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Crypto.com Completes Key Exchange Infrastructure Upgrades

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Delivers 10x performance with the new Matching Engine, paving the way for margin and derivative features rollout

HONG KONG, June 18, 2020 — Crypto.com today announced it has rolled out significant infrastructure upgrades to its Exchange, including a revamped Matching Engine, OMS (Order Management System), and unified REST and Websocket API. The revamp will lead to a 10x increase in performance and throughput, paving the way for an aggressive product roadmap for the rest of 2020, which includes the launch of margin and derivatives trading.

Crypto.com completes key exchange infrastructure upgrades, announces new promotional incentives for users.
Crypto.com completes key exchange infrastructure upgrades, announces new promotional incentives for users.

The Crypto.com Exchange launched in Beta last November, which has been one of the key drivers of the company’s rapid overall growth in the past six months, as traders increasingly turn towards cryptocurrencies amidst broader market uncertainties. The new infrastructure significantly improves the overall performance, including:

  • Revamped Matching Engine, Order Management System leading to a 10x increase in performance and throughput
  • Unified REST and Websocket API providing ease of adoption for both API platforms, with Websockets allowing clients to create a persistent connection to place orders and trades for high-frequency trading
  • Redesigned architecture, improving scalability, security and latency, which paves the way for a powerful and robust risk engine and high leverage margin and derivatives trading
  • Addition of high-availability and resilience to every component, increasing stability and eliminating single points of failure

Kris Marszalek, Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com said: “We launched the Crypto.com Exchange last Fall with a goal of creating a trading platform so secure, liquid and user-friendly that it becomes a natural choice for both institutional and retail customers. We have already seen tremendous traction in the first six months of Beta and will continue rapidly improving our offering to drive continued growth.’

Crypto.com also announced promotional incentives on the Exchange including:

  • 0% trading fee for the first 90 days for new users (new)
  • Up to 50% trading fee reduction on all trades for existing users (new)
  • 2% bonus deposit interest rate, applicable to all deposits made to the exchange wallet in the first 30 days after the successful sign-up
  • A Special Syndicate BTC 50% off event celebrating Crypto.com’s fourth anniversary on June 30

The Crypto.com Exchange is powered by the CRO token and features deep liquidity, low fees and best execution prices. It offers traders what’s lacking in the market: competitive pricing, seamless connectivity with the Crypto.com App to access the full suite of crypto offerings from Earn, Credit to Payment and the confidence they are trading with one of the most trusted brands in crypto. The Exchange will see ambitious enhancements throughout the remainder of 2020, including launching margin and derivative trading, lending, localized product and support in multiple languages as well as a revamped rewards program.

Crypto.com’s “Defense in Depth” approach ensures maximum levels of security and privacy across the entire ecosystem, giving users and trades the peace of mind their assets and data is protected. Crypto.com holds $360M in insurance coverage, and recently became the first crypto company to achieve ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification for privacy.

About Crypto.com

Crypto.com was founded in 2016 on a simple belief: it’s a basic human right for everyone to control their money, data and identity. With over 2 million users on its platform today, Crypto.com provides a powerful alternative to traditional financial services, turning its vision of “cryptocurrency in every wallet” into reality, one customer at a time. Crypto.com is built on a solid foundation of security, privacy and compliance and is the first cryptocurrency company in the world to have ISO/IEC 27701:2019, CCSS Level 3, ISO27001:2013 and PCI:DSS 3.2.1, Level 1 compliance. Crypto.com is headquartered in Hong Kong with a 350+ strong team. Find out more by visiting https://crypto.com.

0% trading fee for the first 90 days for new users.
0% trading fee for the first 90 days for new users.
Up to 50% trading fee reduction on all trades for existing users.
Up to 50% trading fee reduction on all trades for existing users.

