Presented at Tech Jobs LA at Blankspaces, July 21, 2012
The growth of the Web and proliferation of mobile devices has created a huge opportunity for people who can design the look and behavior of digital products. This work spans single-person-single-device interactions through experiences that include multiple people, devices and locations. User Experience Designer (UXD), Interaction Designer (IxD), Information Architect (IA), Web Designer (WD)--whichever way you pitch your skill-set, this is truly a GREAT time be working in our field.
But--How do you showcase your talents succinctly and persuasively? What do recruiters and hiring managers look for in a great portfolio? This presentation shows you how
The Right Stuff: What's in YOUR Portfolio?Lane Goldstone
Mobile UX Design School June 9, 2012
The growth of the Web and proliferation of mobile devices has created a huge opportunity for people who can design the look and behavior of digital products. This work spans single-person-single-device interactions through experiences that include multiple people, devices and locations. User Experience Designer (UXD), Interaction Designer (IxD), Information Architect (IA), Web Designer (WD)--whichever way you pitch your skillset, this is truely a GREAT time be working in our field.
But--How do you get that elusive interview? What if you're just starting out, or changing fields? How do you showcase your talents succinctly and persuasively? What do recruiters and hiring managers look for in a great portfolio?
http://www.meetup.com/Mobile-UX-Design-School/events/64639862/
Presented at the Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle February 29, 2012. Coloft, Santa Monica CA.
http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Lean-Startup-Circle/events/49773982/
Webinar presentation--Social Virtual Worlds Adoption Overview: Perspective on Where We Are and What's Ahead--by Eilif Trondsen of Virtual Worlds @ Work, a research initiative of SRI Consulting Business Intelligence (a spin out from SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute) in Menlo Park, in Silicon Valley
Wake-up Series: Empathy in a Business ContextOctavian Mihai
This is a short talk I gave about empathy in a business context.
more about me at www.octavianmihai.com and my company at www.jaimecandy.com
(CC) (BY:) do whatever you want and Attribution would be nice.
Design is all about value. It helps transfer value from one person to another. Design insures you have an experience: that at the end, you’re different than when you started. Design makes this difference, and like Babbage’s Difference Engine of yore, specific knobs and levers control how much value you can create with design.
In this presentation, we’ll learn how five levers — models, fidelity, audience, annotation, and velocity — work together. We’ll see how agile, lean, and waterfall teams apply these levers differently at different times to create different value from design.
Friday at work, you won’t be able to stop yourself from asking five, simple questions. You’ll be maximizing design value for every project you encounter.
The Right Stuff: What's in YOUR Portfolio?Lane Goldstone
Mobile UX Design School June 9, 2012
The growth of the Web and proliferation of mobile devices has created a huge opportunity for people who can design the look and behavior of digital products. This work spans single-person-single-device interactions through experiences that include multiple people, devices and locations. User Experience Designer (UXD), Interaction Designer (IxD), Information Architect (IA), Web Designer (WD)--whichever way you pitch your skillset, this is truely a GREAT time be working in our field.
But--How do you get that elusive interview? What if you're just starting out, or changing fields? How do you showcase your talents succinctly and persuasively? What do recruiters and hiring managers look for in a great portfolio?
http://www.meetup.com/Mobile-UX-Design-School/events/64639862/
Presented at the Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle February 29, 2012. Coloft, Santa Monica CA.
http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Lean-Startup-Circle/events/49773982/
Webinar presentation--Social Virtual Worlds Adoption Overview: Perspective on Where We Are and What's Ahead--by Eilif Trondsen of Virtual Worlds @ Work, a research initiative of SRI Consulting Business Intelligence (a spin out from SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute) in Menlo Park, in Silicon Valley
Wake-up Series: Empathy in a Business ContextOctavian Mihai
This is a short talk I gave about empathy in a business context.
more about me at www.octavianmihai.com and my company at www.jaimecandy.com
(CC) (BY:) do whatever you want and Attribution would be nice.
