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Everything you need to know about the Fourth Industrial RevolutionWhen telephones were first invented, it took almost 75 years for 100 million people to gain access to one. In 2016, it took less than one month to hook that same amount of people to the gaming app, “Pokémon Go”. This is what analysts are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution and it is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres. Technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles are merging with humans’ physical lives. Key Points

• A combination of new artificial technologies are changing the way we live, work and interact 
• Digital technology is so intertwined with many of our businesses, as well as our social and economic lives, that trying to separate “tech” and “non-tech” is becoming increasingly redundant
• Studies show that technologies like artificial intelligence will eliminate some jobs, while creating demand for new jobs and skills  

Discussion Questions

1. What can companies do to innovate as we enter into the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
2. Do you believe that workers and their jobs are at risk with the new industrial revolution? Why or why not?

Everything you need to know about the fourth industrial revolution. From CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/16/fourth-industrial-revolution-explained-davos-2019.html

1. Read about Common criteria and different EALs [1]. Understand the Protection Profiles and Security Targets. Discuss about the role CC plays to maintain and enhance the security of biometric systems and answer the question “What role does common criteria play in security evaluation of biometric systems and devices?”

2. FAR (False Acceptance Rate) is a measure for the security of a BB systems, whereas FRR (False Rejection Rate) is a measure for the usability of the system. Although both needs to be low, still they are contrary to each other. Do you agree? Explain using an example. Also how these measures help in making the system attack resistance?

first video: https://youtu.be/m13Jrk-cUmo

second video: https://youtu.be/eE69LKO4dCQ

Introduction

Before the 1950s, “computers” were human, they were not machines. The first human computers appeared in the mid-1700s when people wanted to solve big, complex problems by approximation and repetitive solutions, such as determine when Halley’s Comet would return. Scientists realized that they could break complicated calculations apart so that a team could work on them. Human computers also adopted Industrial Revolution methods such as specialization, division of labor, and mass production. The field reached its peak during WWII. As electronic computers took over calculation-intensive work, some human computers became programming pioneers.

Answer questions on Human computers 

• Why are mathematical computations important to human progress? Give examples throughout history and imagine technologies that can benefit from mathematical computations in the future.
• What was the meaning of the word “computer” in the past and how is it different from the current definition?
• How did new manufacturing strategies in the Industrial Revolution transform human computing? 
• What effect did mainframe computers have on human computing? 

Assignment Content

1. Your homework (HW) is to watch a movie and take some notes! 

   Movie Title: Invictus 
   Rated: PG-13, so you may be able to make it a family experience

   6 step problem solving model
   As you watch, take notes on points in the movie that show: 

   1. What important problem did Mandela face, and who was impacted by it?
   2. What might have been the causes of that problem?
   3. What did he try in order to solve it or mitigate it (make it better)
   4. What was the ultimate solution he came to?
   5. How did he implement it?
   6. What are the ways you know it worked?
   7. DO NOT write AFTER the movie! You can pause to take notes

          Submit these notes without editing. If you took notes by hand, take a photo or scan them in. 
         Be prepared to discuss this in class!