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**Hosted by Intercom’s Paul Vickers and Patrick Lindstrom** Join us at the Intercom Dublin office for an evening focused on the "Last Mile" of data engineering—turning solid infrastructure into immediate business value. Over the last two years, Intercom migrated to Snowflake and rebuilt our data foundations from the ground up, creating a trusted, high-quality layer of core data models. But we realized that great data is only useful if people can actually use it. In this session, the Intercom Data team will share how we are moving up the value chain—going beyond static dashboards to build intelligent, interactive tools that empower our GTM teams. **The Agenda:** **Breaking the SQL Barrier: Scaling Insights with Claude & Snowflake** Even with perfect data models, the "SQL Wall" often forces business leaders to wait in a queue for answers. We’ll demonstrate how we used Claude Code and Snowflake MCPs to remove this bottleneck, allowing non-technical users to query our Data Warehouse directly and create sharable artifacts of their analysis. See how we combined strict governance with an AI interface to turn "data tickets" into instant, self-serve answers. **From Insight to Action: Building 'Cockpit' on Snowflake Container Services** While chat enables exploration, some workflows require action. We will pull back the curtain on Cockpit, a full-stack application built by our Data Science team to help Relationship Managers optimize customer outcomes. Learn how we used AI-assisted coding ("vibe coding") to build the app and Snowpark Container Services to deploy it—proving that Data teams can build powerful software, not just reports. **From Idea to Real-Time Fraud Detection in Snowflake ML** In this session we’ll build a real-time fraud detection service end-to-end inside Snowflake. Starting from a natural language idea, we’ll use AI-assisted development to generate synthetic transaction data, explore patterns, and train an ML fraud model with Snowflake ML. We’ll then deploy it to Snowpark Container Services and expose a low-latency REST endpoint for live transaction scoring. You’ll leave with a practical pattern you can reuse for other real-time ML use cases such as credit risk scoring, real-time recommendations, or anomaly detection on operational data in Snowflake. **Location** Intercom office (near Stephens Green) **Event Schedule** * 6:00 PM: Networking with pizza and drinks * 6:30 PM: Breaking the SQL Barrier: Scaling Insights with Claude & Snowflake, Intercom * 7 pm From Insight to Action: Building 'Cockpit' on Snowflake Container Services, Intercom * 7.30 pm 10 minute break * 7.40 pm From Idea to Real-Time Fraud Detection in Snowflake ML, Max Zito, Snowflake * 8.10 pm Chats with drinks * From 9 pm More chats in a nearby pub

The next Dub\|Sec meetup will take place in the Wexford Room of the Camden Court Hotel on May 27\, 2026\. We'll be there from 6.30pm. Our first speaker will start at around 7pm. **19:00 - Talk 1: The Invisible Thread: From Retail Data Breaches to Phone Scams.** by Vadym Melnychenko How “Zombie Systems” in local shops become digital back-doors, why this is happening, and what a more secure “Retail Fortress” approach looks like. **19:30 - Talk 2: Securing Originality - how do we protect the quality and authenticity of human thinking** by Kalyani Korpe As universities are scrambling to respond to GenAI use and students pushing back, how are organisations protecting human thinking. Original thinking is an asset that needs governance, the same way we govern systems and data. If you would like to speak at this event or at any future Dub\|Sec\, please email us at [info@dubsec.ie](http://info@dubsec.ie/)! Join us for some drinks, food and general chat about infosec. Everyone is welcome whether you’re a pro, an amateur or just curious about the field!

As part of Dublin Tech Week you are invited to a special edition of Dublin Dataviz! Instead of our usual speaker events, this evening will be a data visualisation workshop - a chance to get your hands dirty and get visualising some Irish data! No prior experience of any data visualisation software or coding is required. As places for this workshop are limited, we are charging a small fee of €5 to secure your spot - this will all be spent on pizzas on the night. Join us for what will be a great evening - with the inevitable pints in Arthur's bar afterwards.

