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I have been taking an online course by David Spergel called Imaging Other Earths and at the end of my most recent lecture was stumped by a question asking me to calculate the velocity of an N2 molecule. Failing that, I took a break and did some Hubble processing.
I've been eyeing Zw I 18 for a while now and finally decided to do my own take on it. I was surprised to discover that the exposures for this galaxy were actually fairly deep and decided it would be a shame to crop away the richly populated background.
The deep mosaic is a result of a search for Cepheids. A bunch of separate exposures were taken to try to spot the variables. The side effect of this they can all combine for a nice, deep exposure and a pretty picture for us to look at. On the other hand, only wideband green, red, and near-infrared light was collected, which results in a rather odd, green color for the foreground which should rather be a nice pink cloud of H-alpha. In contrast, looking into the background you can see it has the opposite problem due to redshifting. Several conspicuous, distant background galaxies have no problem looking bright red. You could think of it like a camera's focal plane except for color. If you focus on "correct" colors for the background, the foreground will shift blue. Conversely, balancing on the foreground shifts the background to red. Of course, some galaxies are intrinsically bluer or redder and that can also confuse things.
The foreground stars are a bit odd looking because all of the exposures taken did not line up perfectly with one another. I was going to clean up the spikes but decided instead to leave them this time. Many might think they're ugly but I kind of like them.
Data from two separate proposals were used. As you can see, astronomers thought Zw I 18 was a baby galaxy. Imagine their surprise to learn that is not true. You might also be interested to read about the guy who cataloged it a while back: Fritz Zwicky. I bet you wish you had a name that cool.
The Rosetta Stone without a Distance: Hunting for Cepheids in the "Primordial" Galaxy I Zw 18
Are There Young Galaxies in the Local Universe: The Age of the Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy I Zw 18
Red: HST_MOS_3816_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
Green: HST_MOS_3816_ACS_WFC_F606W_sci
Blue: HST_9400_08_ACS_WFC_F555W_sci
North is NOT up. It is 14.8° clockwise from up.
I just started an excellent online class via Coursera titled Exploring Neural Data Exploring Neural Data that started 29 September 2014. Monica Linden and David Sheinberg of Brown University are teaching this class. Our first assignment was to detect spikes (action potentials) in a few seconds of recorded data from a neuron. The assignment was to modify some Python code to plot the data, and then detect and plot the spike activity, and plot all the detected spikes.
The data plot above shows the detected spikes "stacked up". The detection of each plot occurred at time 0, and the plot displays the time domain behavior of the spike from 3 milliseconds before the spike until 3 milliseconds after.
In this data, there were 79 actual spikes, and the detector I made found 68 of them correctly. These spikes all have a similar shape, so they stack one on top of the other with a bit of jitter. Some of that jitter may be due to the sampling time of 34.4 microseconds (which means there are 29 samples in one millisecond.)
Unfortunately, my detector also found about 11 false spikes in this data set. In a simpler data set, it ran correctly detecting 10 of 10 spikes and not detecting any false spikes. You can see some of these, they don't fit the pattern of the correct spikes.
It was very satisfying to work with this data, and to learn a bit more about neuroscience (and Python). We are using the Spyder environment, which is quite a nice development environment. This assignment took me a little longer than I thought it would (finished about 530 am Sunday morning).
A Photo Where I Recognize Myself…
March 8, 2023: This week, I’ve been #reading about #love and the concept of #LettingGo. If you follow my highlights here, you’ve likely seen my sharing of posts that examine #selflove and #selfcare.
Embedded in the concept of unconditional love is the idea of letting go, or of letting things be. Kain Ramsay, in his @udemy course, #Mindfulness Practitioner Diploma, describes how: “Letting go is a way of simply accepting things as they are. Let your experience be what it is and practice observing it from #moment to moment. Sometimes things end, and sometimes people end.”
