May Clojure Users Group Meeting: The Premise Language & Lightning Talks

The Los Angeles Clojure Users Group (https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Clojure-Users-Group/) welcomes Michael Miller, the presenter for our May meetup. He'll be talking about the language Premise. Afterwards, we'll invite any attendee to give a quick talk on a topic of their choice.

The Premise Language

Premise is a functional prototype programming language that supports logical and similarity based pattern matching, asynchrony, and inference. The Sapir Whorf hypothesis applied to computer programming suggests that the primitives in a programming language frame and constrain how developers think about solutions. Premise's high level language intrinsics and literal orientation offer programmers a new vantage point for solving complex problems and building artificially intelligent systems.

About Michael Miller

Michael Miller has worked and consulted extensively in the software industry for numerous companies including Bank of America, Deutschebank, TBWA Chiat Day, Northrop Grumman, American Express, AT&T, and Ford Motor Company. He has worked in various capacities from Software Developer, Knowledge Engineer, Principal Consultant to Senior Enterprise Architect. He attended Carnegie Mellon University where he worked on the Prodigy planning system in machine learning, and has published articles on building Cognitive Systems.

Also Lightning Talks

After Michael's presentation, we'll open up the floor to anyone that would like to give a quick talk (five minutes or so) on anything they'd think would be of interest to the group. A wide range of topics are encouraged: a library you've learned about recently, a new project you'd like feedback on, a question that's been on your mind lately, etc.

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Parking and Directions:

Address Change!

We're in a new building! Still in Century City, near the mall, but now at:

1999 Avenue of the Stars, 34th Floor, Los Angeles

The building is at the intersection of Avenue of the Stars and Constellation Blvd.

When you arrive, please tell the guards you are here for the "Meetup at Factual".

Parking:

The best place for attendees to park is at the Westfield Century City Mall. Please note that they no longer offer free parking for the first 3 hours. Parking rates are as follows:

0 to 3 hours: $1.00 per hour
3 to 5 hours: $1.00 every 15 minutes
5 hours or more: $24.00
Daily maximum: $24.00

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About the Venue:

Factual (http://www.factual.com/) is a location platform that enables personalized and contextually relevant mobile experiences by enriching mobile location signals with definitive global data. Factual’s real-time data stack builds and maintains data on a global scale, with Factual's core Global Places data covering over 65 million local businesses and points of interest in 50 countries. Factual’s platform also informs location with contextual demographic and commercial data, and offers cleaning and mapping services for business listings and points of interest.