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The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond
2025-11-28 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond 🗓️ Friday 28th November ⏰ 15:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Joe Reis, Data Engineer and Architect For years, data engineering was a story of predictable pipelines: move data from point A to point B. But AI just hit the reset button on our entire field. Now, we're all staring into the void, wondering what's next. While the fundamentals remain unchanged, data continues to pose challenges in traditional areas such as security, data governance, management, and modeling. Everything else is up for grabs. This talk will cut through the noise and explore the future of data engineering in an AI-driven world. We'll discuss how our focus must shift from building dashboards and analytics to architecting for automated action. The reset button has been pushed. It's time for us to invent the future of our industry. Joe Reis, a "recovering data scientist" with 20 years in the data industry, is the co-author of the best-selling O'Reilly book, "Fundamentals of Data Engineering." He’s also the instructor for the wildly popular Data Engineering Professional Certificate on Coursera, in partnership with DeepLearning.ai and AWS. Joe’s extensive experience encompasses data engineering\, data architecture\, machine learning\, and more. He regularly keynotes major data conferences globally\, advises and invests in innovative data product companies\, writes at [Practical Data Modeling](https://practicaldatamodeling.substack.com/) and his [personal blog](https://joereis.substack.com/)\, and hosts the popular data podcast "[The Joe Reis Show.](https://open.spotify.com/show/3mcKitYGS4VMG2eHd2PfDN?si=3d3fde23fc1c4a33)" In his free time\, Joe is dedicated to writing new books and articles and thinking of ways to advance the data industry. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond
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Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments
2025-11-27 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 3rd December 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments 🗓️ Thursday 27th November 2025 ⏰ 15:00 - 16:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Kristof Rabay, Applied AI @ The Carlyle Group A brief technical look at how we arrived at today’s AI capabilities, followed by building an agentic system using OpenAI Agents SDK (any modern framework offers similar primitives and can get you production-ready). We’ll then fine-tune a small model to show how end-user alignment can be layered on top, illustrating where most real applied-AI work is shifting today. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 3rd December 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 3rd December 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments
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❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Beyond Benchmarks: A Practical Framework for Measuring Success for Enterprise-Scale LLM Solutions 🗓️ Thursday 27th November ⏰ 12:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Li Fu, Data & AI Scientist Most organisations today can build a prototype with an LLM — but far fewer know how to measure whether it’s actually working. In enterprise settings, where reliability, safety, and business value matter as much as creativity, having the right evaluation framework is the difference between a successful GenAI rollout and an expensive experiment. This session introduces a comprehensive performance and utility suite designed specifically for evaluating generative AI systems like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and agentic workflows. We’ll walk through a four-dimension framework that goes beyond model accuracy: RAG Metrics: Precision, recall, grounding, and relevance of retrieved information. Summarisation Metrics: Faithfulness, coherence, and compression quality of generated summaries. Prompt Metrics: Effectiveness, robustness, and generalisability of LLM instruction design. Ethics Metrics: Fairness, safety, factual integrity, and risk-based compliance checks. Attendees will also learn how to connect these technical metrics to real-world outcomes, including user trust, operational efficiency, regulatory readiness, and ROI. Drawing on lessons from deploying GenAI in highly regulated enterprise environments, we’ll explore how to build automated evaluation pipelines, integrate human-in-the-loop feedback, and continuously improve performance post-deployment. We'll also talk about how enterprises balance technical metrics with business KPIs when deciding if a GenAI system is production-ready. By the end, you’ll walk away with an actionable evaluation playbook that transforms GenAI from a promising prototype into a measurable, trustworthy, and business-critical system. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
