Artificial Intelligence

🌿 Saturday Sunset Walk: Punggol Coast to Lorong Halus Red Bridge 🌅 Looking to unwind and get some fresh air this Saturday? Join us for a relaxing late afternoon walk from Punggol Coast MRT station to Coney Island, ending at the scenic Lorong Halus Red Bridge. 🗓 Date: 28 February 2026 (Saturday)
⏰ Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm (please arrive 10 minutes earlier)
📍 Meeting Point: NE18 Punggol Coast MRT (Passenger Service)
🕞 Meeting Time: 2:50pm We’ll stroll along the beautiful Punggol coastline, enjoy sea views, greenery, and possibly catch the sunset glow near Lorong Halus. Expect a casual pace — perfect for light exercise, friendly conversations, and de-stressing after a busy week. 💧 Bring water, wear comfortable walking shoes, and dress light. 

📸 Don’t forget your camera — plenty of photo-worthy spots along the way! This is a relaxed, no-pressure walk. All fitness levels welcome. Let’s move, chat, and enjoy nature together! See you there! 🌤️

You are invited to a creative Zentangle Journaling class! Unleash your creativity and calm your mind, where art meets meditation! This is a monthly event on every 2nd Sunday. Our first class will be on 9th Feb 2025 at Central Christian Church, Temasek Room (Level 4) at 3pm. Fee at $8 for every first-timer. You will be given a Zentangle Journaling kit. Light refreshments will be provided. No experience is needed. All you need is to have an open heart and mind to enjoy the therapeutic and relaxing time! RSVP soon to book your seat!

Welcome to Themed Super Scrabble meetup. *A word list will be provided for your reference during gameplay. *Form words from the list to score additional points *We will have a unique theme each and every week. After RSVP kindly text me immediately for further meetup details. Hope to hear from you soon!! Joseph 88023147

**For ages 13 and above.** Muay Thai is a striking based martial art and sport. Also known as “The Art of Eight Limbs”, it is characterised by the combined use of the fists, elbows, knees and shins. It is an ancient martial art of Thailand known for its tremendous power. Students will be taught how to utilise a symphony of kicks, punches, knees strikes and elbow strikes. ### **Address** 701A Yishun Ave 5, #02-01A, Singapore 761701 ### **Schedule** Sundays 6PM - 7PM ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class.

**For ages 18 and above.** Elevate Your Game with SweatINC Badminton Classes! **Beginner Friendly & Progressive Skill Building**: New to badminton? No worries! Our beginner-friendly section ensures that novice players receive special attention to grasp the fundamentals with confidence. As you advance, our coaches will gradually introduce more complex skills, ensuring a smooth transition from beginner to intermediate levels. **Expert Coaching:** Our classes are led by experienced and certified badminton coaches who are passionate about the sport. Benefit from personalized instruction, feedback, and skill-building exercises that will take your game to new heights. **Community and Fun:** At SweatINC Badminton, we believe that sports should be enjoyable. Our classes not only offer a fantastic workout but also provide a social and friendly environment. Connect with fellow badminton enthusiasts, make new friends, and share the joy of the game. ### **Address** 11 Rivervale Link, Singapore 545081 ### **Schedule** Sundays 4PM - 6PM ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class.

**For ages 13 and above.** ***Teens Basketball (Ages 13-18) – “Elite Development”*** For teens looking to take their game to the next level, we focus on advanced skills, footwork, game strategy, and competitive play. This class includes structured training in shooting techniques, ball-handling, defense, and game IQ, preparing players for school teams, competitive leagues, and beyond. ***Adult Basketball (Ages 18+) – “Game Ready”*** Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, our adult sessions provide skill development, fitness training, and competitive play. These sessions focus on shooting accuracy, defensive strategies, and game execution, ensuring players stay sharp and active. ### **Address** 412 Fernvale Link, Singapore 790412 ### **Schedule** Sundays 5PM - 6PM ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class.

