Journeying through Optimization with Heuristics

Description

Jack has had a year of non-compete with which to do whatever his heart desires, which turns out to be really over optimizing some code for an esoteric math calculation. He'll take you on a journey though everything he learnt as he pushed the code as hard as it could go - and talk about which heuristics he found useful to guide his path. Hopefully you'll learn a trick or two yourself for when you next find yourself optimizing.

About the presenter

Jack cut his teeth as a software engineer in embedded systems, working on projects varying from a razor that can tell when you're shaving, to a DNA aligner for prenatal testing. Since then he's worked in the finance industry, managing ML models, managing people, and doing extremely low latency trading. He's spent the last 6 months at the recurse center, programming for fun and learning, which is where this talk stems from.

Details

We will be opening doors for a social hour at 4:30 pm with pizza and drinks. The presentation will begin at 5:30.
Some of us may be head out for a drink or two afterward, but this will be organized based on interest, night-of.

This event is for in-person attendance. For virtual attendance, please see the alternative page.

Space is limited! RSVP is required for in-person attendance! We need to provide the building management with full names, so please message the host with your full name if you've not done so already and it's not on your profile.

When: Thursday, March 12th
Doors open at 4:30 pm, presentation begins at 5:30 pm

181 West Madison Street
18th floor
Chicago, Illinois 60602

This event has been graciously sponsored by our good friends at Selby Jennings