A Practical Framework for Measuring Success for Enterprise-Scale LLM Solutions
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❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Competitor Response Planning Suite - Turning Threats into Strategic Advantage 🗓️ Wednesday 26th November ⏰ 12:30 PM (GMT) 🗣️ Rajat Kumar, Applied Data Science Manager @ dunnhumby and Namish Kaushik, Senior Applied Data Scientist @ dunnhumby In today’s hyper-competitive retail environment, the presence of a competitor store isn’t just a challenge - it’s a direct threat to customer loyalty, sales, and profitability. This session introduces the Competitor Response Planning (CRP) Suite, a pioneering solution that fuses geo-spatial intelligence with predictive modeling to help retailers proactively counter competitive impact. Built on the theme of “Innovating with Data”, the CRP Suite is a three-pronged modeling framework designed to predict customer churn risk across New Competitor Advent, Existing Competitor Landscapes and Instore Media Optimization. The session will showcase how the CRP Suite integrates retailer data with third-party sources to extract key variables—store DNA, customer behavior, and geo-location—and trains custom propensity models tailored to different competitor types. This enables targeted retention strategies that replace generic mass offers with personalized interventions. Attendees will also explore how the CRP Suite has been productionized into the Voila dashboard, empowering non-technical users to self-serve insights, trigger models, and navigate competitive threats with ease. Whether you're a data scientist, marketer, or business strategist, this session will demonstrate how data innovation can transform competitive threats into strategic opportunities—driving measurable outcomes for retailers and delighting customers through personalization. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Competitor Response Planning Suite - Turning Threats into Strategic Advantage
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Context-Aware Vision Systems Using Knowledge Graphs
2025-11-25 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Context-Aware Vision Systems Using Knowledge Graphs 🗓️ Tuesday 25th November ⏰ 15:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Niyati P, Software, ML Lead Traditional computer vision systems often rely solely on pixel-level features and deep learning to interpret images, limiting their ability to understand complex scenes or generalize across contexts. This talk introduces a new paradigm: context-aware vision systems powered by knowledge graphs. By embedding structured semantic knowledge into vision pipelines, machines can infer not just what is seen, but why it matters. We explore how knowledge graphs provide contextual cues—such as object relationships, scene hierarchies, and domain-specific constraints—that enhance visual perception and reasoning. From improving object recognition in ambiguous environments to enabling semantic scene parsing and zero-shot learning, this approach bridges the gap between raw visual data and high-level cognition. The session will highlight recent breakthroughs, implementation strategies using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), and applications in domains like autonomous driving, medical imaging, and industrial robotics. Attendees will leave with insights on designing vision systems that not only see—but understand. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
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Revolutionizing Stock Markets with AI
2025-11-25 · 12:30
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 3rd December 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Revolutionizing Stock Markets with AI 🗓️ Tuesday 25th November 2025 ⏰ 12:30 - 1:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Liyana Saleem, Platform Engineer @ IBM & Pardis Farahi, Platform Engineer @ IBM This session explores how AI is transforming today’s data-driven stock markets, where vast volumes of real-time information shape trading decisions. We’ll introduce how traditional trading approaches are now being augmented by machine learning, NLP, and reinforcement learning to detect patterns, analyse sentiment, and adapt to shifting market regimes. Using a fictional trading simulation, we’ll demonstrate how a simple model can anticipate short-term trends and make decisions informed by a company’s background data. We’ll also highlight real-world applications, examine the key advantages and common pitfalls of AI-driven systems, and touch on the importance of transparency and oversight when applying these tools in practice. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 3rd December 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 3rd December 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
