ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - May, 2019 (http://)
Chapter Activities
18 May, 2019: Demystifying Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence@ Amitysoft, Chennai at 9.30am
31 May, 2019: Big Data and Data Lakes on the Cloud” at IMSc  at 5.00 p.m.

Upcoming Events

Will update as we plan.
Headlines at a Glance
1. How to Recognize a Good (or Bad) Coding Bootcamp (https://insights.dice.com/2019/05/14/recognize-good-bad-coding-bootcamp/)
2. Why integrated Instruction Is a Must for Today's Tech Enabled Learning (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/05/29/why-integrated-instruction-is-a-must-for-todays-tech-enabled-learning.aspx)
3.Patent Talk: Apple has foldables, durability on its mind (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-05-patent-apple-foldables-durability-mind.html)
4. O (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/04/18/recruiters-value-degrees-and-credentials-equally.aspx) verly Attached (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3335594)
5.Grocery Bills can Predict Diabetes Rates by Neighborhood (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613518/grocery-bills-can-predict-diabetes-rates-by-neighborhood/)
6. I (https://phys.org/news/2019-04-artificial-intelligence-efforts-virtually-limitless.html) ndustry Scale Knowledge Graphs - Lessons and Challenge (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3332266)


News in Detail


** How to Recognize a Good (or Bad) Coding Bootcampt
inisights.dice.com | Nate Swanner | May 14, 2019
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Coding bootcamps are polarizing things. Detractors say they’re useless, and you’re better served with a proper four-year degree (https://insights.dice.com/2018/03/06/bootcamp-graduation-better-tech-salary/)  from a university. Proponents note it’s less time spent in school, ...

Full Article (https://insights.dice.com/2019/05/14/recognize-good-bad-coding-bootcamp/)
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** Why Integrated Instruction Is a Must for Today's Tech-Enabled Learning
campustechnology.com | Ruth Reynard | 29 May, 2019
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As new technologies change the way students think and learn, there is an ever-increasing need for instruction that supports real-world problem solving and an integration of ideas across discipline ...
Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/05/29/why-integrated-instruction-is-a-must-for-todays-tech-enabled-learning.aspx)
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** Patent talk: Apple has foldables, durability on its mind
TechXplore.com | Nancy Cohen | 31 May, 2019
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Fact of life: Consumers chase the new and shiny, at least enough of them to justify constant trade-ins and barely necessary purchases ...

Full Article (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-05-patent-apple-foldables-durability-mind.html)
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** Overly Attached
queue.acm.org | Kate Matsudaira | 19 May, 2019
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You know it is good to have strong ownership, but what happens when you get too attached? Recently, I encountered this ...

Full Article (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3335594)
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** Grocery Bills can Predict Diabetes Rates by Neighborhood
MIT Tech Review | Emeging Tech by arXiv | 17 May, 2019
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Dietary habits are notoriously difficult to monitor. Now data scientists have analyzed sales figures from London’s biggest grocer to link eating patterns with local rates  ...

Full Article (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613518/grocery-bills-can-predict-diabetes-rates-by-neighborhood/)
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** Industry-scale Knowledge Graphs - Lessons and Challenges
queue.acm.org | Natasya Nor et al. | 13 May, 2019
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Knowledge graphs are critical to many enterprises today: They provide the structured data and factual knowledge that drive many products and make them more intelligent and "magical."  ...

Full Article (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3332266)
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