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iQIYI Debuts Suspense Drama List for ‘Mist Theater’

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“The Bad Kids”, an iQIYI original production on the list, perceived as this year’s most critically acclaimed Chinese online drama

BEIJING, June 18, 2020 — iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, recently released the content list for its Mist Theater, a content category dedicated to domestically produced suspense dramas. The six distinctive short dramas released as part of the new library will broaden the creative approaches of Chinese suspense drama productions and refresh the storytelling style of the genre. The launch of new category also underscores iQIYI’s strengths and advantages in creating original suspense dramas.

iQIYI Debuts Suspense Drama List for ‘Mist Theater’
iQIYI Debuts Suspense Drama List for ‘Mist Theater’

Among the six dramas, Kidnapping Game, The Long Night, The Bad Kids and Wisher, were adapted from well-known suspense novels by authors such as Japan’s Keigo Higashino and China’s Zi Jinchen and Na Duo. iQIYI collaborated with Wuyuan Culture, Eternity Pictures and other first-class studios to produce high-quality content throughout the entire production process of scripting, filming, editing and production. The star-studded iQIYI productions cast features dozens of renowned domestic actors and major crowd-pullers such as Liao Fan, Qin Hao, Wang Jingchun Wang Qianyuan and Zhu Yawen. The Bad Kids boasted a score of 9.0 out of 10 on Douban, a popular Chinese website providing user reviews and recommendations for movies, TV series, books, etc., within 18 hours after its release. To date, its score has reached 9.2, becoming the online Chinese drama with highest score so far this year.

Since the debut of the Youth Theater and Mystery & Suspense Theater categories in 2018, iQIYI has pioneered the building of dedicated category-based communities online by bringing together like-minded users who are fans of same content genre through content and interactive features. The launch of the Mist Theater, which upgrades the platform’s previous offerings, is a crossover creation of iQIYI’s dual focus on genre-oriented theater-like operation and short drama series creation.

The Mist Theater builds on the Mystery & Suspense Theater, transforming the channel from a content categorization-based model into a comprehensive theater model that boasts multiple features, including drama production, content scheduling, user service, paid subscription and business cooperation.

Following the launch of Mist Theater, iQIYI has partnered with KFC to run a co-branding marketing campaign that will provide with 10 million cups of KFC’s K COFFEEs that each contain hidden clues to the mysteries of the dramas. These clues entail 18 items that drive the plot development of six dramas, such as the butterfly tattoo from Kidnapping Game and white sneakers from The Bad Kids. In addition, it also provides iQIYI’s VIP members with limited cups of free KFC K COFFEEs as well as nearly 1 million K COFFEE coupons. Under the campaign, iQIYI VIP members who purchase any product from KFC’s ground coffee selection online will be given the early on-demand pass for dramas from the Mist Theater library. By promoting the Mist Theater, KFC is also increasing its brand awareness and sales through acknowledgement posts and pause advertisements.

This innovative co-branding marketing campaign follows several collaborations between iQIYI and KFC. As innovative pioneers in the respective fields of video entertainment and food and beverage with a large base of young users, iQIYI has cooperated with KFC many times in terms of member services and exclusive set meals. iQIYI and KFC previously collaborated in 2017 to release set meals that were based on the iQIYI IP-based drama series Legend of Zu Mountain 2, ushering in a wave of co-branding marketing between entertainment IP and dining scenarios in China. In 2019, two companies collaborated to launch the "iQIYI VIP Products Day". Under the collaboration, iQIYI VIP members were able to enjoy a wide selection of KFC’s coffee, afternoon tea products for a discounted price. A series of cooperation between iQIYI and KFC proves that dining integrated with entertainment is able to create interesting cross-branding marketing campaigns and offer value-added benefits for its members and customers.

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Bright Scholar Embarks on OMO Strategy and to Launch Virtual “Future Global School”

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FOSHAN, China, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (“Bright Scholar” or the “Company”) (NYSE:BEDU), a global premier education service company, today hosted an online press conference to announce the launch of its virtual “Future Global School” (the “School”), an online school focusing on international curriculums.

