Ev o lutio n o f Techno lo g ies

• Emerging technology
– a term generally used to describe a new technology, but it may also refer to the
continuing development of existing technology.
– it can have slightly different meanings when used in different areas, such as
media, business, science, or education.
– The term commonly refers to technologies that are currently developing, or
that are expected to be available within the next five to ten years.
– usually reserved for technologies that are creating or are expected to create
significant social or economic effects.
– Technological evolution is a theory of radical transformation of society
through technological development.

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 What is the root word of technology and evolution

• Technology: 1610s, "discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from

Greek tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or
technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see
techno-) + -logy.
• The meaning "science of the mechanical and industrial arts" is first
recorded in 1859.
• Evolution: evolution means the process of developing by gradual
changes.

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 currently available emerged technologies

• List of some currently available emerged technologies

– Artificial Intelligence
– Blockchain
– Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
– Cloud Computing
– Angular and React
– DevOps
– Internet of Things (IoT)
– Intelligent Apps (I-Apps)
– Big Data
– Robotic Processor Automation (RPA)

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 Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (IR)
• The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization and
innovation that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
• An Industrial Revolution at its core occurs when a society shifts from using
tools to make products to use new sources of energy, such as coal, to
power machines in factories.
• The revolution started in England, with a series of innovations to make labor
more efficient and productive.
• The Industrial Revolution was a time when the manufacturing of goods
moved from small shops and homes to large factories.
• This shift brought about changes in culture as people moved from rural areas
to big cities in order to work.

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 Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (IR)…

• The American Industrial Revolution commonly referred to as the Second

Industrial Revolution, started sometime between 1820 and 1870.
• The impact of changing the way items was manufactured had a wide reach.
Industries such as textile manufacturing, mining, glass making, and
agriculture all had undergone changes. For example, prior to the Industrial
Revolution, textiles were primarily made of wool and were handspun. From
the first industrial revolution (mechanization through water and steam power)
to the mass production and assembly lines using electricity in the second, the
fourth industrial revolution will take what was started in the third with the
adoption of computers and automation and enhance it with smart and
autonomous systems fueled by data and machine learning.

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 Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (IR)…

• Generally, the following industrial revolutions fundamentally

changed and transfer the world around us into modern society.
– The steam engine,
– The age of science and mass production, and
– The rise of digital technology
– Smart and autonomous systems fueled by data and machine
learning.

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 Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

• The Most Important Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

– Transportation: The Steam Engine, The Railroad, The Diesel
Engine, The Airplane.
– Communication.: The Telegraph. The Transatlantic Cable. The
Phonograph. The Telephone.
– Industry: The Cotton Gin. The Sewing Machine. Electric
Lights.

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 Historical Background (IR 1.0, IR 2.0, IR 3.0)

• The industrial revolution began in Great Britain in the late 1770s

before spreading to the rest of Europe.
• The first European countries to be industrialized after England were
Belgium, France, and the German states.
• The final cause of the Industrial Revolution was the effects created
by the Agricultural Revolution.
• The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century due in
part to an increase in food production, which was the key
outcome of the Agricultural Revolution.

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 Historical Background (IR 1.0, IR 2.0, IR 3.0)…

• The four types of industries are:

– The primary industry involves getting raw materials e.g. mining,
farming, and fishing.
– The secondary industry involves manufacturing e.g. making cars
and steel.
– Tertiary industries provide a service e.g. teaching and nursing.
– The quaternary industry involves research and development
industries e.g. IT.

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 Industrial Revolution (IR 1.0)

• The Industrial Revolution (IR) is described as a transition to new

manufacturing processes.
• IR was first coined in the 1760s, during the time where this
revolution began.
• The transitions in the first IR included going from hand production
methods to machines, the increasing use of steam power (see
Figure below), the development of machine tools and the rise of the
factory system.

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 Industrial Revolution (IR 2.0)

• The Second IR, also known as the Technological Revolution, began

somewhere in the 1870s.
• The advancements in IR 2.0 included the development of methods for
manufacturing interchangeable parts and widespread adoption of pre-
existing technological systems such as telegraph and railroad networks.
• This adoption allowed the vast movement of people and ideas, enhancing
communication.
• New technological systems were introduced, such as electrical power (see
Figure 1.2) and telephones.

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 Industrial Revolution (IR 3.0)

• IR 3.0 introduced the transition from mechanical and analog

electronic technology to digital electronics .
• began from the late 1950s.

• Due to the shift towards digitalization, IR 3.0 was given the

nickname, “Digital Revolution”.
• The core factor of this revolution is the mass production and
widespread use of digital logic circuits and its derived
technologies such as the computer, handphones and the Internet.

