#HNLondon, November 2014

The speaker lineup and event schedule is below. Sadly, the event is now full up. If you RSVPed Yes but can no longer make it, please update your RSVP as early as possible so someone else can take your place :)

18:30 - Beers and pizza
19:00 - Introduction from sponsors
19:05 - Thomas Stone (https://twitter.com/tstonez) - Show HN: An Open Source Machine Learning Server Thomas is co-founder of PredictionIO (http://prediction.io), an open source machine learning server for software developers and data engineers. PredictionIO integrates state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and is built on top of scalable frameworks such as Spark, HBase and Elasticsearch. He will talk about how developers can add powerful predictive features to their web or mobile applications using PredictionIO.
19:25 - Douglas Squirrel (https://twitter.com/douglassquirrel) - Microservices
Squirrel is the VP of Technology at children's bank startup Osper and long time HNLondon supporter. He will give an overview of microservices and how to get the most out of using them.
19:50 - Break
20:10 - Dr Edward John Lancaster Bell III (https://twitter.com/ejlbell) - Regular expressions aren't regular
Eddie is a Data Scientist doing some cool stuff at Lyst. Despite the name, the regular expressions we use every day are not actually regular in the theoretical sense. Every time they are treated as such, Noam Chomsky kills a kitten. In this presentation I'll tell you what an regular expression actually is and why this nomenclature mess is all down to Perl.
20: 30 - Nick Halstead (https://twitter.com/nik) - The DataSift Story
Nick is the founder of DataSift, a social data analysis platform. He has raised over $78mil and is in process of making the company one of UK's biggest successes in tech. Nick will tell the story of how he built the company, including developing the product, raising awareness, building the organisation and fundraising.
21:45 - Pub - www.thewindmillinthecity.com (http://www.thewindmillinthecity.com/)

As always the event is accompanied by tons of free beer and pizza. Videos of past talks are online at http://vimeo.com/hnlondon . If you are into the whole Twitter thing, the hashtag for the event is #HNLondon.

HNLondon is generously supported by

Atlassian unlocks the potential in every team. Our products help teams collaborate, build software and serve their customers better. Nearly 40,000 large and small organizations – including Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola, Netflix and NASA – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time. Learn about products including JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket and Stash at http://atlassian.com (http://atlassian.com/).

Lyst is a leading fashion marketplace - we partner with the world’s top fashion brands and stores to provide people with a personalised way to discover and shop for fashion online. From launch in 2010, Lyst is growing quickly and already generates tens of millions of dollars in sales for the hundreds of brands, retailers and publishers it partners with around the world. Behind the scenes we're python & machine learning fanatics and you can read more about that at http://developers.lyst.com (http://developers.lyst.com/). We're actively looking for talented people across the business. Contact Steve directly if you are interested in finding out more: steve@ly.st

http://resin.io pulls hardware development into the 21st century. It endows you with the ability to seamlessly update all your embedded linux devices in the wild. Any language, any packages, nicely contained and shipped to all your devices with a simple "git push". http://resin.io deals with all the messy bits like cross-compilation, device monitoring, VPNs, and log collection transparently, so you can focus on your product, not infrastructure.

Osper provides a prepaid debit card for kids 8-18 that helps them learn about money management. And we not only help young people buy Lego and save for bicycles - we are building an awesome technology team that eliminates legacy code, keeps the bug rate tiny, and stays small and joyful. We are doing this by adopting and adapting techniques like pair programming, test-driven development, continuous deployment, and microservices. Read more about our plan to be awesome on our blog http://tech.osper.io (http://tech.osper.io/). We want to meet and work with geeks of all stripes - from sysadmins to server-side devs, testers to mobile coders, data crunchers to security analysts. If that's interesting, get in touch with Squirrel at squirrel@osper.com .