Week 7 [12.19-25.12.2016] Predictions for 2020s With Ray Kurzweil

Hello everyone,

I have noticed it's pretty hard to find a good topic for general conversation if we publish something very narrow so I have decided to give you a rather general more conversational topic. I have found a video of with Ray Kurzweil "Predictions for 2020s With Ray Kurzweil". I think everybody heard about Mr. Kurzweil and his achievements in the field of new technologies and I hope you enjoy his vision of the future.

1) Can you suggest other great visioners worth following on the twitter, facebook, youtube or read their publications? Please share and describe shortly why you suggest this person.

2) What do you think about idea of open source clothing and having all products as virtual files?

3) Do you agree on the thesis we will have more and more systems decentralised as this guarantees more stability and especially do you think it's possible to have one decentralised currency?

Thank you and enjoy.
M

Week 7 [12.19-25.12.2016] Teach Kids Math Using The Model Method For Math From Singapore

Hello everybody.

I want you take a minute to read this short article about teaching math young students. In current situation where everybody is trying to encourage young people to attend computer science or related studies, maybe we should start earlier (in kindergartens or elementary schools) and we should focus on making math approachable by youngsters.

1. What do you think about presented method?
2. Does it could be applied in polish environment?  
3. Can you suggest example exercises for such method?

Week 6 [12.12-18.12.2016] The stride of the Dragon - China's silk road and the business possibilities

Hi guys,

While thinking about the topic for the blog entry, I decided to choose something understandable for most of us which would not lay beyond anyone's comprehension (all DNA teleport machines are definitely way too difficult for me to grasp after reading one or two articles. Leaving a wise comment is even much harder).

So, my topic is more practical - as you might have heard, China is planning to build the silk road. This includes building two new routes - overland and by the sea. The point is to set a trade corridors from China to Middle East and Europe. From Polish perspective, this investment is crucial, because the overland route goes across our country, so - for example - we'll have an opportunity to distribute the goods further across Baltic sea and to the south of Europe across the land.

Please read these two articles (one of them contains a short movie clip):
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/why-china-is-building-a-new-silk-road/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/11/europe-china-new-silk-road/

and answer following questions:

1. In times of big geopolitical changes (Trump wins the general election in the US, China builds the silk road) and in times of competition between dominant political powers, who do you think we should cooperate with and why?

2. What kind of new possibilities the IT companies (or companies of your interest) would have thanks to China's investment?

3. What kind of technologies could improve building of such enourmous route? Do you know any? Or maybe one of those presented on the blog so far could be helpful in the future?

Week 6 [12.12-18.12.2016] Future computing and brain based chips

Hello everyone,

I have come across interesting presentation about new chips which are being develop or appearing on the market. Those new chips are having NN like architecture and are design to be used instead of current CPUs where the computation and power consumption requirements to complete the tasks are high.

1) Do you think we will build one day a chip which has the same amount of neurons than human brain?
2) What field of application do you think will gain the most from this new chip development?
3) Can new chips take place of current chips architecture or rather they will work in parallel being used accordingly to the task at hand?

Thanks

Week 6 [12.12-18.12.2016] Machine Translation and Computer Assisted Translation as Example of Tools Utterly Changing One of the Mordern World Proffessions

Hello everybody,

I am very happy to present you an interesting article on what is partially connected to a very important issue for a modern world ‒ the need, importance and role of certain proffessions. Machines and computers speed up many production proccesses, save time and work, help develop advanced technical solutions to various problems. Nevertheless, there is also a negative side of technical progress, some proffessions disappeared, some are slowly fading away, while other need to evolve and change their form. This article pertains to machine translation and coputer-assisted translation and their influence on role of translators in the modern world. I hope you will find it interesting. I would also like you to comment on it, bearing in mind the following questions:

1. Basing on the article presented, can you elaborate on the difference bettween machine and computer assisted translation?

2. Do you know any other proffessions that disappeared or were forced to evolve and adapt to new circumstances due to technical progress, invention of computers or other machines?