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Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success
2025-11-24 · 15:00
Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success 🗓️ Monday 24th November ⏰ 15:00 - 16:00 PM (GMT) 🗣️ Aarohi Tripathi, Lead Data Engineer The success of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications significantly hinges on the quality of the data utilized. High-quality data is paramount for model accuracy, robustness, and reliability. This session explores the critical dimensions of data quality, including accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness, and their impact on AI performance.This session engages in a comprehensive framework outlining best practices for data collection, cleaning, and validation to mitigate common challenges such as bias, noise, and missing values. Moreover, case studies illustrating successful data enhancement initiatives across various industries underscore the transformative potential of investing in data quality. By fostering a culture of data stewardship and employing advanced technologies for data management, organizations can enhance their AI capabilities, leading to more insightful decision-making and improved outcomes. Aarohi currently works as a Senior Data Engineer at CVS Health. She builds data pipelines to capture product adoption metrics and then use this data to send out recommendations for the opportunity analytics. Previously she worked with Walmart for the Workforce Management and Contact Center Analytics teams building large scale data pipelines and capturing metrics using PowerBI and Tableau. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success
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It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It
2025-11-24 · 12:30
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It 🗓️ Monday 24th November ⏰ 12:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Ayelet Lejtman, Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Meta Most recommendation systems focus on ranking the main item—whether it’s the perfect product, ad, or video. But in high-impact environments like Meta, optimizing the presentation of that item can be just as critical. Which image best complements an ad? Which text overlay (“Best Seller,” “Limited Time”) will drive engagement? These “non-product” recommendations are often overlooked, yet they can be harder to model than the primary recommendation itself. In this talk, I’ll share our team’s multi-year journey from early missteps to a robust, scalable ranking pipeline for creative elements that surround the main recommendation. We’ll explore: Data collection and labeling strategies tailored to secondary recommendation targets Model architectures and feature engineering approaches that work in large-scale environments Lessons learned on experimentation speed, evaluation metrics, and failure patterns Attendees will leave with actionable insights to design and deploy ranking models for any “artifact” that supports the main recommendation—whether in ads, e-commerce, or content platforms—so they can improve impact without overhauling their primary recommender system. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It
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InnerSource Summit 2025
2025-11-13
🎟️ Get Your Ticket for InnerSource Summit 2025!Join us on Thursday, 13th November 2025 to celebrate 10 years of InnerSource Commons — with events happening across Yokohama 🇯🇵, Berlin 🇩🇪, New York 🇺🇸, and online 🌍! Choose where you’d like to take part: Yokohama Ticket Join us in person at Mitsubishi Electric in Yokohama, Japan. Berlin Ticket Attend at SAP in Berlin, Germany, and connect with the European InnerSource community. New York Ticket Be part of the celebration at IBM in New York, USA. Online Ticket Access the full 24-hour global program from anywhere in the world. Each ticket includes access to inspiring keynotes, practical sessions, and the chance to connect with InnerSource practitioners from around the globe. 🌍✨ We can’t wait to see you — whether in person or online — as we look back on a decade of InnerSource and look ahead to the future together! 