بارشا کرکی آسٹریلوی یونیورسٹی کی ڈگری سے آگے کے ڈیٹا کے بارے میں آپ سے بات کرنا چاہتی ہیں

سڈنی، 18 اگست 2021 /پی آر نیوز وائر/ ۔۔ جب بین الاقوامی طالبہ بارشا کرکی نے یونیورسٹی آف ٹیکنالوجی سڈنی (یو ٹی ایس) میں انجینئرنگ کی ڈگری شروع کی تو اس نے کبھی سوچا بھی نہیں تھا کہ ایک دن وہ ٹیک میں ماہرین کی نمائش کرنے والی ویڈیو سیریز کا چہرہ ہوگی۔اس طلبا اور المنائی کی کامیابیوں کے حوالے سے  اس 10-07 ستمبر کو یو ٹی ایس ورچوئل اوپن ویک میں مزید سنیں۔

آج یو ٹی ایس ماسٹر آف انجینئرنگ اسٹڈیز کے 2008  گریجویٹ ماسٹر آف انجینئرنگ مینجمنٹ سڈنی میں قائم ڈیٹا مینجمنٹ کمپنی نیٹ ایپ کے پری سیلز انجینئر کے طور پر کام کرتے ہیں۔ جب وہ ڈیٹا مینجمنٹ حل ڈیزائن نہیں کر رہی ہوتی ہے تو وہ آل اباؤٹ ڈیٹا ویڈیو سیریز کی میزبانی کرتی ہے، دیگر آئی ٹی پیشہ ور اورصنعت میں موجود خواتین کو اچھے ڈیٹا سے متعلق بات چیت میں مشغول رکھتی ہے۔

ان کا کہنا ہے کہ جب یہ خیال پہلی بار ترقی کے مراحل میں تھا تو میں نے کہا، ‘اگر میں کچھ کرتی ہوں تو کیا میں آئی ٹی میں خواتین کے لئے ایک سیشن ہائی جیک کر سکتی ہوں؟ کیونکہ میں واقعی اس کے بارے میں پرجوش ہوں،” ۔

میں یہ بات چیت کرنا چاہتی تھی کہ جہاں خواتین کو مدعو کیا جاتا ہے اور ضروری نہیں کہ ہم آئی ٹی کی فیلڈ میں خواتین کے ہونے کی بات کر رہے ہوں بلکہ یہ دکھا رہے تھے کہ خواتین کس طرح بہترین انداز سے کام کر رہی ہیں۔

برشا کا ٹیک میں ایک خاتون کی حیثیت سے سفر یو ٹی ایس سے شروع ہوا جو روایتی طور پر مردوں کے غلبے والی ڈگریوں میں خواتین کے فروغ کے مواقع پیدا کرنے کے لئے پہچانی جاتی ہیں ۔ انہوں نے اس کورس کا انتخاب کیا کیونکہ انہوں نے اپنی تکنیکی انجینئرنگ کی مہارت ، منیجر اور لیڈر کی حیثیت سے اپنی صلاحیت دونوں کو منوانے کا موقع فراہم کیا۔

ان کا کہنا ہے کہ لوگوں کو دیکھنا کافی اچھا تھا لیکن پھر انجینئرنگ کی تعلیم کا اختیار بھی موجود ہے۔

ان کی ڈگری کی خصوصیت سیکھنے کے نقطہ نظر سے ہٹ کر برشا کا کہنا ہے کہ طلبا کو اپنے مستقبل کے کیریئر کے لئے تیار کرنے کے لئے صنعت پر مرکوز مواقع کی ایک وسیع رینج تک بھی رسائی حاصل تھی۔

ان کا کہنا ہے کہ مجھے یاد ہے کہ ہمارے پاس صنعت کے مقررین تھے جو آکر ہم سے تھری جی، فور جی، اوپٹس کے لوگوں، دیگر تنظیموں کے لوگوں کے بارے میں بات کرتے تھے۔ یہ بہت اچھا تھا- مجھے ایسا محسوس نہیں ہوا کہ میں ایک کلاس روم میں ہوں۔

مجھے ایسا لگا جیسے مجھے لیس کیا جا رہا ہے، جیسے میں کچھ جانے بغیر کام کی دنیا میں قدم نہیں رکھوں گی کیونکہ میں سن رکھا تھا کہ میں جو سیکھ رہی ہوں وہ صنعت میں بھی لاگو ہوتا ہے۔