Design is all about value. It helps transfer value from one person to another. Design insures you have an experience: that at the end, you’re different than when you started. Design makes this difference, and like Babbage’s Difference Engine of yore, specific knobs and levers control how much value you can create with design.
In this presentation, we’ll learn how five levers — models, fidelity, audience, annotation, and velocity — work together. We’ll see how agile, lean, and waterfall teams apply these levers differently at different times to create different value from design.
Friday at work, you won’t be able to stop yourself from asking five, simple questions. You’ll be maximizing design value for every project you encounter.
In business and in life, we pursue the good stuff and champion people who are known for their good ideas. But when we place too strong an emphasis on just the good, we may neglect to consider the bad ones. In design and in brainstorming, deliberately seeking out bad ideas is a powerful way to unlock creativity. Generating bad ideas can reveal our assumptions about the difference between bad and good, and often seemingly bad ideas turn out to be good ones. Jotly and Cow Clicker were jokes or parodies—that is, not good ideas—that have been surprisingly successful. Neil Young and Crazy Horse have covered folk songs. An action blockbuster features a US president swinging a silver axe against vampires. In this talk, Steve will explore how opening up the bad idea valve can lead unexpectedly to the kind of success we aim for with our good ideas.
Implementing a national vision. DigitalNZ presentation slides for JISC/UKOLN Survive or Thrive conference, Manchester, June 8th & 9th, 2010. Presented by Andy Neale
Digital Conversations - Agile Creative TechnologyReading Room
The next phase of the digital communications revolution; the great collision of open source cloud technologies with agile, creative delivery", we will explore how digital leaders in government around the world are driving down costs and improving engagement by;
• employing new rapid digital delivery models in favour of the "big bang"
• applying user-centric thinking
• embracing open source tools for digital personalisation, optimisation and increased engagement
• personalising content for anonymous website visitors without the cost of big commercial software
The future belongs to a very different kind of person who understands where design really fits in the web process. When it comes to Universal Design and Accessibility, we should be asking 'why not?' rather than 'why?' This session will discuss ways Universal Design overcomes the obstacles in basic human communication and interactions in order to move people to action. Learn to overcome the limitations of the traditional definition of design, engage people, as well as communities, and create meaningful 'organizational stories' that relate to people regardless of their abilities.
[1 hr Lecture] Designing a Culture of Co-CreationTeresa Brazen
My talk at the Big (D)esign Conference 2012. Synopsis below.
Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence.
Teresa Brazen will draw from her experience bringing this holistic outlook to the design process. Pulling from methods used in filmmaking, fine art, design research, facilitation, improv, and UX design, she crafts “intentional environments” for her teams and clients. These literal and figurative environments cultivate work that is actionable, co-created, co-owned, and much more likely to succeed in the world.
She’ll discuss the benefits of intentional environments, walk you through how to design them and share methods for keeping them activated throughout the design process. You’ll walk away understanding how to cultivate intentionality and inspire teams and clients along the way. But more importantly, you’ll have a powerful new framework that will enrich your entire design process.
Going from Here to There: Transitioning into a UX Careerdpanarelli
A lot of people are curious about transitioning into the field of User Experience Design (UX). In this talk, I talk about a few different ways that you can transition into a UX career, be it grad school, night classes, or the ol' school of hard knocks, backed up by case studies. This talk was given at NoVA UX Meetup in the offices of AddThis, hosted by organizer Jim Lane.
For the Profit of Many – Designing Better For-Profit CompaniesChris Pallé
Talk was originally given at the RE:DESIGN Conference in Brooklyn, NY 4-28-2014 (redesignconference.com/conferences/uxd/)
The demand on businesses to think “socially” is evolving at a rapid pace. What was once good marketing to include something about a social cause on your Web site is no longer as impactful as threading it into the fabric of how you do business today. Come share in this conversation about B-Corporations and the implications pursuing this designation will have on your organization.
Presented by Mary Lukanuski at the Balanced Team Sunday Salon April 14, Pivotal Labs in NYC.
