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EPAM Expands Presence in Latin America, Enhancing Global Delivery and Growing Top Engineering Talent in the Region – Yahoo Finance
Acquisition of S4N, a leading software development services firm, strengthens EPAM's ability to deliver digital modernization capabilities to their global clients.
- What's the News: EPAM expands in the Americas--adding new delivery locations and creating new IT jobs in Latin America as well as providing digital transformation solutions for new and existing clients.
- Why it's Important: The pandemic accelerated the absolute need for engineering excellence by enterprises in order to expand their digital modernization capabilities and adopt new technologies. EPAM's new Latin America delivery centers offer a thriving, diverse IT professionals' community for EPAM to attract top technical and consulting talent from across the region--including Colombia, Mexico and Brazil--and grow its global footprint.
- Who's it For: Global enterprises. Motivated, creative IT professionals looking to help clients transform digitally into modern, cloud-based organizations are encouraged to apply at epam.com/careers.
NEWTOWN, Pa. and BOGOT, Colombia, Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services, announced today that it is expanding its global footprint within the Latin American regionbringing new career opportunities for local IT professionals and enhanced delivery centers for new and existing clients. This move is strengthened by the acquisition of Colombia-based S4N, a leading software development services firm specializing in the design and development of modern software products and enterprise platforms.
EPAM Extends its Presence in Latin America
"The acquisition of S4N enables our continued progress in building a more agile, diverse and global delivery organization," said Victor Dvorkin, SVP, Head of Global Delivery at EPAM. "With the addition of hundreds of talented engineers in key LATAM locations, we can deliver enhanced and truly multidisciplinary engagements to our customers in the Americas and around the world."
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Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world's most exciting tech hubs and locations for burgeoning tech talent. With an existing presence in Mexico, EPAM's move into Colombia will strengthen its position as a tech leadercombining both engineering experience along with exceptional delivery capability around digital, consulting and experience design. With the addition of the S4N team, EPAM now employs more than 1,500 IT professionals in LATAM and plans to add several thousand additional jobs over the coming years.
"In S4N, we've found a team that shares our Engineering DNA and our passion for building advanced solutions that deliver true business value for our customers," said Hugo Gmez, Vice President of Latin America at EPAM. "We look forward to collaborating on new and innovative customer programs, and we are confident that together we will build EPAM into a LATAM leader in advanced digital services."
With offices in Colombia, S4N has built software for some of the world's largest retailers, insurance companies, and airlinesspecializing in architecting and delivering software distributed systems, data-intensive solutions, as well as CloudOps.
"We're pleased to join forces with EPAMas they very much share our company culture and values," said Octavio Echeverri, CEO of S4N. "We see this as a new, exciting stage of evolution for our organization, and together, we'll have the ability to serve our clients even better, offer exciting new opportunities for our people, and bringing more of the best talent in LATAM to serve EPAM's customers around the globe."
To learn more about career opportunities in EPAM Latin America, visit http://www.epam.com.
About EPAM Systems Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its software engineering expertise to become a leading global product development, digital platform engineering, and top digital and product design agency. Through its 'Engineering DNA' and innovative strategy, consulting, and design capabilities, EPAM works in collaboration with its customers to deliver next-gen solutions that turn complex business challenges into real business outcomes. EPAM's global teams serve customers in more than 35 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. As a recognized market leader in multiple categories among top global independent research agencies, EPAM was one of only four technology companies to appear on Forbes 25 Fastest Growing Public Tech Companies list every year of publication since 2013 and ranked as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2019 and 2020. Learn more at http://www.epam.com and follow us on Twitter @EPAMSYSTEMS and LinkedIn.
About S4NS4N is a software development services firm specializing in the design and development of complex software products. We believe software is a team sport and rely on our values of seamless communication, collaboration, and creativity to deliver sophisticated technology within a tight timeframe. At S4N, we offer experienced guidance as well as great engineers to help you succeed. To learn more about our success stories, please visit http://www.s4n.co or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
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Gerald Wogan, professor emeritus of biological engineering, chemistry, and toxicology, dies at 91 – MIT News
Gerald N. Wogan, the Underwood Prescott Professor of Biological Engineering, Chemistry, and Toxicology emeritus at MIT, passed away after a long illness on July 16 at the age of 91.