3. Do you know any machine translation programmes apart from Google Translate? Do you think that such programmes may be useful tool in scientific research or everyday life when travelling abroad to communicate with native people of a particular country?

4. Can you name a programme that led to disappearance of a particular proffession or utterly changed a particular field of science or branch of business? How did it happen?

http://translationjournal.net/journal/29computers.htm

Week 6 [12.12-18.12.2016] Using Machine Learning to Predict Project Effort: Empirical Case Studies in Data-Starved Domains

Hello everybody.

I would like to introduce a Using Machine Learning to Predict Project Effort topic for you.

This study is trying to approach problems related to project estimation effort and how it can be solved with usage of machine learning algorithms.Ideally, software engineering should be able to use machine learning to control or significantly decrease the costs associated with building software. In reality, there are very few examples of applying such applications early in the software life cycle. One reason for the scarcity of examples is the lack of empirical data in the software engineering discipline. This dilemma is quite evident when constructing models to predict project effort.

1. Do You think it is possible to apply machine learning or AI solutions for such field as effort estimation and if would have any significant outcomes?
2. Are you familiar with any existing solutions for this topic? What is state of the art in this field
3. Do You know any open source data sets related to this topic?

Week 5 [5.12-11.12.2016] TorchCraft - Deep Learning StarCraft

Hi,
I know some of you consider AI a potential humanity destroyer, but I'd like to share an article on it.
Recently I came across an article on learning Artificial Neural Networks (NN) to play real-time strategy game (RTS). Obviously NNs playing computer games is not a recent invention, but as far as I know until recent NNs were playing simple arcade games. According to the article a NN using Deep Reinforced Learning is able to achieve nearly a 100% win rate.
I wonder what is your opinion on artificial intelligence in games, both built-in (like bots or NPCs) and AI playing games.
What is also interesting (and what I did not realize) is that games like StarCraft provide API to integrate with it. I searched for other games providing an API and found that very few do so. Do you know any other RTS with API?
Please take a quick look at the article on arxiv and a poster and share your thoughts.
Best,
Mikolaj

Week 5 [5.12-11.12.2016] - HyperCam: Hyperspectral Imaging in our phones

HyperCam: Hyperspectral Imaging in our phones

Would you like to become a little scientist/doctor in your everyday life? 

In studies of ancient pieces of art, including paintings, books hyperspectral imaging is an indispensable tool for non-invasive examination of authenticity and hidden content of the work.

It is also an excellent tool for remote detection of environmental pollutants. 

Soon everyone will be able to use their mobile phones, for example, to detect or monitor the quality of food or monitor own health. The benefits for consumers could occur in health care, such as mobile phones, which are able to check if the moles are malignant or food is edible. They could also check the authenticity of the product, or to identify users based on biometric data. 

Hyperspectral imaging significantly accelerates the identification and diagnosis of skin cancer. New technology makes it easier to determine the exact shape and size of signs. Reducing device size and integrating it with a microscope can dramatically accelerate distinguish melanomas from ordinary moles while maintaining security and lowering costs. This rapid test allows for the precise boundaries of the presence of cancer cells.

Materials:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161124081556.htm

http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mayank/Papers/HyperCam.pdf

Questions:

1. What do you think about HyperCam in everyday usage? Do you think that this technology can be as good as doctor’s diagnosis and we will no longer need to visit health clinics?
2. What are other possible usage of HyperCam besides health monitoring, food quality and environment monitoring?
3. If HyperCam was working 100% correctly do you think that people would use is on regular basis (multiple times every day)? Or will it remain to be just a gadget or another not useful function in our phone?

Week 5 [5.12-11.12.2016] - Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Future of Financial Transactions

Ladies and Gentlemen,

this week I have the pleasure to present you the article about future of finance in terms of usage of virtual currencies and blockchain.

http://www.cfapubs.org/doi/full/10.2469/cp.v32.n3.5?src=recsys

Article was presented in last years CFA Institute Conference. 