On the heels of The LeanUX Conference (#leanux14), Balanced Team held a one-day synthesizing symposium to share ideas, socialize, and continue the conversation.
For an event write-up, see http://pivotallabs.com/balanced-team-sunday-salon/
www.balancedteam.org
Start Empathy is a global
network of social entrepreneurs, educators, thought leaders, parents, young people, business leaders, journalists, universities, philanthropists and others who are connecting, collaborating, and aligning knowledge and resources to make empathy learning a norm, particularly in childhood.
Bulletproof Communication Techniques; A UX Strategist's GuidesSarah B. Nelson
The practice of user experience has grown more sophisticated, produced higher quality online products, and gained wider acceptance beyond the design community. Still, so many potentially wonderful experiences disappoint and many talented design teams are excluded from decisions that fundamentally affect the experience. Why? Two words: ineffective communication.
Attendees will learn specific, proven techniques that can be applied in their own work environment to streamline communication and build more team cohesion. Sarah will present a variety of tools and strategies that have proven useful and highly effective for building arguments, communicating clearly with stakeholders, building trust, and gaining a seat at the strategic table.
Attendees will leave empowered to apply these techniques in their own practice and develop their own tools to suit their personality and work environment.
Part I of the deck of slides from my workshop at UX Australia 2013 on place-making in cross-channel user experiences, previously a slightly different workshop at UX Lisbon 2012.
SLIDESHARE HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL ELIMINATE SLIDECASTS APRIL 30, 2014. If you find this presentation no longer has audio, you can view it on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/86263123 Apologies for the inconvenience - lane
Morning presentation at Lean Startup Machine LA January 19, 2013
http://leanstartupmachine.com/events/la-january-2013/
SLIDESHARE HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL ELIMINATE SLIDECASTS APRIL 30, 2014. If you find this presentation no longer has audio, you can view it on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/86259978 Apologies for the inconvenience - lane
Morning presentation at Lean Startup Machine LA September 22, 2012
http://leanstartupmachine.com/events/la-september-2012/
In business and in life, we pursue the good stuff and champion people who are known for their good ideas. But when we place too strong an emphasis on just the good, we may neglect to consider the bad ones. In design and in brainstorming, deliberately seeking out bad ideas is a powerful way to unlock creativity. Generating bad ideas can reveal our assumptions about the difference between bad and good, and often seemingly bad ideas turn out to be good ones. Jotly and Cow Clicker were jokes or parodies—that is, not good ideas—that have been surprisingly successful. Neil Young and Crazy Horse have covered folk songs. An action blockbuster features a US president swinging a silver axe against vampires. In this talk, Steve will explore how opening up the bad idea valve can lead unexpectedly to the kind of success we aim for with our good ideas.
Implementing a national vision. DigitalNZ presentation slides for JISC/UKOLN Survive or Thrive conference, Manchester, June 8th & 9th, 2010. Presented by Andy Neale
Digital Conversations - Agile Creative TechnologyReading Room
The next phase of the digital communications revolution; the great collision of open source cloud technologies with agile, creative delivery", we will explore how digital leaders in government around the world are driving down costs and improving engagement by;
• employing new rapid digital delivery models in favour of the "big bang"
• applying user-centric thinking
• embracing open source tools for digital personalisation, optimisation and increased engagement
• personalising content for anonymous website visitors without the cost of big commercial software
The future belongs to a very different kind of person who understands where design really fits in the web process. When it comes to Universal Design and Accessibility, we should be asking 'why not?' rather than 'why?' This session will discuss ways Universal Design overcomes the obstacles in basic human communication and interactions in order to move people to action. Learn to overcome the limitations of the traditional definition of design, engage people, as well as communities, and create meaningful 'organizational stories' that relate to people regardless of their abilities.
[1 hr Lecture] Designing a Culture of Co-CreationTeresa Brazen
My talk at the Big (D)esign Conference 2012. Synopsis below.
Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence.
