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**TAMI Sonic (Music Night)** Join our bi-weekly informal meetups devoted to playing and experimenting with sound. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

\-\-\- Update: The Gamedev Drinkup was postponed and is back to its regular format \-\-\- Game developers, come meet each other, make connections, talk about games, learn from one another, and drink beer. Whether you’re seasoned professionals or just starting out, you’re invited to a casual, relaxed Drinkup with people from all fields: programmers, artists, game designers, project managers, musicians, community managers, and more. \-\-\- עדכון: הדרינקאפ נדחה וחזר למתכונת הרגילה \-\-\- מפתחי/ות משחקים - בואו להכיר זה את זה, ליצור קשרים, לדבר על משחקים, ללמוד אחד מהשניה, ולשתות בירה. מקצוענים או בתחילת דרככן, מוזמנים לדרינקאפ קז'ואלי ורגוע של אנשים מכל התחומים - מתכנתות, ארטיסטים, מעצבות משחקים, מנהלי פרוייקטים, מוזיקאיות, מנהלי קהילה ומה לא. \*הכניסה חופשית ומגיל 18 ומעלה \*\*הדרינקאפ שם לעצמו למטרה להיות מקום בטוח, מכיל ונעים לכל המשתתפים והמשתתפות. אם משתתף/ת מרגיש/ה לא בנוח, מוטרד/ת או מותקף/ת במהלך האירוע (או מחוצה לו בהקשר שלו) יש לדווח למארגני האירוע שנוכחים במקום, או לצוות המקום המארח ואנחנו נטפל בכך באופן מידי. אין מקום להטרדות מכל סוג בעולם בכלל ובטח לא בדרינקאפ, אנחנו נעשה הכל כדי למגר אותן. אנחנו מעדכנים גם בקבוצת ווטסאפ שקטה של הדרינקאפ, מוזמנים להצטרף: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/GiWvNFXKStBCphLrCNKDMa](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GiWvNFXKStBCphLrCNKDMa?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExQTgwOUxxM3FaS01QbUV5UnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5BZo_KHdOFbTVrZscJVNkPpiJsVNdjQ2cEOY-ILQQJ9toX1p_UoGQgPCH4Gw_aem_2rcK8czrAh-_6wzeCCZeOw) או לקשקש עם הקהילה ההולכת וגדלה שלנו בדיסקורד: [https://discord.gg/MwgCRdkz7h](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.gg%2FMwgCRdkz7h%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExQTgwOUxxM3FaS01QbUV5UnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR60uF74NOAQyXUgqvCC-h81Azuj11bM-2Kl2W1kKIQ9RL85CNwl59oUlRnVmw_aem_oj_6IwiGggE2fpl-V3N1vA&h=AT4FWnF78lAVzQjRNEqKlofwduao0oQyDsc5KBD5IPN-uBlkdbhFVyGYEU-_ydBZQzGc_c_GfZwbKg6RI22TULXnTzrPGNbAz-x25St8CLxXi0Dr4fZA-I5eM1Y_gXfoyd1QzfT_CT4e4ojNxO1GCxT2pSZBe-vojec&__tn__=q&c%5B0%5D=AT4cViAWpWg0o2kCdLrA3Fjoawb3xeJrwUUjr2L3rq0gbBR2TlleOn42VIkrHQvtlRkBqWh0_vY7jcKOgAboAY3m0lYtwoeNCMBlwcQDzTqCNmoYmHRaUlhKkW9DApFO)

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. We will be reading and discussing a fascinating philosophical text in English. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CDjIJ8i1LZsJ2a7WJXFxhG?mode=wwt Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. Join locall Tel-Aviv chat with all news and updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/IWWgu9DznjzLvMe8p6cVCu?mode=ac_t For any questions pleae contact Tel-Aviv city leaders: Lev +972 55-7704496 Ilia +972535007183 Nastya +972533838320 Dan +972537162316 More about FRC global: 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 35+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

כבר רכשתם/ן את יסודות הריתוך ואתם מוכנים לקדם את המיומנות שלכם לשלב הבא? הסדנה הזו היא בשבילכם/ן! מרכז החדשנות מייקלאב מזמין אתכם/ן לסדנת ריתוך - יוצרים בחמרי גלםגלם. בסדנה תעמיקו את הידע שלכם בריתוך ותתנסו ביצירה אמנותית ופונקציונלית עם מתכת. נתרגל שליטה בטכניקות ריתוך, עיבוד חומרי גלם, עבודה בטוחה ומקצועית ופתרון בעיות בזמן אמת. בסיום הסדנה המשתתפים יצאו עם פרויקט אישי. למבוגרים/ות (18+) שעברו סדנת ריתוך למתחילים או בעלי נסיון מינימלי בעבודה עם הרתכת. עלות: ₪240 לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון: ₪190 שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/practicalwelding

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. We will be reading and discussing a fascinating philosophical text in English. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CDjIJ8i1LZsJ2a7WJXFxhG?mode=wwt Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

