Q2 2021 Edition
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Save the Date for ISTO's Annual Member Meeting!
22 September 2021: 11:30AM - 1:00PM
Learn about the new Membership Database that offers upgraded features for ISTO Programs, including increased reporting, streamlined renewal and bill pay options and our Program Portal. We will also be reviewing the rollout of additional features such as web-based membership applications and event registration and management tools. This virtual meeting will be held via WebEx. Mark your calendars and look for your own special invite soon!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO OUR PROGRAMS
Alliance Program Highlights
Please consider participating in the AIS Needs Surveys… your input will guide the AIS Consortium’s strategies and investments.
AIS Needs Survey
Adaptive Instructional Systems (AISs) are technologies that guide and tailor training & educational experiences for both individual learners and teams of learners.
The goal of this survey is to solicit information from AI experts and stakeholders (AIS providers, buyers & users) to develop a roadmap of needed capabilities and to more clearly understand the challenges in bringing promising AIS technology from state-of-the-art to state-of-practice.
CLAIS Knowledge Graph System includes:
- Knowledge Graph
- Topics
- Multiple Perspectives
- Taxonomy
The Consortium on the Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Safety (CLAIS)
This program is looking to bring together relevant disciplines, initiatives, and organizations interested in collaborating on developing a map of knowledge on the safety, assurance, robustness, and trustworthiness of AI and autonomous systems.
DALI+ delivers DALI lighting control with wireless and IP-based networking
New DALI Alliance specification supports DALI+ across different carriers, extending choice and flexibility in connected lighting.
Is it AR's Time to Shine?
Augmented Reality (AR) glasses are still waiting for mass-market adoption—although it seems that the demand for such technology continues to grow. But AR is challenging and requires extraordinary technology, because it must overlay the real world.
Could an improved light source help solve the complex issues to pave the way for a consumer-driven augmented-reality revolution?
New MIPI Display Specifications Streamline Integration, Add Functional Safety
MIPI Alliance recently announced the completion of its MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS) "display stack," a set of four new interface specifications designed to streamline display integration and support the growing bandwidth and functional safety requirements of high-performance automotive displays. They build upon the MIPI A-PHY℠ SerDes interface and widely implemented display protocols to create long-reach source-to-sink connectivity between automotive displays and their associated electronic control units.
Congratulations to the 2020 MIPI Membership Award Recipients
At its 8th Annual Membership Awards Ceremony on 9 June, MIPI Alliance recognized the outstanding contributions and achievements of its members by presenting 2020 membership awards in five categories:
New Publicly Available MIPI I3C HCI Adds Enhanced Features
The recently released v1.1 of the MIPI I3C Host Controller Interface (MIPI I3C HCI℠) is now available for download by both MIPI Alliance members and nonmembers. This latest version adds enhanced features and new capabilities to align the HCI specification with the latest MIPI I3C® advances, facilitating broader use and helping developers and the open source community integrate the latest I3C-based peripheral components into their designs.
Register to Join Us at MIPI DevCon 2021
Save your spot at the upcoming MIPI DevCon 2021 to gain new insights into specification implementation, industry advancements and trends in the broader MIPI ecosystem. The virtual event will be held on 28-29 September, at 07:00-11:00 (PDT), followed by an additional track on 29 September at 09:30 IST / 13:00 JST (21:00 PDT on 28 September) to accommodate Asia time zones.
Complimentary registration grants you access to the full program, including conference sessions focused on application examples, use cases and in-depth discussions of key MIPI specifications, as well as practical and technical 10-minute demos presented between sessions.
First Zhaga-D4i Control Device Earns Certification
The DA2 CIS 30 RF868, an RF multi-master controller from Tridonic, is the first D4i luminaire-mounted control device to earn Zhaga-D4i certification. The product is now listed in the Zhaga product database.
Near Memory Options And Possible HDD/SSD Demand For Cryptocurrency
Jim Handy of Objective Analysis and I recently finished a white paper on The Future of Low-Latency Memory and presented a few slides related to that white paper at the SNIA Persistent Memory and Computational Storage Summit this week.
