Real-Time Web Applications and Recommendation Platforms with Graph Technologies

We are excited to partner with Adobe on our next meetup in New York City!

For starters, there are two amazing speakers, Ghlen Nagels, Graph Database Consultant and David Fox, Sr. Software Engineer at Adobe. It's a great opportunity to learn about managing a recommendation platform and using graph databases in real-time web apps.
Food and drinks are provided.

Agenda:
5:00 pm: Open doors
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Talks and Q&A
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Socializing
7:30 pm: Closing

Talks and Speakers:
Streamline your web apps’ tech stack with Neo4j (Ghlen Nagels)
Learn how to use Graph Databases in real-time web applications using the theoretical model of the driver, which is available in over ten languages.
This session gently introduces the technical intricacies of working with the database in any setup, including cloud, high availability and single server.
At the end of this talk, you will be armed with the most important how-to's and gotchas, creating a solid understanding of Neo4j and how to use it as a developer.

Speaker: Ghlen Nagels / Web and Graph Database Consultant
Ghlen Nagels is a Web Developer and Graph Database Consultant. He maintains the Neo4j PHP driver, helps with many other open-source projects and is involved with multiple startups and corporate projects, drawing on his own experience and that of many experts he works with.As a digital nomad, he is constantly flying, but when he has time, you’ll find him running on the trails or enjoying some of his local favorite Belgian beers with his friends. @GhlenNagels (Linkedin + twitter) https://nagels.tech (website)

Building a Real-time Recommendation Platform for Neo4j/Cypher
Learn how the Behance Content Discovery team manages a real-time recommendation platform and social graph that is used by a number of Creative Cloud web products.
Will cover:
- How we build new recommendation algorithms with close input and collaboration with our product team
- How we closely measure and A/B test algorithm performance/effectiveness
- How we provide these technologies to the wider Adobe product offering

Speaker: David Fox - Sr. Software Engineer/Team Lead (Adobe)
David Fox is a senior engineer and team lead in the Adobe Behance organization, specializing in developing data infrastructure for content discovery and recommendations. He has over 8 years of experience implementing and scaling graph databases, which are at the forefront of the Behance and Adobe technology stack.