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COVER FEATURE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence Asks You to Take Thought
Even a non-professional can figure out the way neuronal networks operate: all it takes is knowing what type of reasoning AI is currently programmed for, as well as the way this affects the role of humans in man-machine systems. Yet some aspects of that interaction are far from being obvious and still not currently discussed on a wide basis. Such discussions, meanwhile, would benefit investors, startups, and business executives alike by helping them avoid wasting money on trendy fads and keep abreast of new technologies.
Anna Elashkina (Elashkina.anna@gmail.com), independent expert (Moscow).
Testing Machine Learning Based Systems
How can one make sure that a machine learning based system operates according to its specifications and can be used for achieving a specific business objective? What aspects should one pay attention to when assessing the implementation of a project like that?
Vitaly Kogtev (VKogtev@mail.ru), Data Management Expert, CDMP, Neural Network Technologies (St. Petersburg).
OSJ FORECAST
Less Humans, More Humaneness: OS Big Seven Forecasts, v. 2025
Open Systems Journal.DBMS presents its forecast of technology development and related changes in work culture for 2025.
Nikolai Smirnov (nsmirnov@osp.ru), freelance writer (Moscow).
PLATFORMS
Managing Data with Metadata Ecosystem
The success of implementing a data catalog hinges upon the involvement of all digital businessí employees, with ìgrassrootsî initiatives inevitably leading to a project failure. One approach to involving various stakeholders in data management is by using a metadata ecosystem.
Ruslan Akhmetzyanov (Ruslan.Ahmetzyanov@lemanapro.ru), Data Governance Manager, Lemana PRO (Moscow).
DATA MANAGEMENT
Data Management. Business Glossary
A business glossary is one of the tools offered as part of data governance methodology. It is not always clear, however, whether it actually adds value to the company and whether investing in implementing a business glossary update workflow and deploying the corresponding technology solution is worthwhile.
Svetlana Bova (bova@vtb.ru), Chief Data Officer, Managing Director, Vice President; Alexei Natalenko (natalenko@vtb.ru), Project Manager, IT -Architecture Department, VTB (Moscow).
Data Management in Digital Ecosystems
Digital economy involves active development of digital and partner ecosystems, with the prerequisite for growth and symbiosis of them being the collective use of data from various businesses and organizations.
Mikhail Zyrianov (mikez@osp.ru), Editorial Director, OSP.RU (Moscow).
How to Make Friends Between Data Sources and Consumers
A data contract ensures mutual understanding among all participants in a data exchange, facilitating accurate data transfer and interpretation. When implementing a data contract, however, certain issues may be encountered requiring novel approaches to composing data contracts.
Patricia Koshman (pnkoshman@mts.ru), Head of Data Management Group, Metadata Expert; Aksinya Laskova (aslaskova@mts.ru), Data Quality Practices Expert, MTS (Moscow).
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SWEBOK: The Software Engineering Lighthouse
SWEBOK V4 has been published, a guide to software engineering reflecting the latest body of knowledge in the field. The fourth edition adds new and updates existing topics, while doing away with the obsolete ones. Three new sections have been added: Software Architecture, Software Engineering Operations, and Software Security.
Dmitry Volkov (vlk@keldysh.ru), senior fellow, M. V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (Moscow).
OS MEETING ROOM
Low-Code for Business Users
Thanks to the Low-Code/No-Code approaches, advanced data management, analytics, and AI technologies are becoming available to a wide range of business users. The respective tools help accelerate the implementation of applications and features while lowering IT department load. In the article, experts from Russian technology companies discuss the most demanded features of Low-Code/No-Code solutions and what the so-called citizen developers should know about them.
Mikhail Zyrianov (mikez@osp.ru), Editorial Director, OSP.RU (Moscow).
OS ACADEMY
Getting IT Personnel: to Seek, to Upskill, or to Partner with Universities?
Unemployment is plummeting in Russia, while the competition for qualified professionals, who grow ever more expensive, is heating up. What should HR divisions of large companies like Rostelecom do in a situation like this? One approach is to improve the quality of recruitment by making it smarter and widening the search via new channels, another is to cooperate with educational institutions, growing new candidates with skills necessary to work in a specific business culture.
Ekaterina Barabanova (Ekaterina.barabanova@rt.ru), HR Development Officer, Rostelecom (Moscow).
The Key to the Future
Rosenergoatom and CONSIST-OS have published a book on robotics, part of a series on digital technologies.
Dmitry Volkov (vlk@keldysh.ru), senior fellow, M. V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (Moscow).
Self Service Business Analytics: To Be or Not to Be?
Digitization sparked a huge demand for high-quality and consistent data originating in various business units and diverse source systems. These days, adding value and improving staff productivity are practically impossible without timely providing ìcitizenî business analysts with reliable data and tools that they can use to process that data on their own. What is the self service paradigm and what are the prerequisites to build a business analytics system that offer interested professionals tools for working with data independently?
Yakov Krotov (yakov.krotoff@gmail.com), postgraduate student, ITMO University (St. Petersburg).
