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China’s first aquatic biennial exhibition with the art of light as its medium cohosted by China Academy of Art opens

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HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The opening ceremony of the second Illuminate the World: Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art and Qiandao Lake Tunnel Art Museum took place at Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang Province, China on September 21, 2024. The event marks another collaboration between China Academy of Art (CAA) and Qiandao Lake, Chun’an County that resulted in their second rendition of China’s first aquatic biennial exhibition with the art of light as its medium.

The theme of the biennial exhibition is “How Is Light?” It reflects how the exhibition takes into account the forms of light in the evolution of industrial technology, foundation of civilization and innovation through the ages and a call to expand our understanding of light beyond the constraints of existing forms, into greater imaginative spaces with greater possibilities. Thus, the focus of the exhibition leans towards artworks that explore technology, interaction and ecosystems.

The second Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art adopted a selection process that combined open submissions and special invitations. Over 200 submissions from eight countries were received and reviewed by an expert panel before the final submissions were selected. The selected artworks will be showcased at Yueguang Island, Qiandao Lake in two phases alongside those from the first biennale in a multilayered approach that will enrich Qiandao Lake’s artistic ecosystem. This approach highlights the biennale’s core objectives of promoting local economy through art and cultural tourism while paving the way for green and ecological development. Cross-disciplinary creators such as renowned rock musician Cui Jian have also been invited to the biennale, expanding the potential for experimentation at an event distinguished by its focus on the art of light as a medium, public art and aquatic spaces.

The Qiandao Lake Tunnel Art Museum was inaugurated on the same day. The art museum is a cluster of art galleries that comprises nearly 100 tunnels. Qiandao Lake Tunnel Art Museum NO. 001, which is presently located at Xialanwu Tunnel and stretches across 209 meters, was designed by CAA’s School of Painting. As China’s first tunnel art museum, it bears contemporary elements that target the international audience, and aims to create spatial aesthetics with contemporary art. The space is an open “unwalled art museum”. Besides serving as an urban tourist attraction and a jogging trail, it is also an exhibition space for international artists where the public may enjoy public art.

Qiandao Lake Tunnel Art Museum’s opening exhibition showcases artworks of international residents centered around the theme of “Echo”. Beyond the mirroring and repetition of voices in space, “Echo” symbolizes the spatial and temporal synergies of Qiandao Lake’s natural landscape, cultural heritage and ecological preservation. Through murals and public art, the exhibition showcases the scenes of Qiandao Lake’s past and present and reflects the dialogue between humankind and nature as well as the connection between the past and future. The curvature of the tunnel amplifies the sense of being enclosed while symbolizing the persistence of echoes through time. Standing in the tunnel, one feels as if they are standing in the heart of Qiandao Lake, feeling the heartbeat and breathing of its artworks.

Qiandao Lake is the apple of the Chinese local cultural tourism industry’s eye while CAA is the engine driving Chinese contemporary art. Their continual partnership to develop social aesthetic education through the use of public spaces and nature has led to the creation of a vibrant Qiandao with local features and Chinese cultural characteristics.

About the Theme of the Second Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art: How Is Light?

The biennale goes beyond the exploration of the traditional definition of light as “natural light”, “artificial light” and their contemporary evolutionary product “digital light” to showcase the changing forms, technical foundations and applications of light. When it comes to technology and industries − from the Fourier transform to the design of a chip, from color management to the conversion of vector graphics to numbers and formulas, from LED screens to image processing software, from handheld devices to screens at stadiums and plazas − light plays a role in our everyday life. It dominates our visual culture.

On the front of science, the scientific community has known about light for a very long time. Yet there was no consensus on what light is until the mid-19th century. The British physicist James Clerk Maxwell discovered that all forms of electromagnetic radiation come together to form a continuous spectrum and that they travel through vacuum at the same speed. The German physicist Philipp Lenard discovered the photoelectric effect. In the early 20th century, Albert Einstein hypothesized that light might possess properties we associate with particles. Einstein’s theory was validated by experiments conducted by the American physicist Arthur H. Compton, who proved that photons have momentum, an essential condition supporting the theory that matter and energy can be interchangeable. The French scientist Louis-Victor de Broglie drew the relationship between wavelength and particle mass and energy. His discovery explained how light possesses both properties of a wave and particle.