Briefly introducing - bitcoin is a new financial system that has the potential to have a big impact on the way the world does business. Its open ledger system and distribution network make it an alternative way to present methods how transactions are made, settled and record . Although it is still in its infancy, as bitcoin becomes larger and more sophisticated, it may very well provide solutions to many of the current financial system’s problems.

Questions to the article are as follows:

1. Charles G. Cascarilla identifies three main areas where Bitcoin technology is used nowadays. Do you know any other areas that has potential to use Bitcoin for?
2. Do you think that blockchain technology will replace the traditional banking systems in the future?
3. Do you know any other solutions that use blockchain?

Week 4 [28.11-4.12.2016] - Towards a smart grid Communication

Week 4 [28.11-4.12.2016] - Towards a smart grid Communication

The Smart Grid, generally referred to as the next-generation power system, is considered as a revolutionary and evolutionary regime of existing power grids. More importantly, with the integration of advanced computing and communication technologies, the Smart Grid is expected to greatly enhance efficiency and reliability of future power systems with renewable energy resources, as well as distributed intelligence and demand response. 

Our current electric grid was built in the 1890s and improved upon as technology advanced through each decade. Today, it consists of more than 9,200 electric generating units with more than 1 million megawatts of generating capacity connected to more than 300,000 miles of transmission lines. Although the electric grid is considered an engineering marvel, we are stretching its patchwork nature to its capacity. To move forward, people need a new kind of electric grid, one that is built from the bottom up to handle the groundswell of digital and computerized equipment and technology dependent on it—and one that can automate and manage the increasing complexity and needs of electricity in the 21st Century.

The digital technology that allows for two-way communication between the utility and its customers, and the sensing along the transmission lines is what makes the grid smart. Like the Internet, the Smart Grid will consist of controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together, but in this case, these technologies will work with the electrical grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand.

Please read this article: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByyCCouqCCbSTGQ0M2pBWl8xTHM 

and try to answer the following questions:

1. Do you like such kind of technology? Do you think it is needed or rather useless?

2. Do you plan to use smart grid technology in your house if it is accessible? Will you use it if you for example have to pay some extra money?

3. Which other areas do you like to control in your house via network? 

Week 4 [28.11-4.12.2016] - Quantum teleportation

Hello everyone,

I would like to present you an article about teleportation:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/big-step-quantum-teleportation-won-t-bring-us-any-closer-star-trek-here-s-why

One of the most important discovery of 2015 year was quantum teleportation. For the first time a team of physicists have successfully teleported a quantum state of a photon to a crystal over many kilometres away through a fiber optic cable. Currently it is the basis for theoretical quantum computing and quantum communication, though it will take a very long time before these results will have real-world implications. However this innovation is being already tested in networking.

Questions are:

1. Would quantum teleportation be a breakthrough in computer science?
2. Where can be used quantum teleportation? How can it improve our daily life?
3. What do you think about human teleportation - would it be possible in the future?

Week 4 [28.11-4.12.2016] SmartMirror: An Embedded Non-contact System for Health Monitoring at Home

Hi,
I would like to present you an article about smart home system. In this particular case, authors have presented their approach to monitoring our health by using the smart mirror. Even though, they are trying to monitor our key physiological markers. We can argue about their choice, maybe these markers are too basic, maybe they are not so important for our life. However, I consider their approach as a start for something bigger. Let's consider a situation, when you are waking up, looking in the mirror and know that there is something wrong with your body.
Maybe, this is just another "smart" device we can brag we have, but we are not using it like we should. Most of the time we know that we are not feeling well, without looking at these markers and so on. Maybe, it can save someone's life. Who knows?

Take a look at the article and try to answer questions below.

• Have you ever thought about making your home smart?
• Do you think smart health monitoring is a future?
• Do you have any kind of smart health monitoring devices?

Week 3 [21-27.11.2016] - A Comparative Analysis of the Universal Elements of Music and the Fetal Environment

I would like to apologize for late article publishing. Currently time in my environment rush very quickly. I would like to ask for prolong comments deadline for those who don't have enough time in weekend to answer my questions.

