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Jun 28

IIT Madras is inviting applications from students for BSc in Programming and Data Science

Students can do this full time or along with an on-campus degree.
Open to working professionals and those taking a career break.

Manama: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), ranked No.1 in India Rankings 2021 by NIRF, is inviting applications from the students of Bahrain to apply for the world’s first BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science.

Anyone who is currently in Class XII and studied English and Math in Class X, can apply for the qualifier exam. Students in class XII can gain admission now and join the program after completing their class XII. The classes for the next qualifier batch will commence in September 2022.

The last date to apply for the September Term of this Data Science Program is 19 August 2022. Interested students can apply through the website – https://onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in.

Data Science is one of the fastest growing sectors that is predicted to create 11.5 million jobs by 2026. This unique program will be offered in three different stages; Foundational Level, Diploma level, Degree level. Applicants are invited irrespective of their geographic location, academic background, and profession.

“The BSc Program in Programming and Data Science is an interactive program to underline the fact that IIT is within the reach of everyone. Unlike any other selection exam, the BSc Program has a qualifying exam. Data Science is a growing field and for at least 15 to 20 years there will be no dearth of jobs. We are planning to make IIT Madras a ‘Vishwa-guru (Global Teacher)’ through visionary approaches to enhance the quality of education. IIT Madras’ BSc program is meticulously drafted to align the goals of the National Educational Policy.” says, Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras.

More than 60,000 applications have been received for the BSc qualifier process so far and currently, more than 12,500 students from various countries are pursuing the BSc program. The diversity of the learners in the program in terms of student age (18-76 yrs), role (students from different educational backgrounds – commerce, arts, science, engineering, management, medicine and law, among others, working professionals from different industries sectors) and learners being from more than 25 countries is one of the highlights of the program.

The program is highly flexible keeping the convenience of the learner in mind, where weekly content is released on a portal for anytime access, while all examinations have to be attended in person at designated centers in Bahrain, which ensures credibility of the learning assessment. The application process includes four weeks of training, which includes video lectures, weekly assignments, discussion forums and live interactions with professors and course instructors. Applicants have to write the qualifier examination in person which is based only on these 4 weeks of content and if they get more than the minimum cutoff, they can join the foundation level of the BSc in Programming and Data Science. The qualifier exam can be written at the exam centers in Bahrain IIT Madras is working with Laurels Center for Global Education to conduct

Jun 27

Extreme Networks (EXTR) Moves 6.1% Higher: Will This Strength Last?

Extreme Networks (EXTR) shares ended the last trading session 6.1% higher at $9.58. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock’s 6% loss over the past four weeks.

Extreme Networks has launched a suite of new solutions and extended its ExtremeCloud portfolio to include new SD-WAN and AIOps with digital twin capabilities. This, in turn, will deliver secure connectivity at the edge of the network, accelerate cloud deployments and help customers with actionable insights – all from within a single platform. This will simplify network management, augment security and improve application performance with a simple, cost-effective subscription licensing model.

This maker of network infrastructure equipment is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.15 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -21.1%. Revenues are expected to be $270.5 million, down 2.7% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For Extreme Networks, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock’s price usually doesn’t keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on EXTR going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here

Extreme Networks is part of the Zacks Computer – Networking industry. Digi International (DGII), another stock in the same industry, closed the last trading session 4.5% higher at $24.12. DGII has returned 5.1% in the past month.

For Digi International , the consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $0.38. This represents a change of +322.2% from what the company reported a year ago. Digi International currently has a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

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Jun 26

Over a Dozen Flaws Found in Siemens’ Industrial Network Management System

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about 15 security flaws in Siemens SINEC network management system (NMS), some of which could be chained by an attacker to achieve remote code execution on affected systems.

“The vulnerabilities, if exploited, pose a number of risks to Siemens devices on the network including denial-of-service attacks, credential leaks, and remote code execution in certain circumstances,” industrial security company Claroty said in a new report.

The drawbacks in question — tracked from CVE-2021-33722 through CVE-2021-33736 — were addressed by Siemens in version V1.0 SP2 Update 1 as part of patches shipped on October 12, 2021.

“The most severe could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, with system privileges, under certain conditions,” Siemens noted in an advisory at the time.

