Good Reads: April 2019

CIOs: the captain to direct and steer the AI ship for the future
A basic understanding of the organizations’ current or proposed AI ecosystem and the support it can provide to the overall organizational goals can be obtained by engaging with all lines of business by kick-starting and ensuring constant conversations and pre-empting discussions with all leaders on their AI needs and wants.

Dataquest, Vol.XXXVII, No.3, April 2019

Artificial Intelligence in CPG: What to expect?

The AI techniques have seen the potential to transform the different aspects of the industry in the future, provided CPG brands have resources and governance in place

Dataquest, Vol.XXXVII, No.3, April 2019

Ranking of India's top T schools 2019

T schools should contribute to the growth of the technology required for the 21st century Industries

Dataquest, Vol.XXXVII, No.3, April 2019

Data Science and AI Solutions

AI can map poverty, help during natural calamities and do much more...

PC Quest, Vol.32, Issue 4, April 2019

How blockchain technology is revamping the logistics industry?

Since inception, blockchain has already revolutionized many industries; the benefits that blockchain offers for all those involved in the entire supply chain industry are countless. Let’s discuss a few of them...

PC Quest, Vol.32, Issue 4, April 2019

Welcome to the future: how conversational AI will change the grand scheme of things?

With ever increasing digitization, people are turning towards digital solutions for nearly all of their problems these days. This includes everything from gaining more information about a product or service to registering complaints while sitting at the workstation.

PC Quest, Vol.32, Issue 4, April 2019

Cloud computing to shape the next wave of growth

Cloud computing in India is currently estimated to be USD 2.5 billion in 2018, dominated by IaaS and SaaS.

PC Quest, Vol.32, Issue 4, April 2019

How data sciences enable life-long learning

Today, corporates often talk of 'life-long learning'. Just the college degree isn't enough- the future of work is about up-skilling every few years. Over the last few years, companies helping people become life-long learners have started up. While some create the content themselves, others curate it. One company that has built a next-generation enterprise learning product is Degreed. The company connects employees in an enterprise to learning resources such as courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts among others; it assesses the skills one has and those that would be required for a chosen domain.

Business Today recently spoke to Chris McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer of Degreed, to understand how the company curates content and measures skills. Turns out, technology and data play a crucial role.    

"We collate the history of what an employee did in the company or outside. We collect every data point we can find about an individual- it can be in the human resources systems, the learning management systems, the spreadsheets. Also, what they do in their spare time and which device is used for learning", McCarthy says. "We can then identify the gaps in his portfolio. We pull the learning material in and make it a personalised experience. It says this is what you have to learn, here is what you might be interested in, here is what people like you have also learnt", he adds.

This is similar in some ways to Amazon's recommendation engine many of us are familiar with- because you read book X, you might be interested in book Y.

If an employee wants to graduate to being a product manager in a company, Degreed identifies the skills required. There is a target skill level and the employee's skill level. "I can see how I stack-up. We have data sciences underpinning every recommendation so we can say these are the contents that are popular among product managers," McCarthy says.   

HR heads, the CEO says, often want to know what's going on in their industry and how they could better train employees. Degreed can use data from its 300-odd customers to draw conclusions and build skills graphs around what skills are popular and what is in-demand. This could help companies make smart decisions.

"There are four different ways we assess the skills. The first is self-assessment by the employee, which takes a minute. The second is asking the boss or a manager for an assessment, which takes a few more minutes. Then there is a 20-minute version and an eight-hour version. It is based on how rigorous you want to get", McCarthy says. 

