Internet of Things (IOT)

We'll be meeting at Planet Rose again! February is Black History Month, so be prepared to sing songs by your favorite Black singers and songwriters!

# To attend enroll here: # [https://luma.com/q6kuetpe](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe) # Agenda​ ​5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

\*\***NOTE**: The location is in the Upper East Side. I will be DMing new members who RSVP with additional information about the exact location, and the music we are learning. Please check your DMs! Hi there! 👋 Do you love to sing, but only sing in the shower 🚿, when you're alone, or in Karaoke 🎤 ? Have you thought about getting singing lessons (or maybe you've taken some), but they're getting kinda expensive 💰? Do you just need an excuse to sing, or want to make other musical friends? 🎵 ASN is recruiting new members for its singing team. We do both acapella songs, songs with musical accompaniment, as well as duets to help you focus on harmonization, performance, and vocal technique. 😊 You don't need to know how to read music 🎼 or be an especially amazing singer. 🎶 We are an amateur group with people who are passionate about singing, have a strong desire to improve, and want to make more musical friends in a casual judgement free environment! Everyone is always learning and improving and that's ok! 👌 To get the most out of the experience, you should also be willing to study and learn music at home. We will provide resources to help with this as well! 📚 The types of arrangements we typically sing are arranged into an SATB format (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass). You can google these terms and figure out which voice type is most suitable for you. 6 \- 7pm \| Arrive\, chill\, relax\, socialize 7 \- 9pm \| Practice hours Here's a preview of some of our past songs: [Songbird 🕊️] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJPaXFEm7vE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJPaXFEm7vE) [A Million Dreams 🎩] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3osqo-BfK4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3osqo-BfK4) [Can You Feel the Love Tonight 🦁] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZEaiGnRFs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZEaiGnRFs) [Try Everything 🐇] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAh_hRvj_Lw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAh_hRvj_Lw)

Join us for the February edition of the New York AI Engineers Tech Talk, a monthly gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. **What to Expect:** Each month, we invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. **This Month’s Presenters:** * [Clint Robinson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintjrobinson/), Cofounder & CTO @ [Parable](https://www.askparable.com/) * [Kanta Garg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kantagarg17/), Solutions Architect, @ [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&ef_id=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!651751059780!e!!g!!aws!19852662197!145019195897&gad_campaignid=19852662197&gbraid=0AAAAADjHtp9VoTN00O-dtavU5bsNHCdCS&gclid=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE) * [Hegar Garcia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hegargarcia/), Tech Lead @[Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/) **The Crowd:** You’ll be joining a mix of software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and technical founders working at or curious about the future of applying AI at the application layer. It’s a casual, high-signal environment perfect for learning something new and meeting peers in the NYC AI Engineering scene. **Agenda:** * 6:30 to 7:15 PM – Networking with pizza and soft drinks courtesy of [Fonzi AI](https://fonzi.ai/) * 7:15 to 7:20 PM – Opening remarks * 7:20 to 8:05 PM – Three 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A * 8:05 to 8:30 PM – Meet the speakers and connect with other attendees **Location:** Fonzi HQ (Ground Floor) 25 Kent Avenue Brooklyn AI Engineers is run by [Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/). Fonzi is a talent marketplace that connects elite engineers with top AI companies through a monthly, high signal, structured hiring process called Match Day. We run AI Engineers communities in both New York and [San Francisco](https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-ai-engineers/events/?eventOrigin=your_groups). If you are interested in speaking at a tech talk, email lauren@fonzi.ai with your LinkedIn profile, the location you want to speak in (NY or SF), and a short abstract on how you are applying or building with AI in your current role. Use the subject line “AI Engineers Abstract Submission”.

Become a part of the Le Tip of Rutherford weekly networking group! Grow your business and foster valuable relationships with industry leaders! If you're looking for a way to **grow** your **business** and expand your footprint, then this is where you need to be! Joining our group will connect you with fellow **professionals** to exchange ideas, learn from other **industry leaders**, and grow your business network. This **in-person event** offers a great opportunity to meet like-minded individuals and **build** valuable relationships that will consider only you when they are in need of your services, as we allow only one **professional** from each industry. If you have any questions, please email LeTipOfRutherford@gmail.com. As for our meeting, the ticket is free, so we will connect with you once you order and give you more information about the next steps.

Join us for an evening of networking, discussion, and all things Cassandra! Please register for this event [here](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe). **Agenda:** ​5:00 - 5:45 pm: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15 pm: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00 pm: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00 pm: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00 pm: Networking **Speaking Sessions:** **​NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin** ​Mariah is a Developer Advocate at NetApp Instaclustr with a focus on developing educational content and building community around Apache Cassandra. ​ She will discuss NetApp Instaclustr’s managed platform and their role as an open source contributor in the Apache Cassandra community **​Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das** ​Ritam Das is a Cloud Solutions Architect at NetApp Instaclustr helping customers consume open-source data platforms like Cassandra, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch and more. ​ Ritam will discuss enhancements to Cassandra 5, its AI capabilities, and what it has enabled enterprises to do at scale. **​** **When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms:Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott** ​Thomas Elliott has had a 25-year career in delivering distributed software systems whose work spans early Cassandra OSS deployments in mobile core networks and modern deterministic data foundations for AI. As Head of AI and ML Systems at BioSole International, he focuses on using Cassandra to encode data dependencies that enable reproducible, auditable, and constrained AI reasoning. ​Since the early days of the Cassandra Open Source project, it has been recognized as a critical component in the evolution of telecom infrastructure, particularly mobile core networks. This talk traces how early design constraints shaped architectural decisions in large-scale deployments. It is a story told across three cities in the Persian Gulf, under tight launch timelines, geopolitical complexity, and read-after-write visibility requirements that had an upper limit of 11ms.