Nevertheless, light isn’t simply the basis for modern vision. It is also closely linked to the foundation of civilization. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato came up with the allegory of the cave through the description of fire, natural light and shadow. The allegory is a philosophical, epistemological and ethical meditation on the existence of the world, an expression of one’s views on art, and a story of enlightenment. In ancient China, light is emphasized in a holistic theory on the creation of the universe. In the Canon of Yao in the Book of Documents, it was written, “to calculate and delineate (the movements and appearances of) the sun, the moon, the stars, and the zodiacal spaces, and so to deliver respectfully the seasons to be observed by the people.” This suggests that the observation of the celestial bodies through the use of light has not only affected the way we perceive spaces but also led to the establishment of rites and rituals.

The theme of the second Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art is thus set as “How Is Light?” to take into account the forms of light in the evolution of industrial technology, foundation of civilization and innovation through the ages. It is also a call to expand our understanding of light beyond the constraints of existing forms, into greater imaginative spaces with greater possibilities. We hope that these new possibilities may lead to more ideas in the realms of technology, interaction and ecosystems.

“How Is Light?” is a description and a question—how does an artist preserve tradition and innovate while contending with what we know about light and shadow? This is not just an epistemological challenge, it is a question about methodology and artistic intervention. Importantly, it is a test of the imagination. When we ask “How Is Light?”, we are asking what else there is beyond what we already know.

About the Theme of the Qiandao Lake Tunnel Art Museum’s Opening Exhibition: Echo

Qiandao Lake, hailed as heaven on earth, has always been a paradise where culture and nature intertwine. At Qiandao Lake, the sounds of nature, traces of the past and modern ecological expectations converge. The exhibition is located in the tunnel, whose curvature amplifies the sense of being enclosed while symbolizing the persistence of echoes through time. Standing in the tunnel, one feels as if they are standing in the heart of Qiandao Lake, feeling its heartbeat and breathing.

About the Festivals and Exhibitions Organized by CAA’s School of Sculpture and Public Art

The festivals and exhibitions that CAA’s School of Sculpture and Public Art has launched and kept going in recent years include “Wuzhen Theatre Festival: Public Space Art Exhibition Project”, “Aranya Theater Festival: Migratory Birds 300”, “CAA Armory•Wuzhen”, “Illuminate the World: Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art”, “Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art”, and “Frontier Fiber Art Exhibition”. They form a vast network for artistic research and creation.

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A-LIGN Issues First ISO 42001 Certification to Synthesia

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TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A-LIGN, the leading provider in cybersecurity compliance, has issued its first unaccredited ISO/IEC 42001 certification to Synthesia, marking a groundbreaking achievement in artificial intelligence (AI) compliance.

The issuance of Synthesia’s ISO 42001 certificate highlights A-LIGN’s unwavering commitment to excellence and its role in empowering clients to achieve and maintain the highest levels of compliance in the ever-evolving AI landscape.

“AI is revolutionizing our world, driving change in both business operations and regulatory frameworks,” said Patrick Sullivan, VP of Strategy & Innovation at A-LIGN. “At A-LIGN, we are dedicated to innovation through services like ISO 42001, ensuring our clients receive the trusted quality they expect as the AI landscape evolves. This commitment enables industry leaders like Synthesia to leverage compliance as a strategic advantage.”

London-based Synthesia is the first AI video company to achieve ISO 42001 compliance. This certification sets a new benchmark in the industry, showcasing Synthesia and A-LIGN’s joint dedication to compliance innovation and high-quality security.

“Synthesia is committed to the responsible, transparent, and secure development of AI technologies, and achieving ISO 42001 certification through A-LIGN’s audit process demonstrates our dedication to these principles,” said Martin Tschammer, Head of Security at Synthesia. “A-LIGN’s expertise and attention to detail helped us identify and remediate any gaps in our rigorous processes. Together, we have led the way for the rest of the industry in the adoption of this standard, fostering trust and ensuring the long-term success of AI development and use.”

For more information about A-LIGN and ISO 42001 certification services, visit https://www.a-lign.com.

About A-LIGN
A-LIGN is the leading provider of high-quality, efficient cybersecurity compliance programs. Combining experienced auditors and audit management technology, A-LIGN provides the widest breadth and depth of services including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and PCI. A-LIGN is the number one issuer of SOC 2 and a leading HITRUST and FedRAMP assessor. To learn more, visit a-lign.com.