It’s one of the nine attitudinal foundations of mindfulness, as described by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn. Specifically, Kabat-Zinn notes how this process can be painful, “… but the letting go is actually the doorway to freedom, and it’s something you don’t do once - it’s something you practice over and over and over again, moment by moment by moment. Every time you catch yourself clinging to something you remind yourself that it’s possible to just let it be, and to just let it go. The breath can remind us of that because every time we take a breath in, we have to let it go.”
@leeoralexandra notes how, “…whenever a challenge comes up, just let go, and you’ll open more. And that’s my path, it’s the path of the ocean, of love, of seeing God in everybody. And one of the things stops us from seeing God in everybody is attachment. Attachments come from the ego. Do you feel you can only be happy if you have this person in your life? Or this thing? Or this experience? Or this event? Or maybe it’s an attachment to who you want to be or who you see yourself as, to who you think you are.“ Alexandra also notes how “Our attachments are nightmares. When we’re attached, we are at the whim of our attachments and that’s such a heavy way to live…“
It’s something I’ve thought a lot about in recent weeks, especially as I find myself at a kind of a crossroads in my life - one where I can continue on the path where anxiety and depression continue to weigh down my life and muddy up my reflections and decisions. @aarondoughty44 explains, “…the key to this is realizing that it’s the #power of coming back to self, and not #abandoning yourself any longer. The most #magnetic thing you can do is to pull back your #energy, to be and feel safe in your own body… that allows you to heal (and in situations where another is involved), and it allows them (to heal), go through and get the space they’re asking for.”
It’s something that terrifies me. In a @coursera program on mindfulness I’ve been working through, it asked us to rate the level of difficulty we found an attitudinal foundation to be in terms of implementing it in our life. In terms of actualized practice, I rated it a 9/10, or very difficult. But ultimately, it’s a concept I know I need to do some serious work on.
67/365.
#beyourownbeloved #recognizingourselves
Just finished the final for CS 101 - Building a Search Engine, a free course offered by www.udacity.com/ (It was free but not easy). I really learned a lot - and I did enjoy the final, it was a bit of a challenge for me. This was one of the first courses offered by Udacity, several more are offered in the next hexamester. (6 hexamsters per year)
Renaissance People
The person on the right is David Evans, he was our teacher for this course. He is also a David Evans is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. On the left is Sebastian Thrun, who helped start Udacity. Sebastian is a Research Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and a Google Fellow,
This is my current class, it is fun and a bit challenging. The class started only five days ago, but I am already a bit behind. Daphne Koller is a great teacher, and has a vision to help provide quality education to the world, via Coursera
Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Very interesting - can 98% of our student be above average? See -Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem
Maybe - if we have a computer tutor....
"College is a place where a professor’s lecture notes go straight to the students’ lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either." Attributed to Mark Twain (or perhaps not)
Quote Investigator: There is no substantive evidence connecting this saying to Mark Twain.
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I just started an excellent online class via Coursera titled Exploring Neural Data Exploring Neural Data that started 29 September 2014. Monica Linden and David Sheinberg of Brown University are teaching this class. Our first assignment was to detect spikes (action potentials) in a few seconds of recorded data from a neuron. The assignment was to modify some Python code to plot the data, and then detect and plot the spike activity, and plot all the detected spikes. This plot shows voltage versus time, there are about 88,000 samples in this data. To figure out the "spikes", a threshold is applied (in voltage and time) to separate the spike from the noise. The red lines were drawn for every spike detected.
It was very satisfying to work with this data, and to learn a bit more about neuroscience (and Python). We are using the Spyder environment, which is quite a nice development environment. This assignment took me a little longer than I thought it would (finished about 530 am Sunday morning).
FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
2015 FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
San Francisco, CA, USA
7:45–8:45 am
BREAKFAST CONCURRENTS
DIGITAL LEARNING: TECH MEETS EDUCATION
New technologies are emerging that will reshape the way your workforce is prepared and retrained in the disruptive economy. We’ll cut through the hype to discuss the realities of overcoming entrenched obstacles, the scale and likely timing of the coming changes, and how best to prepare.
