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SUMMARY:Monthly talk about Linux and how to conquer the world
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nThe old Social call continues – come chat about everything/anything particular if it’s related to Linux but it’s not required. Show off your latest 3D printed thing\, your cool code that helps solve cancer or what-ever interesting thing you’re spending time on and want to brag about. Or ask questions\, talk about the weather – the topic is open\, and the room is ours.
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SUMMARY:Agile Virtual Forum
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***  \n  \nThe PMI-SVC Agile Forum is intended for anyone involved with or interested in Agile Methodologies and how they relate to Project Management. The Agile Forum is free to attend\, and PMI membership is not required. Click LEARN MORE below for details!
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SUMMARY:Exploring Graph AI's Role in Reimagining Network Connections with Gen AI
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nPART OF OUR “GENERATIVE AI FOR DATA EXECUTIVES” WEBINAR SERIES \nEmbark on a journey of discovery as we delve into the synergy between Generative AI and Graph Databases in this expert panel\, tailored to data executives. This insightful webinar will empower participants to seamlessly integrate these cutting-edge technologies for elevated analytics and decision-making. \nAttend this webinar to: \n\nLearn firsthand how to seamlessly integrate Generative AI with Graph Databases to enhance your network analysis capabilities\nDelve into real-world applications and case studies where the integration of Generative AI and Graph Databases has led to transformative network analyses\nDiscover groundbreaking methods at the intersection of Generative AI and Graph Databases\, unveiling innovative approaches to network analysis\n\nREGISTER HERE
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SUMMARY:Monthly Python Usergroup Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nThe monthly meetup consists of online talks followed by time for socializing. Talks can range from technical to not-so-much and cover a variety of topics. When we have speakers committed\, their talk topic will be added to the meetup description. \nThanks to the internet and the creativity of all involved parties\, this monthly forum for learning and discourse is whatever we choose to make it. Let’s get Pythonic about it\, shall we? Sponsors welcome. \nShirts are coming SOON™! \nThe approximate schedule is (all times Pacific): \n7:00 – 7:10pm – Mingle while people login \n7:10 – 7:15pm – Introduction. Code of Conduct\, Sponsors\, and Speakers. \n7:15 – 8:05pm – Talks. Q&A. \n8:05 – 8:10pm – Outro. Announcements and Open Discussion \n8:10 – 9:00pm – Socializing. Maximum Zoom. \nPlease share this event with your friends with any level of interest in Python!
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/monthly-python-usergroup-zoom-meeting-2/
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SUMMARY:WordPress Web Help Monthly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nGot a WordPress question\, problem or challenge? OR…are you an expert with knowledge and experience and the willingness to share it? \nLet’s discuss WordPress\, SEO and other small business challenges we each face and solve them together! Discover new ways of facing them and make long-lasting connections. \nJoin us to discuss topics\, issues\, and products in the WordPress world. This is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) for a lot of really good reasons. \nBecoming confident and capable using WP can be one of the most important things you do to raise your game online. JOIN US! \nThis group is for all experience levels…join us and don’t be afraid to chime in. All can contribute\, all can learn\, all are welcome. \nPlease RSVP and add our events to your calendar…and I’ll see you there! \nALSO: If you’d like to present a topic\, issue or product at this meeting\, send me a message. Great opportunity to promote what makes your business special and unique while serving our members with useful information and content! \nCheers\, \nEdward A. Sanchez – Organizer\nedward@brassringwebdesign.com\n858-228-6003\nBrass Ring Web Design\nBrassRingWebDesign.com\n@MyWordPressGuy\n#MyWordPressGuy
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SUMMARY:Boosting your DBA skills with Generative AI ~ Warner Chaves
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nWHEN:\nWednesday\, November 13\, 2024\, 1700 GMT \nDESCRIPTION of TALK \nTitle: Boosting your DBA skills with Generative AI \nThe advent of Generative AI (GenAI) is revolutionizing the way we work and database administration is no exception. DBAs are integral to managing and maintaining critical data infrastructures\, ensuring data integrity\, performance optimization\, security and more. Oftentimes\, one DBA can be in charge of hundreds or even thousands of databases! \nGenerative AI has the potential to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of DBAs by automating mundane and repetitive tasks\, such as cataloging of data\, generating documentation\, improving query quality and more. By leveraging GenAI\, DBAs can shift their focus from routine maintenance to more strategic activities like longer term planning\, data architecture and advanced analytics. \nIn this demo-heavy session\, we will provide an intro on GenAI tools and concepts and then dive into applications and use cases for DBAs using tools like GitHub copilot as well as simply making use of ChatGPT.
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SUMMARY:Demystifying Agile Industrial Complex: Errors & Omissions with Scaling
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details*** \n  \n\n\n\nDetails\n\n\nBad scaling is one of the biggest ‘agile problems’ of modern days for companies – and one of the three most expensive mistakes companies make when they set themselves on a wrong ‘agile course’. The other two are “agile tools” mania and falling a victim to big consultancies “industrial model” – see/play David Snowden’s view HERE. \nBad scaling comes in the form of trivializing agility at its core\, weakening agile roles\, plagiarizing and relabeling someone else’s experiments and calling them ‘operating models’\, copy-pasting Scrum and Scrum roles into Fractal Geometry that look great on paper. \nAre there better ways to work? Probably not\, if the ultimate goal is to relabel existing enterprise complexity with fancy agile terminology and then call it “enterprise scaling”. But there could be better ways to work if an ultimate goal is to simplify existing complexity (de-scale)\, and by doing so improve your chances to scale agile ways of working. \nIn this session\, GENE GENDEL will expose some classic pitfalls of bad scaling and will recommend how more things could be done better and in different ways than companies do today. \nAudience can expect some ‘aha’ moments\, and walk away with a deeper understanding of system thinking and a fresh perspective on how to maintain relevancy in the current marketplace for agile. \nGene Gendel is an organizational design consultant\, adaptive and lean coach and trainer\, and independent adviser to senior leadership. Gene is also a co-founder of KSTS Consulting\, the only company in the United States that has credential of a Certified LeSS Coaching Company.
