Register for Januarys Node.js Meetup: IoT, AI and secret lives!

Any late arrivals on the night just call Sean: +353857832518 to open the door. Pizza will be arriving at 7 pm before the talks, get in early! :)

Welcome to our first meetup of 2018!

We're delighted to welcome Aidan Boran and along with our second speaker Brendan Murray presenting at this months meetup.

First Speaker:

Aidan Boran is a previous speaker at Node.js Dublin. Check out Aidan's previous talk "Using Node.js on IoT devices" (https://youtu.be/GQ4DW7RlIBs). Aidan has 25 years experience in collaborative research & development roles in the Telecomms Industry. Since 2004, he has worked as a senior researcher at the world famous Bell Labs on the devices that drive the Internet of Things. In particular, he focuses on designing and building devices that are very easy to use, make use of the latest web, data and device technologies and provide extraordinary experiences for users at home, at work or at play. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science, has authored 10 patents, over 20 publications and two books.

Talk Title:

The secret life of everyday things.

Talk Intro:

This talk describes how IoT and AI can be combined to infer our daily activities using cheap sensors attached to the things we interact with.

Second Speaker:

Brendan Murray looked after the health of the IBM SmartCloud Mail service, responsible for the creation of monitors and the capture of metrics to ensure the smooth running of the service, as well as transforming the development process to use modern agile delivery techniques. Brendan's roles have included leading the development of IBM's Unified Communications and Collaboration solution for the web and looking after international text processing for the Lotus Development brand. He has also represented IBM in the Java Community Process and on the Unicode Consortium.With more than 30 years experience in Information Technology, Brendan has also held roles in CIM-Centret and Kontor Automation A/S in Denmark, as well as ICL in the UK. Brendan has a MSc in Software Engineering from DCU. More importantly, Brendan is an inveterate geek.

Talk Title:

The Buzz about IoT (monitoring 50000 workers with a handful of sensors)

Talk Intro:

When geeks become beeks, there's no limit to the amount of trouble they will cause their diminutive charges, intruding in all aspects of their fascinating society. Here how one person introduced sensors to monitor his hives, allowing him to see and measure the hives.

Address: 60-63, Dawson St Dawson St, Dublin 2, D02 VY51 2nd Floor, Room 201 (IBAT College)

Agenda:

18:30 – Doors Open / Networking / Grab a Drink

19:00 – Grab some pizza, have a chat before our talks begin.

Intro to Speaker & Sponsors with Sean Walsh, nearForm

19:15 - GUEST SPEAKER Aidan Boran

20:00 - Q&A available to the speaker

20:05 - GUEST SPEAKER Brendan Murray

20:45 - Q&A available

21:00 - Finish

Our speakers will be available to answer any queries not covered in the respective Q&A earlier.

Hope to see you all there and as always, we'll have free pizza & beer! :)

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Any member who would like to submit a talk for an upcoming meetup, please chat to any of the organisers on the night or email sean.walsh@nearform.com or leanne.vaughey@nearform.com.