#IBM LoRA

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Designed IBM LoRA Adapter Inference Improves LLM Ability

LLMs express themselves faster to new adaptors.

IBM LoRA

IBM Research has modified the low-rank adapter, IBM LoRA, to give Large Language Models (LLM) specialised features at inference time without delay. Hugging Face now has task-specific, inference-friendly adapters.

Low-rank adapters (LoRAs) may swiftly empower generalist big language models with targeted knowledge and skills for tasks like summarising IT manuals or assessing their own replies. However, LoRA-enhanced LLMs might quickly lose functionality.

Switching from a generic foundation model to one customised via LoRA requires the customised model to reprocess the conversation up to that point, which might incur runtime delays owing to compute and memory costs.

IBM Research created a wait-shortening approach. A “activated” IBM LoRA, or “a” LoRA, allows generative AI models to reuse computation they have already done and stored in memory to deliver results faster during inference time. With the increased usage of LLM agents, quick job switching is crucial.

Like IBM LoRA, aLoRAs may perform specialist jobs. However, aLoRAs can focus on base model-calculated embeddings at inference time. As their name indicates, aLoRAs may be "activated" independently from the underlying model at any time and without additional costs since they can reuse embeddings in key value (KV) cache memory.

According to the IBM researcher leading the aLoRA project, “LoRA must go all the way back to the beginning of a lengthy conversation and recalculate it, while aLoRA does not.”

IBM researchers say an engaged LoRA can accomplish tasks 20–30 times faster than a normal LoRA. Depending on the amount of aLoRAs, an end-to-end communication might be five times faster.

ALoRA: Runtime AI “function” for faster inference

IBM's efforts to expedite AI inferencing led to the idea of a LoRA that might be activated without the base model. LoRA adapters are a popular alternative to fine-tuning since they may surgically add new capabilities to a foundation model without updating its weights. With an adapter, 99 percent of the customised model's weights stay frozen.

LoRAs may impede inferencing despite their lower customisation costs. It takes a lot of computation to apply their adjusted weights to the user's queries and the model's replies.

IBM researchers aimed to reduce work by employing changed weights alone for generation. By dynamically loading an external software library containing pre-compiled code and running the relevant function, statically linked computer programs can execute tasks they weren't planned for.

As their name indicates, aLoRAs may be "activated" independently from the underlying model at any time and without additional costs since they can reuse embeddings in key value (KV) cache memory. An LLM configured with standard LoRAs (left) must reprocess communication for each new IBM LoRA. In contrast, different aLoras (right) can reuse embeddings generated by the basic model, saving memory and processing.

Researchers must execute an AI adaptor without task-aware embeddings that explain the user's request to make it act like a function. Without user-specific embeddings, their activated-LoRA prototypes were inaccurate.

However, they fixed that by raising the adapter's rating. The adapter can now extract more contextual indications from generic embeddings to increased network capacity. After a series of testing, researchers found that their “aLoRA” worked like a LoRA.

Researchers found that aLoRA-customized models could create text as well as regular LoRA models in many situations. One might increase runtime without losing precision.

Artificial intelligence test adapter “library”

IBM Research is offering a library of Granite 3.2 LLM aLoRA adapters to improve RAG application accuracy and reliability. Experimental code to execute the adapters is available as researchers integrate them into vLLM, an open-source platform for AI model delivery. IBM distributes regular Granite 3.2 adapters separately for vLLM usage. Some IBM LoRA task-specific enhancements were provided through Granite Experiments last year.

One of the new aLoRAs may reword discussion questions to help discover and retrieve relevant parts. To reduce the chance that the model may hallucinate an answer, another might evaluate if the retrieved documents can answer a question. A third might indicate the model's confidence in its result, urging users to verify their information.

In addition to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), IBM Research is creating exploratory adapters to identify jailbreak attempts and decide whether LLM results meet user-specified standards.

Agent and beyond test time scaling

It has been shown that boosting runtime computing to analyse and improve model initial responses enhances LLM performance. IBM Research improved Granite 3.2 models' reasoning by providing different techniques to internally screen LLM replies during testing and output the best one.

IBM Research is investigating if aLoRAs can enhance “test-time” or “inference-time” scalability. An adapter may be created to generate numerous answers to a query and pick the one with the highest accuracy confidence and lowest hallucination risk.

Researchers want to know if inference-friendly adapters affect agents, the next AI frontier. When a difficult job is broken down into discrete stages that the LLM agent can execute one at a time, AI agents can mimic human thinking.

Specialised models may be needed to implement and assess each process.

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If you're a Tron fan who wants to know about the real-life environment in which a computer company like ENCOM would exist, and in which characters like Kevin Flynn and Ed Dillinger would have become the people they are in the film, I heartily recommend watching the film Pirates of Silicon Valley. It's a dramatization of the history of Microsoft and Apple, how they grew from small startups to huge corporations, and the fierce, often nasty, competition between their owners, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, including a lot of trickery, backstabbing and outright theft. Like most dramatizations, not everything is portrayed with 100% accuracy, but most of the real life people portrayed have later come out and said that the film captures the general mood and real events of the 80s computer revolution, and the personalities of the people. You don't have to know a lot about the techical details of computers to follow along, since most of the important stuff is explained in layman's terms.

The Tron characters such as Kevin, Alan and Lora are pretty idealized, far more sympathetic versions of the kind of people involved in the computer business at the time. In Pirates of Silicon Valley, people such as Jobs and Gates appear pretty sympathetic at the beginning, but as the film goes along, it become apparent that they're both nasty, cunning and just generally unpleasant businessmen, prone to screaming outbursts and abusive treatment of their employees. The only person in the film who comes off as a decent human being is Steve Wozniak, who looks on in horror as Apple goes from a bunch of friends tinkering with computers in a garage to a huge company with unhealthy working conditions and an awful corporate culture.

None of the Tron characters are carbon copies of Jobs, Gates or Wozniak, but there are some interesting similarities in their personalities and interactions. Jobs being the slick talker and salesman who becomes the head of the company, while Woz is the actual computer genius inventing the hardware and software, feels similar to the relationship between Dillinger and Flynn, or Dillinger and Gibbs for that matter. Jobs is also portrayed as being a pretty "out there" character, dropping acid, thinking of himself as a counterculture rebel, and viewing his work with computers as an important politicial and spiritual undertaking, which feels similar to what Kevin Flynn evolves into between Tron and Tron Legacy (though, again, Flynn seems like a much more sympathetic person).

Also, maybe I've been on Tumblr for too long (scratch that, I've been on Tumblr long enough), but some of the scenes in the film gives off some weird homoromantic/erotic vibes to me. Jobs and Wozniak occasionally comes off as an unstable romantic couple, arguing with each other, and with Woz trying and failing to keep Jobs from becoming more and more unhinged. And the interactions between Gates and Jobs sometimes feels like a couple of arch rivals who wouldn't hesitate to sleep with each other in order to manipulate the other into a position where they could be stabbed in the back. Jobs especially gives Gates some looks that could be interpreted as horny, in a sinister sort of way. And of course, there's this gem from the IBM songbook:

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현대자동차그룹의 후원으로 MIT 윤킴 교수님과 지난 1년여간 함께 진행해온 산학 연구 논문이 요즘 화제네요.

LQ-LoRA: Low-rank Plus Quantized Matrix Decomposition for Efficient Language Model Finetuning https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12023

처음에는 이 주제가 아니었는데, 1년여 동안 다양한 실험을 거쳐 주제를 변경해 왔고, LQ-LoRA로 결실을 내게 되었습니다. 연구 진행 과정을 곁에서 보는 것만으로 많은 도움이 되었던 과제였습니다. 이 연구에서 소개하는 LQ-LoRA는 pretrained matrix를 high-precision low-rank component와 memory-efficient quantized component로 분해하고 파인 튜닝 중에 low-rank component만 업데이트하는 접근 방식으로, 기존 QLoRA 및 GPTQ-LoRA에 비해 성능이 더 뛰어날 뿐만 아니라 보다 aggressive 한 quantization이 가능합니다. LLaMA-2 모델 실험 결과 LQ-LoRA는 2.5비트로 학습했을 때 4비트 QLoRA와 거의 유사한 성능을 보이며, 또한 LLaMA-2 70B에서 27GB 메모리만으로 half precision(이 경우 140GB 필요)에 근접할만한 놀라운 성능을 보여줍니다.

어렵게 진행한 연구 논문이 좋은 결실을 맺어 더없이 기쁘네요. 논문 말미 acknowledgements에는 저희에 대한 감사 인사가 들어가 있습니다 ^^

"We thank the members of the Hyundai 42dot research team for helpful comments and discussions. This study was supported by funds from Hyundai Motor Group, MIT-IBM Watson AI, and the MLA@CSAIL initiative."

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7 Awesome Font Pairings Fantastic Free Fonts For Your Next Project

Here are seven of my most favorite font pairings.

Yeseva One + Glacial Indifference

Playfair Display + Open Sans

Roboto Slab + Roboto

Merriweather + Open Sans

IBM Plex Mono + IBM Plex Sans

Lora + Inter

Quicksand + Raleway

I hope this resource will be helpful!

