The 5th Annual UXies were Monday Nov. 16 2015 at Parsons School of Design, New York. The 2015 UXies was a sold out event of incredible learning and inspiration from 25 talks, 44 speakers, 8 judges and 20 winners from around the world. The following presentation, which was presented at the UX Awards, examines:
• The UX Award’s mission
• 2015 judges
• Internal evaluation criteria
• Judging process
• Year-by-year entry and winner metrics
• Prizes and benefits
• 2015 partners and sponsors
• 20 winning projects
For more information, please visit http://userexperienceawards.com/.
Design Jams! How to run creative sessions with the people who use your product.UXPA International
Getting your users together for a collaborative design sprint can provide a wealth of insight into their needs and goals, help you understand their mental model, and bring fresh ideas to your product. Based on the format of Google Venture’s 5-day design sprint, Melinda conducts 2-hour mini design jams with product users. By the end of this session you’ll have an end-to-end guide for how to plan and facilitate this with your own users.
Where's Jarvis? The future of Voice Recognition and Natural Language User Int...UXPA International
Siri, Cortana, Alexa - voice recognition is going mainstream. What does this technology mean for your business? How does speech fit with the internet of things, with virtual agents, or in the enterprise space? Crispin Reedy, a voice interaction designer with over 10 years of experience, and the president of the Association for Voice Interaction Design, will review the current state of speech recognition and natural language technologies, discuss how they fit in the emerging landscape of distributed devices, and discuss techniques and methods to evaluate these interfaces.
What Board Games can Teach Us about Designing ExperiencesStephen Anderson
There’s a reason so many board gamers show up UX events. The same skills that make us great information wranglers are the same things that make board games like Catan, Pandemic and yes, even Exploding Kittens so appealing! It should come as no surprise that we’ve seen prominent UX leaders cross over into board game design (Matt Leacock, Dirk Knemeyer).
If we scratch beneath the surface, there’s a set of shared skills (and struggles) common to these different professions. Specifically: the spatial arrangement of information, visual encoding of information, creating designed spaces, a systems view, playtesting / user testing, competing tensions, triggering emotional responses, and many more.
Okay, so what? Sure, it’s kind of neat that we have so much in common. But how might this change what I do at $largecompany? Here’s the honest truth: The game design profession is just a little bit farther down the road than us, and we have a lot to learn from this group if we can look past the superficial differences. We talk about designing for emotions, but let’s face it, game designers are actually winning at this. Processes? We talk about lean and agile, but game designers have mastered playtesting (and the design to playtest ratio should make us embarrassed at how little we actually iterate with users). And there’s plenty more. I’m confident that if we can look our our own profession through the lens of game design, we’ll see plenty of glaring opportunities for improvement, and a few tricks we might pick up, as well.
Place in Space (AKA "How to Design A Concept Model")Stephen Anderson
“How do you create a concept model?”
It's a simple question without a simple answer. As wranglers of information, we routinely create visual artifacts to make sense of difficult subjects. Think service blueprints. Site maps. Clusters of sticky notes on walls. Venn diagrams. These are all external representations created to organize our understanding—concept models. And in team settings, these models allow us to communicate and collaborate; master these visual thinking skills and you can effectively frame the conversation. For as long as we’ve organized things into stacks (“my pile, your pile”) or into some continuum (letterforms carved into a clay tablet, sorting kids by height), we’ve used the *spatial* arrangement of things to assign meaning. Consciously or not, we're tapping into a powerful visual language to help us and others understand difficult concepts. But, what is this language we're using? And can it be taught?
In this session, speaker and author Stephen P. Anderson will share the fundamental elements behind every visual representation. Much like there’s a grammar behind the written word, there’s a grammar behind the visual display of information; once understood, you can easily create clear and concise visual representations of thought.
Best of all, this same approach extends into other kinds of external representations, such as custom data visualizations or novel interfaces. And, as we move into a connected world, where information is distributed into the physical environments around us, we can prepare now by having a fundamental vocabulary to describe this arrangement of information.