### Highlights of Team’26 Anaheim + Special Guests As the excitement from Atlassian Team’26 in Anaheim, USA continues, we’re thrilled to invite you to a special in-person session in Dublin on May 27th, where Atlassian Community Champions and special guests will share the latest announcements, strategic insights, and real-world experiences directly from the event floor. This evening will go beyond product updates. We’ll explore how Agentic AI is already transforming the way engineering organisations operate, collaborate, build, and deliver software — moving from isolated AI chats to entirely new AI-native ways of working. **Event Details:** * Date: May 27, 2026 * Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM * Location: 1 O'Connell Street Lower, North City, Dublin, D01 TX31, Ireland * Venue: TCube **🔥 Why You Should Attend:** This session is an opportunity to experience the key takeaways from Team’26 Anaheim without leaving Dublin. Whether you’re a CTO, engineering manager, architect, DevOps lead, Jira administrator, or technology leader exploring the future of AI-enabled organisations, this event will provide practical insights into how companies are adapting their workflows, teams, and delivery models around AI. We’ll discuss not only what Atlassian announced, but also what is already changing inside modern software organisations today. **Event Highlights:** * **“Team’26 Anaheim Updates”** – Rajeswari Pandyaram Key announcements, product direction, and strategic takeaways that will shape how teams work in the coming year. * **“Above the AI line”** – Natalia Yadav Every agentic tool touching your Atlassian estate is already reshaping human work. Below the line: discovery, analysis, draft comms, routine triage. Above it: judgement, governance, negotiation. Drawing on 15 years inside enterprise environments, from public sector cleanups to financial-services demand programmes, Natalia Yadav, CTO at VMotion IT Solutions, shares real field stories and a practical career compass for staying above that line. Student, engineer, CTO, or partner — the direction is the same.. * **“Agentic AI, Atlassian & the Future of Engineering Work”** – Frank Lapa A practical discussion on how the Agentic AI era is transforming software organisations, reshaping engineering workflows, accelerating delivery, and creating new AI-native ways of working using tools such as Atlassian, Rovo Dev, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Figma Make, Cloud, and modern DevOps automation. **Key Speakers:** * Rajeswari Pandyaram – Atlassian Community Champion * Natalia Yadav - CTO at VMotion * Frank Lapa – Atlassian Community Champion **What to Expect:** * Welcoming Atmosphere: Designed to be inclusive and friendly, the event invites both newcomers and long-time Atlassian users to connect, learn, and share experiences. * Interactive Discussions: Expect engaging talks and opportunities to exchange insights with other professionals in the Atlassian ecosystem. * Exclusive Gifts & Treats: Attendees will receive The Atlassian DevOps Toolchain Cookbook and other official Team’25 merchandise while enjoying food, drinks, and surprises. **Why Your Participation Matters:** The Atlassian Community thrives on collaboration and shared learning. By attending, you’re not only staying ahead of the latest innovations but also contributing to a stronger local network of experts and practitioners helping shape the future of teamwork. **Reserve Your Spot:** This event is free, but spaces are limited! Reserve your ticket today and join us for an evening of innovation, inspiration, and community in Dublin. We can’t wait to bring the spirit of Team’26 Europe home to Dublin — see you there! 🎉

## Details The title of the event is a paradox! Read in silence and then discuss with like-minded folks! :-) Since the weather is expected to be sunny, let's meet in the Stephen's green near Band Stand or James Joyce Statue facing MoLI, [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DX2AX2xYNTkU88Vq7?g_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DX2AX2xYNTkU88Vq7?g_st=ic) at 7, do silent reading for an hour. Then head to Bartley's. If you're unable to find us, message me in the meetup. If you prefer indoors, you can ask Bartley's staff and read. We will join at 8:15 PM. 📝 **How does this work?** We will meet in the Bartley's Restaurant area from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM for silent reading and followed up by discussion. **During silent reading, you're expected to remain silent and read.** Please bring your headphones and refrain from the discussion during the first one hour in the area. 👥 **Socialising** After an hour, at 8:15 PM, we'll discuss and socialize about the book you're reading. We highly encourage you to move between tables and strike up conversations with fellow book lovers. These discussions about literature and reading recommendations are often the highlight of the event! Feel free to join at any point during the event. The event is indoors, hopefully, we can continue the tradition of the silent reading in the winter! **📌 Helpful Tips and Notes** * Bring headphones to block out surrounding noise * I will post a comment on the event page when I arrive to indicate where we're seated, so everyone can find us * If you prefer to skip the silent reading, you can join directly at the bar at 8:15 PM ⚠️**Something Happened?** If something unpleasant happened to you, it may happen to others. It may be small but don't hesitate to reach out to me. Looking forward to meeting you all 😊

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Welcome to an evening with IBM Research where we discuss AI, Agents, NASA and everything in between. An event hosted by **IBM Research** \- PyData Ireland is excited to be a community partner\. This is an inaugural **Open Source Science Dublin** meetup, where cutting-edge scientific research meets open-source technology, AI, and cloud-native infrastructure. ​ Expect **technical deep dives**, **cross-disciplinary conversations**, and (of course) **pizza** 🍕. For this first event, we’re exploring one of the most exciting frontiers today: **agentic systems for scientific discovery**, and how autonomous and semi-autonomous AI systems are transforming the way research is conducted, validated, and scaled. ​ You’ll see real-world systems in action, hear from both applied and research perspectives, and walk away with a clearer picture of how agents are moving from hype to scientific infrastructure. ## **Talks** ​**Accelerated Knowledge Discovery at NASA: Building an Agentic AI Research Companion** * **Speaker:** James Barry, Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research * **Description:** A practical look at NASA’s AKD platform: a chat-driven frontend orchestrating a multi-agent backend (planner + literature/data/code search) to turn questions into traceable, end-to-end scientific research—faster, more systematic, and with human oversight. ​ **Production-Ready AI Agents: Containerization, Sandboxes, and the LangChain Stack** * **Speaker:** Fabio Lorenzi, Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research * **Description:** Building secure, scalable AI agents for industrial time series analysis using isolated code execution, LangGraph for agent orchestration, and FastAPI for production deployment—bridging foundation models and real-world maintenance workflows. **Science in the Agentic Era: Structured Experimentation with *ado*** * **Speaker:** Michael Johnston, STSM, Discovery Systems; Manager, Next Generation Systems, IBM Research * **Description:** A research-first framework for agent-assisted discovery: *ado* encodes the problem space and experimental plan as schemas, enabling agents to propose and refine studies while keeping every run transparent, reproducible, and scientifically auditable.