Chief among the weaknesses is CVE-2021-33723 (CVSS score: 8.8), which allows for privilege escalation to an administrator account and could be combined with CVE-2021-33722 (CVSS score: 7.2), a path traversal flaw, to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Another notable flaw relates to a case of SQL injection (CVE-2021-33729, CVSS score: 8.8) that could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the local database.

“SINEC is in a powerful central position within the network topology because it requires access to the credentials, cryptographic keys, and other secrets granting it administrator access in order to manage devices in the network,” Claroty’s Noam Moshe said.

“From an attacker’s perspective carrying out a living-off-the-land type of attack where legitimate credentials and network tools are abused to carry out malicious activity, access to, and control of, SINEC puts an attacker in prime position for: reconnaissance, lateral movement, and privilege escalation.”

Jun 25

Bitcoin Lightning Network Community Diamond Hands Partners With Open House Group

The largest Lightning community in Japan, Diamond Hands, is partnering with one of the largest real estate firms, Open House Group, in Tokyo for a joint-research project.
Open House will research leveraging the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real estate transactions in the region.
The real estate company will also look to build out infrastructure practices for businesses in the area looking to adopt the Lightning Network.

Open House Group Company Limited, a top real estate firm in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, is sponsoring Japan’s largest Lightning Network community known as Diamond Hands in a joint-research project, per a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.

Open House will sponsor the support and outreach efforts of Diamond Hands as it seeks to further Lightning Network adoption in the region. The Lightning community will join Open House in research and development of both internal projects and community development as it relates to the adoption of Lightning for both individual users and businesses.

Furthermore, Open House seeks to strengthen its understanding of the ecosystem by exploring full-node business operations for firms. This research will include securely storing data on personal devices and cloud databases on full nodes at real estate properties, the leveraging of layer two Bitcoin technology for real estate transactions, and how to route payments on the Lightning Network.

Previously, Diamond Hands made headlines for its partnership with bitcoin-only gaming company ZEBEDEE in which the two organizations, along with Mimesis Capital, joined forces to strengthen Lightning adoption in Asia.

Consequently, Mimesis Capital, being a bitcoin-focused family office, planned to leverage the connections of Diamond Hands to offer business consultation to firms looking to integrate the Lightning Network into their professions. In addition, ZEBEDEE sets its sights on building out infrastructure to allow heightened levels of bitcoin gaming in the region.

“The Diamond Hands community has played an integral role for Lightning adoption for both individuals and enterprises in Japan since last year, but we are looking to push this even further by collaborating with international companies and communities,” Koji Higashi, co-organizer of Diamond Hands had previously stated.

Jun 25

Thonny is an Ideal IDE for Teaching Python Programming in Schools

Running a Python program in Linux is as simple as executing the Python file in the terminal.

But that’s not very convenient for everyone and it doesn’t help you debug your programs. too raw.

There are several IDEs and text editors that can be used for Python development. The PyCharm community edition is available for Linux users.

I recently came across another IDE specifically crafted for Python beginners. I liked the idea of this application and hence I am sharing it with you here.

Thonny is a cross-platform, open source Python IDE for beginners

Thonny feels like the Python version of Eclipse in terms of UI and UX. And that’s not entirely a bad thing considering most C++ and Java beginners start with Eclipse and many stay with it afterward.

It’s not a new tool. It has been on the horizon for some years now. I don’t code in Python so I never discovered it until recently.

Dedicated to Python, Thonny has features that help Python beginners understand how their program behaves. Let’s take a look at those features.

Plug and play

Thonny comes with Python so you don’t need to do additional effort for installing Python. That’s not a big deal for Linux users as most distributions have Python installed by default.

The interface is simple. It gives you an editor where you can write your Python program and hit the Run button or use F5 key to play the program. The output is displayed at the bottom.

See variables

From the View-Variables, you can see the values of all the variables. No need to print them all.

Built-in debugger

Run your program step by step by using the debugger. You can access it from the top menu or use the Ctrl+F5 keys. You don’t even need the breakpoints here. You can go into big steps with F6 or in small steps with F7.

In small steps, you can see how Python sees your expressions. This is very helpful for new programmers to understand why their program is behaving in a certain manner.