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Über 25 super coole Schriftart frei für das Design

Es gibt viele kreative und vielfältige Schriftart frei, die nur für Sie verfügbar sind. Aber wir haben aus Tausenden von kostenlosen Schriftarten, die im Internet verfügbar sind, die wertvollsten „Diamanten“ kuratiert, die Sie in Ihren Designs und Grafiken verwenden können. Und hier ist eine Sammlung von 60 der besten "echten" Schriftarten und völlig kostenlos. Die meisten der hier aufgeführten Schriftarten können für private und kommerzielle Projekte verwendet werden und sind in 8 Kategorien unterteilt, aus denen Sie wählen können. Sind Sie bereit zu erkunden?

A – Footy Schriftart (Serif Fonts)

01. Schriftart frei Messe-Display

Diese langbeinige Schrift wurde von der Aufklärung in Europa gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts inspiriert und von einem Designer namens John Baskerville entworfen. Playfair Display hat einen hohen Kontrast zwischen Linien im gleichen Charakter (High - Contract) und besitzt die Raffinesse, die von den Stiftstrichen aus Hühnerpinseln in dieser Zeit geerbt wurde. Dies ist ein Designprojekt unter der Leitung des niederländischen Designers Claus Eggers Sørensen, das zu Open Source entwickelt wurde und bei GitHub (dem Dienst, der Quellcode-Repositories bereitstellt) zu finden ist. 02. Schriftart frei Lora

  Lora ist eine freie Schriftart, die von der Kalligraphie abgeleitet ist und 2011 für die Cyreak-Form entwickelt wurde, wobei 2013 eine zusätzliche Version kyrillischer Zeichen hinzugefügt wurde, die aus 4 Stilen besteht: Kleinbuchstaben, Fett, Gekippt und Fett geneigt. Der Kontrast in den Kurven, mit dem Vorsprung an den Ecken des gedruckten Textes, verleiht dieser Schriftart eine perfekte Balance und kühne Zeitschrift. Obwohl Lora für die Verwendung in Websites optimiert ist, können Sie diese Schriftart vollständig zum Drucken im Projekt verwenden. 03. Schriftart frei Butler

  Inspiriert von der Dala Floda-Schriftart und dem Bodoni-Schriftsystem,  ist Butler eine kostenlose Schriftart, die von Fabian De Smet entworfen wurde. Mit dem Ziel, der Serife modernen Atem zu verleihen, integrierte er klassische Kurven und fügte den Charakteren Kühnheit hinzu. Das Butler-Schriftsystem besteht aus 334 Zeichen, 7 Kleinbuchstaben und 7 fetten Buchstabengrößen und umfasst Ziffern, Nähte und Brüche. Butler passt auch in viele verschiedene Sprachsysteme, indem er Hieroglyphen hinzufügt. De Smet schlägt vor, dass diese Schriftart gut für die Gestaltung von Postern, großen Überschriften, Buchdesigns und dekorativen Schildern geeignet wäre. 04. Schriftart frei Wert

  Arvo ist eine geometrische geometrische Slab-Serif-Schriftart, die sich für die Bildschirmprojektion und auch für den Einsatz im Druck eignet. Arvo wurde von Anton Koovit erstellt und im Wörterbuch von Google Font als eine Art nicht lizenzierte Schriftart veröffentlicht. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Arten von Slab-Serifen auf Google Font enthält Arvo Kleinbuchstaben, Kursivschrift, Fettdruck und kräftig geneigt. 05. Schriftart frei Purpurroter Text

  Dies ist eine kostenlose Schriftart, die für die Buchveröffentlichung erstellt wurde und von der klassischen Garamond-Schriftart inspiriert wurde. Crimson Text wurde vom  deutschen Designer Sebastian Kosch entworfen, der vom Stil von Jan Tschichold, Robert Slimbach und Jonathan Hoefler beeinflusst wurde. Dies ist auch die Lieblingsschrift von Taylor Palmer, einem erfahrenen UX-Designer aus den USA. "Crimson Text ist eine subtile Schriftart und ist aufgrund ihrer beeindruckenden emotionalen Neigungen und Robustheit ein vollständiger Ersatz für die traditionelle Garamond-Schrift." Das habe ich geteilt. 06. Schriftart frei Aleo

  Aleo hat ziemlich detaillierte abgerundete Merkmale und besitzt eine glatte Struktur, die persönlich ist und dennoch sehr leicht zu lesen ist. Diese Schriftart besteht aus 6 verschiedenen Stilen: 3 Stufen (dünn, mittel und fett), entsprechend 3 schrägen Schriften. Aleo wurde unter dem Copyright von SIL veröffentlicht und von Alessio Laiso, einem Designer bei IBM Dublin, entworfen und ist der Slab-Serifenschrift Lato sehr ähnlich. 07. Schriftart frei Kormoran

Cormorant ist eine von der Garamond-Schrift inspirierte Serifenschrift, handgezeichnet und komponiert von Christian Thalmann, der für seine Katharsis-Schrift als "eine scharfe Serifenschrift mit abenteuerlichen Kurven und brillanten Linien" bekannt ist. Diese Schriftart eignet sich hervorragend für Überschriften und Textabschnitte auf Postern mit großen Formaten, auf dem Bildschirm und auch für die Veröffentlichung. Kormoran ist auch in kleinsten Größen noch gut zu lesen. 08. Schriftart frei Brela

Brela ist eine humanistische Serifenschrift, die speziell für die Bearbeitung entwickelt wurde. Mit x-Höhe (die Grundhöhe eines Textes), die als komfortabel eingestuft wird, ist diese Schriftart selbst in den kleinsten Größen leicht zu lesen und immer noch voller Kunst mit fetten Buchstaben und großen Überschriftenabschnitten. Brela wurde von einer spanischen Kreativfirma, Makarska Studio, entworfen und in Kleinbuchstaben und fetten Schriftgrößen veröffentlicht. 09. Schriftart frei Libre Baskerville

Libre Baskerville ist eine Webfont, die für den Textkörper (ca. 16px) optimiert ist. Inspiriert von American Type Founders' langjährigem Baskerville-Schriftsatz von 1941, aber Libre Baskerville hat eine höhere x-Höhenlücke als die ältere Version, der Zähler (weißer Raum, der von einer Buchstabenform umgeben ist) ist breiter und hat einen etwas geringeren Kontrast,  Es macht es einfach, auf dem Bildschirm zu lesen. Das Libre Baskerville-Projekt wird von Impallari Type geleitet, einem Designer, der sich auf Wortdesign in Rosario, Argentinien, spezialisiert hat. Taylor Palmer, ein erfahrener UX-Designer aus Utah, USA, hat mitgeteilt, dass er gerne Libre-Schriftarten wie Libre Baskerville liest. Er schlägt Ihnen auch eine ähnliche und kostenlose "relative" Schriftart vor, die Libre Franklin ist. "Libre Franklin hat die gleichen starken Linien wie traditionelle Schriftarten, wie Franklin Gothic - die Überschriftenzeilen in Artikeln gibt - Schärfe und Stahligkeit, aber immer noch voller Raffinesse, um in den Textabsatz aufzunehmen", erklärt Taylor. 10. Schriftart frei Jura

Jura ist eine beeindruckend elegante Schriftart und  weist ausgeprägte Merkmale wie das Verhältnis von schmalen Buchstaben und Details, einschließlich abgerundeter Striche, Beindetails in Form von Keilen auf. Diese Schriftart sieht gut aus, wenn sie auf große Größen angewendet wird, liest sich aber in kleinen Größen immer noch recht deutlich und wurde von einem amerikanischen Designer namens Ed Merritt entworfen. 11. Schriftart frei Fenix

Fénix ist eine Schriftart, die auf der Inspiration der Kalligraphie (Handschrift aus Pinseln und Tinte) basiert. Diese Schriftart eignet sich sehr gut zum Entwerfen von Text und auch zum Kopieren für den Körperteil. Fénix ist eine harmonische Kombination aus starken Linien und der Weichheit der abgerundeten Linien und vermittelt Ihnen ein angenehmes und angenehmes Gefühl, lange Textabsätze in kleinen Größen zu lesen. Dies ist die Schöpfung von Fernando Díaz. 12. Schriftart frei Geigenbauer

Luthier ist eine zeitgenössische Schrift mit Merkmalen wie einer sehr scharfen und kontrastreichen Handschrift, sogar mit Kleinbuchstaben, fetten Buchstaben und sogar Kursivschrift. Luthier kann sowohl auf den Überschriften- als auch auf den Fließtext im Text angewendet werden und eignet sich gut für eine Gestaltung, die auf Formalitäts- oder Wissensthemen ausgerichtet ist. Die Schrift wurde von Adrià Gómez, einem Designer aus Barcelona, entworfen. 13. Schriftart frei Schlecht

Als beliebteste Serifenschrift auf Google Font wurde Slabo von  John Hudson, Mitbegründer von Tiro Typeworks, entworfen. Slabo wurde zu einer Sammlung von Sondergrößen für Webfonts entwickelt, wobei Slabo 27px und Slabo 13px bisher berücksichtigt wurden. Diese Schriftart verleiht Serifenschriften modernen Atem und eignet sich perfekt für das Online-Design.