Leveraging the rich offline international education resources of Bright Scholar, the “Future Global School” will adopt the Online-Merge-Offline (the “OMO”) model for the international curriculum to create new learning experience for potential students around the globe. Students can take all or some classes online, and complete other classes and activities in physical schools within the Bright Scholar global network or physical schools of their choice.

The online school aims to mirror the ethos of Bright Scholar schools via an interactive and intelligent Learning Management System to deliver high quality international curriculums including A-Level, Cambridge English for Young Learners, Cambridge English for General and Higher Education from September 2020, and will start AP and IB courses in the near future.

Mr. Nelson Chen, the Future Global School’s Principal, comments, “Our A-Level curriculum of the School are well suited for students in Grade 11 and Grade 12 whether they are current students of Bright Scholar schools or outside our school network. Upon completion of the courses, candidates will be eligible to participate in the official A-Level exam. They can eventually apply overseas universities with their A-Level results, school transcript and language test results.”

Mr. Jerry He, Executive Vice Chairman of Bright Scholar, comments, “Bright Scholar has been investing in digital innovation with focus on education technology in recent years. The launch of the virtual ‘Future Global School’ with OMO model represents a major milestone in utilizing technology to increase access to high quality education for international learners, ushering a new age of learning. The ‘Future Global School’ will significantly improve the learning experience of our students in the face of pandemic, and accelerate the sharing of knowledge, expertise, resources and teachers across our global network of schools.”

About Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited

Bright Scholar is a global premier education service company, dedicated to providing quality international education to global students and equipping them with the critical academic foundation and skillsets necessary to succeed in the pursuit of higher education. Bright Scholar also complements its international offerings with Chinese government-mandated curriculum for students who wish to maintain the option of pursuing higher education in China. As of February 29, 2020, Bright Scholar operated 80 schools across ten provinces in China and eight schools overseas, covering the breadth of K-12 academic needs of its students. In the six months ended February 29, 2020, Bright Scholar had an average of 51,879 students enrolled at its schools.

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VALORANT Points Now Available on Codashop

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SINGAPORE, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today Coda Payments (“Coda”) and Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, announced that players in six markets across Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, can purchase VALORANT Points on Codashop (www.codashop.com), a website where millions of customers come to top up their favourite games every month.

VALORANT is a free-to-play team-based, first-person tactical shooter game with a 5v5 setup. In the main game mode, each player gets to pick Agents, characters that have exciting abilities like building walls, calling down airstrikes and more.

How to Top Up VALORANT Points
How to Top Up VALORANT Points

As soon as the transaction is completed, VALORANT Points will appear in the game. There’s no login required on Codashop, neither do users need to use a voucher nor PIN code.

Gamers love Codashop due to the wide range of popular local payment methods that are accepted, including

  • MPT
  • Telenor
  • Ooredoo
  • Mytel
  • easyPoints
  • WaveMoney

Coda as the exclusive alternative payment channel for VALORANT’s launch in 6 countries on Jun 2, 2020, will also offer payment solutions for Riot Games’ upcoming titles, including Teamfight Tactics Mobile and League of Legends: Wild Rift.

“Our mission at Coda is to make world-class content accessible to everyone,” Philippe Limes, Coda’s Chief Executive Officer, said. “With this partnership, we are delighted to make it simple for millions of players to participate in the new competitive stage.” 

“Here in Southeast Asia, we recognize that gameplay and payment preferences are extremely diverse,” said Justin Hulog, General Manager of Riot Games Southeast Asia. “Our partnership with Coda will allow gamers to access and enjoy all our upcoming, new games with comfort and ease.”

About Coda Payments

Coda Payments (www.codapayments.com) helps digital content providers monetize their products and services in more than twenty emerging markets. Publishers of leading games like PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty: Mobile, streaming platforms like beIN and Bigo Live, dating apps like Tinder, and video-on-demand platforms like Viu have integrated with Coda to accept payments on/at: 

  1. their own website using Codapay, allowing their users to pay at a wide network of alternative payment channels, including using direct carrier billing with dozens of telcos;
  2. Codashop, which more than 11 million users visit every month to top up their favourite games and content services; and
  3. Coda’s e-commerce (Lazada, Tokopedia, Bukalapak, Shopee), telco (Digi, XL), and super app (Gojek) distribution partners who leverage Coda’s xShop solution to offer their users a wide range of premium digital content.