دراصل میں نیپال سے تعلق رکھنے والی برشا اپنے خاندان کی پہلی خاتون انجینئر ہیں۔ یہ ایک کامیابی ہے جسکا کریڈٹ  وہ اپنے والدین کو دیتی ہیں، جنہوں نے اسے معیاری تعلیم تک رسائی دینے کے لئے ہر ممکن کوشش کی۔

اس کے ساتھ جو استحقاق آتا ہے اسے وہ سرسری طور پرنہیں لیتی ہیں۔ آل اباؤٹ ڈیٹا سیریز کے ساتھ طالبات کو آؤٹ ریچ اور مینٹورشپ پروگراموں کے ذریعے بارشا دیگر خواتین کو ٹیک ڈگریوں اور کیریئر کے امکانات تلاش کرنے میں مدد دینے کے لئے پرعزم ہیں۔

ان پروگراموں میں لوسی مینٹورنگ پروگرام بھی شامل ہے جو ایس ٹی ای ایم ڈگریاں حاصل کرنے والی طالبات کو صنعت کے سرپرست اور سڈنی ویمن ان انجینئرنگ اینڈ انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی اسپیکرز پروگرام، دونوں یو ٹی ایس سے جوڑتا ہے۔

برشا کے لئے یہ اس ڈگری اور پیشے کو واپس دینے کا ایک طریقہ ہے جس نے اس کی زندگی کو علمی و بہترین انداز میں تشکیل دیا ہے۔

بارشا کا کہنا ہے کہ خواتین اکثر مواقع سے ناواقف ہوتی ہیں اور اگر وہ ہیں تو بہت سے رول ماڈلز کی طرف دیکھنے کے لئے نہیں ہیں۔  میں دوسرے لوگوں خصوصا نوجوان خواتین کو یہ بتانے کی بہت شوقین ہوں کہ انجینئرنگ کی فیلڈ میں بہت کچھ ہے جو ان کے لیے ممکن ہے۔

میں سمجھتی ہوں کہ یہ ان چیزوں میں سے ایک ہے جو نوجوانوں کو معلوم ہونا چاہئے کہ کچھ بھی ممکن ہے، یہ مکمل طور پر آپ پر منحصر ہے کہ آپ اپنا کیریئر کیسے تخلیق کرتے ہیں۔

07 ستمبر کو براہ راست ورچوئل گفتگو میں شامل ہوں، “ایس ٹی ای ایم میں مشق پر مبنی تعلیم کیا ہے؟”سائنس، انجینئرنگ اور انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی کی یو ٹی ایس فیکلٹیز کی میزبانی میں یہ سیشن اس بات کا جائزہ لے گا کہ کس طرح صنعت کی مشغولیت یو ٹی ایس میں ایس ٹی ای ایم طلبا کے تجربے کے لیئے کلیدی ہے۔ یہ ایونٹ یو ٹی ایس کے uts.edu.au/virtual-open-week ورچوئل اوپن ویک 10۔07 ستمبر کا حصہ ہے، مزید جاننے کےلئے وزٹ کریں ۔

یونیورسٹی آف ٹیکنالوجی سڈنی (یو ٹی ایس) جو وسطی سڈنی میں واقع ہے، آسٹریلیا کی ٹیکنالوجی کی معروف یونیورسٹیوں میں سے ایک ہے۔ یہ اپنی تدریس اور تحقیق میں اختراع، تخلیقی صلاحیتوں اور ٹیکنالوجی کو فیوز اور صنعت پر مرکوز یونیورسٹی ہونے کے لئے جانا جاتا ہے۔ یو ٹی ایس میں مجموعی طور پر 40,000 سے زائد طلبا کا اندراج ہے اور کیو ایس رینکنگ میں آسٹریلیا میں اسے نمبر 1 ‘ینگ’ یونیورسٹی کا درجہ دیا گیا ہے۔ مزید معلومات کے uts.edu.auلیئے وزٹ کریں۔

JW Player Appoints Digital Video Veteran David LaPalomento as Chief Technology Officer

David’s deep digital video technology background will help scale JW Player’s engineering team and product development to service the growing Digital Video Economy.

NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JW Player, the leading video software and data insights platform, today announced it has appointed David LaPalomento as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. The strategic hire will accelerate JW Player’s product innovation to meet the needs of a rapidly growing Digital Video Economy, leveraging the recent infusion of $100M in Series E funding from LLR Partners.

“David has proven himself to be a visionary leader in both developing and scaling innovative video delivery products,” said Dave Otten, CEO and co-founder of JW Player. “I have no doubt that his expertise will strengthen our position as a leading force for innovation in the digital video industry. With his leadership, we will scale our engineering teams and bring new products to market that further empower customers with independence and control in the Digital Video Economy. We could not be more excited to have him on our team.”

During his decade-long tenure at Brightcove, David built a world-class engineering team to modernize its video delivery platform. He led the overhaul of the company’s legacy data center-based architecture, replacing it with a scalable, cloud-native architecture and migrating thousands of customers to the new platform. His leadership helped triple revenue, launch new products, and integrate acquisitions to address new market segments. His experience will be invaluable as JW Player rises to meet the explosive growth in demand for digital video since the pandemic began.

“I’m thrilled to start the next chapter of my career with JW Player,” said David. “We’ve reached an inflection point where every company with a digital presence now depends on video to engage its audience and monetize its offering. JW Player has built the most comprehensive platform for success in this digital video ecosystem, with unmatched consumption and contextual data insights, cutting-edge monetization and engagement features, and world-class video experiences on any screen. I look forward to building on this platform to bring new innovations to market.”

According to JW Player’s data from over 12,000 publishers and broadcasters, video consumption has continued to surge in the wake of the pandemic, up nearly 50% since 2020 and 28.6% since January 2021. The growing demand has made it an imperative for organizations of all stripes, including fitness, e-commerce, sports and e-learning businesses, to develop a robust video strategy to engage their audience on the screen of their choice: web, mobile or connected TV.

JW Player’s API-driven video platform empowers hundreds of thousands of customers to independently control and operate their mobile, OTT and web video applications at a global scale. Importantly, JW Player delivers unique data-driven insights that empower customers to more effectively grow, engage, and monetize their audiences. In the last year alone, the company’s video streaming grew by nearly 200%, with live streaming increasing by over 400%.

About JW Player
JW Player is the leading video software and data insights platform that gives customers independence and control in today’s Digital Video Economy. Started in 2008 as a hugely popular open source video player, JW Player’s technology platform now powers digital video for hundreds of thousands of businesses, including half of the comScore top 50 sites in the US, leading broadcasters across EMEA, APAC and Latin America. Each month 1 billion viewers, or one third of all people on the Internet, consume video on JW Player’s technology across 2.7 billion devices, creating an unmatched and powerful consumption and contextual data graph that helps customers grow audiences and generate incremental video from digital video. The company is headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Eindhoven, visit http://www.jwplayer.com.

Media Contacts:
Fatimah Nouilati
Scratch Marketing + Media for JW Player
fatimah@scratchmm.com

Barsha Karki wants to talk to you about data beyond Australian university degree

SYDNEY, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Back when international student Barsha Karki started her Engineering degree at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), she never imagined that one day she’d be the face of a video series showcasing specialists in tech. Hear more student and alumni successes at the UTS Virtual Open Week this 7-10 September.

Today, the 2008 graduate of the UTS Master of Engineering Studies, Master of Engineering Management works as a pre-sales engineer for NetApp, a data management company based in Sydney. When she’s not designing data management solutions, she hosts the All About Data video series, engaging other IT professionals and females in the industry for conversations about … well, data.

“When the idea was first in development, I said, ‘If you do anything, can I hijack one session for women in IT? Because I’m really passionate about it,” she says.

“I wanted to have that conversation where women are invited and we’re not necessarily talking about being women in IT but were showing how women are doing great things.”

Barsha’s own journey as a woman in tech started at UTS, which is known for creating opportunities for women to thrive in traditionally male-dominated degrees. She chose the course because it offered an opportunity to build both her technical engineering skills and her potential as a manager and leader.

“It was quite the sweet spot, to look at people but then have the option of engineering studies as well,” she says.

Beyond the hands-on learning approach that characterised her degree, Barsha says that students also had access to a wide range of industry-focused opportunities to prepare them for their future careers.

