Think Piece presented at the “ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation” Workshop - Science Forum 2009, 16–17 June, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Digital Agriculture can be defined as ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delivery of timely, targeted (localized) information and services to make farming profitable and sustainable (socially, economically and environmentally) while delivering safe, nutritious and affordable food for ALL. Rural connectivity will be a key to providing low cost data and access to information. Digital technology will be key to increasing agriculture productivity by delivering tailored recommendations to farmers based on crop, planting date, variety sown; real time localized observed weather and projected market prices. Mobile phones also enable farmers to integrate into structured markets based on approved grades and standards. The greatest impact of Digital agriculture will have is on democratization of market pricing and compressing transaction costs. Digital agriculture will also leverage social media platforms to build human capacity. One of the best examples originating from India is Digital Green.
Indian agriculture: Mechanization to DigitizationICRISAT
India is characterized by small farm holdings. More than 80% of the land holdings are less than 2 ha (5 acres). About 55% of India’s population is engaged in Agriculture with 40% farm mechanization. Due to non-remunerative nature of farming, more than 50% farmers in India are in debt. This situation has constrained farmers from investing in mechanization and other technologies.
-> ICRISAT Director General Dr David Bergvinson's presentation at the CII Agri business and Mechanization Summit held in New Delhi, India on 01 Sep 2015.
India being agricultural driven country faces lot of challenges in agricultural sector because of several reasons. I have listed how GIS Technology can help in overcoming such issues
Digital Agriculture can be defined as ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delivery of timely, targeted (localized) information and services to make farming profitable and sustainable (socially, economically and environmentally) while delivering safe, nutritious and affordable food for ALL. Rural connectivity will be a key to providing low cost data and access to information. Digital technology will be key to increasing agriculture productivity by delivering tailored recommendations to farmers based on crop, planting date, variety sown; real time localized observed weather and projected market prices. Mobile phones also enable farmers to integrate into structured markets based on approved grades and standards. The greatest impact of Digital agriculture will have is on democratization of market pricing and compressing transaction costs. Digital agriculture will also leverage social media platforms to build human capacity. One of the best examples originating from India is Digital Green.
Indian agriculture: Mechanization to DigitizationICRISAT
India is characterized by small farm holdings. More than 80% of the land holdings are less than 2 ha (5 acres). About 55% of India’s population is engaged in Agriculture with 40% farm mechanization. Due to non-remunerative nature of farming, more than 50% farmers in India are in debt. This situation has constrained farmers from investing in mechanization and other technologies.
-> ICRISAT Director General Dr David Bergvinson's presentation at the CII Agri business and Mechanization Summit held in New Delhi, India on 01 Sep 2015.
India being agricultural driven country faces lot of challenges in agricultural sector because of several reasons. I have listed how GIS Technology can help in overcoming such issues
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS (ICTs) IN MODERN AGRICULTURESREENIVASAREDDY KADAPA
ICT can deliver fast, reliable, and accurate information in a user-friendly manner for practical utilization by the end-user. ICT includes any communication device or application encompassing radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems, and as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and digital learning.
Regenerative Agriculture as a Farming SolutionNelCoetzee
By: Jay Fuhrer. Rebuilding and maintaining life in the soil is directly linked to the longevity and reliability of our future agriculture; recognizing plants, animals, and soils evolved together over geological time
Precision agriculture is an art and science of utilizing innovative, site-specific techniques for management of spatial and temporal variability using affordable technologies… for enhancing output, efficiency, and profitability of agricultural production in an environmentally responsible manner
Reshaping the Future of Agriculture through ICT: Agriculture 4.0Rizwan MFM
M.F.M. Rizwan | Assistant Director of Agriculture (Development)
National Agriculture Information & Communication Centre (NAICC) | Department of Agriculture
CROP SIMULATION MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CROP PRODUCTION.pptxSarthakMoharana
CROP SIMULATION MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CROP PRODUCTION
Crop growth is a very complex phenomenon and a product of a series of complicated interactions of soil, plant and weather.
Crop growth simulation is a relatively recent technique that facilitates quantitative understanding of the effects of these factors and agronomic management factors on crop growth and productivity.
