Coding Grace May 2017 Newsletter & Upcoming events
It's May already and that means longer days, hopefully sunnier and warmer weather, and even more determination to do more coding and play around with technologies. 😊
I've finally got around to write about all the women/diversity in tech groups around Ireland, if I am missing a group, drop me an email and I will update the Medium post. Check it out >>>
A big congratulations to Marian Flanagan for winning the raffle for the #weAREhere Devit Conf ticket as the previous winner was unable to go. Big thank you to Simona Cotin for offering the ticket and arranging the raffle. If you want to find out more about the conference which will be held in Greece on May 20-21.
The ever awesome Zita ran Wexford Coding Grace's third event, which was an intro to HTML5. If you would like to get involved to help Zita, or find out more about her workshops, you can get in contact with her by emailing codinggwexford@gmail.com.
Kevin O'Brien will be running another Beginners R workshop and this time it will be down in Limerick on Sat May 13th.
More details >>>
Call for Particiation
Alison Shevlin is doing a research is conducted under Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology for MSc in Cyber psychology research called
"Impact of Unconscious Gender Bias in Online Professional Networking".
If you have any questions before taking the questionnaire below please feel free to contact Alison through alison.shevlin@gmail.com and she will be happy to answer any questions you have about participating.
Participate in survey >>>
This study will examine if unconscious gender bias can limit people professionally in the IT sector. It will examine online professional networking sites and the language used by male and females to describe themselves professionally. It will examine whether online professional profiles and CV's, when made gender neutral, can still be identifiable as male/female from the language style used. The results of this will help further understand if removing gender from CV’s or online professional profiles can reduce the impact of gender bias in the workplace and in recruitment process.
Here's some links of interest that I pinned for this month.
Ping me if you want me to include a link to share with folks.
Any enquiries or if you want to help, please email contact@codinggrace.com.
Thanks,
/// Vicky
Workshops
[Limerick] Introduction to the Tidyverse Toolkit for R
When: Sat May 13 (10:30 - 16:30)
We are delighted to be back with another "Data Analysis with R : the tidyverse toolkit" workshop with Kevin O'Brien using Azure Notebooks.
The event is FREE but you need to register to attend.
Upcoming Workshops
- Beginners HTML5/CSS
- Intro to Elm
- Intro to F#
- Intro to Python
- More data-related workshops
Follow @CodingGrace for updates.
Special Announcements
ALT Futures Hackathon 2017
When: Fri 5 & Sat 6 May 2017
Where: LexIcon Lab, Dún Laoghaire
dlr LexIcon Hackathon on Assisted Living Technologies (ALT)
I/O Extended Dublin 2017
When: Wed May 17 - Thu May 18
Google Developers Group Dublin and Google Dublin EMEA HQ have extended their invite to Coding Grace community members to I/O Extended 2017. The topics will range from Machine Learning, Beyond Corp, AR, Mobile UX and many more, in various different formats (codelabs, talks and panels).
More info: https://events.withgoogle.com/io-dublin/
NOTE: make sure to pick Coding Grace in the community section when registering.
PyCon Ireland 2017 dates just announced
When: Sat 21st - Sun 22nd October 2017
Where: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin
EuroPython FinAid now open
When: Sun 9th - Sun 16th July 2017
Where: Rimni, Italy
More details: https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/
Application deadline: Mon April 24th 2017
Girls in Tech Catalyst London - Call for Speakers
When: September 13-14, 2017
SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK
What workshop would you like us to run next?
Other events happening around Ireland
I'll post more on CodingGrace.com blog if I find more after this newsletter.
Startup Digest Dublin also has a great listings of events happening in Dublin.
Want me to include an event? Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.
Diversity-Friendly Events
@_caitriona created this awesome Women in Tech events listings, contributions welcome.
Gender initiatives in STEM education & communication - are they working?
When: Fri, May 5, 09:30-13:00 @ Science Gallery Dublin
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/gender-initiatives-in-stem-education-communication-are-they-working-tickets-33400486755
Women Who Code Belfast: OWASP Women in AppSec & Women Who Code: An Evening with the Pros!
When: Mon May 8, 19:00-21:00 @ Waterfront Conference Centre
Details: https://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Belfast/events/238434511/
WITS Cork: Unconscious Bias
When: Tue, May 9, 18:00 @ BoI, Patrick St, Cork
Details: http://witsireland.com/events/42/unconscious-bias-cork/
Women Who Code Dublin: UX Design and Mobile UX Workshop
When: Wed May 10, 18:00 - 20:00 @ AIB Bankcentre, Merrion Road, D4
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Dublin/events/239384494/?
Girls in Tech Dublin
When: Thu May 11, 18:00-21:00 @ Realex Payments
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/girls-in-tech-dublin-realex-payments-tickets-32988781333
PyLadies Dublin May Meeting
When: Tue May 16, 18:30 – 21:00 @ Next Generation
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/236605259/
XX+Data Kickoff - Meet Amazing Data Women!