🙌 Our Host Venues🌍 To mark 10 years of InnerSource collaboration and innovation, we’re thrilled to announce the host venues for InnerSource Summit 2025 — and they’re nothing short of extraordinary! We’re proud to partner with three global tech leaders who are opening their doors to help us celebrate this milestone: 🏢 Mitsubishi Electric – Join us in their cutting-edge innovation space in Yokohama, Japan 🏢 SAP – Be part of the energy at their vibrant campus in Berlin, Germany 🏢 IBM – Experience the summit from their iconic One Madison office in NYC, USA And of course, as always, you can join us online from anywhere in the world 🌐 Whether you’re joining in person or virtually, InnerSource Summit 2025 promises to be our most global, collaborative, and inspiring event yet. We can’t wait to see you there! Why You Should Attend the 10-Year Anniversary InnerSource SummitJoin us for a truly global celebration as we mark the 10th anniversary of InnerSource Commons with a 24-hour Summit spanning Yokohama, Berlin, and New York. Our agenda is packed with inspiring keynotes, in-person sessions, and online talks from leading InnerSourcerers around the world. From practical case studies and success stories to deep dives into collaboration, culture, and scaling InnerSource practices, the program reflects the diversity and innovation of our community. Each regional hub will highlight local expertise and global perspectives—creating a continuous journey of learning and connection across time zones. Whether you’re joining us in person or online, the 2025 agenda is designed to inform, inspire, and celebrate the next decade of open collaboration. 📅 AgendaOur agenda is live on our website!Please note: this event is guided by our Code of Conduct, which you can read here: https://innersourcecommons.org/about/codeofconduct/ |
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AWS User Group Berlin Session - October 2025
2025-10-14 · 16:30
Dear Community, Another month with two great speakers gladly joining us. Besides we kept our promise! The AWS DevTools Hero from Cologne joins us with his remarkable talk presented at Summit Hamburg. This month is also special, because the event is self-hosted. You read it right! We have our own place now and we organise this month event ourselves. More details below, we look forward meeting you all in our new home, NLND Berlin! =================================================== 18:30 - Warming up and networking chat 18:45 - Intro by AWS UG Berlin 19:00 - 19:30 - Christian Bonzelet // From Glass-To-Glass: Building Live Streaming Solutions with AWS Elemental Services You want to build the next Twitch? You are sure it should run on AWS but you don’t know how to start? Or maybe you're just curious about how streaming giants deliver smooth video experiences to millions of viewers? This session is for you! Building video streaming solutions used to be a complex journey requiring deep expertise in protocols, codecs, and infrastructure management. But I've got good news: video processing has evolved into a commodity from complex infrastructure to composable cloud services. Let me guide you on how to build a professional livestreaming solution on AWS. From raw camera ingest to engaging viewer experience, you will discover how AWS Elemental services can be pieced together like building blocks to create powerful streaming solutions. After this session, you will be all set to turn your streaming ideas into reality. Now, go stream! 19:30 - 20:00 - Lukas Müller // Beyond the Code: How We Build PartyRock at AWS PartyRock enables anyone to build and share AI-powered apps without writing code - but how do you build such a product at AWS? I'll pull back the curtain on PartyRock's architecture, and spoiler: it's less complex than you might expect. We run completely serverless with a surprisingly straightforward stack. But simple doesn't mean easy - I'll share technical lessons learned that you'll want to consider for your own GenAI services. Then we'll tackle the real challenge: users understand chat interfaces, but PartyRock is something different. How do you explain to non-technical users that they can create AI apps by connecting components instead of having conversations? You'll leave with practical architectural patterns, technical gotchas to avoid, and insights about the often-overlooked challenge of making GenAI genuinely accessible beyond just chat interfaces. 20:00 - 20:20 - Networking break with food, snacks and drinks 20:20 - 21:00 - Common Q&A held by Christian & Lukas =================================================== Very Important: There is no "waitlist" for our regular sessions. However, there are limited seats available. If you want to make sure you can attend: Register yourself with your "full name" here at meetup.com Arrive on time - seats are first come, first serve. As soon as there are seats available, you are welcome to join with your registration. In case there are no more seats available, we won't be able to let you join us this time.We thank you very much for your understanding! =================================================== Additional Information This event is wheelchair friendly. Help us spread the word, and invite your friends & colleagues! If you're attending with wheelchair and need assistance, please mail us: [email protected] for further details. Would you like to host AWS UG Berlin events at your company? Register here Would you like to speak at AWS UG Berlin sessions? Submit your talk here |
