Knowledge Acquisition and Modelling - JESS

I'ave added two additional files to the guide for JESS which should be helpful. This includes how to load facts from a file, run a script from within a script, execute a query plus the full language guide to Jess 7.0 for those who are more advanced programmers.
You can find all of these at:
https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=ZnUxcTZmY2Q2anBuaW1kNTU1N3JrYXYwdTQgOG9iYWljbGRxYzdyZWF0cnYxYjBqN2w3bnNAZw&ctz=Europe/Dublin&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml

Dublinked IRLOGI Spatial Data Event - Thursday 19th April

Dublinked IRLOGI Spatial Data

Dublinked & IRLOGI invite interested parties to join us, at our Spatial Data event in Dun Laoghaire on the 19th of April - learn about the tools to incorporate when working with spatial data, identify associated challenges and issues in using spatial data.

Attendees will hear from GIS Experts within Industry and Research, a Spatial Data User that recently entered the Apps4Fingal competition and mapped the NTA data available on Dublinked.

The format will give attendees the opportunity to listen to spatial data experts, network, participate in breakout discussions under themes of Technical Formats, Aligning INSPIRE & Opendata & Crowdsourcing.

Speakers

Martin Charlton, National Centre for Geocomputation, NUIM
Spatial Data, 16th Century Dutchmen, GPS & GIS

Richard Cantwell, GAMMA
Open Geodata - What's out there?

Colin Broderick, UrbanRural
My Experience of working with the Data

Bruce Mc Cormack IRLOGI
Myplan.ie: A National Planning Information Infrastructure

Workshop Objectives

To present on overview on spatial data
To identify spatial data opportunities within the Public Sector
To discuss the challenge and issues users face when using spatial data 

Breakout Discussion Themes

Technical Formats
Aligning INSPIRE & Opendata 

Crowdsourcing 

Where?
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Offices, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire

When?
Thursday 19th April
9:45am- Coffee & Registration
10am - Start to 12pm

For more information and to register:

http://www.dublinked.ie/?q=DublinkedIRLOGI_SpatialDataEvent

Research Writing and Scientific Literature - Assignment

The deadline for submission of the portfolio is tomorrow Thursday 29th March.

In order to facilitate people who want to work on their draft paper I will accept submission without
penalty until Monday April 16th @ 10.00 am without penalty.

YOU MUST EMAIL ME to let me know your portfolio is ready for marking. If I do not receive
an email I will not be marking your submission.

Knowledge Acquisition and Modelling Wednesday March 28th

The class on Wednesday March 28th will be in KA-3-022 initially.

During the first hour we will cover uncertainty and one approach.
Other approaches will be covered after Easter.

The remainder of the class will be given to negotiating contracts.
A sample contract is available here.



Contract Negotiation can be completed as follows:

By sending a provisional contract by email and requesting a meeting
In class on March 28th for preliminary contracts
In class on April 18th for final contract

All final contracts must be submitted by email.



Preliminary contract negotiation to be completed by Thursday March 29th @ 10.00 (To include initial scoping and decomposition plus marking ranges per section)
Final contract negotiation to be completed by Thursday April 19th @ 10.00 (To include final agreed mark distribution)
Submission of assignment Wednesday May 2nd @ 10.00 with presentations that evening in class



The assignment specification with revised dates is available here.

Research Writing and Scientific Literature Tuesday Class - March 27th 2012

The deadline for submission of your portfolio is Thursday March 29th.

The class on Tuesday will be an opportunity for you to gain feedback and clarification on the work you
are submitting for this particularly the paper outline and first draft of the paper.

The class will be in KE-3-008 (lab) in order to allow people use the web as needed.

Please make sure your account works in advance. If not please email support@dit.ie or phone them on
01 4023123.

Webinar - Security: Computing in an Adversarial Environment

Security: Computing in an Adversarial Environment

Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDT/1:00 PM CDT/11:00 AM PDT  Security is inherently different from other aspects of computing due to the presence of an adversary.  As a result, identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities requires a different mindset from traditional engineering. Proper security engineering—or the lack of it!—affects everything from website scripts to supply chain management to electronic health records to social networks to mobile phones… and the list goes on. Security is further complicated by the translation of social notions— such as identity and trust— into an online world. Worse, security itself is often viewed by both developers and users as the adversary! This learning webinar will introduce the fundamentals of security,  describe the security mindset, and highlight why achieving security is difficult.  What you’ll learn:  The security mindset – what it is, why it's needed  The social side of security – usability, adoption, identity, trust  A deeper dive on insider threat as a case study – what it is, how to detect it, how to prevent it  Attendance for this webinar is free. Space is limited.