Coda helps its clients collect payments in Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

Founded in 2011, Coda is headquartered in Singapore with additional offices in Jakarta and Bangkok. It is backed by Apis Partners—a private equity asset manager that invests in growth-stage financial services and financial infrastructure businesses in Asia and Africa—and GMO Global Payment Fund, whose strategic management company is GMO Payment Gateway, Japan’s largest online payment gateway.

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About Riot Games

Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. Riot has finally released its first major non-League of Legends Game: VALORANT, codenamed Project A. It was announced during its League of Legends’ 10-year anniversary stream in October 2019.

Riot continues to evolve the game while delivering new experiences to players with Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, and multiple work-in-progress titles.

Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 2,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide. Riot has been featured on numerous lists including Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” “25 Best Companies to Work in Technology,” “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” and “50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility.”

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Easy&Light introduces an upgraded EasyCanvas Pro app with wireless connect function

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SEOUL, South Korea, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Devguru (CEO Song Ji-ho), Software Development Company, announced that its brand Easy&Light have launched EasyCanvas Pro.

EasyCanvas Pro
EasyCanvas Pro

‘EasyCanvas Pro’ is an app that can use an iPad as a drawing tablet. While previous EasyCanvas could only connect via USB cables, this new upgrade allows wireless connections. It also announced it will add more professional functions in the future to increase productivity.

One can easily connect and use the app by downloading the program at Easy&Light website(http://www.easynlight.com/easycanvaspro/) and then connecting the PC and iPad using a USB cable. Moreover, on the same wireless network, they can be connected wirelessly. The biggest benefit of this app is that one can draw using PC software such as Photoshops or Clip Studio by creating a copy of the PC screen on the iPad.

The app supports palm rejection, pen pressure and tilt, easy shortcuts, and wire/wireless connections at the same time. It can convert between the stylus mode and touch mode automatically, allowing users to use the pen to draw while using touch gestures to zoom in/out or rotate simultaneously.

The menu bar can be hidden, recalled, minimized, or moved at will and the shortcuts speed up the work process. Users can also freely customize the shortcut names, icons, or actions. With the current launching promotion, the annual subscription can be purchased for just $4.99 and 14-day free trial is also provided.

Since its establishment in 2002, Devguru has been providing solutions for numerous companies working with machines using different operating platforms.

For more information, please contact: DEVGURU Co., Ltd., Management Support Team, +82 2-3442-7236, Sang Hoon Song, shsong@devguru.co.kr 

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NetFoundry Zero Trust Networking API Is Now Available at the World’s Largest API Marketplace – RapidAPI

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Envisioning a future in which users can spin up zero trust, high performance networking, NetFoundry’s API is now available in the world’s largest API marketplace – RapidAPI.

Developers can now implement zero trust, cloud-orchestrated, programmable networking between any set of cloud applications, edge applications, user devices and IoT devices. The resultant private networks eliminate dependencies on MPLS or VPNs.

“We’ve been using the NetFoundry APIs to integrate private networking into our DevOps cycles in a simple, secure and reliable manner, with excellent results improving our automation and agility,” said Sergio Sancez, CEO AGT

Idit Oryon, Head of partnerships at Rapid API says, “RapidAPI is excited to collaborate with NetFoundry to offer its cloud native zero trust, programmable networking APIs on the world’s largest API Marketplace. RapidAPI enables developers to easily find, connect to, and manage the APIs they need for building diverse applications without duplicating efforts by building complex code. By making NetFoundry’s software-only, zero trust models accessible to our development community, they can now add zero trust security and optimized performance to their next-generation applications.”