AWS User Group Berlin Session - October 2025
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Back From Summit
2025-07-01 · 16:30
De San Francisco à Paris : après une semaine riche en innovations au Data + AI Summit 2025, Databricks et Onepoint ont le plaisir de vous convier à notre meet up "Back From Summit". Nous vous partagerons une synthèse des annonces produit les plus marquantes comme:
Venez rencontrer nos experts Databricks, poser vos questions et échanger avec vos pairs dans une ambiance conviviale… le tout sur le rooftop exceptionnel de OnePoint, avec une vue imprenable sur la Tour Eiffel ! Une page d'inscription dédié est disponible ici (l'inscripition via cette page est obligatoire) : https://lnkd.in/edE7aZMs |
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Summit Live: Spark Talk - Everything Spark, Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, and Open Source
2025-06-11 · 22:00
Michael Armbrust
– Distinguished Engineer
@ Databricks
Databricks co-founders created Spark, the wildly popular open source foundation of Databricks, way back in 2009. Learn from Michael Armbrust, creator of Spark SQL and leader of Databricks Delta, about the latest happenings in Spark, Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, and open source. |
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AWS User Group Berlin Event - June 2025
2025-06-10 · 16:30
Dear Community, After a gathering of a nice welcome to the sunny days ahead, we are back with our regular sessions - presented to you at its best! June will be an exciting month. This time AWS Summit taking place in Hamburg, we will be pleased to meet you in the aftermath of it, enjoy an evening with great conversations and learnings as always! The event is hosted by bonial - we look forward seeing you all with us! =================================================== 18:30 - Warming up and networking chat 18:45 - Intro by AWS UG Berlin 19:00 - 19:40 - Yevhen Poloziukov // Cloud-Savvy PM: How AWS Knowledge Elevates Project Management In today’s cloud-driven world, project managers don’t need to write infrastructure code—but understanding AWS principles can make all the difference. In this session, Yevhen will share how building cloud fluency through certification and leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT has helped him manage risks, improve collaboration with tech teams, and deliver better outcomes. This talk offers practical insights for non-technical professionals who want to lead smarter in cloud projects without becoming DevOps experts. 19:40 - 20:00 - Network break with snacks & drinks 20:00 - 20:40 - AWS User Group AMA - Summit Special AWS Summit is a full-day regional conference organised by AWS, bringing the community together for technical presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. We expect some announcements and insights worth sharing, and discuss with you at every level. This is also an opportunity for our members to "Ask Me Anything" - from beginner level to expert level, join us, grab the microphone, and share your questions and thoughts! 20:40 - 21:00 - Closing Announcements & Networking =================================================== Very Important: There is no "waitlist" for our regular sessions. However, there are limited seats available. If you want to make sure you can attend:
⚠️ In case there are no more seats available, we won't be able to let you join us. Please arrive the event on time, to make sure you can attend ⚠️ We thank you very much for your understanding! =================================================== Additional Information This event is wheelchair friendly. Help us spread the word, and invite your friends & colleagues! If you're attending with wheelchair and need assistance, please mail us: [email protected] for further details. Would you like to host AWS UG Berlin events at your company? Register here Would you like to speak at AWS UG Berlin sessions? Submit your talk here |
AWS User Group Berlin Event - June 2025
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Real Time Analytics Summit 2025 | Online Event
2025-05-14 · 16:00