B – Vakuumlose Schriftart (San-Serif-Schriften)

14. Schriftart frei  Raleway

Raleway ist eine freie, neogroteske Schrift (groteske Inschriften, die es seit den 1950er Jahren gibt). Raleway enthält viele Opentype-Funktionen wie alte Stil- und Lining-Zeichen, unterstützt mehrere Sprachen und wurde von Matt McInterney (ehemaliger Pentagram-Mitarbeiter) entworfen. 15. Schriftart frei Aganè

Ursprünglich war das Design für Werbetafeln, aber bis jetzt ist Aganè  sowohl für die Benutzeroberfläche als auch für alles, was eine einfache Lesbarkeit erfordert, wirklich geeignet. Aganè wurde vom UI- und Typografie-Designer Danilo De Marco im Schweizer Stil entworfen. Aganè ist für persönliche und kommerzielle Zwecke frei und wurde von der Font Noorda inspiriert – von Bob Noorda, übersetzt von Erik Spiekermann, und der Frutiger-Schrift – von Adrian Frutiger. 16. Schriftart frei Titillium Web

Als freie Schriftart lässt Titillium Menschen bewundern und bewundern, dies ist ein Textdesign-Projekt der Di Belle Arti di Urbino Akademie in Italien. Jedes Semester werden 12 Studenten an dem Projekt teilnehmen, kreative Ideen entwickeln und gemeinsam Probleme lösen, und sie senden allen Grafikdesignern - die Titillium in ihrem Projekt verwenden - eine E-Mail mit ein paar Beispielen, wenn sie diese Schriftart verwenden, um sich zum Besseren zu verbessern. "Titillium ist seit Jahren meine Lieblingsschriftart", sagt Rob Hampson, Design Director bei The Bot Platform, einer neuen Flatform zum Erstellen neuer Apps für Messenger. "Kantig, mutig zeitgenössisch und es gibt viele Stile von fett bis hell, aus denen Sie wählen können. Meiner Meinung nach eignet sich Titillum am besten für große Größen, zum Beispiel mit Titeln. Aber wenn Sie sorgfältig ausgewertet werden, können Sie diese Schriftart immer noch für den Hauptteil des Textes verwenden. " 17. Schriftart frei Liga Gothic

League Gothic ist eine kondensierte serifenlose Schrift, die von der klassischen Alternate Gothic # 1-Schrift inspiriert wurde, einem Prototyp, der 1903 von Morris Fuller Benton für die American Type Founders Company entworfen wurde. Die League of Movable Type beschloss, die Rechte an dieser Version und Open Source mit Beiträgen von Micah Rich, Tyler Finck und Danny zu kaufen. 18. Schriftart frei Ziege

Aganè ist eine groteske Schriftart, ideal für den Headline-Bereich und diejenigen, die sich auf Innenräume spezialisiert haben, wenn Sie Aufmerksamkeit erregen möchten. Chivo besitzt durchgezogene Linien und Eleganz und ist in 4 Größen erhältlich und ähnelt der Kursivschrift. Diese kostenlose Schrift wurde von Héctor Gatti und dem Omnibus-Type Team erstellt. 19. Schriftart frei Comfortaa

Comfortaa ist eine kreisförmige geometrische serifenlose Schriftart, die für große Größen entwickelt wurde und von Johan Aakerlund, einem Konstrukteur an der Technischen Universität Dänemark, entworfen wurde. Als Teil des Google Font-Upgrade-Projekts enthält die neueste Version des Skripts das Hinzufügen von kyrillischen Zeichen und vietnamesischer Unterstützung. David Airey, ein Grafikdesigner und Schriftsteller aus Nordirland, drückte seine Bewunderung für Comfortaa aus. "Es gibt viele kostenlose Schriftarten, aus denen Sie wählen können, aber das bedeutet nicht, dass Sie die beste Option finden. Mit Erfahrung aus vielen Projekten verwende ich oft zuerst Comfortaa-Schriftarten für benutzerdefinierte Logos. Und die Ergebnisse sind erstaunlich." 20. Schriftart frei Noto Sans

Noto Sans ist ein kostenloses Schreibsystem, das von Google entwickelt wurde, um mehr als 100 Schriftsysteme, 800 Sprachen und Hunderttausende von Zeichen zu unterstützen. Die Schriftarten von Nono sind so konzipiert, dass sie visuelle Harmonie für multikomplexe Sprachsysteme schaffen, wobei die Höhe des Textes und die Dicke der Striche geeignet sind. Diese Schriftart besteht aus Kleinbuchstaben, Fettbuchstaben, Kursivschrift und Fettkursivschrift. Noto stammt vom Droiden und hat wie der Droide einen sehr nahen Verwandten, nämlich Noto Serif. 21. Schriftart frei HK Grotesk Hanken

HK Grotesk ist eine serifenlose Schrift, die von klassischen Grotesken wie Akzidenz Grotesk, Univers, Trade Gothic und Gill Sans inspiriert ist. Entworfen von der Designfirma hanken, mit dem Ziel, eine schriftfreundliche zu erstellen und ihre eigenen Eigenschaften für kleine Texttypen zu haben,  HK Grotesk wurde kürzlich in viele Sprachen erweitert, indem kyrillische (bulgarische, russische und serbische) Zeichen hinzugefügt wurden. 22. Schriftart frei Querruder

Aileron ist eine ziemlich vielseitige Schriftart vom neogrotesken serifenlosen Typ und weist Ähnlichkeiten zwischen helvetica- und Univers-Schriften auf. Entworfen von Sora Sagano, einem Designer in Tipotype, mit dem Ziel, dem Leser ein Gefühl von Komfort und Komfort zu geben. Aileron ist derzeit in 16 Größen erhältlich, aus denen Sie wählen können, von ultradünn bis sehr fett. 23. Schriftart frei Ubuntu

Diese kostenlose Schriftart wurde speziell entwickelt, um das Ubuntu-Computerbetriebssystem zu ergänzen, das darauf abzielt, das Gerät für PCs, Tablets und Smartphones zu betreiben. Ubuntu wurde von Dalton Maag entworfen und  verwendet ein Schriftformat für Computer- und Telefonbildschirme. 24. Schriftart frei Sans löschen

Clear Sans ist eine flexible Schriftart, die von Intel entwickelt wurde und leicht zu lesen ist. Diese kostenlose Schriftart, die für Bildschirme, Printausgaben und Websites geeignet ist, beeindruckt durch die Minimierung von Zeichen und die Anwendung enger Proportionen, was eine gute Wahl für das UI-Design darstellt, von kurzen Aufklebern bis hin zu langen Schnipseln (z. B.  erworben von Mozilla für Firefox-Browser für Android). Clear Sans wurde von Daniel Ratighan in Monotype unter der Leitung von Intel entwickelt und bietet umfassende Unterstützung für lateinische, kyrillische und griechische Sprachen und umfasst mittlere, gewöhnliche, dünne und sehr dünne Größen für Kleinbuchstaben, Kursivschrift und Fettschrift. 25. Schriftart frei Quelle ohne Pro

Source Sans Pro wurde 2012 veröffentlicht  und war die erste Schriftart, die auf Adobe angewendet wurde, und gewann allmählich an Popularität. Diese Schrift ist als klassische groteske Schrift mit Einfachheit und einem bescheidenen Design gedacht. Source Sans Pro wurde von Paul D. Hunt entworfen, der als Schriftdesigner für Adobe arbeitet, und entwarf auch die Source Serif Pro-Schrift. Source Sans Pro ist eine der beliebtesten Schriftarten von James Hollingworth, einem langjährigen digitalen Designer und Illustrator in den USA. "Dies ist eine sehr leistungsfähige Schriftart und sehr zuverlässig für die Verwendung in der Designarbeit. Als jemand mit Legasthenie finde ich immer noch, dass dies eine Schriftart ist, die sehr leicht zu lesen und angenehm mit der Benutzeroberfläche ist. "

Fazit:

Was für eine Überraschung, denn wir arbeiten an einer neuen Schriftart für 2022. Dies ist das erste Mal, dass wir eine neue Schriftart für unser Design verwenden. Für dieses Projekt war es wichtig, eine andere Schrift zu verwenden als all die anderen, die wir bisher benutzt haben. Der Hauptgrund dafür ist, dass wir etwas Einzigartiges schaffen wollten, das sich von den anderen in unserem Entwurf verwendeten Schriftarten unterscheidet. Außerdem haben wir uns für eine alte Schrift mit historischen Wurzeln entschieden, da es sie seit 1957 gibt, als sie von der amerikanischen Schriftgießerei Linotype Inc. zum ersten Mal veröffentlicht wurde. Sie ist auch heute noch unter https://schriftarten123.com/ erhältlich. Außerdem wollten wir ein archaisches Format für die Buchstaben verwenden, damit sie sich von ihrem Hintergrund abheben und ihnen mehr Größe und Tiefe verleihen als anderen modernen Schriftarten. .     Read the full article