Whether on the page or screen, or in the physical space around us, understanding how to derive (and convey) meaning through the arrangement of information is and will become an essential skill for anyone designing information.
UX Awards: Top Trends in Award-Winning UX LondonOxford Tech + UX
General Assembly, Huge, and The UX Awards presented Top Trends in Award-Winning UX on Tuesday, August 4th, in London featuring UX professionals from innovative companies including Morgan Stanley, cxpartners, Cogapp, Qardio, and Swiftkey.
What are the trends and common traits behind the winners at the UX Awards, and where are they headed?
Beverly May, Executive Director of the UX Awards, presented an overview of the UXies, showcased past winning work and case studies, and provided a quantitative and qualitative analysis of winning submissions and UX trends from the past four years that you can use to help improve your own portfolios, UX presentations, or awards submissions.
Beverly was joined by several past and current UX Awards winners and judges to talk about what they look for in submissions and how they evaluated UX, as well as how they approached crafting their own case studies.
More info: http://oxfordtech.us/the-ux-awards-top-trends-in-award-winning-ux-london/
The UXies inspire all technologists to create elegant, human-centered products that solve real customer problems by showcasing next-generation digital products, honoring and celebrating with the most talented UX innovators and highlighting exceptional UX best practices.
Design Jams! How to run creative sessions with the people who use your product.UXPA International
Getting your users together for a collaborative design sprint can provide a wealth of insight into their needs and goals, help you understand their mental model, and bring fresh ideas to your product. Based on the format of Google Venture’s 5-day design sprint, Melinda conducts 2-hour mini design jams with product users. By the end of this session you’ll have an end-to-end guide for how to plan and facilitate this with your own users.
Where's Jarvis? The future of Voice Recognition and Natural Language User Int...UXPA International
Siri, Cortana, Alexa - voice recognition is going mainstream. What does this technology mean for your business? How does speech fit with the internet of things, with virtual agents, or in the enterprise space? Crispin Reedy, a voice interaction designer with over 10 years of experience, and the president of the Association for Voice Interaction Design, will review the current state of speech recognition and natural language technologies, discuss how they fit in the emerging landscape of distributed devices, and discuss techniques and methods to evaluate these interfaces.
What Board Games can Teach Us about Designing ExperiencesStephen Anderson
There’s a reason so many board gamers show up UX events. The same skills that make us great information wranglers are the same things that make board games like Catan, Pandemic and yes, even Exploding Kittens so appealing! It should come as no surprise that we’ve seen prominent UX leaders cross over into board game design (Matt Leacock, Dirk Knemeyer).
If we scratch beneath the surface, there’s a set of shared skills (and struggles) common to these different professions. Specifically: the spatial arrangement of information, visual encoding of information, creating designed spaces, a systems view, playtesting / user testing, competing tensions, triggering emotional responses, and many more.
Okay, so what? Sure, it’s kind of neat that we have so much in common. But how might this change what I do at $largecompany? Here’s the honest truth: The game design profession is just a little bit farther down the road than us, and we have a lot to learn from this group if we can look past the superficial differences. We talk about designing for emotions, but let’s face it, game designers are actually winning at this. Processes? We talk about lean and agile, but game designers have mastered playtesting (and the design to playtest ratio should make us embarrassed at how little we actually iterate with users). And there’s plenty more. I’m confident that if we can look our our own profession through the lens of game design, we’ll see plenty of glaring opportunities for improvement, and a few tricks we might pick up, as well.
Place in Space (AKA "How to Design A Concept Model")Stephen Anderson
“How do you create a concept model?”
