind of weirdness ensues
Convergence bigger than ever – Interactive bleeding into film, sport, fashion, music
Consumers don’t make the distinction – seems weird to silo Interactive as its own thing
STATISTICS FOR SXSW INTERACTIVE 2015: http://sxsw.com/sites/default/files/attachments/SXSW-2015-Statistics.pdf
Interactive Festival Participants: 33,825 (from 85 foreign countries)
Interactive Festival Sessions: 1,250
Interactive Festival Speakers: 2,700
Interactive Media in Attendance (approximate): 3,389
Media coverage in 2014 totaled $78.7+M
2 M @mentions w/ 2B ‘social reach’ (2014 #)
Big things we talked about in class last year
Lack of trust in big institutions & developing alt-worlds/identities/monetary systems (wikileaks, assange, citizenfour premiere, bitcoin, tor, etc.)
Optimism about brain/body improvements thru tech (augmented bodies, hacking organs, health/metrics)
Predictive systems mirror human ‘intuition’ (systems’ shorthand, UX/design, semiotics of emojis, better understanding of how we learn/visualize; connectivity/’new standards’ for hardware/cars/devices/medical/etc. -> an arms race for system improvements)
E.g. a calendar that predicts what you SHOULD do on a certain day b.o. prev. routings – save time inputting data/free to be creative (like ‘manual’ routines)
SX backlash continues for shills, hype, waste, FOMO
This year – saw shift in data-focused (incl. “content” in this definition) to bio-focused (nature, real life, bodies, brains)
Lame analogy to carry this through – but go with it - checks all the hype & marketing boxes: Conceptual art piece #Followmyheart – watch Shia LaBeouf’s heart beat online while he was at SX – a collabo w/artists Luke Turner & Nastja Sade Ronkko
SLaB spent 6 days in a tracking device – designed to ‘bring emotion to the internet’
New emphasis on the ‘heart’ behind tech – we’re learning to bridge the two worlds physically & cognitively (even how we talk about bullying & the impact of online immersion on our reputation/behaviour is evolving)
http://follow-my-heart.net/ -> notice it encourages you to livetweet his BPM – map your effect if/when you met him, spread the word
Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed: “Never focus on clicks & views – the main metrics is SHARE” – under 3K tweets based on Sysomos scan, not a huge viral hit by any stretch (velvet underground LP trope, etc.)
uses tech infrastructure from project called pplkpr – we’ll get to this next - essentially software was talked to his heart monitor tracking cardiac pulses – FMH site
Artists Luke Turner & Nastja Säde Rönkkö – same as Berlinale (paper bag "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE`); #IAMSORRY performance (where he was assaulted)
First met when he was accused of plagiarising Daniel Clowes w-his short film, which he admittedly did – Luke has a metamoderism manifesto about art & authorship that caused Shia to reach out
Turner: "How do we approach doing something involving tech, but also creating an intimate connection across the net? The most intimate thing is your heartbeat. It literally is the rhythm of life, but [we're] broadcasting that in the most public realm while creating this intimate one-on-one relationship.“
Ran a lap of the conference room to demo that it works - usually oddly soothing. “It's very cathartic. It's an existential crisis that turned into an existential exploration that I'm benefiting from. So whether it's art or stupid, that's OK with me. As long as the benefits keep coming, I don't give a shit.“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9w-5dhkOo
Artists’ manifesto: When people say, “listen to your heart”, they are urging us to tune in to the loving side of our selves; the imaginative, the intuitive, the compassionate, the inner wisdom we all possess. They are telling us to listen to our passion. As we roam the SXSW festival, the data of my heart will roam the networks, transmitted live at FOLLOW-MY-HEART.NET for us to follow together in real time for the duration. With our physical distance collapsed by the networks, that innermost and most intimate of rhythms will be rendered immediate on our digital screens.