Panelists:
Alan Arkatov, Katzman/Ernst Chair in Educational Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation, Rossier School of Education, USC
Daphne Koller, President and Co-founder, Coursera
Dennis Yang, Chief Executive Officer, Udemy
Moderator:
Susanna Schrobsdorff, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Global Forum
I took this photo last year while on holiday in Berlin. It shows the Marienkirche (St Mary's Church) in the foreground dwarfed by the 368m-high Fernsehturm (Television Tower) in the background.
This image resonated with me at the time because it unequivocally declared the new religion. A beautiful 13th Century building representing the power of the church through the centuries, lorded over by a modern (some may say gaudy) structure representing the overwhelming dominance of mass communication in the present day.
It wasn't until I watched Bendito Machine III as a participant in The University of Edinburgh’s E-learning and Digital Cultures course did I realise the parallels between the Judeo-Christian story of Moses climbing Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God and how modern consumers submit to technology today.
Whether it assumes the form of a flat-screen TV or the latest mobile device, we are only too willing to worship our one true god. That is, of course, until the next version is released...
• Andrew Ng | Chief Scientist and AI team lead, Baidu; Co-Founder and Chairman, Coursera
• Neil Jacobstein | Chair, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Singularity University
• interviewed by John Bussey | Associate Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Will AI power a new industrial revolution -- and change everything?
ANDREW NG:
"AI will change every industry"
I have 1300 people working on AI at Baidu
General rule of thumb: today, deep learning can do anything a human can do in 1 second. Some jobs can be broken down into 1 second tasks (like the job of a security guard monitoring a bank of screens)
Where are we with NLP? Speech recognition- 95 -> 99% accuracy is all the difference in the world
Baidu has seen 100% YOY growth in voice use across the platform.
You'll soon forget what it's like before.
On prior false hopes for AI: “A lot of industries go through winter, winter, winter, and then an eternal spring.”
Today, most economic value comes from Supervised learning (training on Input/ response. For example, Input photo, output cat). Humans are so much more than that. Unsupervised learning and game playing is mostly a research activity today (exciting but not economic value yet).
We have a huge dataset of 200m faces, growing to 800m. Academia only has 15m images, and I don’t know how they will keep up.
Neil:
In 10-15 years, routine jobs and entry-level jobs will be automated. 47% of jobs will be vulnerable in U.S. In developing economies, 60-85% ... This is destabilizing... therefore, invest in free education and basic income. Get ahead before it bites us all in the ass.
Ng:
Sure , there will be new jobs like Drone traffic optimizer, 3D printed fashion designer, and things I can’t imagine. We might pay you to study new skill set
Vinod - 80% of jobs destroyed by automation.
In 1900, U.S. was 80% agriculture. No longer. The last transition was from Muscle to brain... this time there is not something for humanity to move on to. This time, there won't be enough time... Last time, it was a generational shift, where the parent can stay in agriculture until they retire, and the kids had to go off to school to learn A new job. It's faster displacement now.
What do I worry abiouyt with AI? It’s not Terminator or Skynet. I worry about jobs, jobs, jobs.
For large companies, AI talent is so hard to find
E.g. Your gift card vertical business can't hire the top AI Talent
I have a hard time thinking of an industry that won't be transformed... except hairdressing.
What's your AI strategy? Hire a chief AI officer
On Privacy: "We've all learned we need to behave ourselves"
Optimistic: I believe in a "Growth mindset" whereby anyone can learn anything
Pessimistic: many people don’t realize that their jobs are going away. Radiologists don't know they are in the crosshairs of automation. If you are in med school now, you should not be going into radiology.
Need a genuine shift to lifelong learning
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie
This image was produced for my @michiganstateu @coursera specialization I’ve been working through called #PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS & BEYOND: FROM SMARTPHONES TO DSLRs. Specifically it’s for the week 03 project of the second course, called #CAMERA #CONTROL dealing with #depthoffield.
