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AWS UG - Stop Guessing, Start Scaling | 09 June 2026
**NEXT EVENT - 09 JUNE 2026**
**VENUE UPGRADE!**
This Event will take place at
Building [DUB12](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bkQrdwFLTiNaN5618), 1 Burlington Rd, Dublin, D04 RH96, Ireland
Conf Rooms (Theatre) 01.503 & 01.505
**Note: Please bring Valid Government Photo ID and arrive early to facilitate rapid registration!**
**MEET!**
**Luis Guirigay**
Worldwide Head of Cloud Infrastructure Solutions at AWS
**AND...**
**Christian Melendez**
Principal Specialist Solutions Architect & EMEA Lead, Compute at AWS
Two senior AWS practitioners sharing hard-won production lessons, focused on real-world patterns - not just demos!
Admission is FREE, Event includes Prize Draw, AWS Credits and Refreshments too.
**AGENDA**
**5:45 PM - REGISTRATION & NETWORKING**
**6:00 PM - START**
Ronan Guilfoyle, AWS Lead Solutions Architect
Ronan Ó Caollaí, AWS User Group Dublin
**6:10 PM - Luis Guirigay**
**Stop Guessing, Start Testing: Performance Engineering on AWS**
Over-provisioned to feel safe? Under-provisioned and hoping for the best? This session makes the case for performance testing as the feedback loop that closes the gap between architecture assumptions and production reality. We'll cover how to map load testing methodologies to specific reliability and cost risks on AWS, simulate diverse traffic patterns across workloads including AI inference and RAG pipelines, and build a repeatable framework for right-sizing with confidence, not gut feel.
6:40 PM - BREAK / NETWORKING
7:00 PM - **Christian Melendez**
**Autoscaling Isn't Set-and-Forget: Tuning KEDA & Karpenter for Real Workloads.** You've deployed KEDA and Karpenter—now what? Most talks stop at "it scales." This one starts there. We'll dive into the advanced configurations, failure modes, and optimization patterns that separate demo clusters from production workloads. On the Karpenter side: Node Disruption Budgets to control voluntary disruptions, how to survive Spot interruptions gracefully, and bootstrap optimizations that shave minutes off node startup. On KEDA: scaling modifiers that combine multiple metrics into smarter decisions, cooldown tuning to prevent thrashing, and the shift from reactive scaling to proactive workload sizing. We'll show how EKS Auto Mode changes the equation—what you get out of the box, what you still need to configure, and how KEDA fits into a managed Karpenter environment.
**8pm - ENDS**
**SPEAK or SPONSOR!**
The AWS User Group hosts regular events that provide direct access to experienced cloud and AI engineers, AWS experts, and industry leaders. It’s an opportunity to share ideas, learn from peers, and connect with others solving similar challenges. The UG is entirely grassroots run. Talk to the team about sponsorship opportunities.
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**SAVE THE DATE! - 09 JUNE 2026**
All your questions about AWS answered at a single event!
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**Tickets are FREE but are Limited, so please RSVP Now.**
**WANT TO SUPPORT?**
AWS User Group events offer a great opportunity to align your brand with AWS thought leadership and to reach a highly influential audience of senior engineers, architects, founders and technical decision-makers that traditional channels cannot match.
The Dublin AWS User Group is amongst the longest established in the world and has a long reputation for delivering quality content and engagement opportunities. Meetups are typically run in a city centre live entertainment setting with full A/V capabilities including dedicated lighting and sound engineers and seating for 200.
Contact us through the **Messages Icon** about Speaking and/or Supporting.
\* Agenda, may change slightly
**AWS User Group Dublin Team**
Energy Innovations Meetup - Fergus Sharkey - SEAI
Join the Energy Innovators Ireland group for an informal meetup focused on the latest innovations in energy and renewable technologies.
This meetups speaker is **Fergus Sharkey**, Head of Business Supports at SEAI. He will speak about his journey in his various roles pushing forward energy innovation with his talk titled "Postcard from the Energy Transition Frontlines"
*Fergus is an experienced engineer and proven leader in the energy and sustainability sector. Currently Head of Business Supports in SEAI helping to lead Ireland's energy transition. Fergus and his team provide a wide range of supports to businesses looking to improve energy efficiency and adopt renewable energy.*
Whether you are a seasoned professional or simply curious about the intersection of technology and sustainability, this meetup is the perfect opportunity to network, learn, and exchange ideas with like-minded individuals.
