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Research School Irregular
Published: Thursday, 13 June 2019A newsletter for PGR
Research School Irregular - Contents
- 1. HackZurich.com, 27-29th September, now open for applications
- 2. Silicon Drinkabout Manchester: Summer Solstice Special 21st June from 6pm
- 3. Unlocked Manchester and London: Free Cybersecurity conference 17th/24th July
- 4. PyDataMCR - Panel Night Tuesday, June 18, 2019
- 5. Talk and Reception for Professor Jack Dongarra 10am -11am Friday 28th June 2019
[ top ]Professional Development (and Networks)
HackZurich.com, 27-29th September, now open for applications
Applications are now open for HackZurich on 27th September at hackzurich.com
Every year Hack Zurich invite 550 top engineering students, selected from a global pool of 5000+ applications and representing universities from more than 55 countries to Switzerland. Participants are invited to Zurich to hack on web, mobile, and various hardware during a 40-hour competition in teams of 2 to 4 people.
Hackathon sponsors such as Oracle, IBM, Huawei, Google and Zurich.com provide participants with hardware and programming frameworks to spark the creation of new applications in several categories. HackZurich represents a unique chance to touch base with new technologies, innovation opportunities and talent.
The participation and meals are completely free and the organisers also reimburse travel expenses for participants. All project submissions to the HackZurich Hackathon remain the intellectual property of the individuals that developed them.
Speakers this year include David Wallerstein, Chief eXploration Officer (CXO) and member of the management team at tencent.com. Find out more and apply at hackzurich.com
Duncan Hull
Silicon Drinkabout Manchester: Summer Solstice Special 21st June from 6pm
Silicon Drinkabout is a monthly social event for anyone involved in tech start-ups to chat and exchange ideas. Whether you are new in the city, have just started out with your own business or you are a well connected member of the tech community, it is always enjoyable to meet like-minded people and share your experiences.
The next Drinkabout is hosted in The Federation building next to Shudehill Metrolink and Victoria railway stations. The Federation, part of The Co-op Group, is home to a community of digital innovators and social enterprises in Manchester, as well as podcast studio, events space and a full calendar of community events.
Further details and registration at bit.ly/drinkabout-solstice
Unlocked Manchester and London: Free Cybersecurity conference 17th/24th July
The UK is a digitally dependent economy, with a digital sector worth an estimated £118bn per year. A loss of confidence in this key driver of national wealth would be catastrophic.
Technology headlines this year are dominated by cybersecurity. The need to protect the UK and its businesses from online threats has become a top priority in the private and public spheres alike. From educating users on commonly occurring cyber-attacks to delving into the future of security and emerging technology.
UKFast is teaming up with leading industry security experts from HPE, VMware and Secarma to bring you the UK’s most influential security event. Unlocked will delve into business’s top security fears, tackling the burning issues in cybersecurity, from the rise in cyber-terrorism and ransomware to the advantages of ethical hacking and the future of AI and the IoT.
Free registration at https://unlocked.events
- Manchester: Wednesday 17th July 2019 9am - 1pm
- London: Wednesday 24th July 2019 9am - 1pm
PyDataMCR - Panel Night Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Py Data Manchester is the Manchester chapter of the International PyData Community. For Manchester based data scientists, to share and learn new thing. They will be hosting a panel discussion with speakers covering different perspectives on Data, Data Science, and Open Source Tooling in Manchester. We are hoping for some audience contribution, tweet us questions or message us via Slack and we'll have some questions from the audience too. Tweet us @PyDataMCR with any questions you come up with.
The Panel includes:- Lewis Crawford: "I started building distributed data applications 20 years ago at organisations such as Sun Microsystems and Morgan Stanley. I spent a few years at the British Library building the web archiving capability and digital library system including a hadoop cluster in 2008.
- Jennifer Stark: "I am a Data Engineer and analyst who uses Python and Google Cloud Platform to develop data pipelines and data products. I have a PhD in Neuroscience from University of Manchester, a Data Science certificate from General Assembly, and a Professional Master's in Information Visualisation. Ask me about working with data, working with stakeholders, moving into industry, learning to code, and more! "
- Bethan Blakeley: "Bethan has been working in market research and analytics for a decade, with the overarching goal of bringing the two closer together. In 2018 she co-founded Honeycomb Analytics, an agency that exists to do exactly that: bring together WHAT customers do with WHY they do it. She is an advocate of utilising existing data and fusing different sources to give a clearer idea of context. This involves using data that is publicly available, existing business data and insight, and primary research."
More details and registration at bit.ly/py-data-mcr
Talk and Reception for Professor Jack Dongarra 10am -11am Friday 28th June 2019
To celebrate the election of Professor Jack Dongarra, who holds an appointment in the School of Mathematics, as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, there will be a 30 minute talk by Professor Dongarra followed by a reception.
Date: Friday June 28, 10am – 11am
Location: Frank Adams (1), 1st Floor, Alan Turing Building, School of Mathematics
Title: With Extreme Scale Computing the Rules Have Changed
Abstract: In this talk we will look at the current state of high performance computing and look at the next stage of extreme computing. With extreme computing there will be fundamental changes in the character of floating point arithmetic and data movement. In this talk we will look at how extreme scale computing has caused algorithm and software developers to changed their way of thinking on how to implement and program certain applications.
Details and registration at bit.ly/jack-dongarra