With this photo, I wanted to focus in on one small part of the task of raking up leaves, by focusing on how one area has been cleaned up, into a pile that’s ready to be taken away. What’s blurred represents the five other piles, and the leaves that continue across the rest of the grass and throughout the garden beds, also waiting to be raked up. A man, myself, stands alone, as if I’m lost in a dream, or maybe a never ending nightmare. looking out at the work that awaits him. To achieve this shallow look, I used a flexible spot focus on the first pile of leaves in the foreground and shot the photograph at ISO80, f1.8 @ 1/80s.
For my learning, I’m going to try to unpack what those numbers mean here. Specifically, the number associated with the letter f appearing in front of it is related to the #aperture of the lens one has. This is called an f-stop and it’s simply a term used to denote aperture measurements on a camera. The aperture itself is basically a circular mechanical fan (iris) that sits inside the lens itself. The smaller the aperture measurement number is, the wider the aperture on the lens is open, which means more light can come into the camera to hit the film or the sensor when the shutter is released. When the lens is opened up to a wide aperture, that is, to a very open position (eg f1.4, f2, f2.8), & this has the impact of creating a shallow depth of field in the image. When the aperture is closed down to a small or narrow aperture, that is, to a very closed position (eg. f11, f16, or f22), this has the impact of creating a wider depth of field. A narrow aperture results in more depth of field because light that is forced through the small opening results in objects being more in focus, even if the lens isn’t properly focused on the subject.
It’s funny because I tried doing these shots with my point & shoot Sony #ZV-1, & even though it has an aperture of f1.8 it wasn’t giving me the same depth of field, even with a spot focus set to tell the camera to concentrate on the foreground of the frame. There was some shallowness but the background was not as blurred out as you see in the first photo here. And to be honest, my dyslexic mind is still trying to figure out why that would be!
This photo was also posted to Instagram.
Working on Human Anatomy learning objectives for the skeletal system, I am "old school" - I like to make flash cards of my own, since I think the act of writing out information and then using spaced repetition technique to learn is quite effective for me. I also bought a set of Netter's anatomy flash cards, they are an excellent adjunct.
Organic Chemistry textbook on the corner - that was quite expensive (~ USD 300) but I will use it for a year. I did get the solution manual on my Kindle Fire (much cheaper to buy and very conveinent - but I would want to have a lot larger screen for the textbook. One challenge, the solution book doesn't work on Kindle Cloud Reader.
There is a timer on my desk, I am trying to also use the Pomodoro method of sessions of focused learning - especially when I procrastinate. I learned this method as part of an excellent Coursera class I took a few months ago - Learning How to Learn, taught by Dr. Barbara Oakley (an engineer) and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski (neuroscientist)
One other thing you'll see are a couple of neuroscience books - because I also want to have an eye on where I am going. I used the book Neuroscience as part of a Medical Neuroscience class I took (via Coursera) that was taught by Dr. Leonard White. My friend Jeff gave me the Principles of Neural Science book - I try to study these a little each day. (My end goal is to learn how things like neural prosthetics may be improved)
Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative . Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates
Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA. Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore. Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA. Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland
Tuesday 2 May 2023
16.00 - 16.45
Stakeholder Dialogue
World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger
Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf
The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland
Lady Mariéme Jamme, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iamtheCODE, United Kingdom, Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA, Robert E. Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC, USA, Salil S. Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys, India
Opening Remarks by Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times, USA
speaking in Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Sanada. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabrò
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie
an outline of techno scape
This picture was taken some time ago in Saint-Petersburg, Kupchino area, and a bit modificated for the MOOC course "E-learning and Digital Cultures"
Some more homeworks for the course are in my blogspot: agoldzahn.blogspot.ru/search/label/EDCMOOC
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
This image was produced for my @michiganstateu @coursera specialization I’ve been working through called #PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS & BEYOND: FROM SMARTPHONES TO DSLRs. Specifically it’s for the week 03 project of the second course, called #CAMERA #CONTROL dealing with #depthoffield.
With this photo, I wanted to focus on the entire yard, so the work that had been done as well as the work that remained was in sharp focus. A man, myself, still stands alone, looking out at all of the work that still awaits him. To achieve this wider depth of field, I again used a flexible spot focus on the area where I would be standing and shot the photograph at a setting of f4 @ 1/20s, also ISO80.