Upstairs room in Nearys pub at 6pm
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fsharkey/details/experience/
https://www.seai.ie/grants/business-grants
AI Signals x LangChain Community #32: Agents, RAG, and Production AI Workflows
Join **AI Signals** and **LangChain Community London** for an evening of technical talks, practical insights, networking, and community conversations around the future of AI applications.
This meetup brings together developers, founders, researchers, students, product teams, and AI builders to explore how modern AI systems are being designed, deployed, and scaled in the real world.
The evening will focus on **AI agents, RAG pipelines, LangChain, production-ready AI workflows, storytelling in AI, and practical lessons from people actively building with emerging technologies**.
***
## Schedule
6:00 PM — Doors open, pizza, drinks, and networking
6:30 PM — Welcome
6:35 PM — [Anshul Yadav](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshulyadav1976/?utm_source=luma): AI Engineer @ Li & Fung
The Agent Is Not the Product: The Harness Is
7:00 PM — Break
7:15 PM — [Bilge Aksu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilge-aksu-90595837/?utm_source=luma): ML Engineering Manager @ Cleo
7:40 PM — Lightning Talk 1: [Abd Bastola](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abda-bastola-b0447b13a/?utm_source=luma): Senior Software Engineer @ AWTG
Why Most AI Agents Never Reach Production
7:47 PM — Lightning Talk 2: [Sofía Sánchez-Zárate](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sof%C3%ADa-s%C3%A1nchez-z%C3%A1rate-91493381/?utm_source=luma): Head of Technical Ecosystem @ CopilotKit
AG-UI & The Generative UI Spectrum
7:54 PM — AI Signals Wrap-Up
8:00 PM — LangChain Final Remarks
8:10 PM – 9:00 PM — Wrap-Up, Networking and drinks at [Angel London](https://g.co/kgs/3FVpa2i?utm_source=luma)
***
## What to Expect
The evening will feature technical and practical discussions around:
* Building reliable AI agents and intelligent workflows
* RAG pipelines for real-world applications
* Moving AI prototypes into production
* Storytelling, design, and user experience in AI products
* Lessons from AI builders, engineers, product leaders, and community speakers
Whether you are experimenting with AI agents, deploying RAG systems, exploring LangChain, or simply curious about where AI development is heading, this meetup is designed to help you learn, connect, and contribute.
***
## Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for:
* Software engineers
* AI and ML practitioners
* Product managers
* Founders and startup teams
* Researchers and students
* Designers working with AI products
* Anyone interested in building practical AI applications
You’ll gain insight into the tools, architectures, and workflows behind the next generation of intelligent applications, while connecting with the growing London AI and LangChain community.
***
## Important Information
Please note that attendees will not be able to enter the venue before **6:00 PM**.
RSVPs will close **24 hours before the event**. You may be unable to register after this time, but remote viewing will be available via our YouTube channel.
Our hosts may require a list of all attendees. Please register using a name that matches your **government-issued ID or bank card**. If your registered name does not match your ID, we cannot guarantee entry to the building.
If you can no longer attend in person, please un-RSVP so your space can be made available to someone else.
***
## About AI Signals
**AI Signals** is a community focused on exploring the latest developments in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and practical AI adoption. It brings together builders, learners, and professionals interested in understanding how AI is shaping the future of work, business, and society.
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## About LangChain Community London
**LangChain Community London** brings together developers, AI engineers, researchers, and technology enthusiasts interested in building applications powered by large language models, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, and production AI systems.
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A huge thank you to our speakers, sponsors, hosts, volunteers, and community members for making this event possible.
**Secure your place and join us for an evening of learning, collaboration, and AI community energy in London.**
What shapes us?
We are in the middle of a trilogy of topics that form a story. Our current series is around the theme of human flourishing. In April we discussed *beauty*. In May we looked at how the role ‘*home*’ plays in our well-being. To round off this *trilogy of human flourishing*, we will ask what roles do *nature and nurture* play in our lives?
Have you ever pondered why you are the way you are? Are we born this way, or are we shaped by life? *Nature* refers to the genetic blueprint we inherit from our ancestors. *Nurture* refers to the social, cultural, and environmental factors that moulds our personalities, values, and skills. Are these two influences enemies or dancing partners? What limits, if any, exist in either one? How do they contribute to destiny or choice?
Join us for facilitated conversations about Nature and Nurture this upcoming Tuesday, 9.June, 7:15pm, at Third Space Café Smithfield.