“We are delighted to enable developers to simply and programmatically spin up zero trust networking without doing network engineering, leveraging our RapidAPI marketplace API,” said Galeal Zino, Founder & CEO of NetFoundry. Galeal continued, “This is the second wave: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) APIs gave developers the abstractions and controls necessary to leverage cloud native compute; now Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) enables developers to easily leverage cloud native networking.” 

“The NetFoundry platform with their programmable endpoints and APIs enables multi-cloud automation and automates networking inside DevOps constructs,” says Ananda Das, CEO of Technilium, Australia.

“Our partnership with RapidAPI enables developers to build next-generation secure-by-design applications that require secure transactions, smart automated digital services,” says Sreelakshmi Sarva, Head of Product at NetFoundry.

Developers may now subscribe to the NetFoundry API via the RapidAPI marketplace to spin up application-specific networks termed “NetFoundry AppWANs”. AppWANs provide micro-segmented, software-only, high-performance access to applications. These apps can be made to be invisible to the internet, accessible only via the private, zero trust AppWAN overlays. Because the solution is app-specific, software-only and cloud-orchestrated, it can be used to provide security and performance for any application, without disrupting any existing WANs or networks, and without impacting other applications.

About NetFoundry

NetFoundry Inc. is the leader in providing  zero trust, high performance, cloud native networking.  Customers use NetFoundry’s turnkey, software-only NaaS services and APIs to spin up private, zero trust networks in minutes, securely connecting any application on any device via any Internet access.  Partners also build their own solutions, leveraging the software which NetFoundry built, open sourced and is the leading contributor to, available at Ziti.dev.  NetFoundry is a Charlotte, NC headquartered company with locations across the world.

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Hollyland Technology Announces MARS X, a New Wireless Video System for iOS and Android Devices Monitoring

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SHENZHEN, China, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Hollyland Technology, the world’s leading wireless video and audio transmission systems manufacturer for filmmaking, live broadcasting, is pleased to announce the launch of the MARS X Wireless HDMI Transmission System. The new generation steps forwards from a traditional wireless video transmission system with a full set of transmitter and receiver to a single transmitter wireless video transmission system that could turn phones and tablets into external monitors by the HollyView App.

MARS Series is a category of wireless video and audio transmission systems and wireless intercoms designed to be user-friendly, portable, and affordable for small-crew videomaking or YouTubing. The new MARS X builds on Hollyland’s heritage of innovation with a brand-new modular design. MARS X weighs 112g and is equipped with collapsible antennas and a single HDMI IN with 1080P and various other resolution formats, which make the device very portable and compact. It also offers a wide collection of cool features on wireless video and audio transmission. It makes studio shooting more flexible and easier to carry & monitor.

 

ONE TO THREE

MARS X turns phones/tablets into external monitors. It supports up to three iOS and Android devices app monitoring. With this single transmitter product, YouTubers or small production teams that do not need to use an external monitor can easily cut down the cost and add this device to their setup to enable app monitoring for themselves, the client or director.

VIDEO & AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION AND EIGHT FREQUENCY CHANNELS

MARS X has a transmission range over 300ft with a clean line of sight (LOS), and a 150ft suggested best performance range with less than 0.07s ultra-low latency.

It has eight frequency channel options that can be switched to to avoid interference and to ensure a stable wireless transmission.

NEW APP FUNCTIONS ADDED

Firmware Upgrade and Channel Scan are added to the HollyView App on MARS X.

With the firmware upgrade added to the app, users no longer need to use a USB flash and their computer to do the update. While the channel scan is a feature generally on a receiver, it helps users to find out which channels are clean and which ones have interference in sophisticated WiFi surroundings. Hence, users no longer need to try out the channels one by one to find out the best channel to use.

The ‘HollyView’ App has basically all features on an external monitor such as Waveform, Histogram, Focus Assist, False Color, Zoom, 3D Lut, Screenshot, Doodle, Screen Record, etc.

OLED DISPLAY SCREEN

The OLED display includes information such as Battery Status, Frequency Channel, Video Format, and WiFi Password. The 0.69” OLED Screen displays the key information that one needs to know about the system.