For my learning, I’m going to try to unpack what those numbers mean here. Specifically, the number associated with the letter f appearing in front of it is related to the #aperture of the lens one has. This is called an f-stop and it’s simply a term used to denote aperture measurements on a camera. The aperture itself is basically a circular mechanical fan (iris) that sits inside the lens itself. The smaller the aperture measurement number is, the wider the aperture on the lens is open, which means more light can come into the camera to hit the film or the sensor when the shutter is released. When the lens is opened up to a wide aperture, that is, to a very open position (eg f1.4, f2, f2.8), this has the impact of creating a shallow depth of field in the image. When the aperture is closed down to a small or narrow aperture, that is, to a very closed position (eg. f11, f16, or f22), this has the impact of creating a wider depth of field. A narrow aperture results in more depth of field because light that is forced through the small opening results in objects being more in focus, even if the lens isn’t properly focused on the subject.
It’s funny because I tried doing these shots with my point & shoot Sony #ZV-1, & even though it has an aperture of f1.8 it wasn’t giving me the same depth of field, even with a spot focus set to tell the camera to concentrate on the foreground of the frame. There was some shallowness but the background was not as blurred out as you see in the first photo here. And to be honest, my dyslexic mind is still trying to figure out why that would be!
This photo was also posted to Instagram.
I am taking a class in Medical Neuroscience via Coursera and one of our projects was to make a drwing or model of the surface of the brain, in order to show the four lobes of the cerebral cortex (Frontal, Occipital, Temporal and Parietal) along with identifying the major folds (gyri) and divides (sulci).
I made this out of modeling clay, I think it was my first attempt at use clay in about 50 years. It is quite a crude model, but modeling like this really helps visualize brain architecture.
I am also taking a class on Computational Neuroscience, it involves coding up brain models, a different way to visualize how our brains function.
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OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
I'm following the class Social network analysis over at Coursera. The first assignment is to analyse your own Facebook network. Or rather, to get a glimpse of its markup.
Above is mine, where I labelled the different clusters, the highly interconnected subgroups in my network.
Each node represents an individual, where the size of each node represents the number of connections of that individual within my group of contacts.
Lady Mariéme Jamme, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iamtheCODE, United Kingdom, Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA, Robert E. Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC, USA, Salil S. Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys, India
Opening Remarks by Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times, USA
speaking in Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Sanada. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabrò
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
Lady Mariéme Jamme, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iamtheCODE, United Kingdom, Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA, Robert E. Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC, USA, Salil S. Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys, India
Opening Remarks by Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times, USA
speaking in Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Sanada. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabrò
Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA
speaking in Skills First: Unlocking Employment for All at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 18 January 2023. Media Village, Press Conference Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabro
Session ID: a0W68000006yyjM
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
OCTOBER 12, 2022 - WASHINGTON DC. 2022 IMF/WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS: At the Heart of a Resilient Future: Investing in Education for Our Children and Youth
This event brought together government leaders, international experts, civil society, and private sector representatives to discuss policy priorities that can support a sustained recovery in learning and skills development. They will share insights and successes that can help restore and accelerate human capital outcomes.
Speakers: Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera; Shafiq Khan, President and Founding Partner,Teach the World Foundation; Augustine Mayabi, Deputy Director, Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs, and the National Project Coordinator for the KYEOP; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank Group. Moderators: David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group; Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank. Host: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank. Photo: World Bank / Ian Samuel Foulk
I am taking a class in Medical Neuroscience via Coursera and one of our projects was to make a drwing or model of the surface of the brain, in order to show the four lobes of the cerebral cortex (Frontal, Occipital, Temporal and Parietal) along with identifying the major folds (gyri) and divides (sulci).
I made this out of modeling clay, I think it was my first attempt at use clay in about 50 years. It is quite a crude model, but modeling like this really helps visualize brain architecture.
I am also taking a class on Computational Neuroscience, it involves coding up brain models, a different way to visualize how our brains function.
