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Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Infosys : Insights Capitalizing on Big Data With AI Models to Renew Logistics Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going mainstream because of two parallel events – unprecedented availability of computing power and business outcomes from analyzing big data. This article explores how AI models capitalize on big data to reinvent logistics. INFYTQ Shaping a Better Tomorrow for Tech Talent with Infosys Industry-grade Certification Infosys Certification : Course Modules 1.       Programming Fundamentals using Python 2.       OOP using Python 3.       Data Structures & Algorithms using Python 4.       Learning DBMS and SQL Certification Slots will be re-opened in the month of Feb’ 2020 Get Ready! https://infytq.infosys.com Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students. Tech News for the Day Intel, Mozilla, Red Hat, and Fastly partner to make WebAssembly a cross-platform runtime The Bytecode Alliance's main goal is to promote the use of security-hardened WebAssembly tools. Space-grade CPUs: How do you send more computing power into space? Figuring out radiation was a huge "turning point in the history of space electronics." Americans think Microsoft is the most ethical company. Facebook, not so much More than any other industry, technology companies prioritize ethical issues important to most Americans, according to a study released Tuesday from Forbes and the non-profit research group Just Capital. Programmer News for the Day Learn Python by Building Five Games - Full Course Learn Python in this full tutorial course for beginners. This course takes a project-based approach. We have collected five great Python game tutorials together so you can learn Python while building five games. If you learn best by doing, this is the course for you. Understanding OpenGL through Python Following this article by Muhammad Junaid Khalid, where basic OpenGL concepts and setup was explained, now we'll be looking at how to make more complex objects and how to animate them. Python Datetime Tutorial: Manipulate Times, Dates, and Time Spans Dealing with dates and times in Python can be a hassle. Thankfully, there’s a built-in way of making it easier: the Python datetime module. Web Developer News for the Day The Svelte Handbook The ideal reader of the book has zero knowledge of Svelte, has maybe used Vue or React, but is looking for something more, or a new approach to things. JavaScript Promises: Zero To Hero Plus Cheat Sheet Promises truly aren’t complicated but it can be hard breaking into them. This is because promises are their own type of design pattern — they may be a new paradigm to you in the same way that functional React components can seem foreign to those coming from an object-oriented background. Encapsulation in JavaScript Encapsulation is the bundling of data and the methods that act on that data such that access to that data is restricted from outside the bundle, or as Alan Kay describes it, “local retention and protection and hiding of state-process.” Word for the Day bruit noun : NOISE, DIN a film that captures the thunderous fury of medieval warfare and the bruit of a thousand clashing swords More Puzzle for the Day What’s Next Puzzle What are the next 3 digits in this sequence: 7 3 1 8 2 8 5 3 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 4 3 0 ... Solution (Previous Puzzle): 1.20pm. Since the clock is losing 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will only show 54 minutes. Since the clock shows 10.12am, we know that 612 clock minutes have passed. This therefore equals 680 real minutes and hence 11 hours and 20 minutes. The clock stopped 120 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 1.20pm. Innovation of the Day In 1866, the first U.S. patent for a yo-yo was issued to James L. Haven and Charles Hittrick of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1866, the first U.S. patent on a rotary crank bicycle was issued to Pierre Lallemont of Paris, France (No. 59,915). In 1888, Willard LeGrand Bundy, a jeweller, was issued the first U.S. patent for a time recording clock (No. 393,205). Video for the Day Podcast for the Day How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen Nearly 350 species of fish have specialized anatomical structures that generate and detect electrical signals. Underwater, where light is scarce, electrical signals offer ways to communicate, navigate, find, and sometimes stun prey. But how do these fish produce electricity? And why? Eleanor Nelsen illuminates the science behind electric Concepts of happiness : BBC 6 Mins English Research has suggested that while personal feelings of pleasure are the accepted definition of happiness in Western cultures, East Asian cultures tend to see happiness as social harmony and in some parts of Africa and India it's more about shared experiences and family. Neil and Rob discuss what makes people happy and ... are happy to teach you new vocabulary. Idiom for the Day a bolt from the blue unexpected happening; complete surprise. The sudden uprising in many parts of the country was completely a bolt from the blue for the ministry. More Quote for the Day “There are no limitations to any of our dreams.” Gene Simmons Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited