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情報開発と利活用202001101

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先端技術情報202001101

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IOT

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Bah, Humbug!? そんな馬鹿な、たわ言!?（2）

Oh! But he was a stubborn man, set in his ways, Scrooge! Despite the advances in technical publications, he dug in his heels at every turn, refusing to adapt his approach for new media and more savvy users. As solitary as an oyster, he kept to himself day after day, alone at his desk, mumbling to himself about Oxford commas, title case in headings, and the demise of the index. He selfishly hoarded his hard-won information gathered from subject matter experts, the thought of sharing with his peers never even crossing his mind. And certainly no one ever approached him to Implore him to bestow a trifle, be it information or advice. In fact, when his co-workers saw him coming, they would scurry back to their cubicles, as one might duck into an entryway to avoid a bitter wind or pelting rain.おお！ けれども彼は、自分のやり方に固執する、頑固な男、スクルージでした。技術出版の進歩にもかかわらず、彼は、新しいメディアの、そしていっそう知見があるユーザーに彼の方法を適合させることを拒否して、至る所で一歩も譲りませんでした。 カキと同じぐらい孤独で、彼は、彼のデスクでただ１人オックスフォードコンマや、見出しの大文字や、添字の崩壊について独り言でつぶやき、来る日も来る日も自分の殻に籠りました。 彼の仲間と共有するという考えが決して彼の心をよぎりさえしないまま、彼は主題専門家から集められた苦労して勝ち取った彼の情報を自己本位に貯蔵しました。 そして確かに誰も今までに彼につまらないことを与えてくれとか、情報あるいはアドバイス.とするよう懇願する話をもちかけませんでした。実際、彼の同僚は、彼が来るのを見ると、人が厳しい風のあるいは激しい雨を��けるために入口の中に逃げるかもしれないように、彼らは彼らの個室にさっさと戻ってしまうのでした。But what did Scrooge care? It was the very thing he liked — to edge his way along the crowded paths of life, keeping everything at a distance.けれども何を スクルージは気にかけましたか？ それは彼が好んだそのものでした －それは すべてを遠く離れたままにして、生活の混雑した道に沿って彼の道を少しずつ進むことです。One day, near the Christmas shutdown, old Scrooge sat busy in his cubicle when he was interrupted by a cheerful voice. “Good news! We’re moving to DITA.” It was the voice of his young colleague Bob Cratchit. “Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug!”ある日、クリスマスの一時休業の間際で、彼が朗らかな声によって中断させられたとき、老人スクルージは、彼の個室で座って忙しくていました。 「いいニュースだ！ 我々は DITA に移行しています。」 それは彼の若い同僚、ボブ クラッチットの声でした。 「そんな馬鹿な！」と スクルージが言いました。「たわ言だ！」“Surely, you don’t mean that, Scrooge!” said Bob.「確かに、そんなことではありません、スクルージ！」とボブが言いました。“I do,” said Scrooge. “What else can I think when I live in such a world of fools as this? DITA, indeed. What’s DITA but another passing fad? An empty promise of better documentation with less effort? An extremely lengthy list of complex rules and elements that severely tie the hands of the technical writer in doing the job that he has always done?”「私はそう思う」、「私は私がこれのようなばか者の世界に住んでいるときほかに何を考えることができますか？ まったくDITAだって。 DITAは、別のはやり以外の何だっていうんだ？ より少ない労力でもっと良い文書化って空約束だろ？ 彼が常にやってきたその仕事をするのにテクニカルライターの手を厳しくしばる極めて長いリストの複雑な規則や要素だって？」とスクルージが言いました。“Scrooge! Please!” pleaded Bob.「スクルージ！ どうか！」とボブが主張しました。“Write documentation in your own way and let me do the same in mine!” returned Scrooge, sternly.「あなた自身の方法で文書を書いて、そして私にも自分のやり方でさせてください！」と、断固としてスクルージは返答しました。

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Wireless Connectivity Market by Connectivity Technology (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, ZigBee, GNSS, LTE CAT-M1, NB-IoT, LoRa, SigFox), Type (WLAN, WPAN, LPWAN), End-use (Wearables, Consumer Electronics, Healthcare), and Region - Global Forecast to 2025 published on

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Wireless Connectivity Market by Connectivity Technology (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, ZigBee, GNSS, LTE CAT-M1, NB-IoT, LoRa, SigFox), Type (WLAN, WPAN, LPWAN), End-use (Wearables, Consumer Electronics, Healthcare), and Region - Global Forecast to 2025

“Wireless Connectivity market expected to grow at CAGR of 15.4% from 2020 to 2025”

The global wireless connectivity market is estimated to grow from USD 69.0 billion in 2020 to USD 141.1 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 15.4%. The major factors driving the wireless connectivity industry growth are increased demand for wireless sensor networks in the development of smart infrastructure, a significant increase in the internet penetration rate, growth in adoption of the internet of things (IoT), increasing trends like work from home and virtual learning pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased demand for low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks in the IoT applications. High power consumption by wireless sensors, terminals & connected devices, and lack of uniform communication standards act as restraints for the Wireless Connectivity market.

“Building automation end-use is expected to hold the second-largest share of the wireless connectivity market in 2020”

The increasing demand for energy-efficient solutions, enhanced security, increased venture capital funding, and constant need for improving living standards have fueled the growth of the building automation market. Building automation, which started with wired technology, has now entered the era of wireless technology with technologies such as ZigBee, Z-wave, EnOcean, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Smart revolutionizing the market. Growing awareness regarding energy conservation, stringent legislation and building directives, promotion of numerous smart grid technologies, and availability of a number of open protocols are further driving the growth of the building automation market.

The most advanced facility management systems use the building automation and control network protocol and ZigBee Building Automation standards. Wireless building management technologies also meet the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards, which make sure that the wireless BAS system will coexist with other wireless communications systems used in the building, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Adhering to various industry standards ensures that the BAS technologies provide secure and reliable wireless monitoring and control over today’s hospital and school building systems and those that will be developed in the years to come.

“LPWAN enabled chip set is projected to be fastest-growing segment by type during the forecast period”

Low-power wide-area network uses both licensed and unlicensed spectrums. SigFox and LoRa are the most widely used LPWAN technologies in an unlicensed spectrum, while NB–IoT and LTE Cat–M1 are the 2 most widely used technologies in a licensed spectrum. The extremely low power consumption and the ability of non-line-of-sight communication make LPWAN technologies ideal for industrial IoT applications.

LoRa technology is developed and promoted by the LoRa Alliance. The alliance is an open, non-profit association that was initiated by various companies to standardize LPWAN technologies. The founding members of the LoRa Alliance include Activelity (France), Cisco (US), IBM (US), Semtech (US), and other leading telecom operators. LoRais a chirp-based, spread-spectrum technology that uses a wider bandwidth and takes a broader spectrum compared to SigFox. Thus, it is more suitable for applications that demand higher bandwidths.

“Wi-Fi enabled chip set is expected to hold the largest market share in terms of volume in 2020”

Wi-Fi has remained one of the most dominant wireless connectivity technologies in consumer electronics and enterprise applications. The demand for Wi-Fi-enabled connected home devices such as video doorbells, thermostats, lighting solutions, smart TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and music systems is increasing. The changing lifestyles (connected living) of consumers is increasing the need to stay connected everywhere and all the time. The use of Wi-Fi in consumer electronics has enabled users to control the devices. Wi-Fi has revolutionized the way in which the user interacts with these devices. All these factors are supporting the growth of the market for chip sets based on Wi-Fi technology.

The increase in the adoption of smartphones in the middle-class population in emerging economies, such as India, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries, is boosting the growth of the market for connected devices based on Wi-Fi technology.

“North America is expected to hold the second-largest share of Wireless Connectivity market in 2020”

North America held the second-largest size of the wireless connectivity market in 2019. North America is considered to be a technologically advanced region. The region has a large number of subscribers owning to more than one connected devices; the factors such as increasing automation, rising adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) platform, increasing cellular M2M connections, and growing demand for on-demand video services would drive the wireless connectivity market growth in the region. Early adoption of new technologies, such as machine-to-machine interaction, and IoT-enabled devices, along with the presence of key industrial players, would lead to high growth in the North American wireless connectivity market.

In the process of determining and verifying the market size for several segments and sub segments gathered through secondary research, extensive primary interviews have been conducted with key industry experts in the Wireless Connectivity market.