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Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA
Judith Wiese, Chief People and Sustainability Officer and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens, Germany
Hadi Partovi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Code.org, USA
Moderated by
Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School, United Kingdom
speaking in Skills First: Unlocking Employment for All at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 18 January 2023. Media Village, Press Conference Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabro
Session ID: a0W68000006yyjM
2023 Future of Jobs Report Media Briefing
Suzanne Duke, Head of Global Public Policy and Economic Graph Team, LinkedIn, USA, Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA, Svenja Gudell, Chief Economist, Indeed, USA, Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum, Kirsten Salyer, Head of Editorial Strategy and Thought Leadership, World Economic Forum
Tuesday 2 May 2023
14.00 - 14.30
Media Session
World Economic Forum Headquarters, Production Studio
Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz
The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland
So I've been taking this Coursera course about Comics & Graphic Novels. It was more of a literary analysis course than an art class, but one assignment was to make our own comic. This is the cover for mine - it's based on this BHL image: www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8539826156/in/set-721...
The text is a poem called "The Day the Snakes Came" in a book titled "When Lightning Strikes" by Alexandria Constantinova Szema. I don't feel like I can share the whole comic because I don't have the rights to distribute the poem, so the cover will have to do.
(edited to add) You can read the poem here: www.thealexandriapapers.com/the-july-goodreads-giveaway-f...
Berrin Yanıkkaya (Prof., Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences, Yeditepe
University, Turkey)
Vafa Kazdal (Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, ADA University, Azerbaijan)
Moderator: Samar Farah (Dr., Skills Transformation Consultant, Coursera for
Campus, UK)
2 March 2022
A Cardiff University Education: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ihc6lY-nc
Stephen Fry introduces the Student High Street at Cardiff University: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIKloZU9Yk
Cardiff tops list of best UK cities for young people: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cardiff-tops-list...
Cardiff Christmas: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.747537241935591.1073741...
Which University: university.which.co.uk/cardiff-university-c15
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Cardiff University Post Graduate Student. Professionally qualified industrial chemist (Coates Bros Ltd "The Paint Works" Machen & The Royal Society of Chemistry - 1983 www.rsc.org/, my mother and father were so proud) and professionally qualified lecturer. Post Grad / Cert Ed (post 16) - Cardiff University www.cardiff.ac.uk/ (member of the elite Russel Group www.russellgroup.ac.uk/). Studied for M.Ed. at Cardiff University. Cardiff University has gained further recognition as one of the UK's top 20 universities and is short-listed for the University of the Year title in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013 (www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/). It also comfortably retained its position as the top university in Wales. See also: www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/1023151... Keen naturalist, photographer, videographer, astronomer, Francophile, audiophile, tennis & badminton player and extremely happy! Hobbies:- Skiing (Off-Piste & Nordic), scuba diving, snorkelling, travel, hiking (& snowshoe), cycling, mountain biking, IT, learning German (www.goethe.de/) & French (www.ciep.fr/) à Cardiff University, edX (www.edx.org/) student at MIT and Harvard University. Also a coursera student (www.coursera.org/) at Stanford University and Princeton.
Gown Details (www.edeandravenscroft.co.uk/) – Post Grad / Cert Ed. Black gown with Cardiff red hood. Oxford style, lined with beige silk. Ordinary square black cap.
Ph.D. coming soon...
Why I became a science lecturer: I wanted to be involved in passing on to others two of my life long interests, namely Science and Education. These are two fields which I believe to be vital in producing a community of well-rounded and fulfilled individuals, capable of dealing with modern society.
A former industrial chemist, Nicholas always knew he would move into teaching. He now uses the skills he gained working in the industry to bring science to life for his pupils.
Nicholas is adding another string to his bow – Managing Director of his his own business. You are never too old to chase your dreams.
Consultancy:
Manager and tutor on training courses in the area of advanced Analytical Chemistry for industry.
Consultancy Coordinator – Tel: 07582334304, e-mail: sednjd@mail.com
With twenty years plus experience of training in the chemical industry.
