ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - July, 2019 Chapter Activities 20 July -- Half day Mini Tutorial on "Demystifying Internet of Things (IOT)". 26 July -- "CSpathshala Workshop for Teachers on Computational Thinking" 27 July -- Half day UX Meetup We filed the chapter annual report with ACM HQ on 31 July. Upcoming Events 10 August: Half day Mini Tutorial on “Demystifying Graphic Design, Animation & Visual Effects”.Resource Persons: Dr. V.R.S Rajesh Kumar, Consultant, Mouse Magic Animation; and Mr. V. Sabesan, Head Operations; Mr. S. Murugan, Animator; & Ms. Prashan Krithi, Animator all from TAS Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. 21 August: One day Research Scholars’ Colloquium (RSC’19) 21 August: Evening Technical Talk on on "Holistic Digital Empowerment" by Lakshman Pillai, Founder & CEO, Lpcube Systems India Pvt. Ltd. 24 August: half day UX Meetup -- Ms Kavitha Kalyan on UX Design Practices 31 August: Half day Mini Tutorial on "Demystifying SoC & Building Systems using Raspberry Pi" by Mr. Balajee Seshadri,Technologist, Surabee Electronics Systems Headlines at a Glance 1.T (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/06/20/penn-state-world-campus-taps-google-cloud-to-build-virtual-advising-assistant.aspx) he DevOps Phenomenon (https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/8/238341-research-for-practice-the-devops-phenomenon/fulltext) 2. Continuous Learning the Key to IT Skills Gap (https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staffing/continuous-learning-the-key-to-it-skills-gap/a/d-id/1335070) 3.Teaching AI to overcome human bias (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-07-ai-human-bias.html) 4. (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/07/24/survey-more-than-half-of-faculty-believe-classroom-tech-increases-student-engagement.aspx) Survey: More than Half of Faculty Believe Classroom Tech Increases Student Engagement (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/07/24/survey-more-than-half-of-faculty-believe-classroom-tech-increases-student-engagement.aspx) 5. If Navigation Apps Don’t Alleviate Congestion—Could City-Wide Traffic Software Help? (https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/infrastructure/if-navigation-apps-dont-alleviate-congestioncould-citywide-traffic-software-help) 6. ‘The Lion King’s’ VR helped make a hit. It could also change movie making (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-07-26/disneys-lion-king-remake-is-a-hit-its-virtual-reality-technology-could-change-how-movies-are-made) 7. Lessons from a First-Year Seminar (https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/238427-lessons-from-a-first-year-seminar/fulltext) News in Detail ** The DevOps Phenomenon CACM | Anna Wiedemann et al | August, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ A traditional software company releases its flagship product maybe every few years. Each release can include hundreds of new features and improvements ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Continuous Learning the Key to IT Skills Gap Information Week | Alex Adamopolos | 15 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ The future is digital, but we all know that. The economies of the future are being built around technology. AI, machine learning, big data, analytics, software engineering, IT, STEM ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Teaching AI to overcome human bias TechXplore.com | Leah Burrows | 31 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Are you smarter than a machine learning model? Let's find out. Choose the answer that contradicts the following premise: ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Survey: More than Half of Faculty Believe Classroom Tech Increases Student Engagement campustechnology.com | Rhea Kelly | 24 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ In a recent survey, 54 percent of faculty respondents said they believe adding more technology to their classroom would definitely increase student engagement ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** If Navigation Apps Don’t Alleviate Congestion—Could City-Wide Traffic Software Help? spectrum.ieee.org | Erica Snyder | 31 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Aside from being a major nuisance to commuters, traffic congestion costs the average American driver $1,348 annually in lost time ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** ‘The Lion King’s’ VR helped make a hit. It could also change movie making latimes.com | Ryan Faughnder | 26 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Walt Disney Co.'s photo-realistic version of “The Lion King” is expected to continue to dominate the multiplex this weekend after already collecting about $729 million in global ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Lessons from a First-Year Seminar CACM Blog | Robin K. Hill | 27 July, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ I will teach a First-Year Seminar this fall, called "The Beauty and Joy of Computing" (after a course at Berkeley) [BJC (http://bjc.berkeley.edu/) ]. All freshmen are required to take one of these seminars, which are offered in different subjects ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ ** Chapter Home (https://chennai.hosting.acm.org/chennai-acm/) ** Email Us (mailto: kraghuraman@yahoo.com) Copyright © 2019, ACM. All rights reserved
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