These models are quantitative description of the mechanisms and processes that result in growth of crop. The processes could be physiological, physical and chemical processes of crop.
MAJOR & POPULAR CROP SIMULATION MODELS:
DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer)
Aqua Crop
Info Crop
APSIM (Agricultural Production System Simulator
The presentation is on Digital Agriculture and Its Application in Agriculture. The presentation went through problems of Agriculture, potential ways to cater those problems and how use of technology and their uses sustain the life of agriculture for our future generations with few case studies. I hope this is useful to student community. For PPT mail me at #pavankalyan6898@gmail.com , thank You
GIS in agriculture helps farmers to achieve increased production and reduced costs by enabling better management of land resources. The risk of marginalization and vulnerability of small and marginal farmers, who constitute about 85% of farmers globally, also gets reduced.
Agricultural Geographic Information Systems using Geomatics Technology enable the farmers to map and project current and future fluctuations in precipitation, temperature, crop output etc.
Farmers, growers, and agricultural companies are increasingly adopting digital technologies to transform a traditional industry. In the past, farmers and growers made decisions based on their personal experience, combined with interpreting local conditions.
But digital technologies, from the internet of things to blockchain, are rapidly turning the industry into a high-tech sector. Smart, connected devices can now provide the insight to enable farms to improve every aspect of their operations.
- What is the digital agriculture revolution?
- How digital technologies are transforming the industry – including the impact of the internet of things and blockchain.
- What are the unique challenges that the sector faces in adopting digital technology?
- The future of agriculture
Brief informations on technologies available for high throughput field based phenomics for plant breeding experiments. The instrumentations and technologies presented here are based on the year 2015. Phenomics is expanding area of plant science as more technogies and latest instruments were introduced to the scientific community
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS (ICTs) IN MODERN AGRICULTURESREENIVASAREDDY KADAPA
ICT can deliver fast, reliable, and accurate information in a user-friendly manner for practical utilization by the end-user. ICT includes any communication device or application encompassing radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems, and as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and digital learning.
Regenerative Agriculture as a Farming SolutionNelCoetzee
By: Jay Fuhrer. Rebuilding and maintaining life in the soil is directly linked to the longevity and reliability of our future agriculture; recognizing plants, animals, and soils evolved together over geological time
Precision agriculture is an art and science of utilizing innovative, site-specific techniques for management of spatial and temporal variability using affordable technologies… for enhancing output, efficiency, and profitability of agricultural production in an environmentally responsible manner
Reshaping the Future of Agriculture through ICT: Agriculture 4.0Rizwan MFM
M.F.M. Rizwan | Assistant Director of Agriculture (Development)
National Agriculture Information & Communication Centre (NAICC) | Department of Agriculture
CROP SIMULATION MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CROP PRODUCTION.pptxSarthakMoharana
CROP SIMULATION MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CROP PRODUCTION
Crop growth is a very complex phenomenon and a product of a series of complicated interactions of soil, plant and weather.
Crop growth simulation is a relatively recent technique that facilitates quantitative understanding of the effects of these factors and agronomic management factors on crop growth and productivity.
These models are quantitative description of the mechanisms and processes that result in growth of crop. The processes could be physiological, physical and chemical processes of crop.
MAJOR & POPULAR CROP SIMULATION MODELS:
DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer)
Aqua Crop
Info Crop
APSIM (Agricultural Production System Simulator
The presentation is on Digital Agriculture and Its Application in Agriculture. The presentation went through problems of Agriculture, potential ways to cater those problems and how use of technology and their uses sustain the life of agriculture for our future generations with few case studies. I hope this is useful to student community. For PPT mail me at #pavankalyan6898@gmail.com , thank You
GIS in agriculture helps farmers to achieve increased production and reduced costs by enabling better management of land resources. The risk of marginalization and vulnerability of small and marginal farmers, who constitute about 85% of farmers globally, also gets reduced.
Agricultural Geographic Information Systems using Geomatics Technology enable the farmers to map and project current and future fluctuations in precipitation, temperature, crop output etc.
Farmers, growers, and agricultural companies are increasingly adopting digital technologies to transform a traditional industry. In the past, farmers and growers made decisions based on their personal experience, combined with interpreting local conditions.