“I remember we had industry speakers that came in and spoke to us about 3G, 4G, people from Optus, people from other organisations. It was great – I didn’t feel like I was just in a classroom,” she says.

“I felt like I was being equipped, like I wasn’t going to step into the working world without knowing anything because I could hear what I was learning was also applicable to industry.”

Originally from Nepal, Barsha is the first female engineer in her family. It’s an achievement she credits to her parents, who did everything they could to give her access to a quality education.

The privilege that comes with that is something she doesn’t take lightly. Through the All About Data series, as well as outreach and mentorship programs that target female students, Barsha is committed to helping other women explore the possibilities of tech degrees and careers.

These programs include the Lucy Mentoring Program, which connects female students studying STEM degrees with an industry mentor; and the Sydney Women in Engineering and Information Technology Speakers Program, both at UTS.

For Barsha, it’s a way of giving back to the degree and the profession that have shaped her life in a profound way.

“Women often aren’t aware of the opportunities, and if they are, there aren’t many role models to look up to. I’m very passionate about letting other people, especially young women, know that there’s so much in engineering that’s possible for them,” Barsha says.

“I think that’s one of the things I want young people to know – that anything is possible, that it’s entirely up to you how you create your career.”

On 7 September, join the live virtual discussion, “What is practice-based learning in STEM?”. Hosted by the UTS Faculties of Science, Engineering and Information Technology, this session will explore how industry engagement is key to the STEM student experience at UTS. This event is part of UTS’s Virtual Open Week, 7 – 10 September. Discover more at uts.edu.au/virtual-open-week.

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), located in central Sydney, is one of Australia’s leading universities of technology. It is known for fusing innovation, creativity and technology in its teaching and research and for being an industry-focused university. UTS has a total enrolment of more than 40,000 students and is rated No.1 ‘young’ university in Australia in the QS rankings. For more information go to uts.edu.au.

Stevie® Awards Announce Winners in 18th Annual International Business Awards® from Across the Globe

Businesses Honored for Achievements Amidst COVID-19

Stevie Award Winners

2021 Stevie Award Winners will be celebrated at a virtual awards gala on December 8.

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — High-achieving organizations and executives around the world have been recognized as Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in The 18th Annual International Business Awards®, the world’s only international, all-encompassing business awards program.

Winners were selected from more than 3,700 nominations submitted by organizations in 65 nations.

A complete list of all 2021 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

More than 260 executives worldwide participated on 11 juries to determine the Stevie winners.

The top winner of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevies overall is Ayala Land of Makati City, Philippines with 34. Other winners of multiple Stevie Awards are LLYC (33), IBM (23), Viettel Group (22), HALKBANK (20), DHL Express Worldwide (16), Masks4Missions (16), Telkom Indonesia (15), Yapi Kredi (13), Wolters Kluwer (13), Jeunesse Global (11), Tata Consultancy Services (11), Dubai Municipality (10), Zer Central Services and Trade (10), Zimat Consultores (10), AXA Sigorta (9), Google (8), Ooredoo Group (8), Sberbank of Russia (8), Isbank (7), MTR Corporation Limited (7), Thai Life Insurance (7), pH7 Communications (7), Sleepem Global, Inc. (7), Ulled Asociadios C.R.P. S.A. (7), Uniomedia Communications (7), and VNPT VinaPhone Corporation (7).

LLYC, a global communications and public affairs consulting firm headquartered in Madrid, Spain won 14 Gold Stevie Awards, more than any other organization in the competition.

All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in the IBAs, and can submit entries in a wide range of categories for achievement in management, marketing, public relations, customer service, human resources, new products and services, technology, web sites, apps, events, and more.

The awards will be presented during a virtual awards ceremony on December 8, 2021.

About the Stevie® Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Marketing Contact
Nina Moore
Nina@StevieAwards.com
+1 (703) 547-8389

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Crocus Technology Unleashes the World’s Fastest and Most Accurate XtremeSense® TMR Current Sensor with No Performance Compromises

The CT430 and CT431 enables design engineers to simplify their product design while still achieving higher efficiency solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crocus Technology Inc., the leading supplier of disruptive Tunnel Magneto-Resistance XtremeSense™ TMR sensors, today announces the CT430 and CT431 isolated current sensor with 1MHz bandwidth and <1% total error over the full temperature range. The high speed operation and accurate output allow customers to optimize system design for smaller size and higher efficiency. In contrast to existing designs that utilize a Hall Sensor, the XtremeSense™ TMR sensor enables a no-compromise design solution by combining high bandwidth response and high accuracy.