Like cats have whiskers, we too are born with a guidance system: our heart. It is our inner GPS, our map, and our guide. It promises to lead us down the path of maximum fulfillment. If you #FOLLOWMYHEART, it may lead to yours. - LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, 2015
Very comfy w/apps that track our sleep, steps, calorie in/out -> PPLKPR (pronounced ‘people-keeper’) tracks your friends’ affect on your body
App connects w/ bluetooth heartrate monitor, measures physical response to humans - Aim: i.d. your toxic ‘friends’
Built by Carnegie Mellon artists-in-residence Lauren McCarthy & Kyle McDonald – ‘both a real app + art project.’
Free download – think about what you learn tracking emotional response to friends -> integrates w/Mio & other heartrate hardware (or NO hardware – ‘manual’ inputs after prompts can work…human error, etc.)
CBT + Data + character profiling – Takes FB Friend list; Asks you to track how they make you feel when you hang out IRL. E.g. Did yoga with Brynn & she was humblebragging about her raw food diet/juice cleanse & I felt like hot garbage -> App: “Brinn makes you anxious” -> If this becomes a pattern…Let’s reconsider this friendship; E.g. Went to a show w/my ‘platonic’ friend –> App can note excitement/arousal -> Let’s reconsider this friendship (also scared, bored, etc.)
- “pplkpr is based on measurements of heart rate variability, where subtle changes in heart rhythm signal changes in your emotional state. pplkpr knows when you’re having a strong emotion, and lets you decide what that emotion is.” “pplkpr can compose text messages, invite people to hang out, or block or delete their contact. These actions will appear on your home screen as they happen.”
- This is messed up! That’s the point: "We were trying to take it one step far enough to make it seem outrageous. It's critical of this quantified self, big data trend that we're seeing" - McCarthy
Plug Sedaris essay in NY’er Mag ‘FitBit Life’; tie back to ‘Her’ greeting card co.
Weird start w/ the heart…but not far off to track emotions, rationally evaluate body reactions -> AI & Transhumanism
Been 20 years since Time’s Test Tube Baby magazine cover - & now IVF’s covered by plans -> What was freaky & taboo is totally normal for organizations/gov’ts to support. Recent MoMA exhibit – leather jackets w/grown stem cells; bioluminescence imaging
“We want to have tools that touch us back” – Rohit Thawani, TBWAChiatDay re. haptic technology (kinesthetic communication - tactile feedback tech recreates sense of touch w/forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.). Touch will become as important as sight/sound in digital experiences. (pr0n pi0neers)
“There were the Internet of Things & Quantified Self trends – but NOW the Internet of BODY is coming in a few years.” – Ernesto Rodriguez, Hoppe
Martine Rothblatt – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5szXt6CBDmo
Author “Virtually Human” & CEO of United Therapeutics Corp (Biotech) keynote: “AI will immortalize humans via replication”
Her co. is developing organs in labs for transplants & her NGO is working on ‘mind cloning’ (upload your consciousness to a ‘mind file’) to digitize our personalities/behaviours/mannerisms -> regenerated human bodies
1st sentient robot – Bina48 – based on her wife’s mind file – what rights does she have? Is she an illegal alien on earth? Slave? Will she get help from a shrink?
Bina48 can have conversations, debates – NYMag interviewed her, too
What if your SM feed/lifetime of digital detritus to create a cyber twin -> ethical dilemma w/’cyber consciousness’/AI
What is nature/how does tech compliment it/stem cells/living-food/exoskeletons/body-augmentation
Ethics w/r/t ‘hacking nature’ – 3D print an organ; replicate a brain -> innovation vs. ‘natural order’
Google’s investing in Calico – Biotech that explores reverse aging
Recent Elon Musk interview via WaitButWhy: Fears that by working to bring about Superintelligent AI (ASI), we’re “summoning the demon,” …cited AI safety as one of the three things he thinks about most—the other two being sustainable energy and becoming a multi-planet species, i.e. Tesla and SpaceX. Musk is a smart motherfucker, and he knows a ton about AI, and his sincere concern about this makes me scared.