But digital technologies, from the internet of things to blockchain, are rapidly turning the industry into a high-tech sector. Smart, connected devices can now provide the insight to enable farms to improve every aspect of their operations.
- What is the digital agriculture revolution?
- How digital technologies are transforming the industry – including the impact of the internet of things and blockchain.
- What are the unique challenges that the sector faces in adopting digital technology?
- The future of agriculture
Brief informations on technologies available for high throughput field based phenomics for plant breeding experiments. The instrumentations and technologies presented here are based on the year 2015. Phenomics is expanding area of plant science as more technogies and latest instruments were introduced to the scientific community
An overview about issues of content management related to communication theory and information systems principles, applied to the context of agriculture for development. Two developed conceptual frameworks for the analysis of content management process for ICT based platforms in general are applied to selected concrete Indian cases, such as RML, IKSL and Lifelines. The presentation emphasises the need for mainstreaming m-agriculture initiatives, proven to be a useful as agro-information service to smallholder farmers, into major public poverty alleviation programmes with an agricultural component to broaden social impact. Public-private partnerships seem the most promising funding mechanism to ensure non-exclusivity of services by mobile VAS or MNOs, foster convergence of most successful applications on multipurpose mobile platforms to ensure continuity of services and affordability for users.
Market incentivisation for ICT Development (National ICT policies and their i...Harsha Liyanage
Many developing nations in Africa and Pacific are falling behind at formulating ICT policies. But there are nations who are reaping the benefits of early action, of adapting ICT policies. This presentation explore the outcomes at Sri Lanka in depth.
In that study we want to show how Information and Communication Technologies could help to reduce the information asymmetry in the agricultural sector and naturally improve farmer's profitability and productivity. India has a pressing need to raise food production and agricultural productivity to satisfy his population growh of which around one-fifth is malnourished. Thanks the develop of project like this and improving some fundamental information and payment services and get a better efficinecy in the supply chian other than other services, we expected to growth the indian agricultural production and meet the population's nutritional need.
e-Agriculture Perspectives: A Conceptual Framework to Enhance the Impact of I...IAALD Community
Presentation highlighting e-Agricutlure discussion panel with Peter Ballantyne, ILRI, Anriette Esterhuysen, APC, Ibrahim Khadar, CTA, Francois
Laureys, IICD, and Michael Riggs, FAO. Moderated by Stephen Rudgard, FAO - IAALD 2010 Congress - 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites Information and science needs of ...Yagnesh sondarva
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites
Information and science needs of farming community
Need integration
Human resource information & Intermediaries
Prepared for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Agriculture Conference, which is going to be held on the 13th, 14th and 15th June, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
CoO + GI2015 ppt_mayer ict for a sustainable agriculture - status and missingIGN Vorstand
15. Sächsisches GI/GIS/GDI Forum und Club of Ossiach Workshops,
Dresden: 15. September 2015
ICT FOR A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY STATUS AND MISSING
Walter H. MAYER, CEO PROGIS / Treasurer of CoO
Presentation by Sander Muilerman, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Session: TechTalk for Agriculture
on 7 Nov 2013
ICT4Ag, Kigali, Rwanda
Role of mobile/ internet based software in modern fruit production & management.shivamsinghaniya2
A mobile app is a software application developed specifically for use on small, wireless computer devices, such as smart phone and tablets, rather than desktop or laptop computers. Mobile phones have gained an important share in the agricultural sector because of their utility, simplicity of use, and cost. The adoption of social technology by small holder farmers has been surprising, as WhatsApp and Facebook are widely used among them. This has led to an increase of 67.6% in smartphone use in rural markets.
In India, number of smartphone users till 2023 is 1013.57 million. (according to Statista). There were 692.0 million internet users in India at the start of 2023, when internet penetration stood at 48.7 percent. India was home to 467.0 million social media users in January 2023, equating to 32.8 percent of the total population (1.42 billion). a total of 1.10 billion cellular mobile connections were active in India in early 2023, with this figure equivalent to 77.0 percent of the total population.