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Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Infosys : Insights Ubiquitous and Cognitive AI will Redefine our Everyday Experiences Is artificial intelligence (AI) finally ready for prime time? I don’t see a day go by where I don’t hear of AI and its profound impact — part beneficial and part detrimental — to humans. To be sure, AI isn’t new — ask anyone who has flown an airplane if they have turned on the ‘autopilot’ function during long flights. INFYTQ Shaping a Better Tomorrow for Tech Talent with Infosys Industry-grade Certification Infosys Certification : Course Modules 1.       Programming Fundamentals using Python 2.       OOP using Python 3.       Data Structures & Algorithms using Python 4.       Learning DBMS and SQL Certification Slots will be re-opened in the month of Feb’ 2020 Get Ready! https://infytq.infosys.com Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students. Tech News for the Day Google Chrome to identify and label slow websites Google announced today a plan to identify and label websites that typically load slowly by way of clear badging. There’s Growing Evidence That the Universe Is Connected by Giant Structures Scientists are finding that galaxies can move with each other across huge distances, and against the predictions of basic cosmological models. AI can predict if you'll die soon – but we've no idea how it works Artificial intelligence can predict a person’s chances of dying within a year by looking at heart test results – even when they look normal to doctors. How it does so is a mystery. Programmer News for the Day FREE R READING MATERIAL A collection of books about the R programming language and Data Science, that you can read for free! C++20: The Library My last post "C++20: The Core Language" presented the new features of the C++20 core language. Today, I continue my journey with an overview of the C++20 library. "Writing a PEG parser for fun and profit" - Guido van Rossum Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs) are a relatively new formalism for describing grammars suitable for automatically generating efficient parsers. Web Developer News for the Day An introduction to pure functions in JavaScript In this article we will look at what a pure function is, why you would want to use pure functions, and some examples of pure functions (and impure functions) in JavaScript. Modern JavaScript features you may have missed Some of these are just quality of life improvements, but others are genuinely handy and can save whole swathes of code. Here are a few you might have missed: What Is Functional Programming? Functional programming is a paradigm, or style, that values immutability, first-class functions, referential transparency, and pure functions. If none of those words makes sense to you, don’t worry! We’re going to break down all this terminology in this article. Word for the Day armistice noun : temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents : TRUCE both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days More Puzzle for the Day Time Puzzle I recently gave a new carriage clock to my friend for their birthday. However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour. I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight and the clock now shows 10.12am. I know that it stopped 2 hours ago, so what is the correct time now? Solution (Previous Puzzle): # Name    Age 1 Drew    30 2 Emery   24 3 Glen    27 4 Alex    32 Innovation of the Day In 1850, the first U.S. patent for magic lantern slides made of glass plate was issued to their inventor Frederick Langenheim of Philadelphia, Pa. (No. 7,784) as an "improvement in photographic pictures on glass." In 1872, the first U.S. patent for an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals, called a "calculating machine," was issued to E.D. Barbour of Boston, Mass. However, it was not practical. (No. 133,188) In 1895, the first U.S. patent for a paper pencil was issued to Fredrick E. Blaisdell of Philadelphia, Pa. His patent No. 549,952 was accompanied by No. 550,212 on the same date on a machine for manufacturing pencils. Video for the Day Podcast for the Day Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day’s catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet explain overfishing and its effects on ecosystems, food security, jobs, economies, and coastal cultures. Is music getting faster? : BBC 6 Mins English Music producers are adapting their songs for modern technology. Researchers have found long instrumental introductions to pop songs have become almost extinct. Neil and Rob discuss this new trend and teach you some vocabulary. Idiom for the Day By the Book done strictly according to the existing rules, regulations, or laws The detective had always done things by the book, but for this case, he had to throw the book away. More Quote for the Day “To be successful you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, and then resolve to pay the price to get it.” Bunker Hunt Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited

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Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Infosys : Insights Is Your Enterprise Ready For The Growing AI Opportunity? Artificial intelligence (AI) has come to establish itself as one of the enablers in a number of industries such as banking, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and telecom. It has become a competitive differentiator, and enterprises are now asking if AI can help them go a step further from being 'the solution', to helping them 'identify complex problems worth solving'. INFYTQ Shaping a Better Tomorrow for Tech Talent with Infosys Industry-grade Certification Infosys Certification : Course Modules 1.       Programming Fundamentals using Python 2.       OOP using Python 3.       Data Structures & Algorithms using Python 4.       Learning DBMS and SQL Certification Slots will be re-opened in the month of Feb’ 2020 Get Ready! https://infytq.infosys.com Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students. Tech News for the Day Google Open Sources its Cardboard VR Platform Low-cost virtual reality (VR) platform Google Cardboard is now available as an open source project to let developers create new VR-powered apps and adapt existing ones to new devices.. Check Out This Drum Machine Created With Microsoft Excel Tallchief took to YouTube the other day to post his latest creation, this insane spreadsheet that doubles as a drum machine. Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what's the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answer to that question. Programmer News for the Day Understanding UMAP Dimensionality reduction is a powerful tool for machine learning practitioners to visualize and understand large, high dimensional datasets. Coding habits for data scientists In this article, we’ll share techniques for identifying bad habits that add to complexity in code as well as habits that can help us partition complexity. Causal Inference : What If Book The book is divided in 3 parts of increasing difficulty: causal inference without models, causal inference with models, and causal inference from complex longitudinal data. Web Developer News for the Day 84% of all websites are impacted by jQuery XSS vulnerabilities Welcome to Snyk’s State of JavaScript frameworks security report 2019. In this blog post we’ll review security vulnerabilities found in other frontend ecosystem projects. Exciting new features in Vue 3 Thankfully Vue team mostly introduced additions and improvements over current APIs rather than major changes so people that already know Vue 2 should quickly feel comfortable with new syntaxes. Using functional programming to avoid intermediate variables and nested functions Often when we’re developing a piece of code, we need to take one starting value and apply several functions to it before we return that value. Word for the Day teleological adjective : exhibiting or relating to design or purpose especially in nature Parenting is teleological; parents rear a child to become an adult. More Puzzle for the Day Jam Making Contest Puzzle At the recent inter-departmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam. The ages of the contestants were 24, 27, 30 and 32. As it happens the person who came last was the oldest, whereas Glen was three years older than the person who came second. Drew was neither the oldest nor the youngest and Emery finished ahead of the 27 year old, but didn't win. Alex was also unlucky this time and didn't win either. Can you determine who finished where and how old they are? Solution (Previous Puzzle): Square. Square the first shape's sides and the remaining shapes add up to this number. E.g.    triangle pentagon square       >> 3x3 = 5 + 4    square hexagon hexagon square       >> 4x4 = 6 + 6 + 4 Therefore:    hexagon octagon octagon octagon octagon square       >> 6x6 = 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 4 Innovation of the Day In 1477, English printer William Caxton, (c.1422 - c.1491) produced the first book printed in England, Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres (Sayings of the Philosophers). In 1845, Charles Thurber was issued a U.S. patent for a Writing Machine he named the Chirographer (No. 4272). He is credited with the first U.S. patent on a typewriter with platen movement and automatic letter spacing, which was issued two years earlier, called “Thurber's Patent Printer” (No. 3,228, 26 Aug 1843). In 1950, the first fluoro-record reflector camera was announced. This could make x-ray pictures in one-sixth of the time previously required, and was used for gastro-instestinal surveys. The manufacturer was the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp., Jamaica, N.Y. Video for the Day Podcast for the Day Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that’s behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They’ve inhabited the ocean for at least half a billion years, and they’re still flourishing. David Gruber investigates the secret powers of jellyfish. The benefits of schadenfreude : BBC 6 Mins English Do you take pleasure when someone undeserving of their success has a spot of bad luck? Not even a little pleasure? Well, if you do (like, apparently, most of us) you might like to learn the word 'schadenfreude' and the concept behind it. Rob and Neil talk about this German word also used in English and teach you new vocabulary. Idiom for the Day body and soul with all one's effort and ability. He dedicated himself to science studies and astronomy, body and soul. More Quote for the Day “If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.” Yusuf Tara

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