In this article we would like focus on a sound we hear from the very beginning. This is one of the first perception experience we feel in our life. Sound is started to be heard by fetus in the first month from the insemination. The study about sound and rhythm connected with hear pulse of the fetus it was simply the meter of time to appear. David Teie try to answer this question about this scientific problem in article:

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01158.

Please read above article and answer questions:

1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?

Week 3 [21-27.11.2016] - Possible decline in the acceleration of technological innovation

Hello, recently while browsing YouTube, I came across a video presentation on the subject of a possible decline in the acceleration of technological innovation. You can watch it below:

This article, although quiet old, does state that the rate of inovation peaked in the year 1873 and ever since then it is rapidly declining. It is calculated that we are at around 90% of the economic limit of technology and by 2038 we will reach 95%. Every major breakthrough will be more costly because of the complexity that is involved. Another article tries to measure the unit costs of many technologies by formulating Moore's law. This allows to estimate the probability that a given technology outperforms another at a given point in the future. However there are some flaws with Moore's law. The main observation that it described (doubling of number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit every 18 months) starts to not be entirely true in the recent years.

Please answer the following questions:
1. Do you think that further innovations will be much tougher and take longer to achieve?
2. Do you know of any other phenomena that could be described by Moore's law?
3. What future innovations are you most excited about and when do you predict they will occur?

Week 3 [21-27.11.2016] - Automated Inference on Criminality using Face Images

Hello,
This week I would like to present the article Automated Inference on Criminality using Face Images.
This study includes automated inference on criminality based solely on still face images. Via supervised machine learning, authors build four classifiers (logistic regression, KNN, SVM, CNN) using facial images of 1856 real persons controlled for race, gender, age and facial expressions, nearly half of whom were convicted criminals, for discriminating between criminals and non-criminals. All four classifiers produced evidence for the validity of automated face-induced inference on criminality, despite the historical controversy surrounding the topic. The variation among criminal faces is significantly greater than that of the non-criminal faces which means criminal and non-criminal face images populate two quite distinctive manifolds.

I would like to encourage you to share your thoughts about the problem of privacy, facial recognition and any facial analysis which produce such far-reaching conclusions? Instead of sharing photos via facebook and the other services are we going to protect our images and try to reserve strictly the rights to our images?

Week 3 [21.11-27.11.2016] A Tour Through the Visualization Zoo

Hello,

I would like to present a topic of data visualization which I hope may be used in many of your research areas. Not only researchers have to deal with it. With a rapidly growing amount of data also companies became interested in data visualization. It should explain in a legible way what our data is about and help us to find required knowledge about some events. Due to a variety of data, this is not an easy task. Our data may contain time series, maps, networks or hierarchies. Each of these needs a different approach in visualization. An article presents some visualization techniques of various data. 

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/6/92482-a-tour-through-the-visualization-zoo/fulltext

Additionally, you can watch short video, which presents some more interesting examples of data visualization in high dimensional space i.e. words represented by points with 200 dimensions

https://aiexperiments.withgoogle.com/visualizing-high-dimensional-space

1. Have you ever tried to visualize high dimensional space? What was that? If not do you know any area where good data visualization is crucial?

2.  Do you know any state-of-the-art examples of data visualization techniques? Which one do you like most? Do you use or know some interesting visualization tools?

3. What is the aim of data visualization? Do you think that people gain more knowledge from pretty data visualization than scientific computations?

Week 2 [14.11-20.11.2016] DNA computing

Hello,

I would like to present you the topic of DNA computing. The idea of using DNA for computational processes was already suggested by Richard Feynman in 1961. Since then it became a broad research domain. Article's autors describe their solution which selects and displays in the seven-segmented display the result of computation of two input variables.

Additional materials about DNA computers and above project you can find on MIT and ScienceNordic portals.

What do you think about DNA computing idea? May it be a real competition to silicone technology?
Do you see any threats in it (or maybe on the contrary, it can benefit a lot)?
Do you know any other technologies and ideas that can be a replacement for silicon?

