ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - June, 2019
Chapter Activities
21 June, 2019: A presentation cum demo & practice session on "Yoga for Stress Free Life" by Mr. M. Srinivasan was held at mini auditorium, ECE Dept, Anna Univ., Chennai
22 June, 2019: An UX (User Experience) Meetup with two presentations was held at IIT Madras. The presentations included: Mr. Mohammed Mansoor on UX Career & Mr. Shivan Kannan on Improving UX on an Existing Product
Upcoming Events
20 July: Mini Tutorial on "Demystifying Internet of Things (IOT)"
{Date yet to be finalized} A presentation on "Workplace Safety & Prevention of Sexual Harassment" by Ms Viji Hari, CEO & Co-founder of Kelp HR and author of the book "Behind Closed Cubicles"
More details on these events to follow.
Headlines at a Glance
1.Penn State World Campus Taps Google Cloud to Build Virtual Advising Assistant (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/06/20/penn-state-world-campus-taps-google-cloud-to-build-virtual-advising-assistant.aspx)
2.A Design Perspective on Computational Thinking (https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/237390-a-design-perspective-on-computational-thinking/fulltext)
3.Drag-and-drop data analytics (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-06-drag-and-drop-analytics.html)
4. How apps power Hong Kong's 'leaderless' protests (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48802125?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology&link_location=live-reporting-story)
5.Florida’s latest oddity: Semi trucks with nobody inside them (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/26/floridas-latest-oddity-semi-trucks-with-nobody-inside-them/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c2d76765238)
6. Hackproofing smart meters (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190606101822.htm)
News in Detail
** Penn State World Campus Taps Google Cloud to Build Virtual Advising Assistant
campustechnology.com | Rhea Kelly | June 20, 2019
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At the start of the spring 2020 semester this January, Penn State World Campus (https://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/) will have a new artificial intelligence tool for answering the most common requests from its undergraduate students. A virtual assistant will ...
Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/06/20/penn-state-world-campus-taps-google-cloud-to-build-virtual-advising-assistant.aspx)
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** A Design Perspective on Computational Thinking
cacm.acm.org | Mark Guzdial | 09 June, 2019
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I have been thinking a lot about this definition (as seen here in Blog@CACM (https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/231422-computational-thinking-education-for-the-poor-and-rich-and-dealing-with-schools-and-teachers-as-they-are-a-twitter-convo/fulltext) from last September and in my blog (https://computinged.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/what-is-computational-thinking-its-the-friction-that-we-want-to-minimize/) in April). This is a definition that most people can agree with. The problem is when you use it to ...
Full Article (https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/237390-a-design-perspective-on-computational-thinking/fulltext)
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** Drag-and-drop data analytics
TechXplore.com | Rob Matheson | 27 June, 2019
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In the Iron Man movies, Tony Stark uses a holographic computer to project 3-D data into thin air, manipulate them with his hands, and find fixes to his superhero troubles. In the same vein, researchers from MIT and Brown University ...
Full Article (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-06-drag-and-drop-analytics.html)
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** How apps power Hong Kong's 'leaderless' protests
bbc.com technology | Danny Vincent | 30 June, 2019
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In a tiny room on the edge of a nondescript building complex sits an unlikely participant in Hong Kong's protest movement. Behind his laptop computer, Tony (not his real name) monitors scores of groups on private messaging app Telegram and online forums ...
Full Article (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology&link_location=live-reporting-story)
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** Florida’s latest oddity: Semi trucks with nobody inside them
The Washington Post.com | Peter Holley | 26 June, 2019
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At first glance, the 18-wheeler, white with green lettering crawling down its side, looked like any other heavy-duty truck on the road. The vehicle merged onto the busy Florida Turnpike earlier this month, ...
Full Article (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/26/floridas-latest-oddity-semi-trucks-with-nobody-inside-them/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c2d76765238)
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** Hackproofing smart meters
sciencedaily.com | University of British Columbia | 06 June, 2019
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Smart electricity meters are useful because they allow energy utilities to efficiently track energy use and allocate energy production. But because they're connected to a grid, they can also serve as back doors for malicious hackers ...
Full Article (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190606101822.htm)
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