It's a simple question without a simple answer. As wranglers of information, we routinely create visual artifacts to make sense of difficult subjects. Think service blueprints. Site maps. Clusters of sticky notes on walls. Venn diagrams. These are all external representations created to organize our understanding—concept models. And in team settings, these models allow us to communicate and collaborate; master these visual thinking skills and you can effectively frame the conversation. For as long as we’ve organized things into stacks (“my pile, your pile”) or into some continuum (letterforms carved into a clay tablet, sorting kids by height), we’ve used the *spatial* arrangement of things to assign meaning. Consciously or not, we're tapping into a powerful visual language to help us and others understand difficult concepts. But, what is this language we're using? And can it be taught?
In this session, speaker and author Stephen P. Anderson will share the fundamental elements behind every visual representation. Much like there’s a grammar behind the written word, there’s a grammar behind the visual display of information; once understood, you can easily create clear and concise visual representations of thought.
Best of all, this same approach extends into other kinds of external representations, such as custom data visualizations or novel interfaces. And, as we move into a connected world, where information is distributed into the physical environments around us, we can prepare now by having a fundamental vocabulary to describe this arrangement of information.
Whether on the page or screen, or in the physical space around us, understanding how to derive (and convey) meaning through the arrangement of information is and will become an essential skill for anyone designing information.
UX Awards: Top Trends in Award-Winning UX LondonOxford Tech + UX
General Assembly, Huge, and The UX Awards presented Top Trends in Award-Winning UX on Tuesday, August 4th, in London featuring UX professionals from innovative companies including Morgan Stanley, cxpartners, Cogapp, Qardio, and Swiftkey.
What are the trends and common traits behind the winners at the UX Awards, and where are they headed?
Beverly May, Executive Director of the UX Awards, presented an overview of the UXies, showcased past winning work and case studies, and provided a quantitative and qualitative analysis of winning submissions and UX trends from the past four years that you can use to help improve your own portfolios, UX presentations, or awards submissions.
Beverly was joined by several past and current UX Awards winners and judges to talk about what they look for in submissions and how they evaluated UX, as well as how they approached crafting their own case studies.
More info: http://oxfordtech.us/the-ux-awards-top-trends-in-award-winning-ux-london/
The UXies inspire all technologists to create elegant, human-centered products that solve real customer problems by showcasing next-generation digital products, honoring and celebrating with the most talented UX innovators and highlighting exceptional UX best practices.
World Usability Day 2014: Engagement (Master Deck)NYCUXPA
300 UX professionals Bloomberg, AppNexus, the NYC UXPA and the IxDA of New York City for World Usability Day 2014 on Thursday, November 13th. Our all-star team of UX rock stars shared their perspectives on engagement models in user experience.
The UX Awards are the first Awards to celebrate and honor exceptional UX and UX pros. The Awards are held annually in May with a rotating panel of 8 experts and partner support from NYC-CHI, IXDA NY, UXPA NY, Parsons the New School for Design and others.
The enclosed presentation is from the 3rd Annual UX Awards in June 2013. The Video and Audio from the original are not included.
Find out more or get on our mailing list at www.UserExperienceAwards.com or @UXAwards
Judy Bruce and Samantha Dietz explore the importance of collaboration between UX design and content strategy, share what they learned from conversations with their peers in the Chicago digital community, and identify best practices that you can put into action on your next UX project.
Video from TechSoup Connect Western Canada's "The Top Digital + Technology Trends for Nonprofits in 2022"
Recorded January 12, 2022.
Event: https://events.techsoup.org/e/m466a5/
The event was a fast-paced afternoon of Ignite-style mini-presentations on the trends, tools, and techniques nonprofits should use to create more impact.