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=429171&sessionid=1&key=92EAFCEDC158C1511DAA72AA481B74ED&sourcepage=register

The Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2012

Building on last year's inaugural competition, we're pleased to announce the launch of the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2012. This is your opportunity to join the next generation of science writers.

We're looking for short articles that address any area of science and would be suitable for publication in the 'Guardian' or the 'Observer' in print and online. You must demonstrate that you have thought about and understood your audience and can bring a scientific idea to life. The deadline for entries is 25 April 2012.

The judges are looking for originality, bright ideas and a distinctive writing style. Your 800-word article should show a passion for science and encourage the general public to consider, question and debate the key issues in science and society.

More details available at http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Science-writing-prize/index.htm

Prizes will be awarded by a panel of judges and will be presented at a prestigious ceremony at the Wellcome Trust in September 2012.

The winning articles from each category will be published in the 'Guardian' or the 'Observer', and winners will also receive a £1000 cash prize.

The top 30 shortlisted entrants will also be invited to attend a science writing workshop at the 'Guardian' offices in September 2012.

Think Outside the Box Awards 2012

Sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, Mammoth Brand Consultancy, Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys and Grant Thornton, the Think Outside The Box Awards offers third level students from all academic disciplines and courses of study the opportunity to realise their entrepreneurial ambitions. All you need to do is demonstrate to the judges that your business idea is viable, well thought out and well researched, and you could be on your way to winning!

PRIZES

€30,000 of cash prizes

€10,000 — Student Entrepreneurs of the year

€5,000 — Most Technologically Innovative Idea — Sponsored by Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys

€5,000 — Emerging and Dynamic company of the year sponsored by Grant Thornton

€13,000 — Various awards of merit for finalists

€2,000 — Academic Awards

€30,000 of consultancy

€12,500 — overall business advice and training from Enterprise Ireland and Invest NI

€10,000 — Intellectual Property consultancy and protection from Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys

€5,000 — Brand, Advertising and Digital consultancy from Mammoth for the overall winner

€2,500 — Business Plan development from Grant Thornton

 Visit the website for more information 

[closing date 25 April 2012]

Knowledge Acquisition and Modelling - Tools Setup - Class 21/03/12

Brief Guides to setting up tools needed are available here

Classes on March 21st and March 28th will be used for guidance on setup and usage
of these tools for the assignment.

These classes will be in KA-1-015 (lab on 1st floor Annexe building)

CA for IT Security Module and ... (FYI)

IT Security Module =>
CA work was emailed to your personal email address.
Our next (2nd) class will be on Saturday 31st March 2012.
Be guided
     

Knowledge Acquisition and Modelling Assignment

The revised dates for the assignment are as follows:

• Preliminary contract negotiation to be completed by Thursday March 29th @ 10.00 (To include initial scoping and decomposition plus marking ranges per section)
• Final contract negotiation to be completed by Thursday April 19th @ 10.00 (To include final agreed mark distribution)
• Submission of assignment Wednesday May 2nd @ 10.00 with presentations that evening in class

Contract Negotiation can be completed as follows:

• By sending a provisional contract by email and requesting a meeting
• In class on March 28th for preliminary contracts
• In class on April 18th for final contract

All final contracts must be submitted by email.

The assignment specification with revised dates is available here.

All tools will be covered in two practical classes. Screencasts will be created over the next 2 weeks to support this aspect.

GradPool.ie

This site might be of interest to those currently job seeking. A slightly different focus to other sites - focusing on graduate  level positions and internships

http://www.gradpool.ie/

Data & Databases for DA - Class 6th March

Based on the progress that people have been making on learning SQL, PL/SQL and completing the ERWin exercises, the class on 6th March will be a practical session i.e. there will be no lecture on the 6th March.

You can complete all exercises by going to the labs or log onto Galway using the VPN, from home/work.

I will be handing out your the first part of your next assignment in 2 weeks. This assignment will require you to be able to write some PL/SQL programs. So it is important that you are up todate with all exercises.

Regards
Brendan