The break-up of primary participants for the report has been shown below:

By Company Type: Tier 1 – 55%, Tier 2 – 25%, and Tier 3 – 20%

By Designation: Directors – 50%, Managers–20%, Vice Presidents– 25%, and Others – 5%

By Region: North America – 40%, Europe – 35%, APAC – 15%, and RoW – 10%

Major players in the wireless connectivity market are Intel Corporation (US), Texas Instruments Incorporated (US), Qualcomm Incorporated (US), Broad com (US), ST Microelectronics N.V. (Switzerland), NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Netherlands), Microchip Technology Inc. (US), MediaTek Inc. (Taiwan), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (US), Renes as Electronics Corporation (Japan), EnOcean (Germany), Nexcom International Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), Sky works Solutions, Inc. (US), Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Japan), Marvell Technology Group (Bermuda), Nordic Semiconductor (Norway), Expressif Systems (China), CEVA, Inc. (US), Quantenna Communications, Inc. (US), Peraso Technologies, Inc. (Canada), Panasonic Corporation (Japan), BehrTech (Canada), Element 14 (Singapore), Dialog Semiconductor (UK), and Silicon Labs (US)

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NGI Explorers Program in USA - Sonoma State University: AI, Big Data, IoT, Cybersecurity, Cloud/Edge

NGI Explorers Program is looking for Europe's Top researchers and innovators in emerging Internet technologies to join a unique opportunity in the US.

Sonoma State University is a public university part of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. Regularly named a “Best Regional University”, it has also been named one of the “most wired” campuses in the nation. The Engineering Department is distinguished by its state-of-the art laboratories and strong ties to the local high-tech industries. The Department focuses on hands-on and project-based learning and it offers exciting paid research and training opportunities to all engineering students. Many of our alums work for big names, including Keysight, Parker Hannifin, Xilinx, Broadcom, Disney, Fitbit, PG&E, Google, Tesla, and Apple.

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TerraTorch 1.0: Streamlining Geospatial AI For Everyone

TerraTorch 1.0 simplifies geospatial AI. Geographic model construction and comparison are easier with AI Alliance affiliate project TT 1.0.

Everyone is excited to unveil TerraTorch (TT) 1.0, a major geographic AI improvement. TerraTorch was intended for geospatial AI researchers who wish to enhance foundation models and exploit their data. Integrating and standardising foundation models as reusable backbones improves this process and allows smooth integration with cutting-edge decoders and heads.

They are part of the optimisation aim since different tasks (regression, classification, segmentation, object identification, etc.) need different heads and decoders perform differently on different datasets, backbones, and head combinations. TerraTorch, designed for geospatial, meteorological, climatic, and Earth observation applications, has become a powerful foundation model inference and fine-tuning framework.

TerraTorch recently introduced "necks" intermediary layers that adapt between incompatible model components, increasing architectural design flexibility. Because all neural network components are modularised and available through a TerraTorch execution configuration YAML file and the Python API, the framework improves repeatability, integration, and user error by minimising glue code.

Finally, this configuration-based technique perfectly interfaces with the TT Iterate plugin for NAS and HPO. Users may optimise backbones, decoders, and heads and fine-tune hyperparameters for model performance with this tool. TerraTorch is needed to benchmark foundation models according to GeoBench, which ensures full geospatial AI model evaluation and comparison.

TerraTorch adapts geospatial foundation models to EO applications quickly. Model validation and comparison are accelerated by integrated metrics. Researchers utilising TerraTorch to fine-tune Prithvi-EO-2.0 for flood, wildfire, and burn intensity tracking, landslip diagnosis, and crop segmentation are receiving positive feedback from the community.

TT 1.0 provides fingertip access to a choice of foundation models with opinionated performance optimisations (default settings based on best practices) that may be changed to help clients get started quickly while preserving flexibility for fine-tuning. Quick testing and deployment of cutting-edge geospatial AI models is made possible.

TerraTorch joins AI Alliance

TerraTorch's AI Alliance Affiliate Project status is a highlight of this edition. TerraTorch's integration within a larger AI research and practice community assures alignment with open AI development best practices and supports geographic machine learning innovation.

Iterate: HPO/NAS geospatial AI

The Iterate plugin for NAS and HPO is essential to TT 1.0. Iterate simplifies model selection and optimisation by automating architecture and hyperparameter selection on Optuna and optionally using MLFlow and Ray Tune. Iterate also benchmarks foundation models using GeoBench, ensuring a full evaluation of geospatial AI models against real datasets.

A complete foundation model and data module set

TT 1.0 simplifies geographic AI modelling with its large foundation model and data module library. Pre-training, fine-tuning, and inference are possible with TT 1.0. A customisable YAML configuration file or PyTorch Lightning-compatible programs can configure it.

Deep TorchGeo, CLAY, and IBM open-source model integration

TT 1.0 simply integrates with TorchGeo to access all models and data modules in the ecosystem. TerraTorch's intrinsic support for many open-source geospatial foundation models, including Granite, Prithvi, Clay, SatMAE, Satlas, DeCur, and DOFA, strengthens its position as a premier geospatial AI framework.

Image classification, multivariate multiple regression, and semantic segmentation with configurable heads are possible with TT 1.0.

It also supports ViT-Adapter and LoRA parameter efficient fine-tuning (PEFT). TT 1.1 supports VPT.

In addition, TT 1.0 lets users pick any Timm or SMP model for a job.

TerraTorch powers IBM's Geospatial Studio's scalable AI inference and fine-tuning

TerraTorch supports scalable AI inference and geospatial application fine-tuning in IBM's Geospatial Studio. The platform's basis allows data preprocessing, model training, and real-time satellite imagery analysis.

TerraTorch uses community-driven solutions to decrease vendor lock-in, promote transparency, and spur creativity via open-source Geospatial Studio. Geospatial Studio can instantly leverage the newest foundation model and AI best practices because it is not limited to IBM's stack.

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Dynamic batching, smart memory management, and Paged Attention make vLLM an optimised open-source LLM inference library for latency-free streaming.

Using TerraTorch to produce and consume geographical data extends vLLM beyond text to multi-modal AI. Adding IBM Research's Prithvi-EO-2.0, vLLM's first non-text input/output model, was a milestone. Current work intends to accelerate this trend by adding non-text post-processing stages to vLLM, which can use TerraTorch for computer vision tasks in geographic models. This lays the framework for multimodal vLLM.

What's next?

The release of TT 1.0 is only the beginning. To be at the forefront of geographic AI innovation, TerraTorch constantly improves, supports new models, datasets, tasks (such object identification), and benchmarking standards.

The GIS and AI communities are invited to examine TT 1.0, influence its future, and contribute to its development. Try it now to join this fascinating journey!

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What is LoRa Technology

What is LoRa?

LoRa technology is a sort of new wireless protocol designed precisely for long-range connectivity and low-power communications. LoRa stands for Long Range Radio and it is mainly targeted for the Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M networks. This technology will allow multi-tenant or public networks to connect a number of applications running on the same network.

LoRa Alliance was designed to normalize LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Networks) for IoT. A LoRa Technology and the open Lora WAN protocol enable smart IoT applications that solve some of the biggest challenges facing our planet: natural resource reduction, pollution control, disaster prevention, energy management, infrastructure efficiency, and more.

Each individual LoRa gateway has the capability to handle up to millions of nodes. The signals can extend a significant distance, which means that there is less structure required, making constructing a network faster and much cheaper to implement.

LoRa also features an adaptive data rate algorithm to help make the best use of the nodes network capacity and battery life. The LoRa protocol includes a number of different layers including application and device-level for secure communications, encryption at the network.

LoRa network architecture

A LoRa network contains several elements:

End points

The endpoints are the elements of the LoRa network where the control or sensing is undertaken. They are normally remotely located.

LoRa gateway

The gateway receives the infrastructures from the LoRa endpoints and then transfers them onto the backhaul system. This part of the LoRa network can be cellular, Ethernet or any other telecommunications link wireless or wired. The gateways are connected to the network server using typical IP connections. In this way the data uses a typical protocol but can be connected to any telecommunications network, whether private or public. In view of the likeness of a LoRa network to that of a cellular one, LoRaWAN gateways may often be co-located with a cellular base station. In this way, they are able to use extra capacity on the backhaul network.

LoRa Network Server

The LoRa network server succeeds in the network and as part of its function, it acts to remove duplicate packets, adapts data rates and schedules acknowledgment. In the assessment of the way in which it can be deployed and connected, makes it very easy to deploy a LoRa network.

Remote computer

Then, a remote computer can control the actions of the endpoints or collect data from the endpoints - the LoRa network being almost translucent.

In terms of the authentic architecture for the LoRa network, the nodes are typically in a star-of-stars topology with gateways forming a see-through bridge. These relay messages between the central network server and end-devices in the backend.

Communication to end point nodes is usually bi-directional, but it is also possible to support multicast operation, and this is useful for features such as the like or other mass distribution messages or software upgrades.

LoRa Technology basics

There are several key elements of LoRa technology. Some of its key features include the following:

Up to Millions of nodes

Long battery life; in spare of ten years

Long range; 15-20 km.

There are various elements to LoRa technology that provide the overall connectivity and functionality.

LoRa protocol stack: LoRa Alliance has also defined an open protocol stack. The creation of this open-source stack has allowed the concept of LoRa to raise because of all the different types of companies involved in LoRa development, deployment and use have been able to come together to create a low cost and easy to use solution for connectivity to all manners of connected IoT devices.