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SUMMARY:Kanban Mastery for Newbies
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nStep into the world of Kanban with confidence at our upcoming Kanban Mastery for Newbies Meetup! \nIf you’re new to the Kanban Method or looking to grasp its fundamentals\, this is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your journey. Join us as we demystify Kanban in a beginner-friendly\, engaging atmosphere. \n🔥 What’s in Store: \n• A beginner’s guide to the core principles of Kanban and how they revolutionize workflow management. \n• Easy-to-follow techniques for visualizing tasks\, managing work progress\, and enhancing team collaboration. \n• Connect with fellow newcomers and share insights\, questions\, and experiences. \n• Real-life examples that showcase the practical benefits of adopting the Kanban approach. \n• An interactive Q&A session designed to address your beginner-level inquiries. \n🎉 Mark your calendar for September 23rd at 11:00 AM CST and prepare to dive headfirst into the world of Kanban. Whether you’re a project manager\, team lead\, or curious learner\, this meetup will provide you with the foundational knowledge to boost your efficiency and productivity. \nSecure your spot now by RSVPing and ensure you’re part of this enriching session designed exclusively for Kanban newcomers. \nJoin us at the Kanban Mastery for Newbies Meetup and take your first steps towards mastering this transformative methodology! 🌟📊 #KanbanForNewbies #StartStrongWithKanban
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SUMMARY:AI Book Club: The Kaggle Book
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nNovember’s book is “The Kaggle Book”! \nThis is a casual-style event. Not a structured presentation on topics. Sometimes\, the discussion even drifts away from the chapters\, but feel free to grab the mic to help steer it back. \nFeel free to join the discussion even if you have not read the book chapters! 🙂 \nWant to discuss the contents during the reading week? Join the Slack Flyte MLOps Slack group and search for the “ai-book-club” channel. https://slack.flyte.org/ \n————————————————-\nAbout the book:\nTitle: The Kaggle Book\nAuthors: Konrad Banachewicz\, Luca Massaron\nPublished: April 2022 \nFeel free to read at your own pace\, but my goal will be these chapters per week: \nReading for Week 1: \n\nPart I: Introduction To Competitions\nqueue\nIntroducing Kaggle And Other Data Science Competitions\nOrganizing Data With Datasets\nWorking And Learning With Kaggle Notebooks\n\nReading for Week 2: \n\nLeveraging Discussion Forums\nPart II: Sharpening Your Skills For Competitions\nCompetition Tasks And Metrics\nDesigning Good Validation\n\nReading for Week 3: \n\nModeling For Tabular Competitions\nHyperparameter Optimization\nEnsembling With Blending And Stacking Solutions\n\nReading for Week 4: \n\nModeling For Computer Vision\nModeling For NLP\nSimulation And Optimization Competitions\nPart III: Leveraging Competitions For Your Career\nCreating Your Portfolio Of Projects And Ideas\nFinding New Professional Opportunities\n\nBook Description:\nGet a step ahead of your competitors with insights from over 30 Kaggle Masters and Grandmasters. Discover tips\, tricks\, and best practices for competing effectively on Kaggle and becoming a better data scientist. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. \nKey Features \n\nLearn how Kaggle works and how to make the most of competitions from over 30 expert Kagglers\nSharpen your modeling skills with ensembling\, feature engineering\, adversarial validation and AutoML\nA concise collection of smart data handling techniques for modeling and parameter tuning\n\nBook Description\nMillions of data enthusiasts from around the world compete on Kaggle\, the most famous data science competition platform of them all. Participating in Kaggle competitions is a surefire way to improve your data analysis skills\, network with an amazing community of data scientists\, and gain valuable experience to help grow your career.\nThe first book of its kind\, The Kaggle Book assembles in one place the techniques and skills you’ll need for success in competitions\, data science projects\, and beyond. Two Kaggle Grandmasters walk you through modeling strategies you won’t easily find elsewhere\, and the knowledge they’ve accumulated along the way. As well as Kaggle-specific tips\, you’ll learn more general techniques for approaching tasks based on image\, tabular\, textual data\, and reinforcement learning. You’ll design better validation schemes and work more comfortably with different evaluation metrics. \nWhether you want to climb the ranks of Kaggle\, build some more data science skills\, or improve the accuracy of your existing models\, this book is for you. \nPlus\, join our Discord Community to learn along with more than 1\,000 members and meet like-minded people! \nWhat you will learn \n\nGet acquainted with Kaggle as a competition platform\nMake the most of Kaggle Notebooks\, Datasets\, and Discussion forums\nCreate a portfolio of projects and ideas to get further in your career\nDesign k-fold and probabilistic validation schemes\nGet to grips with common and never-before-seen evaluation metrics\nUnderstand binary and multi-class classification and object detection\nApproach NLP and time series tasks more effectively\nHandle simulation and optimization competitions on Kaggle\n\n#### \nWho this book is for\nThis book is suitable for anyone new to Kaggle\, veteran users\, and anyone in between. Data analysts/scientists who are trying to do better in Kaggle competitions and secure jobs with tech giants will find this book useful. A basic understanding of machine learning concepts will help you make the most of this book. \nLearn more about the book here: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/the-kaggle-book/9781801817479/
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SUMMARY:DC608 Blue Team Night
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nJoin us on our Discord as we team work on https://blueteamlabs.online/. This is a free way to learn blue team. Discord link available at https://dc608.org.
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