COLLAPSIBLE ANTENNAS & MULTIPLE POWER SUPPLY

As previously mentioned, MARS X is designed with collapsible antennas, which provide enhanced transmission performance with the antennas and the portability and convenience without the antennas. From a test conducted by the Hollyland R&D team, if one folds the antennas 20 times a day, it could last up to 1,500 days.

The system also comes with a built-in lithium battery that furthermore increased the portability of the device. With the 1300mA battery, it has a battery life of about 1.5 hours, with the system being used continuously. The Type-C (5V-12V) interface on the device enables wide voltage charging. If users tend to use gimbals a lot, the gear can also be charged while it is being used on all mainstream gimbals.

About Hollyland Technology

Shenzhen Hollyland Technology Co., Ltd., often referred to as Hollyland or Hollyland Technology, is a technology company that focuses on wireless video transmission and wireless intercom solutions.

We design and manufacture wireless video and audio transmission products that are used around the world by prosumer and professional video content creators. Currently, we have three categories of wireless products,

  1. Prosumer Level – MARS SERIES: MARS 400S, MARS 400, MARS 300, and MARS T1000 (intercom)
  2. 2Professional Level – COSMO 600, COSMO 1000PLUS, COSMO 2000, and the brand-new 7-inch 1500 Nit High Brightness Touchscreen Wireless Monitor – COSMO M7
  3. Systems Integration Level – SYSCOM 1000T (intercom), and SYSCOM 3000

We aim to provide all our customers with the most economical and efficient wireless solutions and services. We customize our products and keep on striving forward to meet our consumer’s needs. Whether you are a professional in the filmmaking industry, smart education industry, church services, wedding or live concert broadcasting industries, or just a solo videographer or content creator who needs a wireless video or wireless intercom solution, let Hollyland Technology bring you the most suitable one!

Website: http://www.hollyland-tech.com/ 
E-mail: sales@hollyland-tech.com 
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Introducing the PCT1 From Xovis – the New Passenger Counting Sensor for Public Transportation With Proven In-house 3D Technology

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ZOLLIKOFEN, Switzerland, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Xovis has set itself the task of bringing its expertise into the field of public transport. Packed trains at 8 in the morning and empty platforms at 10 in the evening. According to Xovis, what can seemingly be managed easily with minor tweaks to connections, is in reality linked with complex planning. Their passenger counting technology enables efficient timetabling and traffic concepts in the future.

For operators of public transport, designing timetables is one of the most important and most complex tasks. In doing so, the operating hours, time between connections and routes should not be changed arbitrarily, but ideally based on facts instead.

Xovis has been faced with this issue on many occasions. Since 2008, the Swiss company has been exploring how flows of people can be counted and measured. It has developed a technology that has proven successful.

Christian Studer, Chief Product Officer at Xovis, explains: “When carrying out projects in airports, railway stations, shopping malls and pedestrian zones, public transport links often play a central role. After all, managing the flow of people does not end on the platform. Without reliable technology, it is almost impossible for operators of public transport to assess the dynamics of passenger movements or convert this into usable data.”

The newly developed Xovis PCT1 – a sensor for automatic passenger counting – is thus tailored specifically to the transport sector. Using the PCT1, it is now also possible to take advantage of the precision offered by Xovis technology in the public transport sector.

Christian Studer comments as follows: “Our 3D sensors have been used around the world in the most diverse branches for over a decade now. These include airports and retailers, but also stadiums, hotels, office buildings and festivals, all of which rely on our solutions. In public transport, the needs are similar, but the associated requirements and applicable standards are different. We therefore adapted our technology according to these conditions and made it suitable for use on vehicles. This has now all been brought together in the PCT1 – our first passenger counting sensor for vehicles. The sensor meets the strict requirements and standards set out for use in buses and trains. The stringent environmental tests were all passed with flying colors.”

