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DataFest17 will be the UK's first week long festival of data, organised by The Data Lab innovation centre. Key events include: Data Summit (23/24 March Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh), Data Talent Scotland (22 March Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh), training and a showcase hackathon. An open call for self organising events across Scotland has also been launched (closing date for applications 23 Dec).

A festival of data held across Scotland w/c 20 March 2017

DataFest17 will be the UK's first week long festival of data held across Scotland, organised by The Data Lab innovation centre. Key events include: Data Summit, Data Talent Scotland, training and a showcase hackathon. An open call for self organising events has also been launched.

http://datafest.global

http://datafest.global

Mon 20th Mar 2017 9:00am (Europe/London)

Fri 24th Mar 2017 7:00pm (Europe/London)

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Finding Your Perfect Weather with Apache Spark, Docker and IBM Bluemix

Finding Your Perfect Weather with Apache Spark, Docker and IBM Bluemix

Speaker: Radek Ostrowski


https://uk.linkedin.com/in/radekostrowski

This presentation tells a story of a hackathon where mixing a cool idea with the latest technologies has resulted in the grand prize and the fan favourite award of the IBM Sparkathon with nearly 600 participants. It will also include a demo on applying the key technologies and how they were effectively combined in the context of the Bluemix platform.

Radek’s Summary

Radek Ostrowski is an independent software engineer with an academic background in high-performance computing. He specializes in building scalable real-time data collection and predictive analytics platforms. He has worked at the University of Edinburgh in data-related projects, contributed to the success of a game's startup - DeltaDNA, co-built super-scalable backend for PlayStation 4 at Sony and started Docker revolution at Tesco Bank. He is currently working with Spark, Scala and Docker for US-based startups.

Event schedule: 6:30 – 7:00 PM: Networking
7:00 PM – 7:45 PM: Radek Ostrowski
7:45 PM – 8:00 PM: Q & A Session
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Networking & Drinks

If you would like to join us for a relaxed evening of insight, debate, pizza and beer then just RSVP :) !

http://www.meetup.com/Scotland-Data-Science-Technology-Meetup/events/229687801/

http://www.meetup.com/Scotland-Data-Science-Technology-Meetup/events/229687801/

Thu 26th May 2016 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 26th May 2016 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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