TRENDS
Cryptocurrency trends to watch in 2022 with Jason Shim
Quantifying Your Desired Outcomes from Investments in SaaS/Cloud with Kevin Christopher-George
AI, Ethics, and Nonprofits with Kirk Schmidt
The triple threat of cheap and cheerful market research with Darren Barefoot
How to grow awareness by leveraging the audiences of others with Alison Knott
Video marketing: easier, cheaper, more effective with David Phu
How mobile and express payment options impact online giving with Salvatore Salpietro
Building donor relationships in 2022 with Sara Hoshooley
2022 Trends in Tech with John Bromley
Learning the latest trends in individual giving and donor stewardship with Shelina Dilgir
Technology Helps's Top Tech Trends with Charles Buchanan
Investing in Your Fundraising Skills with Rowena Veylan
User Experience FTW with Jai Djwa
Users First: UX Basics for Websites that Serve People (staff presentation at ...Melissa Van De Werfhorst
Workshop for web design, web development, and marketing staff at UC Santa Barbara on user experience (UX) basics. Introduction to UX. Emphasis on the planning through design concepts of UX. Presented 12/17/14 by Melissa Van De Werfhorst, hosted by the UCSB Web Standards Group.
[UserTesting Webinar] Tackling B2B and B2C challenges: User Research at HomeA...UserTesting
HomeAdvisor connects more than 30 million homeowners with trusted home improvement professionals in their area. So how does the company manage to tackle usability issues from the home improvement professionals’ perspective (B2B) and from the homeowners’ perspective (B2C) at the same time?
Leah Russell, Vice President of User Experience at HomeAdvisor, joins us to share her insights on how her team incorporates regular user research to address the unique challenges facing both the B2B and B2C sides of the business.
At some point in your career, you’ll be called upon to sell User Experience (UX) to someone in your organization. You’ve probably already done it. Perhaps you’ll need to justify what you do in an organization or industry that’s just beginning to adopt UX methods or sell UX to secure your position within an organization or get future projects. So, what do you need to know to help you sell UX? What challenges might you face? In this talk, Daniel Szuc will:
1. Examine what works and what does not work well when selling UX within an organization;
2. Identify barriers you might encounter to the adoption of UX methods in your organization;
3. Discuss how to package and present UX to stakeholders.
Also see: http://designative.info/2009/12/09/event-ixda-shanghai-presents-selling-ux-in-organizations-with-daniel-szuc-december-11th-2009-630pm/comment-page-1/#comment-6037
Code with Empathy: UX for Engineers and UX DevelopersAnita Cheng
User experience is a hot field, but still very new for many tech companies. Let’s face it, the companies who can devote the resources for a robust UX process are few and far between! Software developers often find themselves making design decisions by necessity, which ends up complicating the product lifecycle down the road. So what can developers learn right now to improve the usability and delight of their products?
This talk was given to audiences of UXPALA members, USC students, and developers at SoCal Code Camp.
Experience may be the best teacher, but how does a team experience accessibility? We generally learn best by doing or feeling for ourselves. An accessibility workshop has the power to bring that immediate sense of understanding to teams – and personal understanding results in better solutions. In this session, Jess Vice outlines why accessibility is a strategic investment. With her expertise in UX and design responsibility, she will walk the audience through a framework for a tactical accessibility workshop to make equitable design a priority for every team.
In Pune, the vibrant city known for its rich cultural heritage and thriving tech industry, several institutes stand out as Ui Ux best institutes in pune in providing top-notch education in UI/UX design. These institutions are renowned for nurturing creative minds and shaping individuals into skilled designers who can navigate the complexities of user interface and user experience.
Here are the slides from the UX Portfolio Workshop I did at exploreUX on 4/22/14. The workshop was part presentation and part activities to get participants in the right mindset for creating their UX portfolios.
The slides go into the specifics on:
• What to put in your UX portfolio
• How to figure out what (of your stuff) to include
• How to add what you’re missing
• What tools and resources to use in building it
• What’s a good (and bad) portfolio
For Insights to Impact: Demonstrating the ROI of UX Research - Beth Lingard a...UXPA International
A great challenge facing businesses today is the overabundance of data and how to use it to take action. UX researchers must have a level of business savvy to craft actionable recommendations that transcend design and impact key business goals.
