July talks: A Crab, a Pufferfish and a State-of-the-art Chess AI

Tonight we’ll be hearing from:

• Malcolm Still on "The Crab and the Pufferfish: Applying OpenBSD’s Secure Software Design Pattern in Rust". From Malcolm:
  "Mechanical Engineer by training, I've been writing rust professionally for 5 years. Currently a Senior Software Engineer at Swordbreaker protecting organisations from ransomware attacks."
• Cosmo on "Exploring a State-of-the-art Chess AI built with Rust". From Cosmo: "Hi, I'm Cosmo, the author of Viridithas, a chess-playing program that competes at the highest level. Currently, I work at Esri, writing micro-services in Rust."

We are generously hosted once again within Travelperks new Edinburgh offices! (see directions)

Rough plan for the evening:

• 18:30: doors open
• ​18:30 → 19:00: chat / pizza
• ​19:00 → 20:00: talks + q/a
• ​20:00 → 20:30: tidy-up
• ​20:30: event close. For anyone still wanting to chat, head to Fountainbridge Fox.