Links:
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10089
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534721/what-can-dna-based-computers-do/
http://sciencenordic.com/scientists-build-most-advanced-dna-computer-date

Week 2 [14.11-20.11.2016] older drivers.

In many situations, driving is essential for senior citizens to maintain their independent lifestyle. A systematic literature review was conducted that summarized the age-related physical, visual and cognitive functional declines and their associated risk to driving. Based on these findings, we explored whether the skills required in playing Xbox Kinect video games were correlated with measures of driving performance among older drivers. Fifty-two participants, 65 years of age or older (Mean = 72; SD = 3.84; range 65 – 85 years; 29 males) who have access to a car and drive frequently were invited to play Just dance, Table Tennis (ping pong), Bowling, and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training Exercises on an Xbox Kinect 360. Participants also completed a 25-minute on-road driving task along a predetermined route to assess and identify critical driving errors using a similar instrument as that used by a driving license tester. Bivariate correlation examined the relationship between game scores and these objective driving skills. There was a significant correlation between the Xbox Kinect video games and on-road driving scores (r = 0.861, p <0.001), indicating that ‘good gamers are good drivers’. This was correlation was significant for the males (r = 0.864, p <0.001) as well as for the females (r = 0.878, p <0.001). We suggest that performance on Xbox games may be a suitable, cost-effective and less-risky indicator of on-road driving skills for older drivers, particularly in jurisdictions in which mandatory testing of older citizens has been introduced or is being considered as a requirement in the driver licensing process.

LINK : http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1110/704

1. Do you know of other research methods from the world of entertainment? What kind?
2. What is better? Autonomous cars for older people or systems to help older drivers?

Week 2 [14.11-20.11.2016] Cloud computing

Good evening everyone,

Reading answers for Week1 I’ve noticed that some topics were too refined so it was difficult to have an opinion on. Having that in mind I propose to discuss something that we all know a lot of.

Please have a look on “Cloud computing – a risk or an opportunity for business”.

In this article I raised the issue of the impact of cloud computing services on the economic efficiency of companies. I primarily concentrated on the benefits which companies accrue, in particular, the flexible use of resources of cloud computing without the necessity to make additional investments  in their IT infrastructure. I also put attention on  the question of the risks associated with the use of cloud computing. This concerns mainly the loss of data, which may result in adverse economic effects for a company. However, I estimated that the benefits of the use of Cloud computing services outweigh the risks.

Please asked the following questions:

1. Do you know of any others benefits which companies accrue using cloud?
2. Do I correctly choice concerns related to cloud computing usage?
3. Do you think that the benefits of the use of Cloud computing services outweigh the risks ?

Week 1 [07.11-13.11.2016] Leading Academic Transformation

Hello everyone,

For the survival in a rapidly changing reality around us is following the pace of these changes. This challenge has interdisciplinary dimension, good examples of areas that do not escape to changes in the science and education. It is very important that the implementation of innovative solutions for teaching is not indifferent to our adaptation abilities to today's world. Nowadays, we have unlimited access to knowledge, therefore, the mere possession of knowledge begins to play a smaller role, important becomes ability to apply it.

Read a short article and answer in the questions:

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of learning academic transformation?
2. What is your opinion about the Polish academic learning / teaching?
3. What changes would you propose in Polish academic learning / teaching?

Week 1 [07.11-13.11.2016] Your smartphone is a civil rights issue

Watch the presentation Your smartphone is a civil rights issue
at https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_soghoian_your_smartphone_is_a_civil_rights_issue
and comment on/discuss it.

Week 1 [7.11.2016 - 13.11.2016] Google's A.I. Learns How to Encrypt Itself

Hello everybody,

I would like to present something interesting, it is not connected with my research area but in my opinion may be quite interesting.
The article will be about how Google AI invents its own cryptographic algorithm and no one knows how it works.

After reading this articles, answer the following questions:
1. Can  AI  learn how to encrypt itself?
2. Do you think it's good that Google scientists don't know how this algorithm works?
3. What do you think about the current research in the AI field. Do you agree with Stephen Hawking that artificial intelligence could end mankind?