**To attend - you must register here:** https://luma.com/x59liyrs ​Join us for the inaugural **Open Source Science Dublin** meetup, where cutting-edge scientific research meets open-source technology, AI, and cloud-native infrastructure. Expect technical deep dives, cross-disciplinary conversations, and (of course) pizza 🍕. Talks: * **Accelerated Knowledge Discovery at NASA: Building an Agentic AI Research Companion** * **Production-Ready AI Agents: Containerization, Sandboxes, and the LangChain Stack** * **Science in the Agentic Era: Structured Experimentation with ado** We thank **PyData Ireland** and **Trinity College Dublin OSPO** for being our community partners for this event.

If you’ve worked with LLMs, you’ve probably run into slow inference, out-of-memory errors, or hallucinations you couldn’t explain. There’s no shortage of resources on how transformers work, but most of them either ask you to build one from scratch or get lost in theory that doesn’t connect to the problems you’re actually facing. Transformers in Practice is different. We will give a complete practical view of how transformers work, from how they generate text to what’s happening inside the model to how it all gets optimized to run on real hardware. Interactive visualizations throughout let you see key concepts in action and build intuition that actually sticks. Here’s what you’ll learn: * **Model Behavior:** You’ll learn how LLMs generate text through an autoregressive loop, selecting one token at a time from a probability distribution. You’ll see how sampling parameters like temperature shape the output, why hallucinations happen, and how techniques like RAG, constrained generation, and chain-of-thought reasoning all work within this same loop. * **Model Architecture and Attention:** You’ll look inside the transformer to understand what attention is really doing, how positional encoding tracks token order, and how multiple layers and attention heads work together to turn an input sequence into a next-token prediction. * **Scaling and Deploying:** You’ll learn why GPUs are well-suited for transformer inference and where the real bottlenecks are. You’ll build practical intuition for quantization, KV caching, flash attention, and speculative decoding, including the tradeoffs each one introuces for cost, speed, and output quality. The minimum fee is to pay the venue and avoid no show and make this group of people sustainable in the long term

**Building Canvas Apps using AI with the MCP Plugin** Build Canvas Apps with AI—without premium licenses or code-first tooling. The MCP plugin gives makers an approach. Join me to explore what it can (and can't) do. **Andrew Taylor** works as Modern Workplace Development Manager with Copilot and Copilot Studio. He is a highly experienced software professional. **Bulk Operation Messages in Dataverse** This session explores how to efficiently work with bulk operation messages in Dataverse to process high-volume data scenarios. It focuses on leveraging messages such as bulk create, update, and delete, understanding their execution behaviour in the plugin pipeline, and designing plugins that can handle batched data safely and performantly. **Khoa Nguyen** is a Microsoft MVP

Welcome to lockpicking at Tog. Join us as we teach the various methods of picking and bypassing common locks in Ireland. All equipment provided. Warm clothes reccomended as the heating isnt the best.

Announcing: Dublin-Information-Security-for-CISSP-practitioners meeting - this is called a PlaceHolder - we \~currently (Aug 2023) do not have a venue or speaker lined up. Time slot is: last Thursday of the month. We explore the usefulness of Secure deployment for cloud environments.

A casual meetup for people working or interested in GIS The goal is simple: meet people in the geospatial industry, exchange ideas, discuss projects, and grow the Irish geospatial community. No presentations. No pressure. Just good conversations. Whether you are a student, analyst, developer, planner, engineer, or just curious about maps and spatial tech — you are welcome. Bring: * yourself * project ideas * questions * interesting map stories

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\.

**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** https://youtube.com/live/BltmWMH1zG0?feature=share

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.

Bienvenue! We host a twice-a-month French conversation club at La Chatelaine on Lane. All levels welcome! Whether you're new to French or running for Président de la République you are welcome here! We often read plays together, play vocabulary games, and generally enjoy the delicious food available at La Chatelaine! We will be at the long table in the back of the restaurant. A bientôt!

Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings. This Month's Presentation: Nothing yet. (You should volunteer). What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)? CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)? BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend. Presentations! Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website. To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/

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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