About Synthesia
Synthesia is the world’s leading enterprise AI video communications platform. More than 55,000 businesses, including half of the Fortune 100, use it to communicate efficiently and share knowledge at scale using AI avatars. Founded in 2017, Synthesia is headquartered in London and makes video creation, collaboration and sharing easy for everyone. Learn more at https://synthesia.io/.

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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences Adds Carterra’s LSAXT Instrument to Speed Drug and Vaccine Research and Advance Patient Care

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The Center for Structural Biology in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences will be a hub of research innovation using Carterra’s platform in traditional and AI-driven workflows for characterizing both antibodies and other biomolecules

SALT LAKE CITY and NASHVILLE, Tenn. , Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Carterra® Inc., the world leader in innovative technologies enabling high-throughput biology, and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences announced today the addition of the Carterra LSAXT label-free interaction analysis platform to the Center for Structural Biology (CSB). Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers will be able to discover and characterize large molecules including antibodies.

“Many of our researchers are trying to identify antibodies that bind to a protein involved in health or disease,” said Borden Lacy, director of the CSB and Edward and Nancy Fody Chair in Pathology and professor of biochemistry and pathology, microbiology and immunology. “The ability to rapidly screen and quantify binding for large libraries of antibodies will shape the way molecular discovery moves forward at Vanderbilt. The work we spend months on will now be completed in a matter of days. It is incredibly exciting.” 

Carterra’s LSA platform was used by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly during the COVID-19 pandemic to find antibodies effective against SARS-CoV-2. Within 90 days of isolating antibodies from an early COVID-19 survivor, Lilly was in clinical trials with the world’s first COVID-19 therapeutic, the antibody Bamlanivimab.

BAM, as it became known, is the fastest drug ever discovered and saved countless lives.  The publication in Science describing the feat concluded, “The resulting speed at which this drug discovery and development effort progressed…is a testament to the advanced discovery and characterization platforms.”

Vanderbilt investigators will now be able to leverage the Carterra platform for a variety of research aims. 

Two projects that are getting early traction include:

Stephanie Wankwicz, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Applied AI in Protein Dynamics, is elucidating the role of entropy in substrate specificity and catalysis.  Wankowicz is planning to use Carterra’s platform to more quickly and efficiently analyze a large panel of peptide sequence variants against a kinase. Older methods are very low throughput and would require high concentrations of the protein/peptide solution.

Brian Wadzinski, associate professor of pharmacology, recently submitted a grant application to characterize pan- and phosphor-specific nanobodies for investigating MAPK and PP2A signalling. Affinity measurements for these large panels of nanobodies and high-resolution epitope binning can only be performed on Carterra’s platform.

The LSAXT instrument includes hardware and software features that build upon the capabilities of Carterra’s original and highly successful LSA instrument while maintaining its impressive throughput and sample efficiency. The LSA platform delivers 100 times the data in 10 percent of the time-to-answer and uses only 1 percent of the sample required by other label-free platforms.

Just last year, Vanderbilt launched the Center for Applied AI in Protein Dynamics which will also benefit from the addition of Carterra’s platform.  The LSA® is the only label-free biosensor that can generate enough data, quickly and efficiently, to train algorithms and learning models used to predict the affinity and epitope coverage of drug candidates. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies who have now moved to AI-driven drug discovery workflows have standardized on the LSA.

“Vanderbilt has always led its peers in research innovation,” commented Tim Germann, Chief Commercial Officer at Carterra. “To enable the use of AI in antibody discovery and characterization by adding the LSAXT to its stable of technologies cements Vanderbilt’s position as the academic leader in this rapidly evolving research landscape.”

Since its launch in 2018, Carterra’s interaction analysis platform has penetrated 19 of the largest 20 pharmaceutical companies, major universities and vaccine makers, contract research organizations (CROs), and biotechs on four continents. Characterizing binding kinetics and epitope coverage of large numbers of antibodies in early research has been transformative. The LSA platform has been profiled in multiple Science, Nature, and Cell peer-reviewed papers.

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About Carterra, Inc.
Carterra® is privately held and is the leading provider of high-throughput technologies designed to accelerate and improve the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates. Carterra’s LSA® instrument, software, and consumables for biotherapeutic discovery and characterization deliver up to 100 times the throughput of existing platforms in 10% of the time while using only 1% of the sample required by other systems. The LSA combines patented microfluidics technology with real-time high-throughput Surface Plasmon Resonance (HT-SPR) and industry-leading data analysis and visualization software to revolutionize mAb screening. The new LSAXT provides enhanced optics to enable additional applications in biotherapeutic discovery and characterization. Carterra, Inc. is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has Customer Experience Centers in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Boston, Manchester, England, and Munich, Germany. Carterra products are available in Asia-Pacific and Oceania through our exclusive distributor, Revvity. For additional information, please visit www.carterra-bio.com.