The Real-Time Analytics Summit is Back – Online! The agenda is live, and registration is open! Save your seat here > We’re thrilled to invite you to the Real-Time Analytics Summit, a free virtual event bringing together top experts, industry leaders, and real-world practitioners to explore the latest in real-time analytics! 📌 What to Expect: ✅ Keynotes & deep-dive sessions from data experts ✅ Real-world Apache Pinot use cases from Uber, Stripe, JustEat, and more ✅ Live demos showcasing real-time analytics in action ✅ Networking & Q&A with industry leaders 📅 Date: May 14th 🕒 Time: 9:00 AM PDT 📍 Location: Online Catch up on sessions from past years here > ❌ Can’t join live? No worries! Register anyway, and we’ll send you the sessions on demand. For questions about the event or general inquiries, please reach out to [email protected] |
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IN PERSON: Apache Kafka® x Apache Iceberg™ Meetup
2025-04-14 · 16:00
Join us for an Apache Kafka® Meetup on Monday, April 14th from 6:00pm hosted by Elaia! Elaia is a full stack tech and deep tech investor. We partner with ambitious entrepreneurs from inception to leadership, helping them navigate the future and the unknown. For over twenty years, we have combined deep scientific and technological expertise with decades of operational experience to back those building tomorrow. From our offices in Paris, Barcelona and Tel Aviv, we have been active partners with over 100 startups including Criteo, Mirakl, Shift Technology, Aqemia and Alice & Bob. 📍Venue: Elaia 21 Rue d'Uzès, 75002 Paris, France IF YOU RSVP HERE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RSVP @ Paris Apache Kafka® Meetup group. 🗓 Agenda:
💡 Speaker One: Roman Kolesnev, Principal Software Engineer, Streambased Talk: Melting Icebergs: Enabling Analytical Access to Kafka Data through Iceberg Projections Abstract: An organisation's data has traditionally been split between the operational estate, for daily business operations, and the analytical estate for after-the-fact analysis and reporting. The journey from one side to the other is today a long and torturous one. But does it have to be? In the modern data stack Apache Kafka is your defacto standard operational platform and Apache Iceberg has emerged as the champion of table formats to power analytical applications. Can we leverage the best of Iceberg and Kafka to create a powerful solution greater than the sum of its parts? Yes you can and we did! This isn't a typical story of connectors, ELT, and separate data stores. We've developed an advanced projection of Kafka data in an Iceberg-compatible format, allowing direct access from warehouses and analytical tools. In this talk, we'll cover: * How we presented Kafka data for Iceberg processors without moving or transforming data upfront—no hidden ETL! * Integrating Kafka's ecosystem into Iceberg, leveraging Schema Registry, consumer groups, and more. * Meeting Iceberg's performance and cost reduction expectations while sourcing data directly from Kafka. Expect a technical deep dive into the protocols, formats, and services we used, all while staying true to our core principles: * Kafka as the single source of truth—no separate stores. * Analytical processors shouldn't need Kafka-specific adjustments. * Operational performance must remain uncompromised. * Kafka's mature ecosystem features, like ACLs and quotas, should be reused, not reinvented. Join us for a thrilling account of the highs and lows of merging two data giants and stay tuned for the surprise twist at the end! Bio: Roman is a Principal Software Engineer at Streambased. His experience includes building business critical event streaming applications and distributed systems in the financial and technology sectors. 💡 Speaker Two: Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent One Does Not Simply Query a Stream Abstract: Streaming data with Apache Kafka® has become the backbone of modern day applications. While streams are ideal for continuous data flow, they lack built-in querying capability. Unlike databases with indexed lookups, Kafka's append-only logs are designed for high throughput processing, not for on-demand querying. This necessitates teams to build additional infrastructure to enable query capabilities for streaming data. Traditional methods replicate this data into external stores such as relational databases like PostgreSQL for operational workloads and object storage like S3 with Flink, Spark, or Trino for analytical use cases. While useful sometimes, these methods deepen the divide between operational and analytical estates, creating silos, complex ETL pipelines, and issues with schema mismatches, freshness, and failures. In this session, we’ll explore and see live demos of some solutions to unify the operational and analytical estates, eliminating data silos. We’ll start with stream processing using Kafka Streams, Apache Flink®, and SQL implementations, then cover integration of relational databases with real-time analytics databases such as Apache Pinot® and