Automatic passenger counting is just the beginning. As Studer comments: “From experience, we know that the number of people gives a basis on which to work. However, it’s important to understand the behavior of people as a whole. In public transport, this can be how passengers board and alight at different stops, how bikes or strollers are transported or the topic of accessibility for passengers with disabilities. Classic data collection methods where surveys or observations are made on site are neither precise nor efficient. It’s time for passenger analysis to take the next step forward towards digitization.”

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The new Xovis PCT1 sensor for automatic passenger counting in public transportation
The new Xovis PCT1 sensor for automatic passenger counting in public transportation

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PolyU collaborates with Macau University of Science and Technology to advance diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia

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HONG KONG, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COVID-19 is taking its toll on the world, affecting more than 200 countries and regions. In the face of a surge in cases, rapid diagnosis and identification of high-risk patients for early intervention is crucial for controlling the pandemic. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is committed to the fight against COVID-19 and has been collaborating with various partners in the prevention and control of the disease. PolyU today announced the launch of a new AI system jointly developed with the Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) in conjunction with other Chinese institutions, to assist in the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. This research was published in the prestigious international journal Cell, in a paper entitled “Clinically Applicable AI System for Accurate Diagnosis, Quantitative Measurements, and Prognosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia Using Computed Tomography” (link).

(From left) Dr Johnson LAU, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of PolyU; Prof. Manson FOK, Faculty of Medicine of Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.); Prof. Alexander WAI, Deputy President and Provost of PolyU; and Prof. Kang ZHANG, Faculty of Medicine of M.U.S.T. introduce a new AI system for rapid and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.
(From left) Dr Johnson LAU, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of PolyU; Prof. Manson FOK, Faculty of Medicine of Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.); Prof. Alexander WAI, Deputy President and Provost of PolyU; and Prof. Kang ZHANG, Faculty of Medicine of M.U.S.T. introduce a new AI system for rapid and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.

The novel AI-assisted diagnostic system, based on computed tomography (CT) chest imaging, can efficiently distinguish COVID-19 pneumonia from other viral pneumonia, and predict the severity level in 20 seconds, with an accuracy of up to 90% or above. It assists radiologists and physicians in performing a quick diagnosis, especially when the health system is overloaded.

According to Professor Kang ZHANG of the Faculty of Medicine of M.U.S.T. — the first author of the research paper, the research team used a large CT database of 3,777 patients to train and test the AI system to differentiate novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) from other common pneumonia and normal controls. This system is able to provide accurate clinical prognosis that can aid clinicians when considering appropriate early clinical management and appropriate resource allocation. It has been developed to assist global clinicians in combating COVID-19.

Dr Johnson LAU, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of PolyU, explained that the AI team uses deep learning, semantic segmentation and multiple neural network architectures to create an accurate AI diagnostic system comprising texture analysis, quantitative measurements and diagnosis classification. In addition, based on the international standard for related research on lung lesions, lung, liver damage and relevant clinical indicators, they have also developed a comprehensive rating system to project the emergence of pneumonia severe lesions accurately for the follow-up treatment.

The scientists from PolyU and M.U.S.T. have also collaborated on other projects, including the seroconversion study in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) patients in China, which helped pave the way for further diagnostic and therapeutic development to treat SARS-CoV-2. The study “Seroprevalence of immunoglobulin M and G antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in China” was also recently published in another prestigious scientific journal Nature Medicine (link).

“Leveraging PolyU’s strengths and our collaborations with different research partners, we are able to contribute to the well-being of humankind. During the outbreak, we have developed a rapid automated diagnostic system to detect COVID-19 and have conducted various scientific experiments related to the pandemic,” said Professor Alexander WAI, Deputy President and Provost of PolyU. “Since the establishment of the biotechnology and translational medicine international collaborative platform in 2018, PolyU has been working closely with M.U.S.T. and other partners from the United States and the Greater Bay Area for high-impact research. Our long-term cooperation has paved the way for us to respond quickly, and to use our expertise to develop this new AI system for the diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19.”