LoRa network design: (LoRaWAN):  Besides the RF elements of the LoRa wireless system, there are some other elements of the network architecture, including the presence of overall system architecture, Server, backhaul and the application computers. The overall architecture is often mentioned as LoRaWAN.

LoRa PHY / RF interface:  The LoRa physical layer or PHY is key to the operation of the system. It governs the aspects of the RF signal that is transmitted between the nodes or endpoints, i.e. LoRa gateway and the sensors are where signals are received. The physical layer or radio interface governs aspects of the signal including the modulation format, power levels, frequencies, signaling between the transmitting and receiving elements, and other related topics.

Features of LoRa Protocol

The following table displays some of the key features of the LoRa protocol such as modulation, capacity and range.

LoRa network security

The issue of network security is becoming gradually important. As such LoRa networks require high levels of security to prevent the trouble of any systems.

To attain the required levels of security for LoRa networks, several layers of encryption have been used:

Device specific key (EUI128).

The Unique Network key (EUI64) guarantees security on the network level.

Unique Application key (EUI64) certify end to end security.

Using these layers of encryption ensures that the LoRa network remains suitably secure.

LoRa Applications

LoRa wireless technology is preferably placed to be used in a variety of applications.

The long-range and low power capabilities mean that end points can be deployed in a wide variety of places, outside and inside buildings and still have the ability to be able to communicate with the gateway.

As the system is easy to deploy and it can be used for a large number of IoT, Internet Things, and machine to machine, applications, M2M.

Applications for LoRa wireless technology include inventory tracking, smart metering, vending machine data and monitoring; utility applications; automotive industry, etc. In fact, anywhere where control and data reporting may be needed.

LoRa technology is mainly attractive for many applications because of its long-range capability. Coverage is easy to provide and New nodes can easily be connected and activated.

LoRa Devices

Picocells & Gateways: Sensors capture then transmit data to gateways over distances that are close and far, outdoor and indoor, with the lowest power requirement

Transceivers & End-Nodes: Transceivers configured with LoRa Technology are fixed into sensor devices or end-nodes, designed for an assembly of industry applications.

LoRa Modulation:

LoRa Technology is the wireless modulation or physical (PHY) silicon layer, used to create the long-range communicatio­n link.

LoRa physical layer uses a form of spread spectrum modulation. The LoRa modulation system uses wide-band linear frequency-controlled pulses. The level of frequency increase or decrease over time is used to encode the data to be transmitted, such as; a form of chirp modulation.

This type of modulation enables LoRa wireless systems to demodulate signals that are 20dB below the noise floor when the demodulation is combined with forwarding error correction, FEC. When compared to a traditional FSK system; the link budget for a LoRa system can deliver an improvement of more than 25dB.

As a result of the point that the transmission is spread in a pseudo-random fashion, it may be difficult for non-Lora users to detect and appears like noise. This can support in the security of the system.

A further advantage of the system is that the chirp modulation and the system, in general, is tolerant of frequency offsets and as a result, it is possible to use a basic crystal oscillator with a 20-30 ppm acceptance rather than a temperature paying oscillator, TCXO. This can provide some good cost savings within the node electronic circuitry.

LoRaWAN:

Meanwhile, LoRa describes the lower physical layer, the upper networking layers were absent. LoRaWAN is one of the numerous protocols that were developed to describe the upper layers of the network. LoRaWAN is a cloud-based media access control (MAC) layer protocol but acts mainly as a network layer protocol to manage communication between end-node devices and LPWAN gateways, as steering protocol, maintained by the LoRa Alliance. LoRaWAN specification version 1.0 was released in June 2015.

LoRaWAN defines the system architecture and communication protocol for the network, while the LoRa physical layer allows the long-range communication link. LoRaWAN is also responsible for managing the data rate, power for all devices and communication frequencies. Devices in the network transmit whenever they have data available to send. Data transmitted by an end-node device is received by multiple gateways, which forward the data packets to a central network server. The server filters duplicate the packets, performs security checks, and manages the network. Data is then furthered to application servers. The technology shows high consistency for the modest load; however, it has some performance problems related to sending acknowledgments

Lora Alliance

As with many other systems, an industry body was set up to develop then promote the LoRa wireless system across the industry called the LoRa Alliance. It was launched in March 2015. As the Alliance states, it was set up to provide an open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity.

Although LoRa had been essentially developed by Semtech, opening he standard out enabled it to be adopted by a wide number of companies, thereby growing the ecosystem and gaining significantly greater engagement, a wider variety of products and an overall increase in usage and acceptance.

The founding members of the LoRa Alliance include MOKOSMART,Actility, Cisco, Eolane, IBM, Kerlink, IMST, MultiTech, Sagemcom, Semtech, and Microchip Technology, as well as lead telecom operators: Bouygues Telecom, KPN, SingTel, Proximus, Swisscom, and FastNet (part of Telkom South Africa).

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Women in IT Awards USA: Finalists Revealed

Finalist Revealed

The finalists for the US edition of the world’s largest tech diversity event are today revealed. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Gotham Hall, New York, on 22 March ‘As tech companies continue to disrupt industries and business models with new innovation, platforms that ensure the workforces behind this innovation are diverse and innovation are absolutely critical’ The world’s largest tech diversity awards event today reveals the finalists for its inaugural USA program, which will gather top leaders from America’s technology sector to further efforts to tackle the industry’s diversity challenges. The Women in IT Awards is the technology world’s most prominent and influential diversity program. Held for the last four years in London, the most recent event on 31 January 2018 was attended by 1,200 business and tech leaders. On 22 March 2018, the event will come to the US for the first time, taking place in one of the world’s most prominent business cities – New York – at the grand Gotham Hall in Manhattan. The Women in IT Awards USA marks the event’s first expansion out of Europe. With just 25% of computing jobs in the US held by women – and much fewer at senior and executive levels – the event seeks to tackle the industry’s gender imbalance by showcasing the achievements of women in technology, identifying new role models and promoting constructive dialogue around diversity among key industry leaders.

Organised by business-technology magazine and website Information Age, the Women in IT Awards has gathered resounding support from trade associations, politicians and companies of all sizes and sectors since launching in 2015. Through a series of 16 awards, the event acts as a flagship and high-profile platform for the industry’s wide-reaching diversity efforts. The awards, which attracted over 400 nominations, are sponsored by premium partner BMC Software, as well as AT&T, Bluewolf, Equinix, FireEye, Frank Recruitment Group, Neustar, Rolls-Royce and Zayo. “We were blown away with the incredible volume and standard of nominations for an event landing in the US for the first time,” says Ben Rossi, editorial director at Information Age publisher Vitesse Media and founder of the Women in IT Awards. “It’s been a privilege to watch the Women in IT Awards grow over the last four years as people from across the technology world have embraced it as the platform for identifying female role models in the industry and shining a light on their innovation and achievements. “As tech companies continue to disrupt industries and business models with new innovation, platforms like the Women in IT Awards that ensure the workforces behind this innovation are diverse and inclusive are absolutely critical. Congratulations to all of the finalists.” Advocate of the Year Kristy Wallace, Ellevate Network Anita Khandekar, Enova Bianca Jackson, JAX Digital DeLisa Alexander, Red Hat Selina Suarez, Salesforce Hala Hanna, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Marta Zanchi, Stanford University Elizabeth Hunter, T-Mobile Carita Marrow, UNCF Ronni Eloff, Women in Technology International Business Leader of the Year Kate O’Keeffe, Cisco Lisa Stanton, InAuth Brynne Kennedy, MOVE Guides Candice Corby, Cobra Legal Solutions Nancy Harris, Sage Meredith Whalen, IDC Trish Thomas, TEEM Kristel Lataste, Amadeus North America Paula Hunter, NFC Forum Business Role Model of the Year Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks Heather Wilde, WithMe Margaret Dawson, Red Hat Rebecca Wynn, Matrix Medical Network Teena Piccione, Fidelity Investments Donna Wells, Mindflash Technologies Brenda Peick, Thomson Reuters Liz Tinkham, University of Washington Priyanka Vasudevan, Morgan Stanley Nabila Aydin, FDM Group CIO of the 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Industrial Internet of Things Market Outlook, Research, Trends and Forecast to 2022

Industrial Internet of Things – Overview:

The Global Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Market is growing with the rapid pace. According to a recent study report published by the Market Research Future, The global market of industrial internet of things (IoT) will grow moderately over the forecast period. The market is forecasted to witness slow but steady growth by 2022, which will be a surplus growth at a moderate CAGR during the projected period (2016 -2022).

The Industrial Internet of Things is a network of physical objects, systems, platforms and applications that contain embedded technology to communicate and share intelligence with each other, the external environment and with people. The adoption of the Industrial IoT is being enabled by the improved availability and affordability of sensors, processors and other technologies that have helped facilitate capture of and access to real-time information.