According to Krell et al. (2021), approximately 25% of the farmers use mobile phones to access information about agriculture and livestock, 23% to buy and sell products, and 18% to receive news updates. However, Khan et al. (2020).
Role of mobile application in fruit crop history: - Early mobile tools(2000s), SMS-Based Services (2000s), Basic Agricultural Apps (2010s), Weather and Crop Monitoring Apps (2010s), Precision Agriculture Apps (2010s - Present), IoT Integration (2010s - Present), Drones and Satellite Imagery (2010s - Present), Market Access and E-Commerce (2010s - Present), Blockchain for Traceability (2010s - Present), Advanced Decision Support Systems (Present).
Mobile technology is being utilized in various ways in fruit science
Data Collection and Field Monitoring, Image Recognition for crop diagnosis i.e. Disease and Pest Identification, Digital Plant Pathology, Climate Smart Agriculture, Precision Horticultural Practices, Research Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing, Market Access and Traceability.
Classification of application
(A) Cultivation Application work in the same way
(B) Smart Application
(A)Cultivation Application work in the same way
Mango • Papaya • Orange • Grapes • Apple • Banana
(B)Smart Application
Plantix • Agri Apps • Agri Center • Krishi Network • BigHaa.
Advantages
1. Easily available on play store 2. Free of cost 3. Crop Monitoring 4. Resource Management 5. Market Access and Pricing Information 6. Weather Forecasting and Risk Management 7. Data-driven Decision Making.
Dis-advantages
1. Digital Illiteracy 2. Dependency on Technology 3. Compatibility Issues 4. Language and Localization Challenges 5. Technical Support and Maintenance 6. Costs and Affordability.
#Organic Companies like #Sresta & #Timbaktu-Collective are always working to ensure only the very best reaches their customers. They have adopted Cropin #smartfarm and are always connected with their farms 24X7 from anywhere!
They have gained customers' trust by empowering them with #traceability: "Customer can take a walk through your farms by a simple scan of a QR/Bar code".
Read for more: http://eepurl.com/btxZZz
Try it at: smartfarm.cropin.in
APPLICATION OF BIG DATA IN ENHANCING EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING IN AGRICULTURA...Sjaak Wolfert
The agriculture production system increasingly becomes data-driven and data-enabled based on the cyber-physical management cycle. This paper describes several IoT-applications of the EU-funded IoF2020 project in which data and data-sharing plays a crucial role. It provides an integrative framework aiming at cross-fertilisation, co-creation and co-ownership of results. Technical integration, business support and ecosystem development are key mechanisms to realize this.
Future Internet and the FIspace Platform for Agri-Food business at WCCA2014Sjaak Wolfert
Presentation that was held at the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources, 29 July 2014 San Jose, Costa Rica.
I presented work from all 3 phases of the FI-PPP program and how we started this from projects in The Netherlands.
Basic knowledge of application of computers in agriculturejatinder pal singh
Computer use among agro-meteorologists, agronomists and other agricultural professionals has risen rapidly in the past decade.
The application of the computer in agriculture research originally exploited for the conversion of statistical formula or complex model in digital farm for easy and accurate calculation which are found relatively tedious in the manual calculation.
key note on Big Data in Horticulture, for Vineland Research and Innovation, November, Ontario Canada. (overlaps considerably with the earlier presentation for USDA NIFA in Chicago)
The presentatio offers an overview on big data in/for global development - i.e. how big data & data science are being developed in emerging and developing regions.
It is divided in three main sections:
(1) what is big data (as of today) & what is big data in/for development?
(2) Who is actually doing «big data for development»? Who are the main intrnational actors/stakeholders? What are main experiences?
(3) Why are we doing this? - i.e. are we doing this right? What are the main access, capacity / interpretation / ethical issues?
ICT supporting sustainable food supply chains in developing & emerging regionsSimone Sala
Three main messages were delivered:
- Agriculture is a global game changer for poverty reduction, water security, food security, climate change mitigation/adaptation, gender issues;
- Digital technologies are already transforming developing & emerging regions: access to Internet is increasing, mobile phones penetration & mobile Internet is expanding, the Social Web is rising;
- Digital technologies have a huge potential to make inclusive and sustainable food value chains happen.