Understanding business needs starts with your first conversation, where it becomes the foundation for your study and develops throughout every communication and phase, right up until you deliver your findings, recommendations, and next steps. Without tying business goals to research, your research becomes unusable, and could jeopardize its perceived value.
During this talk, you will gain a framework for approaching the study, tips, and best practices developed from hundreds of studies with Fortune 500 clients. Our advice will ensure your insights are usable, actionable, and demonstrate the ROI of your research.
Stavros Garzonis's Ignite talk from the UXPA 2014 session "Growth by Design: Managing Change in Experience Design Teams."
The demand for experience design services is getting higher every day. As we try to manage the rapid growth of our specialist teams, we're reaching the point at which our evolved team structures can no longer cope with that demand. How do we structure our design teams to focus on quality and sustainability while ensuring our employees are kept highly motivated and have clear career development opportunities? How do we facilitate change and re-define roles to alleviate points of stress and encourage ownership and accountability at all levels? This Ignite session will bring experienced managers and practitioners together to share their insights on how they have achieved this in their own companies, to give attendees specific, actionable advice to help them manage growth in their own experience design teams.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
World Usability Day 2014: Engagement (Master Deck)NYCUXPA
300 UX professionals Bloomberg, AppNexus, the NYC UXPA and the IxDA of New York City for World Usability Day 2014 on Thursday, November 13th. Our all-star team of UX rock stars shared their perspectives on engagement models in user experience.
The UX Awards are the first Awards to celebrate and honor exceptional UX and UX pros. The Awards are held annually in May with a rotating panel of 8 experts and partner support from NYC-CHI, IXDA NY, UXPA NY, Parsons the New School for Design and others.
The enclosed presentation is from the 3rd Annual UX Awards in June 2013. The Video and Audio from the original are not included.
Find out more or get on our mailing list at www.UserExperienceAwards.com or @UXAwards
Judy Bruce and Samantha Dietz explore the importance of collaboration between UX design and content strategy, share what they learned from conversations with their peers in the Chicago digital community, and identify best practices that you can put into action on your next UX project.
Video from TechSoup Connect Western Canada's "The Top Digital + Technology Trends for Nonprofits in 2022"
Recorded January 12, 2022.
Event: https://events.techsoup.org/e/m466a5/
The event was a fast-paced afternoon of Ignite-style mini-presentations on the trends, tools, and techniques nonprofits should use to create more impact.
TRENDS
Cryptocurrency trends to watch in 2022 with Jason Shim
Quantifying Your Desired Outcomes from Investments in SaaS/Cloud with Kevin Christopher-George
AI, Ethics, and Nonprofits with Kirk Schmidt
The triple threat of cheap and cheerful market research with Darren Barefoot
How to grow awareness by leveraging the audiences of others with Alison Knott
Video marketing: easier, cheaper, more effective with David Phu
How mobile and express payment options impact online giving with Salvatore Salpietro
Building donor relationships in 2022 with Sara Hoshooley
2022 Trends in Tech with John Bromley
Learning the latest trends in individual giving and donor stewardship with Shelina Dilgir
Technology Helps's Top Tech Trends with Charles Buchanan
Investing in Your Fundraising Skills with Rowena Veylan
User Experience FTW with Jai Djwa
Users First: UX Basics for Websites that Serve People (staff presentation at ...Melissa Van De Werfhorst
Workshop for web design, web development, and marketing staff at UC Santa Barbara on user experience (UX) basics. Introduction to UX. Emphasis on the planning through design concepts of UX. Presented 12/17/14 by Melissa Van De Werfhorst, hosted by the UCSB Web Standards Group.
[UserTesting Webinar] Tackling B2B and B2C challenges: User Research at HomeA...UserTesting
HomeAdvisor connects more than 30 million homeowners with trusted home improvement professionals in their area. So how does the company manage to tackle usability issues from the home improvement professionals’ perspective (B2B) and from the homeowners’ perspective (B2C) at the same time?