Cost of research diminishing at an insane rate -> startups + big pharma + gov + academic – not uncommon/ecosystem
‘entrepreneurship’ booming in neuro/bio spaces “street biology”
Next Walter White might be cooking up stem cells instead of meth – IBM built ‘Chef Watson’ cooking machine to modify b.o. preferences
Scientific research, prototyping not just for academics & R&D Depts -> saw this in Maker movement with ‘hard tech’
Screw focus groups/polling – map products, preferences to what brains/bodies signal back to systems – actual ‘physical’ data to sort
Since Lawnmower Man – fascinated with promise of VR (virtual reality). Last year Oculus Rift was the big deal & FB acquired it right after the fest (tie back to Insta)
Google Cardboard, is now the favorite hardware w/brands, because it ships compact, is literally a piece of cardboard (read: brand-able). Easy for DIY types. Can use packing box & follow online instructions for folding.
Entirely new business model for ‘live’ events – headsets/hardware adoption next hurdle – Google trying, naturally (ATX flyover demo)
Huge opp for training, education – autistic kids w/social situations; sports drills/training exercises; insurance cos. Show distracted driving impact to teens (map back to moving beyond sight/sound + tech)
UT’s Brain Performance Institute (BrainHealth) built VR-based educational programs for ppl w/ autism/Aspergers to dry-run social situations (e.g. dating, bullying, interviews). Already helped 100s of people
Game is built as a 10-step program w/var. responses – Clinician/Participant meet, take photos, upload avatars. Clinician explains & then they enter together. Participant runs thru the scenario, clinician observes – They can pull the participant aside if things go wrong for coaching – then they restart. Mistakes don’t matter.
“Social cognition” – brain’s hardest ‘software’ to run – requires a lot of practice
Can be expanded infinitely to help: inmates before release; healthcare workers; teaching
Hardware Cos: Oculus, Samsung, Avegant & Jaunt – all at SX
Jaunt*’s partnership w/NorthFace is interesting: Transports customers to Yosemite Park while shopping in retail store. Immersive Yosemite & Utah Moab desert - trek landscapes & climb w/ famous athletes. *proprietary 360 degree, stereoscopic 3D cameras and advanced 3D sound-field microphones (Chi, NYC & SF stores)
Oculus partnered with Insurance Co. NRMA - one experience highlights improvements in car safety over the past twenty years. Visitors go to a ‘crashed car showroom’ & became crash test dummies: http://saferchoices.nrma.com.au/be-a-crash-test-dummy.aspx
Examples - NASA had a VR demo of Mars; last month’s Tribeca Film Fest had VR installations from new media creators/filmmakers
- Huge for storytelling – impact on HOW we define stories is huge…
- #AIStory – Talk by Campfire - Walked through alpha beta tests – from Paper/pre-production systems
Develop prompts for AI – apps, audio recording, viz, etc – Build systems that ID patterns via prototyping
When shooting w/360 cameras –possibilities for off-shoot stories (remember ‘easter eggs’?) are endless – White Rabbit, style
VR will fuel a new generation of experience driven documentary video (related to the EDU opps)
The ‘original’ doc viewer struggled with where they were in the narrative (esp. w/POV docs) – w/VR + 360 vid - new emphasized phenomenon of ‘presence’ - e.g. Thomas Wallner’s 360 companion to Polar Sea, explore physical landscape change caused by polar ice cap erosion
The Polar Sea website http://polarsea360.arte.tv/ & Fove interactive VR Headset http://bit.ly/1NgPvhr
Next generation of selfies – not going away anytime soon – will become higher & higher % of social UGC
Meerkat was the darling of the fest – Connect via Twitter & live-stream via mobile device or view/comment on another’s stream
Adopted early by Kimmel – 15,000 streams in one day at SX – 200K+ tuned in
Grain of salt: look at that tweet for some perspective – how many use Foursquare, GroupMe, Highlight, Banjo or Secret weekly/daily/ever?
