Lugano Tech Talks September 2023 Meetup

AGENDA

• 7:00 pm: Doors open and mingling

• 7:30 pm: Talks

Marco Gallieri - A data science journey

The past decade has seen the emergence of the data scientist, a multi-skilled figure that aims to extract value from data in the form of predictions and recommendations. The talk will discuss the speaker’s journey throughout the data science and AI landscape. From the early days in Formula 1 battery management to consulting for manufacturing and energy companies and their current chapter in commodity trading. Challenges, lessons learned and best practises for the next generation.

Marco Gallieri received a PhD in engineering from the university of cambridge in 2014. He was part of the Mclaren F1 team where he developed the battery management sytem for the Honda F1 power unit (2022 World Champion). Marco has over 10 years exprience in data science, artificial intelligence and control systems consulting with applications in energy, automotive and industry 4.0. He is currently a senior data scientist at DXT Commodities in Lugano, working on natural gas market forecasting, and is completing an executive MBA at SDA Bocconi.

Derval O’Neil - Getting young people excited about STEM!

Based in Varese, northern Italy, CodEng - Code in simple English, has as its mission to inspire young people to get started writing code, experimenting with robotics and understanding the latest developments in the tech industry. In this talk, CodEng's founder, Derval O'Neill will share her approach for teaching digital skills to young people, including non-English speaking students. Topics will include generative AI, edutainment, international STEM camps and other approaches she uses to get students excited about acquiring digital skills.

Derval is an expert in teaching coding to middle and high school students, helping them to build video games using Python, develop customised chatbots using Open AI’s API key, create web pages with Javascript and program a range of devices from Lego Spike robots to Arduino and Raspberry Pi. She is also an early proponent of the teaching of Swift Playgrounds to develop apps directly on the iPad, in particular as part of recent code camps to Dubai and Silicon Valley.

CodEng was founded almost eight years ago and since then, many alumni from the thousands of students that have taken a CodEng course, have been accepted to computer science and related engineering courses across Europe such as Bocconi in Milan, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands to name a few.

• 8:30 pm: Beers and pizzas served. Socialize with fellow members and share thoughts and ideas!

• 9:30 pm: End of meetup.

THE VENUE

Bloomberg LP has kindly agreed to host us at their office in Lugano. They will also sponsor a reception after the talks for some great networking opportunities.

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