Two talks: Your Reliance on Open Source Software and AI / ML & GDPR Essentials

Leap ahead in February with an early morning dose of Notts Techfast. In your latest instalment of Nottingham's 'before work' shot of technology-focussed talks and chat we have a double-bill for you this month.

This will be a 'hybrid event' - both in-person at BJSS Nottingham's office, and available to join online too. Those who mark themselves as attending will be sent a link to join the webinar closer to the time if you're unable to join us for breakfast personally.

About the talks
Jamie Tanna will be giving us a talk entitled "Quantifying your reliance on Open Source software".
He says:
"I've always been interested in the composition of Open Source and internal dependencies that my projects use, and after years of wanting some way to query the data, I went ahead and built it!
Having access to this data has allowed me and my team to get a view of what our most popular languages or frameworks are, which packages we didn't realise we so heavily rely on, determine how many dependencies are using end-of-life software, or just understand the way that internally-built libraries are used across the organisation.
This data has given my company's developers, leadership and the security team a better view of the landscape of our ever growing dependencies on Open Source, so we can appropriately upgrade, migrate, and support projects.
In this talk, you'll learn that it's straightforward to do this yourself with Free and Open Source Software, as well as looking at some examples of the data that you can get out of this tooling for your own purposes"

Jamie is an Senior Software Engineer at Elastic and has many years experience in back-end software development and infrastructure management.

We're also joined by Ben Waymark with his talk titled "Master the Principles of AI / ML and GDPR Essentials".

Dive into the essentials of GDPR in the context of AI and machine learning. Ben will guide you through the core principles of GDPR, individual rights, data collection and processing, and address the challenge of bias in AI models.
Gain insights into best practices for navigating these complex regulations effectively in your AI and machine learning projects.Perfect for professionals seeking to align their AI strategies with GDPR compliance. Join us for a session packed with expert guidance and practical tips!

Ben is a CTO and strategic leader with extensive experience in AI, SAAS, software engineering, R&D, and Product Management.

Our thanks to BJSS Nottingham for sponsoring Techfast and if you're able to join us in person breakfast items and drinks will be provided to help start your date right. Hope to see you there!