Teresa Brazen will draw from her experience bringing this holistic outlook to the design process. Pulling from methods used in filmmaking, fine art, design research, facilitation, improv, and UX design, she crafts “intentional environments” for her teams and clients. These literal and figurative environments cultivate work that is actionable, co-created, co-owned, and much more likely to succeed in the world.
She’ll discuss the benefits of intentional environments, walk you through how to design them and share methods for keeping them activated throughout the design process. You’ll walk away understanding how to cultivate intentionality and inspire teams and clients along the way. But more importantly, you’ll have a powerful new framework that will enrich your entire design process.
Going from Here to There: Transitioning into a UX Careerdpanarelli
A lot of people are curious about transitioning into the field of User Experience Design (UX). In this talk, I talk about a few different ways that you can transition into a UX career, be it grad school, night classes, or the ol' school of hard knocks, backed up by case studies. This talk was given at NoVA UX Meetup in the offices of AddThis, hosted by organizer Jim Lane.
For the Profit of Many – Designing Better For-Profit CompaniesChris Pallé
Talk was originally given at the RE:DESIGN Conference in Brooklyn, NY 4-28-2014 (redesignconference.com/conferences/uxd/)
The demand on businesses to think “socially” is evolving at a rapid pace. What was once good marketing to include something about a social cause on your Web site is no longer as impactful as threading it into the fabric of how you do business today. Come share in this conversation about B-Corporations and the implications pursuing this designation will have on your organization.
Presented by Mary Lukanuski at the Balanced Team Sunday Salon April 14, Pivotal Labs in NYC.
On the heels of The LeanUX Conference (#leanux14), Balanced Team held a one-day synthesizing symposium to share ideas, socialize, and continue the conversation.
For an event write-up, see http://pivotallabs.com/balanced-team-sunday-salon/
www.balancedteam.org
Start Empathy is a global
network of social entrepreneurs, educators, thought leaders, parents, young people, business leaders, journalists, universities, philanthropists and others who are connecting, collaborating, and aligning knowledge and resources to make empathy learning a norm, particularly in childhood.
Bulletproof Communication Techniques; A UX Strategist's GuidesSarah B. Nelson
The practice of user experience has grown more sophisticated, produced higher quality online products, and gained wider acceptance beyond the design community. Still, so many potentially wonderful experiences disappoint and many talented design teams are excluded from decisions that fundamentally affect the experience. Why? Two words: ineffective communication.
Attendees will learn specific, proven techniques that can be applied in their own work environment to streamline communication and build more team cohesion. Sarah will present a variety of tools and strategies that have proven useful and highly effective for building arguments, communicating clearly with stakeholders, building trust, and gaining a seat at the strategic table.
Attendees will leave empowered to apply these techniques in their own practice and develop their own tools to suit their personality and work environment.
Part I of the deck of slides from my workshop at UX Australia 2013 on place-making in cross-channel user experiences, previously a slightly different workshop at UX Lisbon 2012.
SLIDESHARE HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL ELIMINATE SLIDECASTS APRIL 30, 2014. If you find this presentation no longer has audio, you can view it on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/86263123 Apologies for the inconvenience - lane
Morning presentation at Lean Startup Machine LA January 19, 2013
http://leanstartupmachine.com/events/la-january-2013/
SLIDESHARE HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL ELIMINATE SLIDECASTS APRIL 30, 2014. If you find this presentation no longer has audio, you can view it on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/86259978 Apologies for the inconvenience - lane
Morning presentation at Lean Startup Machine LA September 22, 2012
http://leanstartupmachine.com/events/la-september-2012/
More Than Just a Pretty Stick - UX for EntrepreneursLane Goldstone
Presented at The Michigan Lean Startup Conference, Grand Rapids MI May 17, 2012.
http://momentum-mi.com/events/lean-conference/
More Than Just a Pretty Stick - UX for Entrepreneurs
What is User Experience? Why does it matter? Design is more than just making things look good. How do you create a compelling product that balances user and business needs, efficiently, with the resources you have?