Main article:
http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/10/google-ai-neural-network-cryptography/

Additional info:
https://www.inverse.com/article/22928-google-ai-created-own-encryption

Link to the research paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.06918v1.pdf

Week 1 [7.11.2016 - 13.11.2016] PROM and Documents flow analysis

Hello,
I am glad because I can start our new semester discussions.


I would like to present you an article that shows process mining usage in real-world company case. Company had a problem with documents flow. Process mining methods were used to solve this problem. Given that this is existing company we have confirmed the process mining methods can be used in real business processes analysis.


https://fedcsis.org/proceedings/2016/pliks/456.pdf


Questions are:

- Do companies compare process model with its execution in production environment?

- How can we use experts knowledge in process analysis software?
This question regards to papers conclusion. It highlights expert knowledge usage. How to "translate" human know-how to process flow validator?

- Do you know any methods for process tracking / analysis / optimization?

Winter Semester 2016/17

Dear Students,

The course starts  7 November 2016. 

1. Each week  there will be presented texts/films and presentations, which I would like you to read/watch and comment on.

2.  You should also present a scientific article with your comments and questions for the group to discuss: you do not write it, you just find something of your interest online, present it and moderate the discussion of it.  Put your name on the list of blog moderators next to the date when you would like to do it.

3. At the end of the semester you will deliver a 10 minute presentation of your research area

Read How to Make an Oral Presentation of your Research  at http://www.virginia.edu/cue/presentationtips.html
Use Steve Jobs's presentation techniques (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4UEJMuo0dA) 

1. 07.11-13.11.2016

2. 14.11-20.11.2016

3. 21.11-27.11.2016

4. 28.11-04.12.2016

5. 05.12-11.12.2016

6. 12.12-18.12.2016

7. 09.01-15.01.2017

[Week 7] Usage of augmented reality in different areas

I would like to present article about different usages of augmented reality in industry and entertainment:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/ten-industries-using-augmented-reality-and-virtual-reality/

At the moment not every area is ready for area and not every idea is enough to properly use AR in the area. With one thing we can't argue. AR is very flexible and with new devices we have more and more possibilities to use it.

1. Where do you see AR mostly ?
2. Would you like to use smarglasses filled with AR technology ?
3. Where AR has the biggest Chance for evolution in your opinion ?

Week 7 [13-19.06.2016] What do you think of Bash on Windows?

Recently, I was able to experience how amazing is to have Bash is up and running under Windows OS. Especially, considering all the kernel/user space differences in addition to how file system operates differently.

See https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl/2016/04/22/windows-subsystem-for-linux-overview/

Some interesting pieces;

"WSL is a collection of components that enables native Linux ELF64 binaries to run on Windows. It contains both user mode and kernel mode components."

"WSL executes unmodified Linux ELF64 binaries by virtualizing a Linux kernel interface on top of the Windows NT kernel."

Although the main question looks like something more product specific, actually Bash on Windows is a very recent and decent sample on virtualization.

1) What do you know about Virtualization?
2) Considering all the cloud etc. developments, can we expect more unified platforms ?
3) Unified ? What does this actually mean for the end user ? US ?

June/July 2016 Class Schedule

24 June 2016  5- 8 p.m. Room 217

Grammar Revision
Speaking Practice

 The students who need to come on Friday 24 June:
 S14769, S11386, s0639, S7071, S7309, S14761, S7106, S5609. 

29 June 2016 5-8 p.m. Room 217

Presentations

1. 5.00 p.m. Mikołaj Sz.
2. 5.15 p.m. Tomasz Sz. 
3. 5.30 p.m. Adam K. 
4. 5.45 p.m. obastemur
5. 6.00 p.m. Paweł D. 
6. 6.15 p.m. Marcin K.