Live layer to video & social – inevitable in many ways. Not that far off for people to ‘get’ & adopt. Brands love it
KEY TAKEAWAY: Video is not new, but works. Live video and social is being redefined as we speak.
Tickle-Me-Elmo of SXi15 - http://simplymeasured.com/blog/2015/03/16/91000-meerkats-how-many-popped-up-at-sxsw/
Periscope owned by TW – likely best bet in long run – maybe trying to avoid SX hype stigma/curse: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/technology/tech-titans-bet-that-the-world-is-ready-for-the-streaming-selfie.html?_r=0
Some merit in examining the curse of the hyped SM platform/network launch – vs – build a valuable space/product & wait for merit-based attention/loyalty to come
2007 Time Mag cover – not too far off…
When does peak narcissism happen?
Visual web makes sense – emojis, gifs (now embedded into photobooths), vines, vids, photos (selfiesticks), etc. – even ‘regular’ events have step & repeats, which is weird
‘reward’ system attached to this stimuli is disturbing – upvotes/shares – what is motivating the broadcast?
Bigger Qs re. proprietary events – what is piracy if something is happening IRL? Do you have the right to film me?
Interesting to see #NotAllMen-style backlash during #WhoWillYouHelp – tide turning (?)
3 out of 5 keynotes – female execs; overall 42% of speakers were women
Watched US CTO Megan Smith ‘mansplained’ by Google’s Eric Schmidt & Aspen Institue’s Walter Isaacson – called out by a colleague of Schmidt
Women in tech no longer a ‘token’ scheduling session – Twitter, Soho House, Protein, Dazed & Confused – hosted events
Genuine market-driven interest in understanding women’s consumption habits – 50% tablets; 50%+ gamers + leadership
Princess Reema appeared -> Saudi women challenges; breast cancer efforts (highest cause of death for Saudi women 20-50)
Call for diversity is the consequence of the democratization of digital tools -> naturally ‘catching up’
Comp Sci enrollment for women – 34% in 1985; 13% in 2015
Google investing 150M$ in diversity this year (115M$ in 2014) – actively recruiting from historically black colleges; staff can use 20% time for diversity projects; free curriculum for teachers to start comp sci clubs; “Made With Code” helps girls identify with computer programming.
2014 Google staff breakdown: 70% men worldwide; U.S. 61% white; 30% Asian.
Building a ‘pipeline’ of qualified staff key to improving diversity – can’t just focus on hiring
Ipsos+Dove ‘Girls Lounge’, Cosmo hosted female-centred lounges during SX - #Empower trended
790B$ - LGBT Community’s buying power in the US
3.2T$ - Racially diverse populations’ buying power in the US
1.5M ‘affluent’ multicultural households in the US
Gen Y check their phones every 5.8 mins - Checky app to keep that under control “Generation Moth”
Lots of talks re. UX/Design & mindfulness/intuition/easing stress – ‘smart/conscious design’ (tie back to ambient location-aware – Swarm vs. Foursquare)
Smart Objects like SmartyPans/App-connected to tell you calories/nutritional content; iBeacon in retail – map digital+store experiences; connect mobile ‘dots’ – Luminometer – germ-zap/sanitizer by 3M
Big things we talked about in class last year
Lack of trust in big institutions & developing alt-worlds/identities/monetary systems (wikileaks, assange, citizenfour premiere, bitcoin, tor, etc.)
Optimism about brain/body improvements thru tech (augmented bodies, hacking organs, health/metrics)
Predictive systems mirror human ‘intuition’ (systems’ shorthand, UX/design, semiotics of emojis, better understanding of how we learn/visualize; connectivity/’new standards’ for hardware/cars/devices/medical/etc. -> an arms race for system improvements)
E.g. a calendar that predicts what you SHOULD do on a certain day b.o. prev. routings – save time inputting data/free to be creative (like ‘manual’ routines)
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