The CT43x products are coreless devices which utilize Crocus’ state-of-the-art XtremeSense™ TMR technology to detect extremely small variations in AC or DC currents while achieving an unprecedented total output error of less than 1.0% over the full temperature range from -40°C to +125°C. In addition, the CT43x has robust built-in immunity to common-mode fields which allows the device to reject > 99% of stray fields without the need for external shielding.   The Crocus proprietary TMR technology inherently offers very high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) which allow for high resolution measurements required for precision control or monitoring applications. The linear error and offset performance is intrinsically more accurate permitting the elimination of system level calibration normally done with an external voltage reference, thus freeing up processor time and simplifying system design. “I’m excited to introduce this truly differentiated current sensor product which highlights the benefits the Crocus XtremeSense™ TMR technology can bring.” states Zack Deiri, President and CEO of Crocus Technology. “Our customers have been astounded by the level of performance we are able to deliver in their applications. The combination of high response time and accuracy provides system designers the flexibility they have been eager to achieve without any compromises.”

Product features and performance:

CT430 (5V version), CT431 (3.3V version)

Integrated 0.5mΩ conductor enabling 20A, 30A and 50A applications

Total error output +/-0.7% (typ)

300ns response time, 1MHz bandwidth

Low noise 9mArms

Integrated Common Mode Field Rejection (CMFR) with > 99% immunity

Over-Current Detection output pin

Investments made last year to expand our production capacity has enabled Crocus to be prepared to support high volume production today. To date we have shipped over 50M XtremeSense™ TMR sensors, and our customer base continues to rapidly expand. Products like the CT430 and CT431 which have an industry standard footprint enable customers to easily upgrade their existing products and accelerate product adoption.

Targeting applications in Solar Power Inverters, Power-Factor Correction (PFC), Battery Management Systems (BMS), Smart Appliances, IoT, and Power Supplies applications. These state-of-the-art devices are perfect companions to emerging applications utilizing GaN and SiC power devices where the fast response time of the Crocus TMR current sensors will ensure the highest operational efficiency.

The CT430 and CT431 are available in an industry standard 16-lead SOIC-Wide package with dimensions of 10.20 10.31 2.54 mm. Samples and evaluation boards are currently available, and the devices will be in full production in August 2021. For more information on the CT430 and CT431 products, please visit the product webpage:

CT430 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct430/

CT431 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct431/

About Crocus Technology

Crocus Technology develops and manufactures state-of-the-art magnetic sensors based on its patented XtremeSense™ TMR sensor technology. Crocus’ disruptive magnetic sensor technology brings significant advancements to IoT and smart devices, industrial, consumer, medical, and automotive electronics applications demanding high accuracy, high resolution, stable temperature performance, and low power consumption. Crocus is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, please visit http://www.crocus-technology.com.

© 2021 Crocus Technology International Corp. All rights reserved. Crocus Technology, XtremeSense and combinations thereof are trademarks of Crocus Technology Inc. and Crocus Technology SA. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact:

Elsa Magnani
Crocus Technology
Tel: +1-208-999-6643
Email: emagnani@crocus-technology.com

Open Society Announces a $10 Million Emergency Fund for Afghan Civilians in Peril

New York, Aug. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities.

The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship for humanitarian parole programs in the United States that provide a pathway to temporary refuge for those in harm’s way. It will bolster international relief organizations in their efforts to support Afghan citizens fleeing the Taliban advance. And the fund will aid other efforts to deliver humanitarian relief to internally displaced Afghans and those fleeing to other countries taking them in.

Open Society invites other donors to join these efforts to address this humanitarian emergency.

“The Open Society Foundations have long worked in Afghanistan to promote human rights, culture, and freedom of expression,” said President Mark Malloch-Brown. “We remain deeply committed to Afghans and their efforts to help the country advance toward a more open society. We call on funders to join us in our response to this urgent humanitarian crisis. There is truly not a moment to waste.”

Communications
Open Society Foundations
(212)-548-0378
media@opensocietyfoundations.org