"Jerry" Wogan was a pioneering scientist who isolated, characterized, and established the mechanisms of action of many environmental toxins of great relevance to global public health. His leadership on aflatoxin research, a toxin that impacts the lives of billions of people, is a paradigm for environmental toxicology. His work ranged from basic mechanistic studies at the cell level to the development of animal models of disease, the study of disease patterns in populations, and, ultimately, the development of agents that induce biochemical pathways that protect people from toxin-induced disease.
During his 60-year career, Wogan trained over 75 graduate students and postdocs, who themselves went on to become leaders in the environmental health field. Former student John D. Groopman PhD '79, who led environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University for 20 years, recalls: "While Jerry was a great scientific leader respected by his peers, it was his humanity and commitment to the translation of basic science to the public's good that is his lasting legacy to his students and their students in turn."
John Essigmann PhD '76, the past director of the MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences and associate head of chemistry, says, "Jerry was always open to new ideas and had a gift for taking an idea and projecting its impact on the global stage. He encouraged us to think big and see the broader impact of our work."
Wogan was born in 1930 in the railroad town of Altoona, Pennsylvania. His father was a railroad worker, and Wogan decided to attend Juniata College in 1947 in part because his father had a company pass that allowed him to visit his son at school. Wogan worked his way through college as a truck driver and was a member of the Teamsters' Union. In 1951, Wogan moved on to graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana, where he studied physiology, biochemistry, and microbiology with eminent physiologist Robert E. Anderson, and met his future wife, Holly, a special education teacher who became a surrogate parent to generations of Wogan lab members. The two married in 1957, the year Wogan received his PhD.
After his doctoral work and a brief teaching job at Rutgers University, Wogan sat by chance on an airplane next to Institute Professor emeritus Nevin Scrimshaw, recruiting faculty for what has become the MIT Department of Biological Engineering (Course 20). Wogan so impressed Scrimshaw during that flight that he was recruited to the MIT faculty and eventually took over as department head from 1979 to 1987.
In early work, Wogan and his longtime collaborator, chemist George Bchi, isolated a fungal toxin called aflatoxin B1 from peanuts infested with a fungus,Aspergillus flavus. In a chemistry and public health milestone, they identified the structure of the toxin and established methods for measuring it in foods and other environmental samples. The translation of this basic research to international policy and regulation of a potent carcinogen was a unique achievement that has impacted how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluate potential carcinogens. Based on this research, Wogan participated in Volume 1 of the IARC evaluation of potential human carcinogens in 1972. This IARC program has become the gold standard for cancer risk assessment.
Wogan then turned to Southeast Asia, where he suspected that aflatoxin might be responsible for an epidemic of liver cancer. With Thai collaborators, Wogan and his student Ronald Shank '59, PhD '65 established an unequivocal association between aflatoxin levels in the food supply and the incidence of liver cancer in Thailand. Later replicated in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of Asia, this aspect of his work represents a milestone in epidemiology.
Back at MIT, Bchi made derivatives of aflatoxin, and Wogan established animal models, some of which are still used today as pivotal tests for the cancer-causing potential of environmental agents. Wogan's work on aflatoxin quickly expanded to other fungal and bacterial toxins, fossil fuel combustion products, toxic foodborne amines, and the important roles of infection inflammation as a cause and accelerant of cancer.
Regarding his work on persistent bacterial infections, collaborator Jim Fox comments: "Jerry's collaborative studies with MIT colleagues Peter Dedon, John Essigmann, Steven Tannenbaum '58, PhD '62, and myself, probing the critical role of reactive oxygen species in the pathophysiology of chronic inflammation and carcinogenesis are unique, and I believe, extremely important."