Newcomers are welcome.
**NOTE**: we ask for a **3 Euro donation** to cover costs. Payable on the night by coin or Revolut. Thank you.
Socrates Cafe: *a space where ideas and dialogue can flourish*.
DSTI AWS SBG – Build an End-to-End Data Analytics Pipeline on AWS
**DSTI AWS SBG – Build an End-to-End Data Analytics Pipeline on AWS**
***(Paris Campus / Online)***
Ready to turn raw data into actionable insights using AWS?
Join us for our next AWS Cloud Club event at DSTI Paris and discover how modern data analytics pipelines are built in the cloud. In this hands-on workshop, you'll work with several AWS services to collect, process, transform, and visualize data through a complete serverless analytics workflow.
📅 Tuesday 9th June
🕒 16h30 – 18h (CET)
📍 DSTI Paris Campus (ENSAM, bd de l'Hôpital, Paris 13e, Bât H, 1er étage) & Online
🔍 **What we'll cover:**
🪣 **Store Your Data**
Upload and organize datasets using Amazon S3, the foundation of many AWS data architectures.
⚡ **Automate Data Processing**
Use **AWS Lambda** to trigger and automate data workflows without managing servers.
🔄 **Prepare & Catalog Your Data**
Discover **AWS Glue** to crawl, catalog, and transform raw data into analysis-ready datasets.
📊 **Visualize Business Insights**
Build interactive dashboards with **Amazon QuickSight** and turn data into meaningful visual stories.
🎁 **Bonus:**
We'll finish with a short interactive quiz and some AWS goodies to win! 👀
🎯 **Why join?**
* Gain hands-on experience with AWS analytics services
* Build a complete cloud-based data pipeline
* Learn how data flows from storage to visualization
* Strengthen your Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Science skills
* Add a practical AWS project to your portfolio
* Network with fellow DSTI students and cloud enthusiasts
Whether you're into DA, DS, DE, AI, or simply curious about cloud technologies, this workshop will help you understand how modern organizations transform data into business value using AWS.
Let's ingest, transform, visualize, and unlock insights together! 🚀
25's - 45's Scuba Dive 🐬🐠 Course (PADI) For First Timers.
🐠First timers who are interested in doing their first Open Water Scuba dive 🐬course, please RSVP and I will send you the contact information about the scuba dive course and dive master's details. There will be other people on this course besides people from this meetup.
There are different course dates, so RSVP and you can choose another date if you wish. The cost of this PADI Scuba Dive course is about 650 euros or so and it is a part time course. The duration is over about a month or so.
https://www.padi.com/
https://youtu.be/kvmgy4XsqrU
This (PADI) scuba dive course is also a legal qualification requirement for scuba divers. The first dives will be in a large swimming pool 5m deep. If you like you can also do a pool try dive to see how you go before you start your dive course. You will be shown how to use scuba diving equipment. This PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
* Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving (5 modules)
* Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills (5 pool training dives).
* Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore (4 open water dives).
* Once you become a PADI qualified scuba diver you can do open water boat dives and weekend Atlantic sea boat dives and or Fyords boat scuba dives trips will be avaliable to you around Ireland and overseas.
## **Course Schedule (3-Week Format)**
### **Week One**
**7:00 pm – 9:00 pm:** Induction, equipment orientation, safety briefing
**9:00 pm – 10:00 pm:** Confined Water Session 1
### **Week Two**
**7:00 pm – 9:00 pm:** Knowledge Development + skills briefing
**9:00 pm – 10:00 pm:** Confined Water Session 2
### **Week Three**
**7:00 pm – 9:00 pm:** Knowledge Development + final review
**9:00 pm – 10:00 pm:** Confined Water Session 3
✅ After your pool training, you're ready for your **two open-water dives.**
People use Sea swimming for its healing salt properties,it washes viruses, bacteria and cleanse your skin amongst other things due to the sea salt content. There has been a large increase in people going swimming these last years. Scuba diving also refreshes your mind like hiking to start a new fresh day and a new work week. Anyone thinking about doing scuba diving this would be a good starting point for you.
As usual this is a sporting event, so when you RSVP and attend this course, every person is directly responsible for their own health and saftey and accept full responsibilty.
To find out more, please RSVP and I will send you the Dive Master Contact Details.🐳🐬🐚
SOCIAL TENNIS for €10 in UCD (8pm: 09/06)
🚨 This session will now run as a social tennis session as of the morning of Tuesday the 9th of June…
Instead of a tennis lesson for intermediates!