ClickHouse. Finally, we’ll dive into modern approaches like Apache Iceberg® with Tableflow, which simplifies data preparation by seamlessly representing Kafka topics and associated schemas as Iceberg or Delta tables in a few clicks. While there's no single right answer to this problem, as responsible system builders, we must understand our options and trade-offs to build robust architectures. Bio: Viktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. . With a rich background in implementing and advocating for distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Viktor excels in open-source technologies. He is passionate about assisting architects, developers, and operators in crafting systems that are not only low in latency and scalable but also highly available. As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps. Viktor has co-authored "Enterprise Web Development" from O'Reilly and "Apache Kafka® in Action" from Manning. Follow Viktor on X - @gamussa to stay updated with Viktor's latest thoughts on technology, his gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy. *** DISCLAIMER We cannot cater to those under the age of 18. If you would like to speak at / host a future meetup, please reach out to [email protected] |
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Cardano Summit 2024 Community Event
2024-10-10 · 15:00
Get your ticket here: https://lu.ma/mg3x5lh4?locale=de Hey Berliners! Get ready for a relaxed evening atmosphere at the Cardano Summit 2024 Community Event on October 10th, happening at the vibrant w3.hub space. We’re bringing together blockchain enthusiasts from all over to explore how Cardano is making waves in the real world with some awesome projects. What to Expect:👋 Warm Welcome & Venue TourWe’ll kick things off with a warm welcome from the hosts and a quick tour of the venue, setting the stage for an exciting evening. 🎤 Keynote by Fabian BormannNext up, Fabian Bormann will dive into what makes Cardano tick with an insightful keynote on Cardano’s fundamentals and mission. 🚀 Project PitchesThen, we’ll explore some groundbreaking projects with inspiring pitches from Finest, World Mobile, Book.io, and a few surprise guests! 💬 Interactive Q&A & AMAAfter a quick break, we’ll get interactive with an AMA session where you can ask all your burning questions. 🤝 Networking & FunFinally, we’ll wrap things up with a laid-back networking session featuring snacks, drinks, and a photo wall for those Twitter-worthy moments. Plus, don’t miss the tombola - your chance to snag some cool merch! 🎟️ Grab Your Ticket!Tickets are just €6.90. All proceeds will support a great cause — DirectEd, a charitable organization using Cardano to empower underserved students in Africa through scholarships and educational resources. All attendees will have a chance to win exclusive merchandise. Everyone is welcome — from crypto enthusiasts to web3 professionals, whether you’re a developer or just curious, every blockchain community member is invited. 💬 Contact us in the official Telegram Event Group, if you have any further questions. Secure your spot today and be part of the conversation shaping the future of blockchain technology! |
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Cross Posting - Future Data Driven Summit 2024 (register at event website)
2024-09-25 · 13:00
Hello, data folks, please read a message from Future Data Driven Summit 2024 organisers. Please use SotonDataCloud as a promo code - the event is free, but it will help us identify how many of our members registered. We have some exciting news for you! The 'Future Data Driven' Summit is back and ready to blow your mind! This year the conference is scheduled for Sep-25-2024. It's a full day virtual event of free content for you to enjoy. The registration is opened now. Secure your spot today! https://datadrivencommunity.com/fdd2024registration.html We have an incredible lineup of speakers who submitted sessions for this year to share their knowledge, experience, and passion with you. You'll get to hear from the top experts in the industry, connect with other data lovers, and explore new possibilities and solutions. This is an awesome opportunity to dive into the world of data & AI and get motivated by the most cutting-edge trends and innovations. You don't want to miss this! We continuously update information on the conference page. Therefore, we highly recommend that you visit frequently: https://datadrivencommunity.com/FutureDataDriven2024.html We invite you to save your spot and share this summit with your peers. So don't delay and register for the event today! Sincerely, Mikey |
Cross Posting - Future Data Driven Summit 2024 (register at event website)
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#55 Can AI Predict Euro 2024 Winners?