Collaborator Tannenbaum recalls, "Jerry Wogan invented the paradigm for discovering an environmental carcinogen, its metabolism into a DNA damaging agent, developing biomarkers for molecular epidemiology, and monoclonal antibodies for environmental surveillance. His team of graduate students led the way with his guidance and wound up with five faculty positions at top universities, where they continued to drive the field of cancer epidemiology." Tannenbaum, who took the lead in establishing the Wogan Lectureship at MIT and went on to make pathfinding contributions on the roles of nitric oxide in human health and disease, also wrote that Wogan helped him as an early-career scientist move into toxicology.
The impact of Wogan's work on aflatoxin was felt strongly across the globe, where up to 5 billion people are potentially exposed to the toxin each day. Mathuros Ruchirawat PhD '75, vice president for research at the Chulabhorn Research Institute in Bangkok, reflects on the impact Wogan's work had on global public health, research, and teaching in Southeast Asia: "His research has immense and long-lasting impacts on public health in Thailand; the increased public awareness of aflatoxins as a major risk factor for liver cancer has contributed to the prevention of this disease in the country."
William Suk, who directs the national Superfund Research Program and plays a pivotal role in U.S.-Thailand relations, recalls that Jerry's superb qualities as a scientist were complemented by his ability to mentor others: "I remember most his ability to provide sage advice to all."
Three of Wogan's past graduate students and two other MIT professors still teach at Bangkok every summer in a graduate degree program Wogan inspired to address capacity building in the developing world. Colleague Dedon says: "Jerry's vision of science for the public good had true global impact that was much broader than the details of his research."
Ram Sasisekharan, a co-founder of the Bangkok program, says: "Jerry was a true inspiration focused on problems that need solutions, and was a bold take on complex global problems."
Many of Wogan's colleagues went off to apply their toxicology skills in the pharmaceutical arena.
Gerald McMahon, former president of Sugen and developer of several approved anticancer therapies, says: "Jerry's inspiration and enthusiasm to take a risk and pursue innovation was inspiring and served me well in my biotech career."
Another industry-based colleague, Alexander Wood, former executive director in the oncology department of Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and currently a senior lecturer in biological engineering at MIT, remembers Jerry as being "consistently engaged in a broad range of topics in the causation, prevention, and treatment of cancer, and cheerfully willing to offer sound advice and perspective."
Wogan was recognized by many honors. He was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1977) and the National Academy of Medicine (1994). He received the Charles S. Mott Prize of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (2005), the Medal of Honor of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (2010), The Princess Chulabhorn Gold Medal (2012), the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund award (2001), the Society of Toxicology lifetime scholar award (2004), the Chemical Industries Institute of Toxicology Founders' award (1999), as well as distinguished alumnus awards from his alma maters, Juniata College (2010) and the University of Illinois (1995).
Wogan's wife of over 50 years, Holly, passed away in 2013. He is survived by his daughter Christine and her husband John; his son Eugene and his wife Vicky; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Former students Essigmann, Groopman, and Robert Croy PhD '79 recently reminisced about the Wogan laboratory's many adventures, which reflected Wogan's belief that scientists should get out of the laboratory and experience the outside world. On one trip, the younger members of the Wogan-Bchi group crossed the 45-kilometer Pemigewasset Wilderness in New Hampshire's White Mountains on skis, despite five feet of snow, brutal terrain, and subfreezing temperatures. As was typical of his style, Wogan had chilled champagne waiting at the finish of this long journey. He taught his group that hard work and a task well done are sweeter if one celebrates it in style. They also learned that their education at MIT was a journey, and that such journeys are best taken with friends. As a testimonial to this strategy of research group management, it is striking that so many of the former Wogan research groups are still close friends today, connected by the common bond of their time in his laboratory.
Wogan was a frequent participant in the Aspen Cancer Conference, which the Wogan family has designated as a charity for people who wish to donate in his name.