Source: https://www.businesstoday.in/buzztop/buzztop-technology/how-data-sciences-enable-lifelong-learning/story/334363.html (Accessed on May 3, 2019)

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC-APRIL 2019

All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra library card for the month of May 2019

Sr. No.	Member	No's.of Transcations
1	MASCARENHAS RACHEL NOEL JACINTA	41
2	NEGI YOGESH SURENDER SINGH NEGI ANITA NEGI	29
3	DESAI SHRADDHA SANJAY ALKA SANJAY   DESAI	25
4	RANE AKSHADA SHAILESH VRUSHALI	25
5	SAWANT SHIVANI SANDEEP SUMEDHA	23
6	KESARKAR KOMAL PRAKASH PRATIKSHA	23
7	LOBO ANDREA KARLTON ALICE	23
8	GAIKWAD NEITRIK JAGANNATH JYOSTNA	22

Should Data Scientists Offer Their Skills For Free?

Data Science is one of those domains that is growing at a breakneck speed. However, the industry is in the need for more skilled professionals. Being a vast domain, the number of professionals is less compared to other technology domain. This also means that if you are you are a data scientist, you are in high demand and you are a part of a community of people who has the superpowers of extracting meaningful insights out of scattered data.

However, there is a question that has emerged in the world of Data Science — while experts from other technological fields are offering their skills for free to the ones in need, should data scientists also do the same? The answer is something that cannot be flagged as a ‘no’ or a ‘yes’ as it completely depends on the person. So, there are a few points we would like to put out why and why not it is okay for data scientists to work for free.

To read the full article, please visit: https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/should-data-scientists-offer-their-skills-for-free/ (Accessed on May 2, 2019)

Bitcoin Startup Unveils ‘Thunder Bird’ Lightning Code for IoT Devices

Japanese startup Nayuta is releasing an in-progress lightning implementation with a compelling new focus: the internet of things (IoT).

As revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Nayuta is publishing the first lightning implementation geared specifically toward IoT, or networks of connected devices that feed data to one another. The idea behind Nayuta’s release is that it connects to bitcoin’s live network (as opposed to a test one), allowing transactions of real BTC.

To date, Nayuta’s release represents the fourth lightning implementation to officially launch on bitcoin’s mainnet so far, following software pushes from startups Acinq, Blockstream, and Lightning Labs.

Called Ptarmigan, the Japanese word for “thunder bird,” the name plays off the fact that the promising bitcoin technology it builds upon is named “lightning.”

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-startup-unveils-thunder-bird-lightning-code-for-iot-devices (Accessed on May 2, 2019)

9 Open Source Tools and Resources for the Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is winning over the world. The expansion of smart gadgets creates a global network that has the power to change the way we live and do business. The new technology influences almost everything around us, from home appliances and planning to architecture and marketing.

IoT is defined as a system of interrelated computing devices that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. According to the report, more than 64 billion IoT devices will be active worldwide by 2025.

If you are interested in IoT development, you are probably trying to find the best resources currently available online. Our job is to help you with that, so keep reading to see nine open source tools and resources for IoT.

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.coinspeaker.com/open-source-tools-iot/ Accessed on May 2, 2019)

Indian corporates seek to bridge skill gap in cyber security management

Professionals in this area of specialisation have to upskill themselves continually by attending training programmes


After a malware attack that brought much of the work at his office to a standstill for two days, Koushik Mitra enrolled for a course in cyber security.

“The drive on the cloud got infected and our work was affected for two days. That’s when I started thinking about a career in cyber security,” says Mitra, who has 13 years of experience in the software industry.

He has got the timing right. There continues to be a huge demand for cyber security professionals in India and elsewhere. And, according to many studies, there is a shortage of talent in this area of specialisation.

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.thehindu.com/education/careers/indian-corporates-seek-to-bridge-skill-gap-in-cyber-security-management/article27000893.ece (Accessed on May 2, 2019)

Cambridge University approved online courses to be offered in 482 schools in India

Pamoja Education has received its approval by Cambridge Assessment International Education

All the schools across India which already offer Cambridge Assessment curricula and programmes will be able to offer a new range of Pamoja courses online

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.livemint.com/industry/human-resource/cambridge-university-approved-online-courses-to-be-offered-in-482-schools-in-india-1556081604502.html (Accessed on May 2, 2019)