If you see this before Tuesday morning, this change has yet to be announced 😅
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Abundance Federation Dublin — Platform & Data Infrastructure Working Session
This is the second working session for the Abundance Federation Dublin group. After our February meetup we formed a team of four developers and four data scientists who've been working steadily on the platform and the first public AI dataset pilot. We're now looking to grow the team as the work expands.
**Where we are**
* The Kindness & volunteering platform is live but rough. Profiles, communities, messaging, tasks, quests and incentives all work, but it needs proper attention on both design and architecture before we push it toward a real MVP. Making it easy, coherent and genuinely fun to use matters as much as the engineering underneath — both have to land.
* The first AI dataset pilot (Irish agricultural weed identification, with Transition Year students and adult volunteers) launches later this year. Tooling plans are written; the data team is working through them. The dataset side has real engineering work too — orchestration, pipelines, annotation tooling, and the interfaces volunteers will actually use — so the roles below apply across both teams.
**Who we'd particularly like to meet**
The work right now would especially benefit from:
* UX designers or design-minded developers who care about making real software feel coherent, easy, and enjoyable to use
* Python / Django developers who enjoy growing a real codebase
* Backend developers comfortable with messy real-world systems
* Database architects — we have decisions ahead that would benefit from experienced judgement
* DevOps people who enjoy quietly making things reliable
That said, this is a broad project and there's room for more than just those roles. Frontend developers, data scientists, technical writers, testers, community organisers, and people who just want to help in whatever way makes sense — all welcome. Come along, see what we're doing, and we'll figure out together where you might fit.
People at any stage of their career are welcome. Experience is valuable, but so is persistence and follow-through — on a project like this, the people who keep showing up are the ones who shape what gets built.
**On the night**
* A short walkthrough of where the platform and data work are now (warts and all)
* A clear-eyed look at the design and architectural questions we're working through
* Small-group conversations to figure out what's most useful, what's feasible, and who might want to keep working on what
* Pizza, soft drinks, and an optional pub afterwards for anyone up for it
**Logistics**
* Digital Hub, Dublin
* Wednesday, June 10th, 7–9pm
* Free, in-person, finishing on time at 9pm
* RSVP through Meetup so we can plan numbers
The wider Abundance Federation is a mission-locked civic initiative working on shared digital infrastructure to bring down the cost of essentials over the long term. The platform and the data work are the technical foundations of that — and they'll only be as good as the people who build them.
Come along if you'd like to help shape what gets built.
30's - 45's Singles Speed Friending - Make New 🍻 Friends🤗
Are you Solo and Single!! Easily Make new 💑 friends🍻 with Speed Friending! No need for Apps 😀We are meeting for social drinks including soft drinks 🍺🍸🍷 at Lemon & Duke Bar. The Lemon & Duke has great food 🍤🌮🍔🍟🍲also. We will be inside the Bar area. Please, at least buy a drink or a soft drink or so, as we may not be welcomed again to certain bars. We will go to another late bar afterwards for dancing. So Dress Nice & neat please. Leave your surfing cloths and 🏖 surfboards at home please.😂
https://youtu.be/wD0Mm6WIcYs?feature=shared
Many new people come solo to socialize and make new friends, so do not worry if you are solo, you are welcome to join us. I will introduce you to others in the group,so you are no longer solo. 😆Welcome to ask me questions about hiking gear and 🐬🐠🐡 scuba diving.
Singles💘 Make New Friends👫 Salsa Monthly Party🎉 + 2 Classes
Join our Salsa Social Dance Party in Dublin City Centre: Meet New People👫 Make New Friends👩❤️👨 Cheap Drinks🍻 Free Snacks (come early, they won't last long...😋) and Socialize through dancing!
If you are a First Timer or Solo Dancer, this is the perfect opportunity to meet new people, make new friends and unleash your energy on the dancefloor!
Join our 2 Classes before the Party – Salsa & Bachata, and impress on the dancefloor with new moves!