Sistemi informativi geografici per lo sviluppo territoriale nel Sud del mondoSimone Sala
Scaletta della presentazione:
(1) Perché ICT4D? E perché proprio i Geographic Information Systems nel Sud del Mondo?
(2) Pronti, partenza, raccolta dati: come farla (e come non farla)
(3) Applicazioni di sistemi/tecnologie geo-informatiche
(3.1) Applicazioni nelle aree rurali
(3.2) Applicazioni nelle aree urbane
(3.3) Applicazioni per lo sviluppo di politiche
(3.4) Un capitolo a parte: il crisis mapping
(3.5) Community Mapping
(4) Problemi aperti (a.k.a. maps can lie)
Wireless: interactions with agriculture and environment in developing and eme...Simone Sala
Presentation aims at exploring relationship between agriculture & environment and ICT & Wireless. Furthermore, the presentation explores how ICT and particularly wireless tools and technologies can be employed to tackle the food, water & energy nexus in light of climate change.
Reasons of non-use of telecenters in MozambiqueSimone Sala
Exploration of motivations for not using telecenters in Mozambique.
Presentation partly in Portuguese, partly in English - as it's been held at the final workshop of the RE-ACT (social REpresentations of community multimedia centres and ACTions for improvement) Research Project.
The research is a joint project between the NewMinE Lab – New Media in Education Laboratory of the Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) and the Department of Mathematics and Informatics and the Centre for African Studies of the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, Mozambique).
Enhancement of Communications Resiliency in Sub-Saharan AfricaSimone Sala
Despite tremendous growth in the area of mobile telephony, Africa continues to lag behind other developing regions in Internet access. The business opportunity to capitalize upon this Internet Protocol (IP) traffic need has not gone unnoticed. Major communications service providers have been investing heavily in Ka-band communications (the Ka-band is part of the K band of the electromagnetic spectrum) — which can carry more data than lower frequencies and offers additional frequency ranges at already occupied satellite positions — such that next generation Ka-band satellites can be responsive to the burgeoning IP traffic market. However, these Ka- band systems have disadvantages compared to lower frequency solutions; Ka-band systems are much more susceptible to weather due to signal absorption by moisture in the air and by wetness on antenna surfaces. These inherent limitations of the Ka-band hold a special significance for communications in Africa since almost a third of the continent is tropical in climate, and weather patterns across the continent are expected to further increase in variability, including increases in the frequency of extreme events, such as storms. The Paper further explores how the use of TV White Spaces, in addition to the availability of real-time weather information via the notion of “humans of sensors,” could be particularly useful for observing, anticipating, and mitigating disruptions to communications services.
Science: driving or preventing large-scale land investments?Simone Sala
Science- based analysis of large-scale land investments and the nexus among Land, Water, Food, Energy and Climate.
Three main elements were discussed:
1. What is the role of Science in tackling such complex and global issues?
2. Water, Food and Energy nexus, and two driving/limiting factors: climate and land
3. Large scale land acquisition: what does the Science say?
Innovazione, ICT e competitività nel Mediterraneano #2Simone Sala
* Introduzione al volume “Innovation and Competitiveness in the Mediterranean Area.”
* Focus su poli di innovazione e servizi di outsourcing in 11 paesi del Mediterraneo.
* Collegamenti passati, presenti e futuri tra i paesi e l'Italia.
ICT for Food and Environmental Security in AfricaSimone Sala
1. Introduction: state of the art in ICT4D
2. Creating Partnerships in ICT4D: opportunities for engaging public organizations, private sector, NGO & International Organizations, Higher Education Institutions
3. ICT contribution to Food Security:
a. Climate-‐smarter agriculture;
b. Smallholder-‐inclusive value chains
c. High-‐potential ICT applications
4. ICT contribution to Environmental Security
a. What is Environmental Security
b. Why does it matter for Africa?
c. How can ICT help?