The global Industrial IoT market is expected to increase at high growth rates during the forecasted period (2017-2021). The global Industrial IoT market is supported by various growth drivers surging demand of collaborative robots and booming economic growth. Furthermore, the rise of lower power wide area (LPWA) network technology, rising IoT platform, application and security spending among others is driving the industrial IoT market. The trends that boost the industrial IoT market in future are 5G New Radio (NR) technology, smart dust, virtual simulation of products and others. Apart from it, there are some challenges that hinder the market growth like, complexity in implementation, lack of skills, safety and privacy of data concerns.

Major Key Players

General Electric Company (U.S.), Cisco Systems Inc. (U.S.), Intel Corporation (U.S.), International Business Machine (IBM) Corporation (U.S.), AT&T Inc. (U.S.), Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. (China), Siemens AG (Munich), Rockwell Automation Inc. (U.S.), Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany), Accenture PLC (Ireland) are some of the prominent players profiled in MRFR Analysis and are at the forefront of competition in the Global Industrial Internet of Things (IoT)  Market.

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Industrial Internet of Things Market: Competitive Analysis

To gain a widespread acceptance and develop into a consolidated market, the IIoT still has a long way to go and some major technical barriers to overcome.  Number of big players such as GE, Intel and ABB are being particularly active by strengthening their capabilities and trying to establish a solid position in the market through acquisitions, partnerships and the foundation of new IoT divisions, business units and research labs. Industries are actively participating to promote and accelerate IIoT adoption and technological convergence.

Industry/ Innovation/ Related News:

October 18, 2017 – General Electric Co. and Apple Inc. announced a partnership, aimed at bringing GE's industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform Predix to Apple's iPhones and iPads. The partnership will provide developers a new software development kit to make industrial IoT apps for Apple's operating system iOS. As part of the partnership, GE will standardize on iPhone and iPad for mobile devices, and promote Mac as a choice for its global workforce, while Apple will promote Predix as the industrial IoT analytics platform of choice for its customers and developers.

December, 2017 – Aspen Technology, Inc., the asset optimization software company, announced the acquisition of Cipher Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) cloud-native software and edge connectivity assets of RtTech Software Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada. The acquisition would strengthen AspenTech’s asset optimization strategy by providing sophisticated cloud and edge processing technology that captures and aggregates critical data from assets throughout the plant and across the enterprise.

December, 2017 - Ooredoo Tunisia and Sagemcom have just launched the first Tunisian Internet of Things (IoT) network, based on LoRa™ technology. The network enables devices to exchange small amounts of data, with a standard battery providing independent battery life of up to 10 years. This IoT network will also facilitate the development of solutions in various areas: smart city, smart industry, smart environment and other uses in health, transport, agriculture, etc.

Industrial Internet of Things Market: Regional Analysis

North America is expected to hold the largest market share in industrial internet of things due to early adoption of IoT in the region and also due to the rapid technological progression.  Asia pacific region is expected to grow with a highest CAGR due to various government initiatives and increasing investments in manufacturing industry is expected to witness the high growth due to intensive use of industrial internet of thing in various sectors. Whereas, growing automation in manufacturing and energy industry has raised the quality parameters in various European companies which has therefore boosting the growth of Industrial IoT market in the region.

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Intended Audience:

Software Development companies

Application development companies

Companies dealing with IOT

Sensor Manufacturers

Electronic Manufacturing Companies and Suppliers

Research Institutions

Government

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Illustration Photo: To test the functionality of the IBM Long Range Signaling and Control (LRSC) software as well as the range of the Semtech LoRa radio, IBM scientists in Zurich developed a weather balloon payload capsule containing several sensors. The sensors recorded temperature, humidity and acceleration in addition to GPS data to an altitude of 35 km where the balloon burst. Location and temperature information was continuously transmitted via the IBM LRSC online service during the whole flight. (credits: IBM Research / Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0)

Geo IoT revenue will reach 49 Billion USD globally by 2021

Just as location determination has become an essential element of personal communications, so shall presence detection and location-aware technologies be key to the long-term success of the Internet of Things (IoT). Geo IoT will positively impact many industry verticals. For example, location enabled IoT brings connectivity, process improvements, and data to both shoppers and retailers.

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Download These Fonts Free For Commercial Use

Even if you are working with basically no budget on your graphic design or web design project, you can still find some really amazing fonts free for commercial use out there with a bit of work.

The most useful royalty free fonts are legible and come with a choice of different weights as well as any special characters you might need.

They shouldn’t need much or any tweaking to get the right kerning and tracking.

These fonts are ready for you to use on your project and are easy to adapt to whatever you need. It can be hard to find good free fonts out in the wilds of the internet, however. There’s just so many options, many of them with conditions attached that aren’t initially advertised.

Here is a collection of some of the best free fonts for commercial use. These are some of the top free fonts you can find on the web today. A lot of them have excellent pedigrees, created by major design firms and professional graphic designers around the world. Having no budget to purchase fonts doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get some great free fonts to use for your project.

Aileron

This versatile sans serif free font was created by Sora Sagano, a designer with Tipotype. This font looks like a neo-grotesque that sits somewhere between the look of Helvetica and the look of Univers.

This font was designed around creating a strong sense of visual comfort. It can be found in 16 weight, ranging from ultralight to black.

Aganè

This is great commercial use font for anything you want to be readable at an angle. It was originally designed for wayfinding signs by the Swiss graphic, UI, and type designer Danilo De Marco. It was inspired by FF Transit by Erik Spiekermann, Frutiger by Adrian Frutiger, and Noorda Font by Bob Noorda. It is free for both personal and commercial use.

Aleo

Aleo is a stylish yet readable font. Designed by Alessio Laiso, a designer at IBM Dublin, this font has semi-rounded details that combine pleasantly with its overall sleek letterforms.

This font has six styles, with the light, regular, and bold weights and italics in all of weights. This font was published under the SIL Open Font License and can be modified, used, or shared freely as long as you’re not going to sell the font files.

Amatic SC

Designed by Vernon Adams, then revised by Ben Nathan and Thomas Jockin, this free font is a hand-drawn font that works very well for smaller bits of text. It has a naïve look that has made it increasingly popular. Over 2, 400, 00 websites use it.

Arabella

This calligraphy font looks great for any text you want to look elegant and striking. It works very well for signatures, headings, wedding invitations, logos, labels, posters, t-shirts, badges, and almost anything else that you want to make a statement.

Argon

Argon is a free to use font that has a design that can be bith modern or retro depending on how you use it. Every letter is composed of three lines that fit together like an elegant puzzle. It is only available in capital letters.

Audrey

Audrey is an elegant royalty free font designed by Cristina Pagnotta. It’s named after Audrey Hepburn and is meant to evoke the actress’ legendary elegance. Its sweeping curves and straight lines come together for striking effect. Audrey comes in three weights, normal, oblique, and italic.

You’ll notice that the designer’s profile will only mention the normal and oblique weight, but the ZIP archive includes the italic weight as well. You can use Audrey for free for personal and commercial use in print. You’ll need to obtain a license if you want to use it online.

Bauru

Created by Pier Paulo, a Brazilian art director and illustrator, Bauru is a great choice to evoke a retro and nostalgic feel.

BEYNO

This uppercase free to use font has a hypermodern and interesting style. It will catch the eye of any reader who sees it. Use it to great effect for headlines and posters. BEYNO was made by Fabian Korn.

Brela

Brela was created for editorial design by Makarska Studio, a Spanish creative agency. It’s a very legible font at all sizes with a large x-height. You can use it small text or as a large bold headline font. It is abailel in regular and bold weights.

Brotherhood

This is a hand-written, calligraphy inspired free font that is excellent for classical, striking titles or short bits of text that you want to stand out.

Butler

This is a free font created by Fabian De Smet. It’s a serif font inspired by Dala Floda and the Bodoni family. The designer wanted to create a modern serif font. This font offers a lot of options. It has 334 characters, seven regular weights, and seven stencil weights.

There are also ligatures, fractions, and text figures. It can work with a number of different languages because there are numerous additional glyphs. This is a great free to use font for titles on posters, books, or anything else. It looks both very fancy and very modern

Charming

Charming is a hand drawn font that resembles American vintage folk lettering. It works great for signs, logos, ads, posters, and quotes that you want to highlight. It comes in OpenType format and supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek characters. It is free for both commercial and personal use.

Cheque

Originally the student project of Mirela Belova of Fontfabric, this free font is a great choice for headlines that you want to have a vintage, geometric look.

Chivo

Chivo works great for headlines and other text that you want to really capture readers’ attention. It is a grotesque typeface that has an elegant confidence. This free font comes from Héctor Gatti and the Omnibus-Type Team. It comes in four weights and matching italics.

Cormorant

Inspired by the font Garamond, this font is a serif font. It was designed, hand-drawn, and produced by Christian Thalmann. He describes his work as having “scandalously small counters, razor-sharp serifs, dangerously smooth curves, and flamboyantly tall accents”.

It work very well for larger text, like titles and large poster text. It also looks very good in print and on screens. Surprisingly, it is still legible at smaller sizes.

Cornerstone

Interestingly, Cornerstone is one of those free to use fonts that started out as a school project by Zac Freeland. It grew into a free typeface with a non-nonsense look that can be useful for a lot of different kinds of projects.