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 Industrial Revolution (IR 3.0)…

• These technological innovations have arguably transformed

traditional production and business techniques enabling people
to communicate with another without the need of being
physically present.
• Certain practices that were enabled during IR 3.0 is still being
practiced until this current day,
– for example – the proliferation of digital computers and digital
record.

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 Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0)

• Now, with advancements in various technologies such as robotics, Internet

of Things (IoT see Figure 1.4), additive manufacturing and autonomous
vehicles,
• the term “Fourth Industrial Revolution” or IR 4.0 was coined by Klaus
Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum, in
the year 2016.
• The technologies mentioned above are what you call – cyber physical
systems.
• A cyber-physical system is a mechanism that is controlled or monitored by
computer-based algorithms, tightly integrated with the Internet and its
users.

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 Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0)…

• One example that is being widely practiced in industries today is the

usage of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. These
machines are operated by giving it instructions using a computer.
• Another major breakthrough that is associated with IR 4.0 is the
adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), where we can see it being
implemented into our smartphones.
• AI is also one of the main elements that give life to Autonomous
Vehicles and Automated Robots.

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 Role of Data for Emerging Technologies

• Data is regarded as the new oil and strategic asset since we are

living in the age of big data, and drives or even determines the

future of science, technology, the economy, and possibly everything

in our world today and tomorrow.

• Data have not only triggered tremendous hype and buzz but more

importantly, presents enormous challenges that in turn bring

incredible innovation and economic opportunities.

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 Role of Data for Emerging Technologies….

• This reshaping and paradigm-shifting are driven not just by data itself but all other

aspects that could be created, transformed, and/or adjusted by understanding,

exploring, and utilizing data.

• The preceding trend and its potential have triggered new debate about data-intensive

scientific discovery as an emerging technology, the so-called “fourth industrial

revolution,” There is no doubt, nevertheless, that the potential of data science and

analytics to enable data-driven theory, economy, and professional development is

increasingly being recognized.

• This involves not only core disciplines such as computing, informatics, and

statistics, but also the broad-based fields of business, social science, and

health/medical science.

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 Enabling devices and network (Programmable devices)

• In the world of digital electronic systems, there are four basic kinds

of devices: memory, microprocessors, logic, and networks.

– Memory devices store random information such as the contents

of a spreadsheet or database.

– Microprocessors execute software instructions to perform a

wide variety of tasks such as running a word processing program

or video game.

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Enabling devices and network (Programmable devices)
…
– Logic devices provide specific functions, including device-to-

device interfacing, data communication, signal processing, data

display, timing and control operations, and almost every other

function a system must perform.

– The network is a collection of computers, servers, mainframes,

network devices, peripherals, or other devices connected to one

another to allow the sharing of data. An excellent example of a

network is the Internet, which connects millions of people all

over the world

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Enabling devices and network (Programmable devices)
…

• Why is a computer referred to as a programmable device?

– Because what makes a computer a computer is that it follows a

set of instructions.
– Many electronic devices are computers that perform only one
operation, but they are still following instructions that reside
permanently in the unit.

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 List of some Programmable devices …
• List of some Programmable devices
– Achronix Speedster SPD60
– Actel’s
– Altera Stratix IV GT and Arria II GX
– Atmel’s AT91CAP7L
– Cypress Semiconductor’s programmable system-on-chip (PSoC)
family
– Lattice Semiconductor’s ECP3
– Lime Microsystems’ LMS6002
– Silicon Blue Technologies
– Xilinx Virtex 6 and Spartan 6
– Xmos Semiconductor L series

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 List of some Programmable devices …

• A full range of network-related equipment referred to as Service

Enabling Devices (SEDs), which can include:
– Traditional channel service unit (CSU) and data service unit
(DSU)
– Modems
– Routers
– Switches
– Conferencing equipment
– Network appliances (NIDs and SIDs)
– Hosting equipment and servers

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 Human to Machine Interaction

• Human-machine interaction (HMI) refers to the communication

and interaction between a human and a machine via a user
interface.
• Natural user interfaces such as gestures have gained increasing
attention as they allow humans to control machines through natural
and intuitive behaviors .

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 What is interaction in human-computer interaction

• HCI (human-computer interaction) is the study of how people

interact with computers and to what extent computers are or are not
developed for successful interaction with human beings.
• As its name implies, HCI consists of three parts:
– the user,

– the computer itself, and

– the ways they work together.

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 How do users interact with computers?
• The user interacts directly with hardware for the human input and output
such as displays, e.g. through a graphical user interface.
• The user interacts with the computer over this software interface using the
given input and output (I/O) hardware.
• How important is human-computer interaction?
– The goal of HCI is to improve the interaction between users and
computers by making computers more user-friendly and receptive to
the user's needs.
– The main advantages of HCI are simplicity, ease of deployment &
operations and cost savings for smaller set-ups. They also reduce
solution design time and integration complexity.
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 Disciplines Contributing to Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI)

• Disciplines Contributing to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

– Cognitive psychology: Limitations, information processing,
performance prediction, cooperative working, and capabilities.
– Computer science: Including graphics, technology, prototyping tools,
user interface management systems.
– Linguistics.
– Engineering and design.
– Artificial intelligence.
– Human factors.