**🎤🌍 One night. Dozens of languages. Eurovision energy.** Join us for a special Fluent Language Exchange night inspired by the spirit of Eurovision- languages, cultures, music & international chaos all in one place ✨ [Sign up now!](https://www.fluent.community/fluent-events/language-exchange-event-1605) ‍**Details**: When? Saturday May 16th Where? Abraham Hostel Tel Aviv (HaRakevet St 8) Schedule: 🗣️ 8-9:40pm: Fluent Language Exchange 🎶 9:40pm: Eurovision Live Screening 🎵 Eurovision song translations & themed activities at the different language tables ‍**Ticket Prices:** *\*Early-bird (available online until 3PM on the day of the event):* \- Ticket \+ soft drink: 60 NIS \- Ticket \+ beer/glass of wine: 70 NIS ‍*\*At the door (or online after 3PM on the day of the event):* \- Ticket \+ soft drink: 65 NIS \- Ticket \+ beer/glass of wine: 75 NIS ‍**Want to become an Ultimate Fluenter?** Pay less for every event and join our exclusive circle of loyal members by getting a Frequent Fluent Card! \- 10\-entry card: 420 NIS \- 5\-entry card: 240 NIS Drinks not included, but cardholders get discounted drink tickets at the entrance! ‍**Want to join for free? Sign up as an Ambassador!** **‍**Ambassadors help others practice their native language for the first half of the evening, and then enjoy practicing other languages during the second half. It’s a great way to give and get value- and attend for free! For this special edition, in addition to the regular languages, we’re looking for Eurovision Language Ambassadors for some iconic Eurovision languages 👀🌍 **Especially: Albanian, Maltese, Finnish, Montenegrin, Lithuanian, Serbian, Latvian, Danish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Greek & Azeri**

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. Each meet is in one of two formats: a shared reading and open discussion of philosophical texts, or a continuing series of lectures based on the reading of a fascinating book of philosophy. Both formats are in Hebrew, with some reading of English texts, assisted whenever needed. We meet weekly Friday on 80 Rokach Boulevard, Tel Aviv, at the gardens of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JeAa2uRNTlF0rdrVTLzUC0?mode=wwt Note: there's always enough sitting room, but some of it is on the grass or a mat on the floor. If you want to guarantee yourself a chair, please bring one with you. Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

Join us for some focused writing time. All writers and all experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area. When you show up, say hello to everyone, grab a drink, and get your writing tools ready. Once you’re all settled, take some time to chat with your fellow writers. Once everyone’s arrived, I will lead quick introductions and then set the timer for our quiet and focused writing session. Afterward, we’ll have time to chat and get to know each other. We often talk about our successes and challenges as writers. If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries! If you don't know how to find the location, or how to find us inside - write me (the organizer, Alex Zak). **A note about the format** We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft, so no one will read or critique your writing. For our full event schedule, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com). **Other Important Details:** WiFi name/password: TBD Venue Guidelines: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

Practical AI for Power BI Developers A year ago, “agentic AI” was mostly hype for Power BI teams. Today, it deserves your undivided attention. For Power BI pros, there is now a real opportunity to reduce repetitive development work, accelerate delivery, and help developers do more, but only when strong DataOps practices are in place to make AI workflows effective. This session is a no-nonsense introduction to effective AI patterns for Power BI and Fabric development. Along the way, we will make sense of the growing pile of terminology, including skills, plugins, hooks, and MCP. You will see examples of how modern AI tooling can help with development tasks across Power BI and Fabric, along with the prerequisites, guardrails, and DataOps principles needed to use it responsibly. Whether you're burned out on AI hype or already using Copilot CLI daily, this session will show you the foundations that are finally making AI-assisted development genuinely useful.

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)

**Abstract:** This is a practical playbook for building a production-grade data lakehouse. It walks through foundational principles — naming conventions, least-privilege access, automated CI/CD testing — before diving into medallion architecture. Furthermore, metadata-driven design patterns show how configuration tables and dynamic notebook orchestration eliminates hard-coded pipelines. The deck covers star schema modeling, guidance on choosing between Spark, Pandas, and SQL, and data quality enforcement using DQX with YAML data contracts. Finally, we dive into security best practices and performance optimizations. **Host:** Justin Shea, Mehdi Jeddi, Erik Pak, and Sou-Cheng Choi **Talk Format:** This is a hybrid event. To attend online, join us on Zoom here at 6pm: https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/89379230295?pwd=NdETyE5sdYuSrvsrBZXSBFkUESBVkg.1 Meeting ID: 893 7923 0295 Passcode: 5t5WYn **Sponsor:** Adyen, UIC College of Business, and PyData Chicago co-host this event. UIC will provide the meeting site. Adyen will sponsor pizza and soft drinks for the onsite participants. **Address:** University of Illinois - Chicago, Douglass Hall, Room 220, 705 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607 **Logistics:** “UIC Douglass Hall” is recognized on Google Maps, which can guide you through campus. Once you arrive, proceed to the second floor, room number 220

**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** TBD **YouTube Link** TBD

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9