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OpenSource For You
April 2024 Issue
Vol. 12 No. 6
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Languages for AI/ML: A Quick Look at Python, R, and Julia
We explore three open source languages used for AI/ML—Python, R, and Julia—highlighting their key features and advantages. You will get to know the diverse options these offer for AI/ML development, so that you can select the right language for your project.
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Googletrans: Making Machine Translation Easy
Googletrans is a Python library that facilitates machine translation. Let’s see how it works.
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What’s Good About Python 3?
Delve into the importance and significance of Python 3 by exploring its key features, improvements, and advancements over its predecessor, Python 2.
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The Core Connection: System and Function Calls Explored
Let’s unveil the profound impact of system and function calls, demystifying the interplay between software and hardware that happens in nanoseconds.
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For U & Me - Book Review
Practical Graphics...with LaTeX
Published last year, this book introduces TikZ, a powerful, open source, computer graphics package. Those who use
LaTeX to add figures, diagrams, plots or graphs to their documents will find it informative.
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The Transformative Impact of Generative AI on Organisations
Generative AI is impacting organisations for the better. End users, company employees, developers and operations teams are all benefiting from it.
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PySpark: Big Data Processing Made Easy
PySpark is being widely used today for processing Big Data. This powerful and versatile tool is a boon for any organisation dealing with such data. Here’s a short tutorial on its installation and use.
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It’s Time to Become an ‘Uploading Nation’
India has been a ‘downloading nation’ for many decades, though our IT services organisations have made the country proud. But the time is now ripe to turn into an ‘uploading nation’ by contributing to global open source software. This is what Prof. S. Sadagopan opined when he spoke at Open Source India last October. The founding
director of the Bengaluru-based IIITB (he served the institute from 1999 to 2021) also outlined the work done by this great institute in the domain of open source.
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For U & Me - Interview
“Open source allows us to lower costs, accelerate delivery, and customise solutions to meet the market’s fast-paced demands”
Open source is crucial for cost reduction and accelerated delivery of tailored solutions to meet market demands. At OSI 2023, OSFY’s Yashasvini Razdan got a chance to speak to Dr Biswajit Mohapatra, Head, Customer Solutions at Amazon Web Services, who
spoke about how open source empowered businesses with flexibility, experimentation, and agile methodologies for genuine customer satisfaction.
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PHP Geek, FOSS Enthusiast, CTO and a Paediatrician
‘PHP geek, free and open source software enthusiast, CTO (chief technical officer) of SANIsoft’ — that’s how Dr Tarique Sani likes to describe himself. He’s qualified to be a paediatrician, but his love for open source has turned him into a geek for the past two decades and more. He recalls the good old days…
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For U & Me - Overview
Open Source Tools for Generative AI: An Introduction
Open source generative AI tools are software programs and libraries that enable users to generate creative and novel output using AI algorithms. They are smart and powerful, and enable various forms of content generation.
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Ensuring Ethics in AI and Mitigating Bias
As AI solutions proliferate, ensuring they are not biased with respect to gender, religion, financial status, etc, has become of paramount importance. The good news is that there is a lot of work being done on that front.
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For U & Me - InSight
The Cost of Inaction: Exploring the Consequences of Ignoring IIoT Security Risks
As Industrial IoT (IIoT) integration surges, so do security concerns. Let’s delve into the rising threat landscape and the role of the security model in fortifying IIoT defences and safeguarding critical infrastructure.
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How Much Open Source is Too Much Open Source?
Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit helps developers by streamlining code writing, freeing them to concentrate on other vital project aspects. AI Evangelist at Intel, Anisha Udayakumar, elucidates on OpenVINO’s versatility.
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APIs: Helping Applications Communicate and Collaborate
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have become integral components that facilitate seamless communication and interaction between different software systems. They play a pivotal role in modern software development, contributing to interoperability, scalability, and innovation across diverse applications. We delve into the fundamentals of APIs, exploring their definition, functions, types, and the significant impact they have on the digital landscape.
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Mastering GIT: A Comprehensive Guide to Version Control Success
At its core, version control enables teams to manage changes to source code, track modifications over time, and coordinate work among multiple contributors seamlessly. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the realm of GIT version control, exploring its fundamental concepts, practical applications, and realworld scenarios to empower you with the knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of modern software development.
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Upsampling and Downsampling: Correcting the Imbalances in Data
By mastering the art of upsampling and downsampling, we not only correct skewed datasets but also pave the way for fairer, more accurate machine learning models. This second article in the twopart series focuses on the uses of downsampling.
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What’s Happening in the Field of Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing is the future, offering a range of use cases to transform everyday lives. A few challenges still need to be overcome, but there are quite a few programming platforms for quantum computing-based applications that cater to different needs and expertise levels. We look at some of these and see how developers can benefit from them.
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Developers - Overview
Big Data and Hadoop: An Overview
Data is being generated every moment of the day around the world, and can give organisations important insights into the acceptability of their products, among other things. Hadoop, a framework for distributed data analysis, is designed for the storage, processing and analysis of large datasets in a distributed computing environment. Let’s see how it works with Big Data.
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The Core Connection: System and Function Calls Explored
Let’s unveil the profound impact of system and function calls, demystifying the interplay between software and hardware that happens in nanoseconds.
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Admin - InSight
IoT to IoE: The Importance of Security
With humongous amounts of data available on IoT devices in real-time, the connected world has become both exciting and challenging. Systems that prevent access to this data by unauthorised persons have become crucial. A few security principles have been spelt out to ensure a smart home that runs on connected devices is not invaded. Also, some very interesting trends are shaping the future of IoT solutions.
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Kubernetes: A Dependable and Popular Platform
Kubernetes is more than just a tool; it serves as a robust platform, streamlining the deployment of applications, as well as their scaling and operation in various environments.
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Developers - InSight
How to Measure and Track the Effectiveness of Software Features Deployed in a Production Environment
Software may require a new update or release due to the need for certain capability improvements or bug fixes. In this two-part series of articles, we look into the system and method for measuring and tracking the effectiveness of software features deployed in production environments.
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