Lane will provide a framework for thinking about the UX of your product and share examples of her work as a designer and Lean Startup UX coach.
How to Act Like an Agency within a Company: UX for the EnterpriseFlashGuy13
Your typical medium sized international enterprise will typically outsource to smaller agencies that specialize in Internet marketing, design, and development. By bringing that type of talent in-house, an enterprise can communicate their marketing strategies and messages with greater speed to market and more collective creative control. While the initial capital investment may be greater than simply outsourcing, the long-term benefit of having immediate and direct contact with an in-house team will lead to a greater understanding of company culture and values reflected within the framework of your digital properties.
Manage and Maximize Your Professional Presence Online InBusiness Madison Busi...Wendy Soucie
www.wendysoucie.com - Presentation given on 10/19/2011 at the In Business Madison Business Expo held at the Alliant Energy Center. Wendy Soucie is a certified social media strategist providing consulting services to business, organizations and individuals.
As always the missing parts, ie. the audio parts and the discussions we had during the workshop would be much more interesting but can't be shared publicly ...
At what point did enterprise IT become reliant on applications that were beautifully designed as well as super functional? What are the requirements now for enterprise applications that are delivered on tablets and phones rather than from totally within the corporate firewall?
This presentation was given at Mobile Monday Brisbane - "Enterprise Night" in May 2012.
Applying Web 2.0 Concepts to Your Businessdigitalev
This presentation was originally delivered by Neal Sharma of Digital Evolution Group for the Triple-I Executive Forum (April 2009) and for the Wichita Chamber of Commerce (May 2009).
Free eBook - Websites For B2 B Technogy CompaniesKim Walowsky
A complete and cost-effective web design, build and maintenance service designed to meet the specific needs of high-tech companies operating in B2B markets
Preliminary definition of the SaaS Business Architecture by Sixteen Ventures. The SaaS Business Architecture is a commingling of Marketing, Intellectual Property, Technology, and Business Model
Curious about project visualization – AKA “simulation” or “rapid prototyping”? Learn how OneSpring is helping Fortune 500 companies and government agencies use visualization on projects that span mainframe modernization to cutting edge mobile applications and everything in between.
Similar to The Right Stuff: What's in YOUR Portfolio? (20)
Presented at TalkUX, Atlanta Georgia, September 30, 2016
http://www.talk-ux.com/
The field of User Experience (UX) offers many opportunities for interesting, meaningful (and well paid) work. The number of skills required to do this work can feel overwhelming. As you create your own UX practice, what do you need to know? How deeply must you know it? Is it better to be a generalist or a specialist? Are unicorns real? In this talk, I'll share what I learned in my own journey from designer to founder and present some useful models for charting your own course.
How can we shape our skillsets to be effective participants in Balanced Teams? Complex software projects require a wide range of skills. As an individual who seeks meaningful work, you understand the need for cross-team communication and collaboration, but the skillset is overwhelming. What do you need to know? How deeply must you know it?
Presented at the Balanced Team Summit 2015
http://www.balancedteam.org/btgr2015/
Materials from "The Collaborative UX Designer's Toolkit" workshop presented at UX London, May 30 2014. http://2014.uxlondon.com/speakers/lane/#workshop
You can find the opportunity statement and persona 4x4 worksheets at bit.ly/uxl-worksheets, and the set of six UX Recipe Cards at bit.ly/ux-recipe
UX Worksheets: Opportunity Statement, Persona 4x4Lane Goldstone
Print-your-own worksheet templates for creating an opportunity statement and persona 4x4. For instructions on how to facilitate these activities, please also download the UX Recipe cards at bit.ly/ux-recipe
These materials are part of the "The Collaborative UX Designer's Toolkit" workshop presented at UX London, May 30 2014.
http://2014.uxlondon.com/speakers/lane/#workshop
Print-your-own UX activity recipe cards. The set includes:
- Opportunity Statement
- Persona 4x4
- Six-Up
- Project Brief
- Customer Conversations
- Wireframe Walkthrough
Instructions: Print two sided on 8x5"x11" card stock. Cut in four pieces. Produces two sets of six cards. Keep one, share one with a friend!