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StorONE Powers Scientific and Engineering Research Capabilities at University of Limerick – Business Wire
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StorONE, the software-defined enterprise storage platform company, today announced it has partnered with Wisetek, a global leader in advanced IT asset disposition (ITAD), data destruction, technology reuse and manufacturing services, to provide an innovative, new cloud storage solution to the University of Limerick that will be used for cutting-edge research and development projects.
StorONEs Enterprise Storage Platform powers and optimizes Wiseteks repurposed IT assets, known as an EcoBytz Storage Array, to deliver a storage solution that runs like new. The system is manufactured sustainably using repurposed parts, which is a core tenet of the Wisetek business model and its internal culture.
StorONEs Enterprise Storage Platform, powering Wiseteks EcoBytz Storage Array, provides a cost-effective alternative to large, international cloud storage providers. With two server nodes, with 64 available cores and more than 100 terabytes of hard disk drive and solid-state disk storage capacity, the StorONE-powered system enables researchers to run critical applications with the resources they need while allowing for remote compiling of complex projects online.
The StorONE solution enables block, file and object storage in a single array. It is well suited to hybrid disk configurations, with auto tiering to ensure that data is stored in the most appropriate location based on the factors of performance, cost and risk profile. The system also has fast failed-drive rebuild functionality to recover data rapidly and efficiently.
The ability to get performance to meet the demands of scientific research, flexibility of leveraging the cloud and the cost efficiency of deploying repurposed equipment made StorONEs platform an obvious choice for the evolution of our storage infrastructure, said Dr. Eoin OConnell of UL. Instead of implementing multiple storage systems from multiple vendors in order to satisfy our needs, we were able to get a single solution that supports all media types and protocols without added complexity or management headaches.
The S1 Enterprise Storage Platform simplifies organizations storage infrastructures while dramatically reducing costs. It provides IT professionals with a solution that exceeds the objectives of software-defined storage, creating a storage platform that meets all present storage needs and is ready for future innovation. The platform is also protocol independent including fibre, iSCSI, NFS, SMB and S3. All members of the Enterprise Storage Platform are available on-premises or in the cloud and come with the same enterprise-class feature set, driven by the same interface which significantly reduces the cost of storage operation.
StorONEs S1:Enterprise Storage Platform has the ability to mix and match server and media vendors and technologies, which means that you can breathe new life into old hardware and reduce your hardware demands for the next few years, said Gal Naor, CEO and co-founder of StorONE. This flexibility also extends to S1 being able to run in the cloud and connect to an on-premises instance, offering organizations like the University of Limerick the opportunity to satisfy their mission-critical project needs cost-effectively with maximum performance and capacity. Only StorONE is capable of leveraging existing and repurposed IT assets to provide superior application performance and satisfy capacity needs in a cost-effective and affordable storage array.
Sean Sheehan, CEO of Wisetek, said, Wisetek is delighted to partner with StorONE and the University of Limerick to install our new data storage solution. While Wisetek is entering a new market with this offering, we have been working in the area of data storage through our other services since the companys inception. Our mission with EcoBytz is to disrupt the data storage market by introducing a cost sensitive product which can adequately scale and service the requirements of organizations in this area. This is an extremely exciting development for the company and speaks to our goals of continuing our rapid growth, entering new markets, and creating innovative solutions for our customers.
About StorONEStorONE was founded in 2011 and spent its first eight years rewriting the legacy storage system software and flattening the storage IO stack before coming to market with the S1 Engine. The S1 Engine creates an efficient, single translation layer that allows you to benefit from today's hardware innovations while your data receives industry-leading data protection. This Engine powers the S1:Enterprise Storage Platform, enabling IT to take a platform approach to storage consolidation. Customers can start using StorONE for backup and archive solutions because the system provides cost-effective capacity. Then later, they can add production class use cases like NAS, VMware, or databases because the system offers cost-effective performance. The result is the lowest TCO in the industry and the elimination of storage refreshes.