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 Future Trends in Emerging Technologies

• Emerging technology trends in 2019

– 5G Networks
– Artificial Intelligence (AI)
– Autonomous Devices
– Blockchain
– Augmented Analytics
– Digital Twins
– Enhanced Edge Computing and
– Immersive Experiences in Smart Spaces

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Chapter Two
Data Science

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 An Overview of Data Science

• Data science is a multi-disciplinary field that uses scientific

methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge
and insights from structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.
• Data science is much more than simply analyzing data.

• It offers a range of roles and requires a range of skills.

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 What are data and information?

• Data
– a representation of facts, concepts, or instructions in a formalized
manner, which should be suitable for communication, interpretation,
or processing, by human or electronic machines.
– It can be described as unprocessed facts and figures.

– It is represented with the help of characters such as alphabets (A-Z,

a-z), digits (0-9) or special characters (+, -, /, *, <,>, =, etc.).

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 What are data and information…

• information
– the processed data on which decisions and actions are based.

– It is data that has been processed into a form that is meaningful

to the recipient and is of real or perceived value in the current or
the prospective action or decision of recipient.
– information is interpreted data; created from organized,
structured, and processed data in a particular context.

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 Data Processing Cycle

Data processing is the re-structuring or re-ordering of data by people or

machines to increase their usefulness and add values for a particular
purpose.
• Data processing consists of the following basic steps - input,
processing, and output.
• These three steps constitute the data processing cycle.

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 Data Processing Cycle …
• Input

– in this step, the input data is prepared in some convenient form

for processing.

– The form will depend on the processing machine.

• For example, when electronic computers are used, the input

data can be recorded on any one of the several types of

storage medium, such as hard disk, CD, flash disk and so on.

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 Data Processing Cycle …
• Processing

– in this step, the input data is changed to produce data in a more

useful form.
• For example, interest can be calculated on deposit to a bank, or
a summary of sales for the month can be calculated from the
sales orders.
• Output
– at this stage, the result of the proceeding processing step is
collected.
– The particular form of the output data depends on the use of the
data.
• For example, output data may be payroll for employees.

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 Data types and their representation

• Data types can be described from diverse perspectives.

• In computer science and computer programming, for instance, a
data type is simply an attribute of data that tells the compiler or
interpreter how the programmer intends to use the data.

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Data types from Computer programming perspective
• Almost all programming languages explicitly include the notion of
data type, though different languages may use different terminology.
Common data types include:
– Integers(int)- is used to store whole numbers, mathematically
known as integers
– Booleans(bool)- is used to represent restricted to one of two
values: true or false
– Characters(char)- is used to store a single character

– Floating-point numbers(float)- is used to store real numbers

– Alphanumeric strings(string)- used to store a combination of
characters and numbers
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 Data types from Computer programming
perspective…

• A data type makes the values that expression, such as a variable or a

function, might take.
• data type defines:
– the operations that can be done on the data,
– the meaning of the data, and
– the way values of that type can be stored.

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 Data types from Data Analytics perspective …

• From a data analytics point of view, are three common types of

data types or structures:
– Structured,
– Semi-structured, and

– Unstructured data types.

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 Structured Data

• Structured data is data that adheres to a pre-defined data model and

is therefore straightforward to analyze.
• Structured data conforms to a tabular format with a relationship
between the different rows and columns.
– Common examples of structured data are Excel files or SQL
databases.
– Each of these has structured rows and columns that can be
sorted.

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 Semi-structured Data

• Semi-structured data is a form of structured data that does not

conform with the formal structure of data models associated with
relational databases or other forms of data tables.
• contains tags or other markers to separate semantic elements and
enforce hierarchies of records and fields within the data.
• it is also known as a self-describing structure.
– Examples of semi-structured data include JSON and XML are
forms of semi-structured data.

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 Unstructured Data

• Unstructured data is information that either does not have a

predefined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner.
• Unstructured information is typically text-heavy but may contain
data such as dates, numbers, and facts as well.
• This results in irregularities and ambiguities that make it difficult to
understand using traditional programs as compared to data stored in
structured databases.
– Common examples of unstructured data include audio, video
files or No-SQL databases.

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 Metadata – Data about Data

• The last category of data type is metadata.

• From a technical point of view, this is not a separate data structure.
• one of the most important elements for Big Data analysis and big
data solutions.
• Metadata is data about data.
• It provides additional information about a specific set of data.

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