Professor Manson FOK, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of M.U.S.T., remarked that this AI system had been implemented in many hospitals in different countries. M.U.S.T. is collaborating with several prominent universities including Baylor University, University of Buffalo and Stanford University to serve the US populations. He believed this application could soon be adopted in Hong Kong, more regions of Mainland China and worldwide.

COVID-19 is a new and highly contagious virus with over 7 million people infected (as of June 10). Researchers from PolyU and M.U.S.T. with their supportive partners will continue their efforts in COVID-19 research to use scientific technologies to combat this pandemic through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and control.

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Value Xd Changes the Face of Impact Investing With the Launch of Value Xd Impact Platform

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Firm has created the first analytical ecosystem for sustainable impact investment 

EXETER, England, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Value Xd, the cutting edge and unique cloud-based analytics platform with analytical technology that reinterprets and covers the entire value chain, has today announced the launch of Value Xd Impact – the world’s first analytical ecosystem for sustainable impact investing at the Responsible Investor Digital Festival. 

Armen Papazian, Founder and Chief Executive, Value Xd
Armen Papazian, Founder and Chief Executive, Value Xd

Dr Armen Papazian, Founder and Chief Executive, Value Xd: “Since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016 and the conception of the UN Sustainable Development Goals investors have been tasked with aligning their investments with these new targets and objectives. As such, they need flexible and efficient platforms to achieve this, which is why we developed a private analytical ecosystem dedicated to impact investing. The time is now to try and stem the effects of climate change for future generations, and Value Xd Impact can play an integral role.” 

This groundbreaking platform provides investors with unique modules that create the ability to design their impact responsibly. Value Xd Impact reinterprets the analytical value chain, allowing investors to transfer their ESG and sustainability values to analytical tools in order to maximise their impact and help them deliver on their responsibilities. By doing so, it creates greater efficiency, transparency and effectiveness for investors. 

Data is the raw material in all analytical projects; equations and algorithms are the analytical actions that are applied to data, with the outputs then used to make decisions in business and finance. However, in the most commonly used analytics software, equations sit behind the raw material, creating a fundamental architectural issue. Value Xd’s platforms are game changers because the equations sit above and in front of the raw material, as universal abstract tools that can be applied and shared globally at any time. Furthermore, equations on the Value Xd platform are always written in mathematical language, and not coder invented abbreviations. Value Xd Impact breaks the boundaries of responsible, sustainable impact investing and takes it to the next level. 

Alex Grigoryan, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Value Xd: “The technology we have developed is unique and unparalleled. Through innovative coding work, we transformed many of the elements of analytical modelling and presentation, introducing flow and efficiency where there was only tediousness, providing a unique user experience that makes analytics more effective.” 

Value Xd Impact also provides the user a diverse set of pre-designed and pre-assembled tools. These are offered through the Add-On library which is a living library of downloadable and applicable models serving a specific analytical purpose. These Add-Ons cover a wide variety of topics and fields, relevant to investors and their investee companies, including conventional and commonly used tools along with other new and more holistic ones, such as space value optimisation and other emissions calculators and projectors. 

Papazian concludes: “The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered an intense stage in the already ongoing process of digital transformation. What makes this phase very special is that this digital deepening is accompanied by a change of mantra, forcing a radical change in philosophy and approach. From a world that was often driven to compete, we now find ourselves in a world keen to collaborate. 

“Indeed, this change of attitude was a critical requirement for our global response to climate change. In this new chapter, technology has become a central conduit of trust, and a cornerstone for value creation, sharing and exchange. Value Xd Impact is designed as an analytical ecosystem for sustainable impact investing, a universe that facilitates and enhances the creation and sharing of analytical intelligence on a global scale.” 

Click here for a virtual tour of Value Xd Impact 

About Value Xd:

Value Xd Ltd is a UK HQ-ed and registered cloud-based analytics platform provider. Value Xd was recently listed as one of the Top 33 Tech Start-ups in the UK by Tech Nation and was ranked 14th in the South West Tech Innovation rankings by Business Cloud.

https://valuexd.com/

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