With more than 50 patents awarded in its first seven years of deep technical development, StorONE is completely changing the perception of storage from an IT cost center to a resource that provides organizations with key competitive advantages. StorONE is headquartered in New York, with offices in Texas, Tel Aviv and Singapore. Additional information about StorONE is available at https://www.storone.com or follow on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About WisetekWisetek is a leader in IT asset disposition (ITAD), secure data destruction, reuse and technology manufacturing services worldwide. Wisetek strives to provide world-class services to achieve a maximum financial return from advanced reuse, remanufacturing, remarketing and recycling of retired IT equipment. The company's advanced managed processes assure clients they remain legally and ethically secure in their data destruction and IT asset disposal operations, whilst also ensuring they achieve optimal financial and operational value recovery from their retired IT equipment. Wisetek has headquarters based in Cork, Ireland and has expanded its international footprint in recent years to include facilities in the UK, United States, the Middle East and Thailand.
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Engineering and science research projects granted ARC Linkage Project funding – News – The University of Sydney
School of Chemistry researchers are partnering with Rux Energy Pty Limited and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to develop new molecular materials capable of the highly efficient storage of hydrogen gas.
A critical challenge in the realisation of hydrogen-based energy cycles is the ability to store hydrogen gas safely and efficiently, said Professor Cameron Kepert.
For many applications, this requires looking beyond the use of ultra-high pressures or ultra-low temperatures, towards chemical solutions that operate under non-extreme conditions.
Our partnership with Rux Energy and ANSTO is developing new porous materials capable of storing large amounts of hydrogen per mass and volume, with the goal being to generate a library of materials that target individual hydrogen applications, spanning the smaller scale areas such as hydrogen vehicles all the way through to large-scale stationary storage and transport.
According to fellow group member Dr Lauren Macreadie, Australia is in a prime position to be at the forefront of global hydrogen storage and delivery due to its abundance of natural resources.
To make this an efficient and economical process, we need to have the means to implement safe hydrogen energy storage and delivery technologies, which is extremely important for future energy use and a global initiative, said Dr Macreadie.
This new technology we are collaborating on with our partners can address the current hydrogen storage challenges and pave a way for Australian hydrogen industries on a breadth of scale.
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Dead, bound body of engineer washes ashore on banks of Indrayani; probe underway – Hindustan Times
PUNE: The body of an engineer was found on the banks of the Indrayani river in the north Kelgaon area of Khed taluka, Pune, at around 2
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PUNE: The body of an engineer was found on the banks of the Indrayani river in the north Kelgaon area of Khed taluka, Pune, at around 2.30pm on Monday. The body washed ashore behind the Lord Vitthal temple in the area, with the limbs bound with thin red and yellow ropes. According to the police, the limbs were tied together before throwing the body into the river.
The deceased has been identified as Vinayak Balasaheb Borude, 24, a resident of Goregaon in Parner area of Ahmednagar. He is survived by two younger siblings and parents who stay in Ahmednagar.
Assistant police inspector Yogesh Gaikwad of Alandi police station who is investigating the case said, There was a washed-up Aadhaar card in Borudes pocket which helped identify him. He graduated from a local engineering college in 2019 and worked with a company in Chakan till January but he quit the same month and was unemployed ever since. His parents and acquaintances say that he was not the kind to have enemies.
The doctors have preserved Borudes viscera for further analysis after post-mortem to identify the cause of death. A case under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Alandi police station.
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Growing the Gulf Coast: Local engineering firm develops device that treats contaminated water and helps save local waterways – WKRG News 5
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) It turns foul, dirty water fresh. McFadden Engineering, a local engineering firm, developed a device called Oxyshark that treats contaminated water so that it can be reused, recycled or safely discharged.
Oxyshark is used in many industries including seafood processing, industrial waste treatment and car washes. Several local Richs Car Wash locations use this tool to save money and the environment.
According to Frank McFadden with McFadden Engineering, car wash water can be problematic when it runs into our local waterways because it contains soap.
All of the water from the car wash gets funneled into drains before it moves into storage tanks. From there, it moves into Oxyshark. The dirty water flows through plastic tubes that are used to house bacteria that grow in the tank. Those beneficial bacteria actually eat the pollutants in the water, and the system removes 95 to 98 percent of the waters pollutants.
