Tech Meetups Vancouver: Week of November 13th, 2022
Paper reading, talks coding workshops, and more
This week we have some paper readings, a talk about Kanban, a talk in the field of agro-tech, a coding study session, and a security workshop.
November 15th, 2022
Data Science Reading Group - User-Centric Explainable AI
RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/learndatascience/events/289365706/
Also, mandatory registration form here: https://ebauche.facil.services/form/#/2/form/view/GJOzFi73f0tS7aXyvXfhuIM-QLFnYgOYaKO0SuPVaXI/
The next reading is Designing Theory-Driven User-Centric Explainable AI
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330967106_Designing_Theory-Driven_User-Centric_Explainable_AIThis is meetup occurs online and in-person.
Please try to read it before the meetup. It's OK if you don't understand it all. The meetup is for questions and discussion.
Important!: To attend this event in-person, you must fill out our registration form with your name and email address by noon the day before the event. This is a requirement of our hosts at Northeastern University. Building security will not let in people whose names do not appear on the registration list. RSVPing through this event page is not enough. Your registration information will be shared with event organizers, staff at the venue, and third-party tools used by the venue to manage visitors.
Online participation link:
https://meet.jit.si/moderated/952354bb252a00945529d0ba9b7075551e15349d469fc092e4569700bec1e6f9Schedule:
• 6:00PM Virtual doors are open, feel free to mingle
• 6:30PM Reading group starts***
What is the Data Science Reading Group about?:
We will meet every other Tuesday of every month and present/discuss a topic of interest.
The group votes on the topic/paper to read next time. Anyone can propose a paper for the following Meetup.
Discussions about this meetup also happen on Slack and Discord. To join Slack, go here: https://join.slack.com/t/vantech/shared_invite/zt-cc8zm9ty-QNWaIng279m~4xRU5UgfLg To join Discord, go here: https://discord.gg/EpJPUks Once you're in, join the #data-science channel.
A list of past papers, both discussed and proposed, is available here: https://github.com/learn-data-science/data-science-reading
Mirror mirror on the wall, which Kanban metric is the best of them all?
RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/agile-vancouver/events/289525037/
Every Kanban board comes with metrics. George Mihailov (creator of a jira plugin that helps leverage Kanban metrics) will lead us through an interactive discussion about what they are, how we can make sense of them, and how to use them appropriately.
Note: we are looking forward to meet in person for the November meetup, with light refreshments.
Overview of main metrics
Lead Time vs Cycle Time
Statistical distribution – histograms and percentiles
Lagging vs leading – aging work
Metrics is a feedback mechanism
Is your system stable and predictable?
Do you meet customer expectations?
About the speaker
Passionate about Lean-Agile, George Mihailov has over 15 years of software development industry experience as a developer, an executive, and now a founder of Quantify, a product that brings service-oriented value delivery best practices to Jira and beyond.
November 16th, 2022
The Future of Farming: A Conversation About AgTech
Secure your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-farming-a-conversation-about-agtech-tickets-440459735927
Inhabitable land makes up roughly 21% of the earth’s surface - and of that inhabitable land, 50% is used for agriculture. Innovations in Agriculture Technology (AgTech) will play a critical role in cultivating a sustainably abundant future and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030.
On Nov 16, join us for a conversation between the local leaders who are working to build a sustainable future through AgTech. We’ll dive into key questions like:
What’s the largest challenge to creating a sustainable food supply?
What technologies hold the most promise for improving the food system resilience and mitigating climate change?
What players in the industry should we all be watching more closely?
This event will be hosted at the Home Key at 560 Seymour St. As always, food and refreshments will be served.
REMINDER: Your RSVP on meetup will not get you into the event. Please register on Eventbrite.
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November 17th, 2022
OWASP Vancouver - Securing Git
RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/owasp-vancouver-chapter/events/285780738/
We are excited to go back to in-person events and enhance member experience through face-to-face interactions. Please see COVID safety information below.
6:00-6:10pm: networking, eating, drinking, getting ready.
6:10-7:10pm: Securing Git with Julius Musseau
The default "out-of-the-box" config for most Git setups (e.g., github, gitlab, bitbucket, etc.) is not great. In this talk Julius will show how to:
Quickly tighten up your git repository config to prevent most badness.
How to prevent malicious metadata from getting in.
How to completely eliminate bad files (e.g., passwords, private keys) from repositories.
Finally, for those that are so inclined, some weird ways you can hide files in existing git repositories, potentially bypassing scrutiny.
Speaker: Julius Musseau has long been obsessed with Java Jar files. He was the primary author on a 40 page academic journal article all about identifying Jar files (“Software Bertillonage”)! In the last 5 years Julius has worked as co-founder and CTO at MergeBase, a Vancouver based application-security company devoted to Jar files, NPM files, DLL files, Ruby Gem Files, Elixir Mix files, etc. As you can see, Julius has really branched out lately! Julius is the author of a leading Log4J detector: https://github.com/mergebase/log4j-detector
7:10-8:00pm: discussion
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Pandemic safety: all participants will be seated 2 meters apart. Masks encouraged.
Thank yous: we would like to give big thanks to PayPal for hosting and feeding us, and all the volunteers for helping make this happen!
OWASP Vancouver web site can be found here, where you can find more info and stay connected with us.
Starting and Building a Career in UX Design
*Must register through BrainStation's website to reserve your ticket*
With organizations and entire industries increasingly adopting a more digital-first approach, understanding your audience and providing a great user experience has never been more essential.
How can you take advantage of these exciting career opportunities?
Join us for a multi-disciplinary event that will explore the fastest-rising jobs in tech, including the growth of UX design, what skills are most important for success in the field, career paths, and more.
Featuring:
Najla Sekariyanti, Digital Product Designer at lululemon
Jason Chen, Product Manager II at Plenty of Fish
Deanna Gee-Wing, Junior Product Marketing Manager at Fresh Prep
Event Schedule:
6:00 pm: Tech industry growth/trends and career paths in UX design, product management, and digital marketing
6:15 pm: Multi-disciplinary panel discussion begins
7:00 pm: Audience Q&A
7:20 pm: Networking
8:00 pm: Event close
November 19th, 2022
Creative Campfire
In collaboration with Diversity in games, we are super excited to present the Creative Campfire for BC Game Devs on November 19th!
RSVP on eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-campfire-for-bc-game-devs-tickets-432180081257?aff=MeetUp
Join us from 10:30 am - 4pm PDT at VFS for a series of keynote speakers, panel sessions and a friendly pitch competition hosted by the PVP circuit.
This event is a unique opportunity to meet and listen to diverse industry professionals in Vancouver who will be sharing their experiences about bridging the gap: diversity done right, stories about personal failures and successes, and demystifying industry roles/perspectives.
Tickets are 20% off until November 1st, act fast to get your discounted tickets today! RSVP on eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-campfire-for-bc-game-devs-tickets-432180081257?aff=MeetUp
This event is graciously supported by A Thinking Ape, BlinkMoon and VFS!
More events coming up
November 20th, 2022 — Let's make iOS app in an hour
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