You can find template worksheets for the opportunity statement and persona 4x4 at bit.ly/uxl-worksheets
These materials are part of the "The Collaborative UX Designer's Toolkit" workshop presented at UX London, May 30 2014.
http://2014.uxlondon.com/speakers/lane/#workshop
Presented at Lean UX 2014, April 12, 2014
www.leanuxnyc.co
In this fun, hands-on workshop, I’ll lead you through a series of exercises which help you learn to draw good-looking, quick, useful, user interface (UI) sketches.
This class covers:
• Types of sketches
• Why sketch?
• Sketching materials
• Grids, containers and functional groupings
• Developing your personal UI shorthand
This workshop is appropriate for designers, product managers, Web developers, software engineers or anyone else who needs to think about or communicate concepts for digital products. No prior artistic or drawing experience necessary. If you can draw a circle, a square and a triangle, you’ve already got the basics covered!
Learning how to quickly sketch screen layouts and UI elements helps you think through design problems, communicate ideas to other people, collaborate, and reduce the need for pixel-perfect deliverables. Work through the exercises in this workshop and pick up some new skills you can use right away in your own projects.
This file contains templates for creating a provisional persona and hypothesis statement. For more information about how they are used, see the materials from the "Hands-on Lean UX for Digital Designers" workshop http://www.slideshare.net/LaneHalley/hands-on-lean-ux-for-digital-designers
July 30 , 2013, 7pm - 9:00pm @ OPODZ, a co-working space in Downtown LA
Instructors: Lane Halley (Carbon Five) & Jaime Levy (JLR Interactive)
This is a 2-hour, hands-on workshop geared toward digital designers. You will learn Lean UX techniques that can be used immediately with your clients and teams.
The following topics will be covered along with hands on exercises:
What is Lean UX?
Defining the Product & Customer
Exploring Key User Experiences
Validating the Customer and Idea with Qualitative Research
UPDATED DECK POSTED AT https://www.slideshare.net/LaneHalley/quick-useful-ui-sketches-33420882/
In this workshop, I'll lead you through a series of exercises which help you learn to draw good-looking, quick, useful, user interface (UI) sketches, followed by examples of how I use sketching in my projects.
As I've embraced Agile and Lean Startup methods, I've learned to adapt my UX practice so it is more QUICK, VISUAL, COLLABORATIVE and CONTINUOUS. Learning how to quickly sketch screen layouts and user interface (UI) elements helps me think through design problems, communicate ideas to other people, collaborate, and reduce the need for pixel-perfect deliverables.
First presented at SoCal UX Camp, June 1, 2013 http://www.socaluxcamp.com/
Revised June 2, 2013 - modified deck for better self-directed learning
More print-your-own recipe cards inspired by Conversation, Cadence & Culture: recipes to inspire collaborative teams. Workshop presented at Lean UX NYC http://leanuxnyc.co/nyc/.
Print two sided on 8x5"x11" card stock. Cut in four pieces. Produces two sets of six cards. Keep one, share one with a friend!Print two sided on 8x5"x11" card stock. Cut in four pieces. Produces two sets of six cards. Keep one, share one with a friend!
Conversation, Cadence & Culture: recipes to inspire collaborative teams. Print-your-own recipe cards from workshop at http://leanuxnyc.co/nyc/ April 12, 2013.
Print two sided on 8x5"x11" card stock. Cut in four pieces. Produces two sets of six cards. Keep one, share one with a friend!
Los Angeles User Experience Meetup March 5, 2013. "Lean UX with Lane Halley, Jaime Levy and Chris Chandler" at Cross Campus, Santa Monica CA
http://www.meetup.com/ia-55/events/98595432/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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revoluTon
Sounds
good,
how
do
I
get
started?
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5. Interviewing
is
a
two-‐way
street
How
do
your
skills
match
their
needs?