It is a pretty large investment for the company to put these in. The return on it is nice, but really this was just for the environment and the community, says David Medlin with Richs Car Wash. He continues to say that the water that comes out of the system is as close to drinking water as you can come.
The device also saves money. Medlin explains that it takes about twenty gallons of water to wash a car in a car wash. With Oxyshark, Richs Car Wash is able to wash a car with less than ten gallons of water.
After more than seven years of development, Oxyshark continues to grow the Gulf Coast.
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Will there be enough quantum engineers in APAC? – Tech Wire Asia
The National University of Singapore and AWS are collaborating to boost the development of quantum communication and computing technologies(Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
With quantum computing gaining traction in the Asia Pacific, quantum engineers are now being highly sought after by companies looking to leverage the technology. From Japan launching its most powerful quantum computer last month to China developing its quantum computers, quantum engineers are a key ingredient in the quantum computing workforce.
Compared to other analytical tools, quantum computing has the potential to solve computational problems that are beyond the reach of normal computers. Harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics, developing quantum algorithms, and designing useful quantum applications require skills and approaches.
The quantum computing market is expected to grow to US$ 1.76 billion by 2026 with early adoption in the banking and finance sector expecting to fuel the growth of the market globally. QuantumComputing-as-a-Service (QcaaS) is now also being offered by some tech giants to companies looking to experiment with the technology.
As such, most use cases for quantum computing are still limited but growing globally. To ensure the development of the technology keeps going, big tech vendors are working with universities to develop next-generation quantum engineers with the hope of having sufficient talent available once the technology becomes mainstream.
Japans most powerful quantum computer with IBM is used specifically for research and development while Chinas own quantum computer supercomputer can solve problems faster than some of the worlds most powerful supercomputers.
In Southeast Asia, the skills shortage gap is still a big concern. While the region has one of the fastest tech adoptions in the world, the skills shortage is still hindering most companies from going all out in their digital transformation.
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) report released earlier this year stated that between666 million and 819 million workers in the Asia Pacificwill use digital skills by 2025, up from just 149 million today, with the average employee requiring seven new digital skills to meet the growing demands in the industry.
Despite that, quantum computing is gaining traction in the region. Higher learning institutions in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia are offering more courses on the subject and are hoping to develop more quantum engineers in the near future.
The National University of Singapore and AWS are collaborating to boost the development of quantum communication and computing technologies, as well as explore potential applications of quantum capabilities.
As part of the Quantum Engineering Program (QEP), AWS will support QEP in the development of quantum computing research and projects and connect to the National Quantum-Safe Network for quantum communications. Both areas include the identification of use cases and the development of applications to support the future commercialization of Singapore-designed quantum computing and communication technologies.
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QEP has supported eight major research projects to further the development of quantum technologies. They include exploring more powerful hardware and software solutions for quantum computers for commercial tasks like optimizing delivery routes for goods, simulating chemicals to help design drugs, or making manufacturing more efficient.
According to Professor Chen Tsuhan, NUS Deputy President (Research & Technology), Singapores journey to becoming a knowledge-based economy requires a right mix of world-class talent, cutting-edge infrastructure, and a well-established knowledge transfer ecosystem.
A cornerstone of this vision is the QEP hosted at NUS, which brings together expertise in quantum science and engineering and aims to translate radical innovations into commercial sable solutions. This collaboration between QEP and AWS is a crucial enabler for the nations full digital transformation and opens the door to a quantum-ready future.
Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum computing service, provides access to three types of quantum hardware, including quantum annealers and gate-based systems built on superconducting qubits and on trapped ions, as well as tools to run hybrid quantum and classical algorithms.
Its cross-platform developer tools provide a consistent experience, reduces the need for multiple development environments, and make it easy to explore which quantum computing technology is the best fit for an application.
With NUS looking to develop more use cases and skilled professionals in quantum engineering and other tech-related fields, Singapore can become a hub for quantum computing in the region in the years to come.
