Week 2 [02.11-08.11.2015] Toward a general theoretical framework for judgment and decision-making

"Toward a general theoretical framework for judgment and decision-making"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330651/

One of the main insights from decision-making studies is that people tend to overweight small probability events in risky one-shot decisions.
This tendency can explain why, for example, people buy lottery tickets and insurance. However, one might wonder, for instance, why in most
Western Countries driving insurance is compulsory. How many drivers would spontaneously ensure? Why the enforcement of safety rules at the
workplace and of safe medical procedures have become social issues of primary importance or why only a small share of people actually
participate in lotto games on a regular basis ?

Answering such questions, recent experimental studies have shown that in repeated decisions with feedback, that people tend to
underweight small probability events, and behave as if “it won't happen to me”

Please read the article, write and describe what do you think about such occurence, if you would understand your brain as an
"information system" ? Is this a common bug in decission process or built-in function that has its meaning and we only understand it as an anomaly?

How much can we think, that our brains are  driven by set of built-in rules? Can we deduct any algorithms from them ?
Can we get any benefit from such function in our every-day decission stream ?

Week 2 [02.11-08.11.2015] Food for your brain

Hi. As we were asked to prepare some interesting articles I'd like to recomment two articles that will help you keep your brains fit. At this point I have to warn you, my articles are not related to IT at all. Link: http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/relationship-between-fast-food-brain-12203.html

If you want to find some practical tips what to eat to "boost your brain" read: http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/assets/ResourceFinder/Feeding-Minds.pdf - I know it is long, table in chapter 3.6 (page 40) should be enough to read :)

Write anything you feel about those articles (and your afterthoughts). To start the discussion, here are some sample questions:

1. Do you feel there is a relationship between what you eat and how your brain reacts? For example: do you feel sluggish after eating fast food? Maybe there is a meal that gives you a special power to think?
2. Do you have problems with concentration and memorizing after eating sweets or drinking coffee?
3. Do you really care about your diet? Are you aware of the connection between diet and brain functioning?

Week 2 [02.11-08.11.2015] Cloud Security

I would like to present an article related to cloud security. Please have a look  on conclusions from “Cloud Computing Security Issues and Challenges” by Kuyoro S. O., Ibikunle F. & Awodele O.

“Cloud computing is a set of IT services that are provided to a customer over a network on a leased basis and with the ability to scale up or down their service requirements. Usually cloud computing services are delivered by a third party provider who owns the infrastructure.(..). Cloud computing offers an innovative business model for organizations to adopt IT services without upfront investment. Despite the potential gains achieved from the cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security issues and challenges associated with it. Security is one of the major issues which hamper the growth of cloud. The idea of handing over important data to another company is worrisome; such that the consumers need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new environment. That article introduces a detailed analysis of the cloud computing security issues and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types and the service delivery types.” It contains detail descriptions of cloud deployments models: Private cloud, Public cloud, Hybrid cloud and Cloud Computing Service Delivery Models such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS) and Software as a Service. Author mention the major challenges that prevent Cloud Computing from being adopted are recognized by organizations: Security, Costing Model, Charging Model, Service Level Agreement (SLA), What to migrate and Cloud Interoperability Issue. Article is focused mainly on security issues related to mentioned models. 

Please have a look on the article conclusion:

“Although Cloud computing can be seen as a new phenomenon which is set to revolutionise the way we use the Internet, there is much to be cautious about. There are many new technologies emerging at a rapid rate, each with technological advancements and with the potential of making human’s lives easier. However, one must be very careful to understand the security risks and challenges posed in utilizing these technologies. Cloud computing is no exception. In this paper key security considerations and challenges which are currently faced in the Cloud computing are highlighted. 

Cloud computing has the potential to become a frontrunner in promoting a secure, virtual and economically viable IT solution in the future.” and let me know what do you think about that? 

Is the security an issue during a process of “putting your data, running your software on someone else's hard disk using someone else's CPU”?

Week 1 [19-25.10.2015] Learning Languages

Read the article 5 Tricks to Learn Spanish (or any other language) from 2 People who Speak 11 at   

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/tips-learn-spanish?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=CON&utm_campaign=cd_engall_gen_ceu_spanishtips&utm_term=ibtimes  and present your ways of learning/improving foreign languages. 

Week 1 [18-25.10.2015] EDUCAUSE

Read an article at http://www.educause.edu/library and present it here. Encourage its discussion.

Week 1 [19-25.10.2015] Self-Presentation

Write a few sentences about yourself.

Why did you decide to continue your education? What do you  specialise in? What research would you like to do/are you doing? How are you planning to conduct it?

Winter Semester 2015/16

Dear Students,

The course will start 19 October  2015. 

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 give a 10-13 minute presentation.   

The dates of our work on the blog:

1. 19.10-25.10.2015
2. 02.11-08.11.2015 - Marcin N., Albert Śledzianowski, Oguz Bastemur, Marcin Krysiński, Joanna Sielewonowska, Piotr Wójcik
3. 16.11-22.11.2015 - Tomasz Sz., Julia W., Mikołaj Sz., Dominika Krysińska, Wiesław Maleszewski
4. 30.11-06.12.2015 - Emilia Z., Mateusz P., Michał L., Adam Kassenberg, Pavel Savov, Piotr Gzik
5. 14.12-20.12.2015 - Paweł D., Przemysław K., Paweł M., Monem Fandouli , Tomasz Rutkowski, Dorota Muza, Adam Urbanowicz
6. 04.01-10.01.2015 - Michail M., Krzysztof M., Dawid P., Michał Drabik, Rafał Mańka, Kinga Wawer, Maciej Stankiewicz
7. 18.01-24.01.2015 - Maciej G., Iwo K.B., Katarzyna Ś., Zbigniew Ciesielski, Maciej Stankiewicz,Wiesław Gerej, Paulina Purczyńska