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
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/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI support
A mind map for ICT in agriculture
1. A mind map for ICT
in Agriculture
Think Piece for the “ICTs transforming
agricultural science, research and technology
generation” Workshop
Science Forum 2009, 16–17 June, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2. Main phases in the agriculture sector
Crop cultivation
and harvesting
Input management
Water management
Fertilization
Pest management
Post harvest
Transportation
Food processing
Marketing
Sowing
Pre-cultivation
Crop selection
Calendar definition
Access to credit
Land preparation
Packaging
Land selection
Think Piece for the “ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation” Workshop
Science Forum 2009, 16–17 June, Wageningen, The Netherlands
3. Information produced/needed
Crop cultivation
and harvesting
Input management
Water management
Fertilization
Pest management
Post harvest
Transportation
Food processing
Marketing
Sowing
Pre-cultivation
Crop selection
Calendar definition
Access to credit
Land preparation
Packaging
Land selection
Information for
the selection of the best crop
according to their land,
access to input and credit,
market (Cost-Benefit), etc.
Information for the sound
management of the whole cropping
activities, including the resilience to
natural (e.g. weather) and
anthropogenic shocks
Information related to
post-harvest techniques
and tools, marketing and
transportation infrastructures,
etc.
4. Pre-cultivation
Crop selection
Calendar definition
Access to credit
Land selection
Application of ICT
DSS, GIS, Remote sensing,
e/m-consulting, KMS, sampling devices
connected to networking tools
KMS, e/m-consulting, e/m-learning,
DSS, GIS
Networking tools (mobile phones,
radios, wireless networks),
Management Information System (MIS),
e-commerce and mobile commerce
Decision Support System (DSS),
modeling software, e/m-learning, e/m-
consulting, Knowledge Management
Systems (KMS)
5. Application of ICT
Crop cultivation
and harvesting
Input management
Water management
Fertilization
Pest management
Sowing
Land preparation
KMS, e/m-learning, e/m-consulting, GPS, GIS,
computer controlled devices, machine2machine
communication and sensor networks
GPS, GIS, e/m-learning, e/m-consulting,
computer controlled devices, m2m
communication, sensor networks
DSS, MIS, GPS/GIS, e/m-learning
DSS, GIS, MIS, sensor networks, m2m
communication
DSS, GIS, MIS, sensor networks, m2m
communication
DSS, GIS, management information system,
sensor networks, m2m communication
6. Application of ICT
Post harvest
Transportation
Food processing
Marketing
Packaging
Networking tools (mobile phones, lo-fi
technologies) for broadcast
GPS, GIS, MIS, DBMS, tracing devices, m2m
communication
Tracing devices, KMS, e/m-learning, e/m-
consulting, GPS, GIS
Farm to fork tracing tools – GPS, RFID, GIS,
DBMS, MIS, KMS, e/m-learning, e/m-consulting,
machine2machine communication
7. Mind map for ICT in Agriculture
Crop cultivation
and harvesting
Input management
Water management
Fertilization
Pest management
Post harvest
Transportation
Food processing
Marketing
Sowing
Pre-cultivation
Crop selection
Calendar definition
Access to credit
Land preparation
Packaging
Land selection
DSS, GIS, Remote sensing,
e/m-consulting, KMS,
sampling devices connected
to networking tools
KMS, e/m-consulting,
e/m-learning, DSS, GIS
Networking tools (mobile
phones, radios, wireless
networks), Management
Information System (MIS), e-
commerce and mobile
commerce
Decision Support System
(DSS), modeling software,
e/m-learning, e/m-consulting,
Knowledge Management
Systems (KMS)
KMS, e/m-learning, e/m-consulting, GPS, GIS, computer controlled devices,
machine2machine communication and sensor networks
GPS, GIS, e/m-learning, e/m-consulting, computer controlled devices, m2m
communication, sensor networks
DSS, MIS, GPS/GIS, e/m-learning
Networking tools (mobile
phones, lo-fi technologies)
for broadcast
GPS, GIS, MIS, DBMS,
tracing devices, m2m
communication
Tracing devices, KMS, e/m-
learning, e/m-consulting,
GPS, GIS
Farm to fork tracing tools –
GPS, RFID, GIS,
DBMS, MIS, KMS, e/m-
learning, e/m-consulting,
machine2machine
communication
DSS, GIS, MIS, sensor networks, m2m communication
DSS, GIS, MIS, sensor networks, m2m communication
DSS, GIS, management information system, sensor networks, m2m
communication