Fifteen years plus experience of teaching at Further & Higher Education including curriculum and course design and development. I am also fully proficient in the use of ICT and commercial software in teaching and learning.
Current Research Interests:
• Cyberbullying.
• Social Media.
• Digital Social Research.
• e-Science.
• Social Factors in Cybersecurity.
• Cybercrime/e-Crime.
• Hate Crime Victimisation.
• Sustainable Chemistry
• Click Chemistry
• Photocatalysis
• Mesoporous Materials
• Batteries.
• Solar Cells.
Other Interests:
Art & Design, Chemistry, Biology, Material Science, Hi-end Audio, Photography, Computational Photography, Astronomy, Astrophotography, Astrobiology, Sundials, Spaceflight, Cosmology, Exobiology, Antique Collecting, Cosmochemistry, Celestial Mechanics, Astrodynamics, Astrometry, Atmospheric Science, Aviation, Natural History, Ornithology, Zoology, Aurelian, Entomology, Modern Languages, Lifelong Learning, Computer Science, E-commerce, Botany, Horticulture, Geology, Archaeology, History, Anthropology, Microscopy, Mineralogy, Music, Sketching, Water Colour & Oil Painting, Calligraphy, Horology, Geography, Videography, Geoinformatics, Geodesy, Oceanography, Palaeontology, Cartography, Citizen Science, Higher Education and E Learning.
Latest Royal Society of Chemistry News: mag.digitalpc.co.uk/olive/ode/rscnews/
Latest Chemistry World Magazine News: www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/
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Reskilling Revolution: Enabling A Business Imperative . Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates
Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer, Coursera, USA. Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore. Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google, USA. Madeleine von Holzen, Editor-in-Chief, Temps, Switzerland
Tuesday 2 May 2023
16.00 - 16.45
Stakeholder Dialogue
World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger
Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf
The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland
More than 136,000 people have registered to attend five Vanderbilt courses this spring and summer — attend them virtually, that is. The university's first foray into massive open online courses, or MOOCs, launched March 4 on the platform Coursera.
Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera, USA
speaking in Skills First: Unlocking Employment for All at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 18 January 2023. Media Village, Press Conference Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Michael Calabro
Session ID: a0W68000006yyjM
I'm a Cardiff University Graduate 🎓️ AND Professionally Qualified Lecturer. My PGCE (FE/HE) cf.ac.uk 1998-99 Graduation Photograph ️👇 More graduation photos (best seen on Flickr app) here👉 www.flickr.com/photos/nicholas_dickinson/9182885859 I'm also a Professionally Qualified Industrial Chemist 👨🔬 rsc.org To query 🔎 my PGCE, FE/HE (year: 1998 - 1999) and MA in Education (year: 2000 - 2001) at Cardiff University [including my postgraduate professional references - see ️️official documents - Offer of Admission at cf.ac.uk (session 2000 - 2001) see attached📎📃scroll below👇] Please contact👉 Professional Programmes, SOCSI, School of Social Sciences, University of Wales Cardiff, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3WT, Tel: 02920875179, Email: socsi-hos-pa@cf.ac.uk OR You can request verification/confirmation of my study (including transcripts) here👉 Cardiff University, Registry, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road,
Cardiff, CF24 0DE. Telephone: 029 22511555, Email: registrysupport@cardiff.ac.uk
and Quote💬Reference Numbers➡️ 006045799, 006070665 & 0060706651 - see ️️ official documents - Offer of Admission at cf.ac.uk (session 2000 - 2001) attached📎📃 scroll below👇 Also, my cf.ac.uk Alumni ID Number is👉 986055296. Email: alumni@cardiff.ac.uk Tel: 029 2087 6473 Alumni Office, Deri House, 2-4 Park Grove, Cardiff, CF10 3BN. Please quote💬these reference numbers in ALL communications with the University:
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Phone: 029 2087 4000
Cardiff University Post Graduate Student (www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ihc6lY-nc ).
Stephen Fry introduces the Student High Street at Cardiff University: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIKloZU9Yk
Cardiff tops list of best UK cities for young people: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cardiff-tops-list...