What
kind
of
work
do
you
want
to
do?
A
good
por4olio
supports
this
conversa9on.
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12. Hot
topics
HTML5,
CSS3
Web
Frameworks
(Ruby
on
Rails)
Responsive
design
NaTve
applicaTon
vs.
mobile
web
Cross
pla1orm
work
Web,
Android,
iPhone
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13. Hiring
managers
say…
“We
don’t
hire
specifically
for
mobile
or
desktop.
We
have
some
clients
where
we
design
for
all
pla4orms-‐-‐
mobile,
Web,
Facebook.
Being
able
to
design
cross
pla4orm
is
very
important.”
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14. Hiring
managers
say…
“We
don’t
have
mobile
specialists,
we
have
mobile
projects.”
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15. Hiring
consideraTons
An
experienced
mobile
designer:
• ArTculates
pla1orm
choices
• Knows
common
convenTons
• Thinks
through
and
communicates
interacTons
and
transiTons
• Knows
the
device
resoluTon
landscape
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16. Senior
and
junior
roles
Senior
Junior
Generate
ideas
Know
the
tools
Make
pla1orm
Domain
knowledge
choices
Show
that
you
can
Lead
projects
do
the
work
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17. Don’t
put
yourself
in
a
box
Mobile
is
“hot”
Best
soluTons
are
not
pla1orm
driven
Design
for
mulT-‐pla1orm
experiences
AnTcipate
conTnued
tech.
changes
The
best
career
strategy?
Stay
balanced.
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19. How
to
find
a
job
(YMMV)
Hiring
manager
Personal
referral
Recruiter
Job
posTng
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20. The
interview
process
Small
company
Large
company
Direct
hire
HR
department
Either
may
use
a
recruiter
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21. The
mulT-‐step
interview
ApplicaTon
Cover
leper,
resume,
links
to
work
Phone
screen(s)
ConversaTon
about
work,
process
In-‐person
interview(s)
AddiTonal
work
samples,
design
acTviTes
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22. Hiring
managers
say…
[I
want
to
talk
to
a]
“designer
who
can
express
and
ar9culate
their
process,
the
problems
they
are
trying
to
solve
and
the
steps
they
took
along
the
way.
It’s
important,
and
rarely
seen.”
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23. Hiring
managers
say…
“When
they
can
provide
sketches
early
on,
all
the
way
through
to
a
finished
product
it
gets
me
excited.”
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24. Your
Web
presence
mapers
Hiring
managers
want
to
know:
Professionally
acTve?
InteresTng
side
projects?
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26. Por1olio
formats
Web
site
Web
links
.pdf
Other
formats
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27. Hiring
managers
say…
“We
expect
someone
to
have
a
por4olio
site.
They
can
send
a
.pdf,
but
you’re
working
for
screen-‐based
users,
it’s
essen9al
to
have
a
screen-‐based
por4olio.”
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28. Hiring
managers
say…
“A
por4olio
is
a
showcase.
It
should
catch
the
eye
and
tell
the
story
that
you
can
do
the
work.”
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29. What
goes
in
your
por1olio?
Who
you
are
3-‐7
pieces
of
client
work
Frame
the
deliverables
Show
your
process
Demonstrate
adaptability
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30. Tricky
situaTons
Team
Projects
ConfidenTality
Explain
role
Anonymize
Credit
others
In-‐person
only
A
personal
project
or
two
can
help
round
out
your
por4olio
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31. Por1olio
bloopers
Too
large,
work
too
similar
Fail
to
frame
the
work
Show
only
the
finished
product
Show
a
small
sliver
of
the
product
Show
work
that
is
not
yours
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32. Hiring
managers
say…
“I’m
incredibly
busy,
I
want
to
get
a
good
first
impression,
not
slog
through
a
lot
of
stuff.”
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33. Hiring
managers
say…
“We
see
a
lot
of
por4olios,
I
want
someone
to
tell
the
story
quickly
about
key
projects
they
are
proud
of.”
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