2024-06-20 · 15:00
Send us a text Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society. Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you’re a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let’s get into the heart of data, unplugged style! In this episode, join us along with guests Vitale and David as we explore: Euro 2024 Predictions with AI: Using Snowflake's machine learning models for data-driven predictions and sharing our own predictions. Can animals predict wins better than ML models?Tech in football: From VAR to connected ball technology, is it all a good idea?Nvidia overtaking Apple and Microsoft as the biggest tech corporation? Discussing Nvidia's leap to surpass Apple and Microsoft, and the implications for the GPU market and AI development.Unity Catalog vs. Polaris: Comparing Unity+Delta with Polaris+Iceberg and their roles in data cataloging and management. Explore the details on GitHub Unity Catalog, YouTube, and insights on LinkedIn. Databricks Data and AI Summit recap: Discussing the biggest announcements from the summit, including Mosaic AI integration, serverless options, and the open-source unity catalog.Exploring BM25: Discussing the BM25 algorithm and its advancements over traditional TF-IDF for document classification. |
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React Berlin May Meetup: Integrating Web Components into React & more
2024-05-30 · 16:30
👋 General Info To attend the meetup, please ➡️➡️➡️ REGISTER HERE ⬅️⬅️⬅️ via Guild. Let's meet on May 30 at Space Shack Coworking, where we'll be having fruitful talks on how to integrate Web Components in React and many more! 🗣To propose a talk for our meetups please fill in the CFP form 🤝 Sponsored by Huge thanks to our sponsor GeekyAnts! Discover the latest in Modern Web and React Native at thegeekconf 2024, happening this 25th July in Berlin. Interact, explore, and celebrate the best of React Native with speakers from CallStack, Theodo UK, N26, sizzy.co and more. Hurry — register now to grab a 40% early bird discount for the first 40 tickets. Discount code is FIRST40 Join the forefront of technology innovation; secure your spot immediately! Kudos to our friends from Sentry! Sentry is the application monitoring platform for development teams to holistically monitor their code health from the frontend to the backend to see clearer, solve quicker, and learn continuously. 🤝 Organized by This event made possible thanks to the support from React Summit, React Day Berlin and C3 Fest organizers – GitNation. 🕑 Event Schedule
🗣️ Talks ➡️ Sanket Sahu – Building Back-End-Driven Universal Apps Dive into the world of building back-end-driven universal apps with me. In this session, I'll show you how to build an app that operates across multiple platforms, including Web and Android, with just a handful of code lines. It's a straightforward demonstration of how back-end-driven development can simplify the app creation process. Curious? Check out the project here: https://github.com/GeekyAnts/backend-driven-universal-apps. ➡️ Georg Unterholzner – Bridging the Gap: Integrating Web Components into React Thanks to their encapsulation and cross-platform re-usability, Web Components are changing the way we build for the web, yet using them with React has been challenging so far. In this talk, we will address the growing adoption of Web Components, focusing on the integration hurdles in React and the upcoming support with React 19. ➡️ Hunor Márton Borbély – SVG Tutorial Did you ever need a hamburger menu icon and you you looked out for one in an icon library? Actually, it's only a few lines of code with SVG. And SVGs combined with React open up a whole new world. You can generate diagram, graphics or animation, make an interactive game or app. Let's walk through the basics of the syntax. ➡️ Open Mic Lightning Talks – every attendee is welcome to speak (<5min) 🗣 To propose a talk for our meetup please fill in the CFP form. — 👍 Code of Conduct By registering for this event you agree to comply with our CoC 📩 Contact [email protected] https://twitter.com/ReactBerlin http://youtube.com/ReactConferences |
React Berlin May Meetup: Integrating Web Components into React & more
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Move Fast Break Nothing: Dedy Kredo
2023-11-08 · 13:41
Testing is the backbone of quality code, yet it often takes a back seat as developers prioritize feature creation. The industry's reliance on metrics such as code coverage is insufficient and can even be misleading. In this evolving landscape, where AI coding agents are becoming commonplace, there's a pressing need to revolutionize our approach to testing. Recorded live in San Francisco at the AI Engineer Summit 2023. See the full schedule of talks at https://ai.engineer/summit/schedule & join us at the AI Engineer World's Fair in 2024! Get your tickets today at https://ai.engineer/worlds-fair About Dedy Kredo Dedy, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of CodiumAI, steers the product and engineering teams with an ambitious mission: to empower developers in creating software swiftly and flawlessly, harnessing the synergy of artificial and human intelligence. Prior to CodiumAI, Dedy took on the role of VP of Customer Facing Data Science at Explorium. There, he established and led a dedicated team of data scientists, playing a significant part in the company's progression from its seed stage to a Series C round. Dedy also ventured into entrepreneurship with a bootstrapped online marketing startup, scaling it from a modest beginning to impressive revenue figures. Earlier, as a product line manager at VMware's management business unit, he collaborated with Fortune 500 companies, launching several successful products. |
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