30 June 2016 5-8.p.m. Room 217

Presentations

1. 5.00 p.m. Emilia Z.
2. 5.15 p.m. Wiesław M. 
3. 5.30 p.m. Kinga W.
4. 5.45 p.m. Piotr W. 
5. 6.00 p.m. Mateusz P. 
6. 6.15 p.m. Joanna S. 
7. 6.30 p.m. Monem
8. 6.45 p.m. Piotr G. 
9. 7.00 p.m. Przemysław K. 



1 July 2016 5-8.p.m. Room 217

Presentations

1. 5.00 p.m. Maciej G. 
2. 5.15 p.m. Kasia Ś.
3. 5.30 p.m. Adam K.
4. 5.45 p.m. Michail
5. 6.00 p.m. Paweł M. 
6. 6.15 p.m. Zbigniew C.
7. 6.30 p.m. Dawid P.
8. 6.45 p.m. . Tomasz R.
9. 7.00 p.m. Krzysztof M. 

Week 7 [13-19.06.2016]

Week 7 [13-19.06.2016]

I want to present interesting subject about disease from Asia called hikikomori. In general hikikomori is a syndrome typical for people who are able only to communicate via Internet with the others. Youths who seclude themselves in their own home have no friends in real life.

Some of them are sitting in their room every day, the food is prepared by their mother and left behind the doors, so they don't even need to go out and talk with family. 

Person with this disease refuses to go out to work or school. That syndrome needs to be taken seriously because there is correlation between hikikomori, Internet addiction and suicide risk.

The questions arises as to should be aware of that hikikomori can occur in Poland? Or maybe we already can observe some of the symptoms among young adults?
Is Internet addiction dangerous in European countries or maybe it is typical only for Asia?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268074493_Hikikomori_Clinical_and_Psychopathological_Issues

Week 6 [30.05-05.06 ] Super Siri

Hi,

Creators of Siri recently presented their new product called Viv. http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11639992/viv-digital-assistant-ai-artificial-intelligence-siri
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/04/07/dag-kittlaus-demo-new-ai-product/

1. Do you think that this kind of human-computer interaction is a holy grail of IT?
2. What do you think about other personal assistants (Siri, Google Now, Cortana)?
3. Do you think that a perfect intelligent personal assistant should be more personalized?

Week 6 [30.05-05.06 ] Quantum Computer Comes Closer to Cracking RSA Encryption

Hi All,
 I would like to introduce an article  about Quantum Computer and RSA Encryption
Below you can read article about quantum computer closer to cracking RSA Encryption. 

Link to article:http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/encryptionbusting-quantum-computer-practices-factoring-in-scalable-fiveatom-experiment

Questions:

1. What do you think about it?
2. Do you think that  Quantum Computer can be cracking all Encryption algorithms?
3. Do you think that we have some issue when Quantum Computer cracking RSA Encryption ?

PS. Sorry for late post ( I changed work in Monday and I don't have a time for write post)

Week 6 [30.05-05.06.2016] How Can Graph Analytics Uncover Valuable Insights About Data?

Recent  years  have  seen  emergence  of  cloud  computing platforms  which  can  be  used  as  utility  infrastructures  for performing  large-scale  data  analytics.  Many data analytics applications require   processing of large-scale graph data. As the sources, types, and amounts of data continue to expand, so will the need for different kinds of analytics to make something of that data. Unfortunately, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to analytics -- no magic pill that will get your organization the insight it needs to stay competitive. Graph analytics has emerged as the new hot topic, but to what end? What is the impact of graph analytics technology on organizations seeking to discover the cause, effect, and influence of events on business outcomes? Graph Analytics is a rapidly developing area where a combination of graph-theoretic, statistical, and database techniques are applied to model, store, retrieve, and perform analyses on graph-structured data. These techniques enable us to understand the structure of a network and how it changes in different conditions. They can also find paths between pairs of entities that satisfy different constraints, identify clusters or closely interacting subgroups inside a graph, or find subgraphs that are similar to a given pattern.

Link to article: https://infocus.emc.com/william_schmarzo/how-can-graph-analytics-uncover-valuable-insights-about-data/

1) why we use graph ?
2) Computer software for graphs?
3) Graph analysis will push big data evolution to the next plateau of scale and sophistication?