Cardiff Christmas: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.747537241935591.1073741...
Which University: university.which.co.uk/cardiff-university-c15
Cardiff University on facebook: www.facebook.com/cardiffuni
Cardiff University on Twitter: twitter.com/cardiffuni
Cardiff University on You Tube: www.youtube.com/cardiffuni
Cardiff University Post Graduate Student. Professionally qualified industrial chemist (Coates Bros Ltd "The Paint Works" Machen & The Royal Society of Chemistry - 1983 www.rsc.org/, my mother and father were so proud) and professionally qualified lecturer. Post Grad / Cert Ed (post 16) - Cardiff University www.cardiff.ac.uk/ (member of The Russel Group www.russellgroup.ac.uk/). Studied for M.Ed. at Cardiff University. Cardiff University has gained further recognition as one of the UK's top 20 universities and is short-listed for the University of the Year title in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013. It also comfortably retained its position as the top university in Wales. Keen naturalist, photographer, videographer, astronomer, Francophile, audiophile, tennis & badminton player and extremely happy! Hobbies:- Skiing (Off-Piste & Nordic), scuba diving, snorkelling, travel, hiking (& snowshoe), cycling, mountain biking, IT, learning German (www.goethe.de/) & French (www.ciep.fr/) à Cardiff University, edX (www.edx.org/) student at MIT and Harvard University. Also a coursera student (www.coursera.org/) at Stanford University and Princeton.
Gown Details (www.edeandravenscroft.co.uk/) – Post Grad / Cert Ed. Black gown with Cardiff red hood. Oxford style, lined with beige silk. Ordinary square black cap.
Ph.D. coming soon...
Why I became a science lecturer: I wanted to be involved in passing on to others two of my life long interests, namely Science and Education. These are two fields which I believe to be vital in producing a community of well-rounded and fulfilled individuals, capable of dealing with modern society.
A former industrial chemist, Nicholas always knew he would move into teaching. He now uses the skills he gained working in the industry to bring science to life for his pupils.
Nicholas is adding another string to his bow – Managing Director of his his own photographic business. You are never too old to chase your dreams.
Consultancy:
Manager and tutor on training courses in the area of advanced Analytical Chemistry for industry.
Consultancy Coordinator – Tel: 07582334304, e-mail: sednjd@mail.com
With twenty years plus experience of training in the chemical industry.
Fifteen years plus experience of teaching at Further & Higher Education including curriculum and course design and development. I am also fully proficient in the use of ICT and commercial software in teaching and learning.
Current Research Interests:
• Cyberbullying.
• Social Media.
• Digital Social Research.
• e-Science.
• Social Factors in Cybersecurity.
• Cybercrime/e-Crime.
• Hate Crime Victimisation.
• Sustainable Chemistry
• Click Chemistry
• Photocatalysis
• Mesoporous Materials
• Batteries.
• Solar Cells.
Other Interests:
Art & Design, Chemistry, Biology, Material Science, Hi-end Audio, Photography, Computational Photography, Astronomy, Astrophotography, Astrobiology, Spaceflight, Cosmology, Exobiology, Antique Collecting, Cosmochemistry, Celestial Mechanics, Astrodynamics, Astrometry, Atmospheric Science, Sundials, Aviation, Natural History, Ornithology, Zoology, Aurelian, Entomology, Modern Languages, Lifelong Learning, Computer Science, E-commerce, Botany, Horticulture, Geology, Archaeology, History, Anthropology, Microscopy, Mineralogy, Horology, Music, Sketching, Water Colour & Oil Painting, Calligraphy, Geography, Videography, Geoinformatics, Geodesy, Oceanography, Palaeontology, Cartography, Citizen Science, Higher Education and E Learning.
Latest Royal Society of Chemistry News: mag.digitalpc.co.uk/olive/ode/rscnews/
Latest Chemistry World Magazine News: www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/
Latest Times Educational Supplement News: news.tes.co.uk/default.aspx
Latest Times Higher Education News: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/
Latest Guardian Education News: www.theguardian.com/education
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