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Rushan Ziatdinov

Will 5th Industrial Revolution shape the future of humanity?

The four industrial revolutions have had a significant and far-reaching impact on humanity. They also significantly influenced social, economic and political institutions. These revolutions ushered in a shift from manual labor to machine-based production, leading to new smart industries, AI and robot-based technologies and other innovations.

2023-05-14 16:25

Use of ChatGPT and future of academia

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. Although it is still in its infancy, ChatGPT has already become a sensation and has attracted admiration and criticism. The notable linguist Noam Chomsky recently described the ChatGPT chatbot as, in essence, high-tech plagiarism. On the other hand, there are already many Facebook groups discussing the usefulness of ChatGPT, and some practical examples can be found online at https://platform.openai.com/examples

2023-03-23 17:04

Benford's law applications and earthquakes

It was anticipated more than a century ago that the distribution of real-world observations' first digits would not be uniform but would exhibit a trend where numbers with lower first digits (1,2,...) occur more frequently than those with higher first digits (...,8,9).

2023-02-21 16:40

20 suggestions to improve Google Scholar and motivate global scholars

Google Scholar is a wonderful, freely accessible web search engine that indexes academic publications' full text or metadata from various publishing formats and disciplines. It indexes many more documents than Scopus or Web of Science databases, which can be found without registration in Google Scholar.

2023-01-30 16:40

Universities need to design liquid syllabuses

A traditional syllabus serves as a learner's guide to a course and outlines the expectations for each participant. Typically, it comprises topics covered, a schedule for submitting assignments, a list of the required textbooks and other instructional materials, course policies, rules, and regulations.

2022-12-22 16:30

Technologies for crowd management in a smart city

The tragedy at Itaewon made humanity pay more attention to the issues related to crowd management. Thinking about this sad tragedy, I am overwhelmed with tears of bitterness that everything turned out this way.

2022-11-20 17:18

Importance of soft skills for current and future jobs

Soft skills, also known as common skills or core skills, are transferable skills that may be used in a variety of professions. Soft skills are often considered as a hypernym for skills falling under three key functional elements such as people skills, social skills, and personal career attributes. They differ from hard (technical) skills, which are directly relevant to the job for which people are applying. Hard skills are often more measurable, and easier to learn than soft skills. Technical skills are always changing, while people's soft skills can be preserved throughout their careers and...

2022-10-27 15:14

Video CVs - new tool for self-promotion in labor market

A video CV is a short recording used by a candidate to apply for a job. It can be used to support a written application, not simply replacing traditional CVs. They can be emailed to potential employers as a video file or published on a video hosting website like YouTube. According to the article, “Video CVs: fab or fad,” published by the journalism.co.uk portal, some journalists utilize video CVs to fully express themselves, get employers' attention, and highlight their skills.

2022-09-22 14:52

Venus Project: a new socio-economic system for a humanistic future

The Venus Project is the brainchild of Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows and is situated in Venus, Florida. Jacque Fresco was an American futurist, engineer, industrial designer, author and inspiring lecturer. Meanwhile, Roxanne Meadows is a technical and architectural illustrator and model-maker.

2022-08-29 15:02

Harvesting rain energy

Rainwater has been collected for centuries to be used to irrigate the land. Nowadays, the use of rainwater reduces the depreciation costs of pumping and purification equipment and lowers personal expenses. But can rain be used to generate electricity like the sun or the wind, for example?

2022-07-21 16:23

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