Leah Russell, Vice President of User Experience at HomeAdvisor, joins us to share her insights on how her team incorporates regular user research to address the unique challenges facing both the B2B and B2C sides of the business.
At some point in your career, you’ll be called upon to sell User Experience (UX) to someone in your organization. You’ve probably already done it. Perhaps you’ll need to justify what you do in an organization or industry that’s just beginning to adopt UX methods or sell UX to secure your position within an organization or get future projects. So, what do you need to know to help you sell UX? What challenges might you face? In this talk, Daniel Szuc will:
1. Examine what works and what does not work well when selling UX within an organization;
2. Identify barriers you might encounter to the adoption of UX methods in your organization;
3. Discuss how to package and present UX to stakeholders.
Also see: http://designative.info/2009/12/09/event-ixda-shanghai-presents-selling-ux-in-organizations-with-daniel-szuc-december-11th-2009-630pm/comment-page-1/#comment-6037
Code with Empathy: UX for Engineers and UX DevelopersAnita Cheng
User experience is a hot field, but still very new for many tech companies. Let’s face it, the companies who can devote the resources for a robust UX process are few and far between! Software developers often find themselves making design decisions by necessity, which ends up complicating the product lifecycle down the road. So what can developers learn right now to improve the usability and delight of their products?
This talk was given to audiences of UXPALA members, USC students, and developers at SoCal Code Camp.
Experience may be the best teacher, but how does a team experience accessibility? We generally learn best by doing or feeling for ourselves. An accessibility workshop has the power to bring that immediate sense of understanding to teams – and personal understanding results in better solutions. In this session, Jess Vice outlines why accessibility is a strategic investment. With her expertise in UX and design responsibility, she will walk the audience through a framework for a tactical accessibility workshop to make equitable design a priority for every team.
In Pune, the vibrant city known for its rich cultural heritage and thriving tech industry, several institutes stand out as Ui Ux best institutes in pune in providing top-notch education in UI/UX design. These institutions are renowned for nurturing creative minds and shaping individuals into skilled designers who can navigate the complexities of user interface and user experience.
Here are the slides from the UX Portfolio Workshop I did at exploreUX on 4/22/14. The workshop was part presentation and part activities to get participants in the right mindset for creating their UX portfolios.
The slides go into the specifics on:
• What to put in your UX portfolio
• How to figure out what (of your stuff) to include
• How to add what you’re missing
• What tools and resources to use in building it
• What’s a good (and bad) portfolio
For Insights to Impact: Demonstrating the ROI of UX Research - Beth Lingard a...UXPA International
A great challenge facing businesses today is the overabundance of data and how to use it to take action. UX researchers must have a level of business savvy to craft actionable recommendations that transcend design and impact key business goals.
Understanding business needs starts with your first conversation, where it becomes the foundation for your study and develops throughout every communication and phase, right up until you deliver your findings, recommendations, and next steps. Without tying business goals to research, your research becomes unusable, and could jeopardize its perceived value.
During this talk, you will gain a framework for approaching the study, tips, and best practices developed from hundreds of studies with Fortune 500 clients. Our advice will ensure your insights are usable, actionable, and demonstrate the ROI of your research.
Stavros Garzonis's Ignite talk from the UXPA 2014 session "Growth by Design: Managing Change in Experience Design Teams."
The demand for experience design services is getting higher every day. As we try to manage the rapid growth of our specialist teams, we're reaching the point at which our evolved team structures can no longer cope with that demand. How do we structure our design teams to focus on quality and sustainability while ensuring our employees are kept highly motivated and have clear career development opportunities? How do we facilitate change and re-define roles to alleviate points of stress and encourage ownership and accountability at all levels? This Ignite session will bring experienced managers and practitioners together to share their insights on how they have achieved this in their own companies, to give attendees specific, actionable advice to help them manage growth in their own experience design teams.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
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.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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