Crimson Text

Crimson Text was developed by Sebastian Kosch, a German-born, Toronto-based designer. He was heavily influences by the works of Jonathan Hoefler, Jan Tschichold, and Robert Slimbach.

It’s a Garamond-like font, created for book production, and has an older look to it. It is a nice sophisticated alternative to a lot of other older-looking Garamond-derived fonts. It comes in all the basic weight options, with a very expressive italic. It looks good even when paired with more modern sans serif fonts.

Curely — Free Typeface

This free font is a handmade decorative font with a distinctively feminine style. Use it for titles, posters, or any text that you want to look both cute and bold. It is only available in capital letters.

Cute Punk

Vibrant, geometric, and youthful, this modern–styled handwriting font was created by Slou, a designer from Bratislava, Slovakia.

Fenix

Fenix was designed by Fernando Díaz, from the at Uruguayan type foundry TipoType. It was inspired by calligraphy. It works for both titles and body text, with a pleasant rhythm created by its strong serifs and rough strokes. Don’t be afraid to use it in longer passages.

Futuracha

Designed by holy, this handwriting-type free font is an excellent display typeface.

Fina 

This free font is ultra-thin and modern. The capital letters have an almost art deco feel to them, with dots and points accented the clean thin lines. The lowercase letters are sleeker.

Hamurz

Hamurz has numerous curling and wavy shapes. It is a highly creative font that is freely available for both personal and commercial use.

HK Grotesk Hanken

This san serif free to use font was inspired by classic grotesque fonts like Trade gothic, Akzidenz Grotesk, Univers, and Gill Sans. It was designed to be a unique and friendly font that works for smaller text. It was created by the Hanken Design Co. Recently, it has expanded the number of language it supports, adding in Cyrillic characters for use in Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian.

Ikaros

Ikaros is a sleekly modern sans serif font created by Matt Ellis. It has a pleasant but fun minimalism that works for body text of many sizes and larger text as well.

JAKARTA typeface

If you want an ultramodern look, this font is a great option. It is a very lightweight font that looks great for graphic design and logo design.

Jura

Designed by Ed Merrirt, a UK based designer, Jura has rounded wedge-based serifs. It is an elegant typeface that looks very good at larger sizes, yet can still be read at smaller sizes.

League Gothic

This font is a condensed sans-serif free font. It was inspired by Alternate Gothic #1, a classic typeface that was originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for the American Type Founders Company in 1903. This modern version was created by The League of Movable Type. It’s open source and has had contributions from Dannci, Micah Rich, and Tyler Finck.

Libre Baskerville

Libre Baskerville is a web font that has been optimized for body text. The best size for it is 16pt. . This font is an open source project that is led by Impallari Type, which is a type design foundry from Rosario, Argentina.

It was inspired by the 1941 American Type Founder’s Baskerville. The Libre Baskerville font has a taller x-height however, with wider counters and a touch less contrast. This means it reads very well on a screen

Long shot

Smart and modern, Long Shot is a free to use font with a sharp and fierce style. It looks great for banners, headlines, and posters. While it might seem long an uppercase only font, it includes some great lowercase letters, as well.

Lora

Lora is a free font based off of calligraphy, created in 2011for the type foundry Cyreal. A Cyrillic extension for the font was added in 2013. This font has brushed curves and driving fonts. It has a very contemporary and balanced style. It comes with four weights, regular, bold, italic, and bold italic. Lora is optimized for web use, but also looks good in print.

LOT

This stylized block font comes from the type foundry FontFabric. It is a big, bold choice that’s great for headlines and posters.

Luthier

This is a royalty free font that can be used in a number of diverse ways. It has a very intellectual look that can be used for headlines and body text alike. It’s the work of Adrià Gómez, a designer based in Barcelona. It has sharp serifs and high contrast. This free font comes in two weights and comes with italics.

Mightype

Originally, this was not one of the commercial free fonts, but the designer AF Studio opted to release it separate from its original commercial package for free use.

The unique shape of this font’s design were made using traditional media, including brushes, drawing pens, marker, and pencils. There are some limitations to this font’s use, all of which are described in the publisher Creative Market’s SimpleLicense. It is still among the commercial use fonts you can use for most projects, however.

Moabhoers Typeface

Fun and grungy, this free font is an all capital font. This is a great vintage style that creates some eye-catching text.

Nickainley

This free font is a great choice if you want a typeface that looks like handwriting. It has a classical and vintage look in its uppercase and lowercase letters. This font was made by Seniors Studio, an Indonesian agency.

Noto Sans

Designed by google, Noto Sans is a family of royalty free fonts. It supports over 100 writing systems and 8000 languages with hundreds of thousands of characters. This free font family is meant to be visually unified across multiple languages.

All characters have compatible stroke thickness and heights. Noto Sans was derived from the Droid font and has a serif font version, Noto Serif. It includes regular, bold, italic, and bold italic styles.

Olesia Font

Oleisa is a script typeface that has extra loops and curling swashes on letters like E and b. this creates a charming and care-free look that may be just the thing your project needs. It is difficult to read at smaller sizes.

ONE DAY

Simplistic and modern, this all-capital font was designed in one day, hence the name. It’s geometric lines come together to create striking lines that look good for titles and other short pieces of text that you want to stand out.

Pacifico

This free to use font was inspired by American 1950s surf culture. It was created by Vernon Adams and is an open source font.

Panama Light

Fun and sleek, Panama Light is a modern sans serif free font created by Adrien Coquet. It’s great for ads or titles and pairs well with big, bold colors. You can also pay for the Panama Bold at the designer’s website.

Paralines

This free font looks retrofuturistic yet modern and minimalistic. It was derived from both retro design and modern fonts. It’s a great choice for headlines and logos that you want to evoke an old school sci-fi feel. It’s very legible and only comes in capital letters, making it unsuitable for body text.

Playfair Display

Inspired by late 18th Century European Enlightenment designs and the work type designer john Baskerville, this font is a serif typeface. The letters have delicate hairlines, mimicking the effect of pointed steel pens. It’s very distinct among copyright free fonts. It’s both readable and has an old-fashioned look.

September

This commercial free font has a sleek look that works for larger and smaller text. September is a font based on old-school knuckle tattoos. It is available for free in a number of styles and weights.

Shadows into Light

Designed by Kimberly Geswein, this free font has clean characters and nicely rounded edges. It adds a personal touch. It is only available in one style.

Slabo

This incredibly popular font (currently number one on Google Fonts) was designed by John Hudson, the co-founder of Tiro Typeworks foundry. Slabo is actually a collection of free commercial fonts designed specifically for the web.

So far, there’s Slabo 27px and Slabo 13px. These fotns have been fine-turned for use at those pixel sizes and look absolutely amazing. There’s a blocky look to their ligatures that ass a modern twist to their serif style.

Soda Fountain

Soda Fountain was inspired by the signs found in 1950s diners. It has an unmistakable vintage style. It only comes in uppercase letters and works best for headlines. It adds a vintage, smooth feel to whatever text you use it for. You can use this font freely for both commercial and personal projects.

Source Sans Pro

This free font to use has an impressive pedigree. It was created by the principal designer at Adobe, Paul D. Hunt, and was published by Google. This is a sans serif font that was made for user interfaces. It’s versatile enough that it also works well for long chunks of text. Every letter is as simple as possible.

There are only a few small tweaks and additions that differentiate different letter shapes. You can get it in both a regular weight and italic. This is another font published under the SIL Open Font License, allowing for use, modification, and sharing so long as users aren’t trying to sell the font files. You can also get this font’s serif cousin, Source Serif Pro.

Streetwear

This sporty retro font is the work of the Indonesian studio Artimasa.

Raleway

Designed by Matt McInterney, who previously worked at Pentagram, Raelway is a san-serif free font with neo-groesque look. It has standard and discretionary ligatures and a nice set of diacritics. It includes lining and old-style numerals. Raelway is available in single thin weight. There is also a geometric-inspired alternate available.

Timber

This free font has an amazing vintage rustic look. All the lines in the letters connect perfectly, so don’t worry about them looking jagged. The uppercase and lowercase letters look notably different and you may want to try both out.

Titillium Web

Titillium began as the work of a students at Italy’s Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino. Every year, a dozen students at the school work on the font. They develop and fix issues in it, then they request that all designers who use the font in their projects email them examples of the typeface in use. They use these to continue refining the project.

Ubuntu

As you might have guessed form the name, this font was originally created for the Linux operating system for personal computers, smartphones, and tablets. It’s meant to complement the voice of Ubuntu.

It was created by the font foundry Dalton Maag. Ubuntu font uses OpenType features. It’s been manually hinted for clarity on all sizes of screen, whether desktop or mobile.

Yellowtail

This free font recalls 1930s typefaces like Kaufman with its flat brushstrokes. It was created by the typography institute Astigmatic. It is very legible and has a nice retro look.

Zefani

Zefani Stencil is a stencil font that now features lowercase letters, while Zefani Sans is sleeker, and has three different weight available.

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