Welcome! Gist below! :-) Bring a book to the meet! Buy a drink (and a bite if you're hungry). Say hi to the folks. Read! We'll do a short round of intros and a short sharing at the end too. :) Come in and find us (we're probably the only reading group)! In the event that the place is full, we'll find a back up nearby. :-) This is a limited seats, small group event, so do try to update your RSVP early if your plans change! Thanks in advance! Nearest MRT: - Bedok North (DT29) - Bedok Reservoir (DT30)

**For ages 4 and above.** Beginner classes will emphasize on fundamental skating techniques which will equip you with basic skills such as stopping, turning and speed control. Intermediate classes will tap onto the basics and expand the skills with diverse alternatives that will bring you to the next level of skating independently. Expert classes are for students with the bare minimum for outdoor skating and would like to take it to a higher level. There is no fixed number of classes for each level as we understand the learning rate of every individual varies. Hence, our instructors will provide the necessary tips and advice curated specifically to your learning needs. ### **Address** 3 Ang Mo Kio Street 62, #02-13, Singapore 569139 ### **Schedule** Sundays 3PM - 4PM ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class.

**For ages 13 and above.** #### **Who is this for?** Whether you are a novice with no prior experience in Taekwondo or any other forms of martial arts or a seasoned player with years of training, the school will be able to impart knowledge and skills according to your level of proficiency. #### **What will you learn?** Our school is committed to teaching the complete system of Taekwondo. This includes: * Traditional Forms * Taegeuk (Modern) Forms * Kicks, punches, strikes and sweeps * Take-down skills * Ho Shin Sool (self-defence techniques) * Grappling techniques * Full range and integrated sparring * Competition (Olympic style) sparring #### **What are the benefits?** Taekwondo, when practised regularly and properly, helps individuals to maintain fitness and general physical well-being. Physically, this means exercising all of the muscles and strengthening the body systematically, both internally and externally. Mentally, this means developing self-control and self-discipline on a path to achieving inner harmony. ### **Address** 69 & 69A Serangoon Garden Way Singapore 555965 ### **Schedule** Sundays 230PM - 330PM ### **Booking Information** * Please contact **98225900** to find out how to book this class. * The instructor will reach out to you once you've booked the class.

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod. **YouTube Link** TBD

Topic to be announced. **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

Most people use AI like a search box: they type one sentence, hope for the best, and get frustrated when the answer is generic, wrong, or useless. But getting better results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI systems is not about memorizing magic prompts. It is about learning how to give the AI better context. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll break down how to make AI dramatically more useful by improving the way you communicate with it. You’ll learn how to give clearer instructions, provide examples, set constraints, ask for better output formats, and use follow-up questions to turn a mediocre answer into a genuinely useful one. We’ll cover practical techniques you can use immediately for work, learning, writing, coding, planning, research, and everyday problem solving. We’ll also touch on why these same ideas show up in more advanced AI systems, including RAG, agents, evaluations, and AI workflows. No technical background required. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and maybe one real task you wish AI was better at helping you with. **What you’ll learn:** * Why “better prompting” is really about better context * How to structure requests so AI gives more useful answers * How to use examples, constraints, and output formats * How to iterate when the first answer is not good enough * How these skills connect to more advanced AI workflows This meetup is for anyone who wants to move beyond basic ChatGPT usage and start getting more practical value out of AI. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

PLEASE NOTE!!! This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch. All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing). \-\-\- On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends. All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here: [https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams) (Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!) No game development experience required! If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here: [https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1) Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com with the following: Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact. Be sure to check out our Discord for real time news updates: [https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ](https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ)

**Presenter:** Auri Rahimzadeh, Principal Software Architect, Momentum3 **Time:** Pizza at 6:00, Presentation Starts at 6:30pm Eastern **Location:** Theoris, 9000 Keystone Crossing, Suite 230, Indianapolis Auri's been using AI a lot. Are you? Let's discuss how to be your most effective self by using AI in your development workflow. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Bring your work or your hobby, hang out, and code with us. Follow @buckeyecocoa for more information.