***Party Free with any Class!***
***Address -> Noche Salsera Dance School, 36 Parnell Square W, Rotunda, D01T6V6***
***Timetable:***
*Bachata:* 7.30pm – 8.30pm
*Salsa:* 8.30pm – 9.30pm
*Party:* 9.30pm – 12.30am
***Tickets:***
*2 Classes (Bachata & Salsa)* – *€*20
*1 Class (Salsa)* – *€*15
*(Party FREE with Any Class)*
*Party Only* – *€*10
***Cash Only!***
[WebSite Party Page](https://www.nochesalsera.com/salsa-and-bachata-monthly-party-in-dublin/)
*Noche Salsera – El Paraiso De La Salsa*
Free / Art: RHA Annual Exhibition
Hello! 🙂
[https://rhagallery.ie/rha-annual/](https://rhagallery.ie/rha-annual/)
Meeting place: We meet outside the entrance to the RHA Gallery.
Meeting time: 540pm.
Exploring time: 545pm.
We will wander through the galleries for around 30 minutes.
Note / Disclaimer: Attending this event and every event in this group is entirely in every way at your own risk
Any questions, message me.
Thanks
Alan
Salsa Bachata Practice with our friend DJ Leo
We at Freesalsa Ireland believe in growing the community, something our friend DJ Leo also believes in.
Therefore, we are delighted to promote his weekly practice here on our Meetup for those of you looking to spend their Sunday in the best way.
There will be a 60-minute lesson before social with the award-winning DJ Leo until 17.00.
Prices stand at a very affordable:
€5: Only Social or Only Class
€5: for beginners class and social
€7: for intermediate/improvers class and social.
*Please note, class capacity is limited, so arrive early to be sure of a spot; first come, first serve.
This is why we dance. To spend time with folks and have new experiences. You won't find a better group to do that with than this. See you all then.
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Data & Analytics Wednesday - Finding Product Insights
**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose**
Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap.
Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn:
* Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge
* How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change
* Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction
* How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools
This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work.
**About Our Speaker**
[Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use.
Thanks to our 2026 sponsors:
[Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro)
More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)
June 2026 AWS Columbus - Topic to be announced
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
Battle of the personal agents
Join the Columbus AI community for a special event.
**Battle of the Personal Agents** is your chance to see what people are actually building with AI agents and personal automation systems. Whether you’re running OpenClaw, Hermes, or a completely custom solution, bring your agent and show the community how it works.
We’re interested in real-world implementations: the problems your agent solves, how you use it day-to-day, how it’s hosted and managed, how you built it, and why you’ve chosen to keep using it. Live demonstrations are encouraged, so be prepared to show your code, architecture, workflows, and your agent performing real tasks.
This is less about polished presentations and more about sharing practical experience, comparing approaches, and learning from one another. If you’d like to present, please contact Chris Slee (via meetup) before the event so we can allocate enough time for everyone’s demonstrations.
Come ready to show what you’ve built, discover what others are doing, and maybe find a few ideas worth taking home.
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)
Stop Guessing: A Product Person's Guide to AI Adoption
## 🤝 Host Information
A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus
💡 About the Workshop
AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge.
This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow.
Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required.
🛠️ What to Bring
Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go.
AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!)
🍕 Logistics & Perks
Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided!
Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site.
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Efficient Region-of-Interest Detection with Guidance
**Abstract:** Motivated by the challenges of detecting extremely rare failures in sophisticated circuit design specifications, we study the problem of efficiently identifying multiple disjoint regions of interest (ROIs) — regions of a continuous, high-dimensional parameter space where a complex, expensive-to-evaluate target function falls below or above a pre-specified threshold. We reframe this problem as a Bayesian sequential decision-making problem and, more broadly, as an instance of strategic agent behavior in continuous spaces: an agent that must allocate a hard evaluation budget intelligently, updating its belief about the unknown function after each observation and choosing the next query to maximize coverage of all disjoint failure regions rather than convergence to a single optimum.
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](https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/89379230295?pwd=NdETyE5sdYuSrvsrBZXSBFkUESBVkg.1)
Meeting ID: 893 7923 0295
Passcode: 5t5WYn
**Sponsor**: Grainger will provide the meeting site, as well as snacks for the onsite participants.
* **Address:** 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 18th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654
* **Grainger's Overview:** W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broadline distributor with over $17 billion in revenue. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Our machine learning team builds broadly across search, recommendations, product matching, computer vision, and generative AI.
* **Logistics**: To access the Grainger office, we require first and last names of those who RSVP'd by Jun 11. Please take the main elevators at the center of the Mart. Attendees will then present their IDs when they arrive at the front desk on the 18th floor.
QA or The Highway 2026
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\.
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio!
The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us!
And yes, there will be free food.
Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).





























