What we’re about
Kia ora Future Cloud Enthusiasts!
Welcome to the Student AWS Cloud Club in Auckland! Whether you're a seasoned cloud practitioner or just starting to explore the vast realm of AWS Cloud, you've found the right place.
🌟 What is Cloud Club?
Cloud Club is a vibrant community where students come together to explore, learn, and master the world of Amazon Web Services (AWS). As technology continues to evolve rapidly, cloud computing has become the backbone of innovation, and AWS stands at the forefront. Our club is the perfect platform for you to dive into this dynamic ecosystem.
🔍 Why is Cloud Club?
The goal of this club is to teach students about the AWS Cloud and its various use cases, including those related to security, AI, business analytics, business transformation, etc.
We will teach students about the benefits of the cloud and how it accelerates business. Furthermore, the AWS Cloud Club will give students hands-on experience through projects in the AWS cloud, allowing students to develop both technical and business expertise in the cloud. This club will provide students with industry skills currently in high demand.
👥 Who can Join?
Absolutely any students! Whether you're a computer science major, a business student curious about cloud technology, or an art student interested in the intersection of technology and creativity — there's a place for you in our AWS Cloud Club. We believe in the power of diversity and the unique perspectives it brings to the table
📅 How to get involved?
Ready to embark on a cloud journey with us? Stay tuned for our upcoming events, workshops, and socials. Join this meet-up group to stay updated and engaged.
The AWS Cloud Club is more than just a club; it's a community of learners, creators, and innovators. We can't wait to see you soon and let's soar to new heights in the cloud together!
Please note: By registering for events, you certify that you have read and agree to the AWS Event Terms and Conditions https://aws.amazon.com/events/terms/.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Advanced RAG Architecture and FinOps OptimisationAWS Office Auckland, Auckland
Kia ora,
We're thrilled to announce the 1st event from AWS Cloud Club for our students in the Auckland community in 2025! Whether you're a seasoned cloud practitioner or new to the field, we welcome you all to join us for an evening of connection with fellow AWS enthusiasts, insightful talks, and, of course, delicious pizza and drinks.PLEASE BRING YOUR ID!!!
Event Details:
Date and Time: June 9, 2025, at 5:30 pm
Location: AWS Auckland Office (Level 13, Commercial Bay, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland)How to Find Us: Enter the PWC building through the main entrance at Customs Street.
Go up by the escalators until the end, landing at the Spectra cafe and PWC reception on the right. Take the lift to level 13.Agenda:
17:30 - 18:00: Networking
18:00 - 18:05: Introductions
18:05 - 18:45: Advanced RAG architectures to optimize LLM outputs - Trevor Kennedy
18:45 - 18:50: Q&A
18:50 - 18:55: Break
19:00 - 19:20: Optimize FinOps via Cost Intelligence Dashboards - Kobe Xu
19:20 - 19: 25: Q&A
19:30: FinishSpeakers:
Trevor Kennedy
Principal Cloud Architect - Leading Ai/ML Technical Initiatives for NZ Commercial @AWSThis talk explores advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures to combat hallucinations and achieve "ground truth" in LLM outputs. We'll examine the RAG ingestion pipeline, covering diverse chunking strategies (e.g., semantic, recursive) and their impact on context. We then differentiate Vector Databases, leveraging semantic similarity, from GraphRAG, which utilizes knowledge graphs for deeper relational understanding. The session will also highlight various ranking strategies (e.g., re-ranking, hybrid search) and other advanced techniques like query rewriting, all aimed at optimizing retrieved context. The key advantages of these strategies include enhanced factual accuracy, improved domain-specific knowledge handling, and greater interpretability and transparency in LLM responses.
Kobe Xu
Senior Consultant, Cloud Architect @DeloitteFinOps has becoming a popular in recent years and there are tools available to help you understand your cost and more!
The Cloud Intelligence Dashboards is an open-source framework, lovingly cultivated and maintained by a group of customer-obsessed AWSers, that provides customers actionable insights and optimization opportunities at scale of organization. Supported by the Well-Architected framework, the dashboards can be deployed by any customer using a CloudFormation template or a command-line tool in their environment. These dashboards help customers drive financial accountability, optimize cost, track usage goals, implement best-practices for governance, and achieve operational excellence across all Well Architected pillars.Shout-Out:
A special thanks to our sponsors, AWS and AWS User Group, for their support. Discover more about them and other AWS clubs in Auckland:
AWS User Group: https://awsug.nz/
AWS Tools and Programming Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/auckland-aws-tools-meetup/
Auckland AWS Community Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/aws_nz/Code of Conduct
AWS Cloud Club at Auckland is committed to providing a friendly and welcoming space for everyone who attends our meetup events, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. Any form of harassment, racism, misogyny, or xenophobia is unacceptable. Participants violating these rules will be invited to leave the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all!
Feel free to join us on our New Slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/awsusergroup-nz/shared_invite/zt-2dl84adxe-ECk4zxv8Vcm2b_wcVsScJg
PLEASE NOTE!!!
By RSVP this event, you will automatically be considered that you understand this is a student lead meet up group for students and have read and agree on the code of conduct https://aws.amazon.com/codeofconduct/