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FPT Software Collaborates with Solibri, Offering Tailored Solutions to Improve Architecture, Engineering and Construction Projects – Business Wire
HANOI, Vietnam--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FPT Software has recently become a third-party developer of Solibri, the Finland-based market leader in quality assurance and quality control for digital construction. Vietnams leading IT firm aims to support more enterprises in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry with customized solutions to solve their specific issues regarding quality assurance and control.
FPT Software is the first company in the Asia-Pacific region to join Solibris third-party developer network. The two sides plan to address specific development needs stemming from business sensitive cases, local building requirements and regulations. Granted with Solibris Not for Re-sale license, FPT Software can also help businesses in the AEC industry save annual license costs for deploying Solibri Office. Solibri Office is a quality assurance software solution that validates the integrity, quality and physical safety of architectural designs based on Building Information Modelling (BIM), thereby enhancing the productivity and cost-effectiveness of digital construction processes.
To be qualified as a third-party developer, FPT Software had to undergo a two-month training and examination process on Solibris solution and construction expertise. With its proven expertise in digital technologies and in-depth domain knowledge, the Vietnamese IT firm has also actively interacted and proposed suggestions to improve the model checking solution on Solibris forum.
We are proud to join Solibris efforts in accelerating the adoption of digital technologies in architecture, engineering and construction companies. This is a testament to our capability and also aligns well with our strategy to expand the service portfolio to serve a wider range of businesses, said Nguyen Duc Kinh, FPT Softwares Senior Vice President, Head of Automotive & Manufacturing.
Growing the Solibri ecosystem with skilled development partners is necessary to be able to answer to the raising customer need of tailored and custom rules and functionality. FPT is already trusted by our key accounts and also has been working successfully on Solibri assignments in a common project. Ville Kyytsnen, CEO, Solibri, Inc.
Earlier this year, FPT Software launched a joint venture with Japanese Smart Holdings, aiming to expedite the development of smart cities by focusing on the key industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and construction. The company sets to become a world-class digital transformation and IT services provider.
About FPT Software
FPT Software is a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, with more than USD 513 million in revenue and 18,000 employees in 26 countries. As a pioneer in digital transformation, the company delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Cloud, AR/VR, BPO, and more. It has served 700+ customers worldwide, a hundred of which are Fortune Global 500 companies in the industries of Automotive, Banking and Finance, Logistics & Transportation, Utilities, and more. For more information, please visit http://www.fpt-software.com/
About Solibri
Solibri is the leader in BIM Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Providing out of the box tools for BIM validation, compliance control, design process coordination, design review, analysis and code checking. Solibris corporate message is to develop and market quality assurance solutions that improve the quality of BIM-based design and make the entire design and construction process more productive and cost-effective. Solibris customers include major building owners, construction companies, architects and engineering firms in more than 70 countries. Solibri is part of the Nemetschek Group. For more information, please visit http://www.solibri.com/
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Improving the Ben Franklin Parkway demands smarts and art, not costly engineering | Opinion – The Philadelphia Inquirer
On July 14, three acclaimed teams of designers presented preliminary ideas about how to transform the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a 21st century public space. Two issues deserve critical consideration: mobility and public art.
At the core of the design effort is the citys aim to make the Parkway into a More Park, Less Way destination for Philadelphians and visitors to enjoy on a year-round basis. True to this aim, all three teams presented a long-term, vehicle-free vision for the Parkway. Ideas ranged from disengaging the Parkway from the Schuylkill Expressway access roadways, to widening the existing tunnel at the foot of the museum steps to accommodate two-way traffic, to creating a ring-road just for traffic, freeing the Parkway for pedestrians. These ideas may be worth exploring. But they are misguided.
READ MORE: Urban forest or urban boulevard? Philadelphia tries to reimagine the Parkway again.
Full disclosure: I was part of one of the teams that submitted qualifications in response to the citys request for proposals to reenvision the Parkway, but not among the finalists. The opinions expressed here are my own and reflect what I have long wanted to see in the redesign.