When: Wed May 17, 18:30 – 21:00 @ TBC
Details: https://www.meetup.com/XX-Data/events/239675294/
Women Who Code Belfast & Your job search
When: Mon May 22, 18:00 – 20:00 @ Kainos MC Breakout Room, Belfast
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/237131835/
Inspirefest 2017
When: Thu Jul 6 - Sat Jul 8 2017 @ Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin
Details: http://inspirefest.com/
Upcoming Events
TBC
Dublin Julia Users Group
Where: Chaplins Bar 2 Hawkins St, Dublin 2
- Software Engineering vs Theoretical Physics
- Tragicomedy part 2
- Julia Follow-up Talk in Finance
- Julia in Computational Biology
WED MAY 03
Learning Tech Labs: Predicting the Next Step in Learning
Where: Science Gallery Dublin @ 18:30
May Clojure Ireland Pub Meetup
Where: Against the Grain @ 18:30
Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
THU MAY 04
[Webinar] Deep Learning with Apache Spark with Databricks
Where: Online @ 18:00
Graphic Design Dublin: Meetup in New Horizons
Where: New Horizons @ 18:00
[Athlone] Tech Talks Athlone @ The Bounty (ticketed)
Where: The Bounty @ 18:30
SAT MAY 06
Ticketmaster: Hackathon in Dublin!
Where: NDRC @ 09:30 - 18:00
MON MAY 08
Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
TUE MAY 09
AWS Usergroup Dublin MeetUp #21
Where: Button Factory @ 18:00 - 20:00
Docker Dublin: Docker and Logging with Daniel Berman
Where: Workday @ 18:30 - 20:00
Elm User Group Dublin Pub meetup
Where: (Upstairs) Against the Grain @ 19:00
WED MAY 10
Python Ireland Meetup
Where: TBC @ 18:30
MON MAY 15
Coding Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
TUE MAY 16
Dublin UX: Dublin UX presents "People First Content Strategy at Facebook for Business"
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:00
Ethereum Ireland: Hands-on with Ethereum: Interacting with the blockchain using React.js
Where: Oil Can Harry's @ 18:30
WED MAY 17
Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackespace @ 19:00
Zalando Tech Events Dublin: Dublin Data Science - an Intro to Gradient Boosting
Where: Zalando @ 19:00
THU MAY 18
DublinCSS: May Meetup
Where: Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00
Dublin Software Craftsmanship Community
Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15
SAT MAY 20
TOG May Open Social
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00
MON MAY 22
OpenStack Ireland: Come join us for an evening of "OpenStack in the Wild"
Where: Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00
Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackserspace @ 19:00
TUE MAY 23
Tech for Good: Digital Street Mapping Workshop
Where: NDRC @ 18:00 - 20:15
Dublin IOT Advice Meetup: IOT design advice for startups
Where: TBC @ 19:00
Dublin MakerSpace: Maker of Minds
Where: Alfie Byrnes @ 19:00
THU MAY 25
Interaction Design Foundation: May UX Insights speaker event
Where: Bank of Ireland, TCD @ 18:30
FRI MAY 26
Data Scientists Ireland: [Limerick] OSGeo Ireland Symposium
Where: Castletroy Hotel @ 09:00-18:00
MON MAY 29
Coding Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
WED MAY 31
Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00
THU JUN 01
Kx Community Dublin Meetup
Where: TBC @ 19:00
Upcoming Conferences
SAT MAY 06
Agile Ireland 2017
Where: Workday, Dublin
Details: http://www.agileireland.org
WED MAY 10
Future Scope 2017
Where: The Convention Centre Dublin
Details: http://www.futurescope.ie
THU MAY 11
ARVR Innovate Conference
Where: RDS, Dublin
Details: http://innovatereality.com
MON May 22
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WED MAY 24
LavaCon: Content Strategy Conference: Spanning Silos, Building Bridges
Where: Croke Park
Details: https://lavacon.org/2017/dublin/
TUE MAY 30
The Irish Tech News IoT Awards 2017
Where: DCU Alpha
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-tech-news-iot-awards-2017-tickets-33304553817
FRI JUN 16
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SUN JUN 18
Q-Con XXIV
UK & Ireland's greatest weekend of gaming and anime entertainment
Details: http://www.q-con.org.uk/
THU JUL 20
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SUN JUL 23
The Festival of Curiosity
Dublin’s International festival of science, art, design & technology.
Details: https://festivalofcuriosity.ie/programme/
SAT JUL 22
Dublin Maker
Dublin Maker takes the form of a “show and tell” experience where inventors/makers sourced through an open call, will have an opportunity to showcase their creations in a carnival atmosphere.
Details: http://www.dublinmaker.ie/