Recent News
AIS
- 14 June 2021: AI in Education 2021 Workshop Talk – Adaptive Instructional Systems & the AIS Consortium
- 18 April 2021: The “Your Brain On…” Podcast interviews the AIS Consortium’s Dr. Bob Sottilare
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
- 21 June 2021: First Zhaga-D4i controller earns certification
- 20 May 2021: Thread Group and DALI Alliance cooperate on 'DALI+ with Thread' for commercial lighting
- 15 April 2021: DALI Alliance issues specifications for Wireless to DALI Gateways
LaSAR Alliance
- 17 June 2021: Corning Joins Newly Formed Alliance for Augmented Reality Wearable Devices
- 7 May 2021: Photonics Finland members to boost global AR-ecosystem
- 6 May 2021: Inkron joins the LaSAR alliance
- 5 May 2021: OQmented Joins LaSAR Alliance for Augmented Reality Wearable Devices
MIPI Alliance
- 9 June 2021: MIPI Alliance Recognizes Members at 8th Annual Awards Ceremony
- 4 May 2021: MIPI Alliance Releases Specifications to Streamline Integration of In-Vehicle Displays, Add Functional Safety to Display Data Streams
Printer Working Group
- 16 June 2021: IPP WG Approved: IPP Everywhere v1.1 Printer Self-Certification Tools - Update 3
- 20 May 2021: PWG May 2021 Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting - Summary
TALQ
- 7 June 2021: The TALQ Family Continues to Grow
VoiceXML
- 29 March 2021: The VoiceXML Forum Announces Recipients of $25,000 Grants for New Technology or Standards in the Area of Voice Technology
Zhaga
- 10 June 2021: 100 luminaire product families with Book 18 Zhaga-D4i certification
- 27 April 2021: Zhaga’s Book 18 Ed. 3.0 approved
Upcoming Events
AIS
29 June 2021: AIS Consortium Joint Committee Meeting
30 June 2021: AIS Consortium Membership Meeting – 2021 Q2
1 July 2021: Evaluation & Certification Committee Monthly Meeting
2 July 2021: Resource Repository Committee Monthly Meeting
12 July 2021: Outreach Committee Monthly Meeting
24 - 29 July 2021: 3rd International Conference on Adaptive Instructional Systems
Blockchain in Transport Alliance
- 8 July 2021: The State of Standards Development
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
- 7 July 2021 Webinar: DALI and Connectivity: Choice and flexibility with DALI+ and Wireless Gateways
- 20 - 21 July 2021: China LED Lighting Forum
- 17 - 18 August 2021: LEDucation
- 25 August 2021: Smart City Lighting Summit
- 24 - 26 August 2021: Strategies in Light
- 31 August - 2 September 2021: Shanghai Intelligent Building Technology (SIBT)
MIPI Alliance
- 14 - 16 September 2021: AutoSens Brussels 2021 (a sponsored event)
- 15 September 2021: MIPI Webinar: What’s New in MIPI I3C Basic and the I3C Ecosystem
- 28 - 29 September 2021: MIPI DevCon 2021
Printer Working Group (PWG)
- 17 - 19 August 2021: Face-to-Face meeting
TALQ
- 25 August 2021: Smart Lighting Summit 2021
Special Contribution:
John C. Havens, Executive Director, IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, Editor of The IEEE Finance Playbook
Building Customer Confidence in Artificial Intelligence Systems for the Financial Industry
The Importance of Applied Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
Human data, the fundamental building block for artificial intelligent systems, is currently being accessed and shared in multiple ways across the world without unified policy, technology, or cultural guidelines. For industries like financial services — which is second only to the technology industry in AI adoption — that provide products and advice directly impacting the lives of their customers, it is imperative to bring abstract concepts of ethics, trust, and fairness into practical tools to foster fair, accountable, and transparent use of AI systems at scale.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
How Keyboard Shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste Became Standards
Hundreds of millions—perhaps billions—of users around the world have the keystrokes command/control x, c, and v encoded in their muscle memories to perform cut, copy and paste operations. How did this happen?
The near universal adoption of today’s cut, copy and paste keyboard shortcuts is the result of a combination of breakthrough innovations and pragmatic computer design.
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21 July 2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Children's Data Governance Applied Case Studies Webinar Series Available On Demand
Understand the issues related to children's online/offline applications, products, and services and learn how companies are addressing these challenges.
- Liberty Technical Advisory Board (LTAB)
- MIPI® Alliance
- Nexus 5001™ Forum
- The OpenCAPI Consortium
- Printer Working Group (PWG)
- TALQ Consortium
- VoiceXML Forum
- Wireless Power Consortium
- Zhaga Consortium
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