About the Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology
The Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology promotes the broad use of structural biology approaches in all life science research and provides resources for education and training in state-of-the-art technologies. Uniquely, the CSB merges applications of high resolution structural biology disciplines, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, cryo-electron microscopy and computational biology, with the biophysical instrumentation needed to characterize biomolecular interactions. This strategy allows researchers to solve fundamental structural problems in medicine and biology. The CSB facilitates collaborations with investigators across a range of Departments in both the College of Arts and Science, the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, and the School of Medicine in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The CSB is directed by Borden Lacy, Edward and Nancy Fody Chair in Pathology and professor of biochemistry and pathology, microbiology and immunology.

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BMC Helping Customers Improve Lives and Customer Experiences in Healthcare, Financial Services and Energy Sectors

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NHS Northumbria patients, Nationwide Building Society members, and EDP customers benefit from the time- and cost-savings BMC delivers using data-driven insights and automation

HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BMC, a global leader in software solutions enabling business faster than humanly possible, has collaborated with European leaders in the healthcare, finance, and energy industries to optimize their IT and operational technology (OT) investments and realize the benefits of DataOps and ServiceOps for millions of their patients and customers.

NHS Northumbria, Nationwide Building Society, and Energias de Portugal (EDP) use the Control-M solution from BMC and the BMC Helix platform to gain data-driven insights instantly across complex hybrid IT environments, saving costs while drastically improving the speed and reliability at which they deliver value.

NHS Northumbria accelerates patient care with BMC Helix

Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust is among the largest healthcare organizations geographically in the U.K., with around 12,000 employees serving around 500,000 people in northeast England. Delivering a full range of health services across 10 main sites, including an emergency care hospital, general and community hospitals, and other facilities, the Trust seeks to improve patient outcomes and relieve pressure on its people and processes.

Using BMC Helix to digitize its end-user experience, NHS Northumbria has achieved:

90% paperless SLA improvement400% increase in Digital Workplace platform adoptionSignificant ROI within the first three yearsImproved patient processing times, real-time decisions, and secure authorizations from any device

“To achieve big things, you must develop the ability to get small things right, too. In our team, we ensure that excellence in everything is not an exception. It’s more of an attitude, and BMC shares those values,” said Glen Foster, Deputy Director for Service Delivery, Performance and Governance, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. “We’ve already improved care levels—now we aim to build out trust rating beyond outstanding and see what digital transformation can deliver.”

Nationwide Building Society meets high financial standards with BMC Helix Capacity Optimization

Based in the U.K., Nationwide is the world’s largest building society, with 16 million members. Nationwide decided to upgrade from its custom on-premises system to a cloud solution that could handle the organization’s complex IT estate, and selected the BMC Helix Capacity Optimization solution, which delivers robust forecasting, modeling, and extrapolation functionalities that made it stand out.

With the BMC Helix Capacity Optimization solution, Nationwide has:

Met regulatory requirements 6 months ahead of scheduleEnabled three months advanced notice for potential capacity issuesReduced requests forwarded to ITOps by 94%

“If we want to stand by the decisions we’re making, we’ve got to trust the data. Now, the data is in BMC Helix Capacity Optimization, so the system can consolidate and highlight what’s pertinent. Getting to this point was critical,” said Peter Norris, Process Owner for IT Service Demand and Capacity Management at Nationwide.

EDP powers the energy market with Control-M

As a global company, EDP relies on a wide range of business services to drive innovation and provide support to customers worldwide, including energy production, distribution, and management. To simplify, automate, and standardize the production of millions of invoices per day and ensure that accurate invoices were created, printed, and shipped on time, every time, EDP chose Control-M, the market-leading application and data workflow orchestration platform from BMC.

With this solution, EDP has:

Serviced nine million customersExperienced a 46% reduction in application workflow execution incidentsReduced requests forwarded to ITOps by 36%

“Control-M runs hundreds of applications and covers nearly all of our business in EDP. If anyone from the Application Teams or Process Architecture Teams comes to us with an integration request or other challenge, Control-M can always offer a solution,” said Carlos Miguel Pereira, Head of Scheduling Platform and Operations Management at EDP.

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