Its clear the Parkway needs to do a better job of managing traffic and protecting cyclists and pedestrians. But any new design should forego solutions that demand substantial and costly roadway engineering, and focus instead on traffic management that is flexible, based on intelligent and green technologies.
The technology exists today, and will only improve in the coming years, to manage traffic pedestrian and vehicular through intelligent monitoring and programming systems. These technologies would monitor traffic patterns, allowing officials to close or open Parkway lanes for vehicular traffic, change their direction, and increase or restrict volumes according to, say, rush hour demands, planned mass gatherings, and every form of usage in between. City-based alerts similar to weather alerts could be instituted to advise motorists of traffic restrictions or changes on the Parkway. We could enlist Google and Apple and other mapmakers to show desirable routes outside the Parkway when the area is inundated with pedestrians (similar to roadway construction advisories). These would be soft vs. hard improvements, potentially costing far less than a wholesale reconfiguration of the roadways.
The three selected teams also touched on art and culture. This is an essential element of any plan, given that public art is a defining Philadelphia quality.
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Philadelphias Percent for Art program which stipulates that any new projects or major renovations set aside 1% of the budget for site-specific art is the oldest in the nation. It was pioneered in 1959 by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to integrate site-specific works, nearly 400 of which have been installed. To these are added many more by the city Percent for Art program, also initiated in 1959, to say nothing of the thousands of murals implemented by Mural Arts Philadelphia. In the past decade, the PRAs Percent for Art program (of which I am a committee member) has developed specific guidelines to advance community engagement and education as an integral part of commissioned works and to gain community input in the art itself.
How can communities help create art for the Parkway? For starters, all three teams should include on the roster a public artist or public art consultant to help answer the question. More importantly, there should be an explicit recognition of the citys diversity of neighborhoods. Philadelphia is composed of many different neighborhoods with nearly 200 neighborhood names, in fact. As the citys preeminent common ground, the Parkway should manifest such diversity as a part of its physical signature. Artists could work with each neighborhood to determine how their history and culture could find expression on the Parkway, revealing in the process how the place can best be programmed and managed for all. Distinct works could then emerge over time a grand art project cementing the spirit of the city along the length of the corridor and all its adjoining spaces. The Parkway would become a must-visit hub of public art, supplementing the institutional offerings that frame it and contributing further to the citys burgeoning creative economy.
The three selected teams proposed many good ideas to activate the Parkway. All of them can coexist alongside smartly managed traffic and community-based public art.
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa heads the Landscape Urbanism and Resilience practice at The Collaborative.
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China Social Sciences and Engineering Rank Among Best in World – Business Wire
NINGBO, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The research field of Social Sciences (General) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) ranks internationally in the top 1% in terms of quality, according to the latest statistical data of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) released by Clarivate. Following engineering, this is UNNCs second discipline that has entered the ESI top 1% globally.
The engineering discipline at UNNC has made its way to the top 0.5%. According to data from Clarivate, the papers that UNNC researchers have published in the field of engineering have average citations per paper of 13.51, higher than the world average of 10.17, with over half published in the world top 10% journals, 73% on top 25% journals, equivalent to the level of world-class universities.
As one of the 64 Chinese universities, UNNC entered the ESIs world top 1% in the discipline of Social Sciences (General). It refers to the overall scientific research achievements of all social science disciplines in a university, covering a wide range of subjects including management, humanities and social sciences, amongst others.
Under the category of Social Sciences (General), UNNC has published 230 papers, with average citations per paper of 7.67. Among them, a paper on Chinas sponge city programme written by Dr Faith Chan et al was the most frequently cited. Professor Martin Lius study on digital innovation, Dr Yangyang Jiangs research on the effects of COVID-19 on hotel marketing and management, and Dr Balaji Makams study on travellers' propensity to choose green hotels were all listed among Top Papers.
In addition, many of the ESI Top Papers are from the research of UNNC doctoral students, which indicates the quality of doctoral education at UNNC.
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