Join us for a laid-back evening of casual conversations and mingling with fellow Nix, Nixpkgs, and NixOS enthusiasts. Bring your passion for the Nix ecosystem, and we'll provide a fun, relaxed atmosphere to connect and share ideas! Location will be at Pier 57 in the Daffodil classroom - a map is attached in the photos section.

IoT office hours! We'll meet to work informally on IoT/LoRaWAN projects and kibitz. We're meeting at FatCat Fab Lab in the village near Christopher St and 7th Ave. Look here for more info on specific agenda items as the meeting gets closer. Newcomers are welcome. All levels of skills are welcome.

**\*TO ATTEND GET TICKETS AT -** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-island-date-walk-tickets-1980213673403](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-island-date-walk-tickets-1980213673403) (First 5 women can save $5 by using discount code - 5. *Our events are co-organized by multiple groups so don't pay attention to the RSVPs. Our events are consistently well attended. Must prepay to attend.)* Meet, mix and mingle with other singles for a "Date Walk" at one of New York City’s hottest attractions – Little Island! Located at Pier 55 on Manhattan’s Hudson River Park, Little Island is a floating park full of greenery, open spaces, viewpoints, and more. Our "Sunset Singles Strolls" are an extremely popular way to meet others in a safe, outdoor setting. Enjoy a fun way to meet others while getting fresh air and exercise. This event very casual and non-awkward + our host will help to make introductions. During the walk, you will randomly be paired with other singles in the beginning then rotate at designated times so that you get to meet everyone participating. We'll make several stops along the park so that people can take pictures and admire the beautiful views. We'll circle the island a couple of times and then afterwards, we'll continue the walk along the Hudson River. Once the walk is over, you're welcome to hang out and exchange contact info with others. Experience all the components of the "island", nestled among flowers, trees and shrubs, along with dazzling views of other portions of Hudson River Park, New York City and the Hudson River. The landscape is diverse, with green lawns, small slopes, and winding walkways. FAQs: **Where to meet?** Exact meeting location with host contact info will be sent to all paid attendees day of the event. **How many will attend?** We are limiting the # of attendees so that everyone has enough time to meet and spend time with everyone. **What if rains?** We will email attendees a new date. **Can I come alone?** Yes, about 90% come on their own. **Ages?** 20s-40s. We usually get a good mix and balance genders as much as possible. **How much?** $19-$25 depending upon when you get ticket and spots left. For more fun events follow: [https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283](https://www.meetup.com/NYC-Social/events/284320740/)

**\*TO ATTEND GET TICKETS AT -** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/play-date-new-kind-of-speed-dating-sold-out-for-men-tickets-1982011580993](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/play-date-new-kind-of-speed-dating-sold-out-for-men-tickets-1982011580993) (\*Our last one sold out quickly, especially for men, so get your ticket ASAP.) Come check out this unique twist on speed dating. Join us for a unique social event for singles in NYC (20s, 30s, 40s)! Make new social connections, win raffle prizes and meet other fun singles! **HOW IT WORKS:** Our friendly host will welcome everyone and then you'll be grouped off into separate tables where you'll get to meet, chat with and play fun social games with other singles in small groups of about 4 or 5 people. Then, similar to traditional speed dating, you'll rotate from table to table getting a chance to meet all the other singles in attendance. You'll be handed a "match sheet" and at the end of the event you'll be able to indicate people you'd like to talk to again in the future. If they also choose you, our host will send you each others' contact information within about 24 hours after the event and you can feel free to set up a date with them. Let's face it, we're all tired of swiping over and over again on people who may or may not look like or be like the person they're portraying on the apps. A Play & Date speed dating event is a much better way to meet someone because you actually get to meet singles in person and really get to know them. This is entirely new and revolutionary type of speed dating event! We love the idea of traditional speed dating but sometimes it's hard to come up with things to talk about. That's why at a Play & Date speed dating event you'll have fun, easy games to play to get to know everyone instead of dealing with the usual dating "job interview" type questions. We find that it's a much better way to get to know someone! **WIN PRIZES:** You'll enjoy an evening of meeting new people, fun social interactions and games... No skill necessary, just a bit of luck! Our friendly host will be orchestrating the event and making introductions among the group. You'll participate in several games during the evening while getting a chance to interact with all members of the opposite sex. Win a game, get a raffle ticket for chances to win prizes! **WHY IT WORKS:** Through the years we've organized many speed dating events. We had a host that would sometimes invite the guests to stay around if they wanted to after the event to play some games. She would bring some fun interactive games and casino type games of chance/luck with her. We noticed something fascinating start to happen! More people would make connections at the games after the event than at the actual speed dating! That led us to creating this event. It's the perfect way to meet people in this busy city! **WHAT GAMES WILL WE BE PLAYING:** They are simple but extremely fun games that don't require much skill... they are mostly fun games of luck and chance to get the crowd mingling and having a good time. The fun games are set up to break the ice, help you gauge compatibility and make quality connections. Some of the games are similar to the most popular party games, others are like casino games that involve rolling dice and some are a little bit different but we assure you... they are really, really fun and you don't need to know how to play anything in particular (ie. we won't be playing blackjack or poker or anything like that). **FAQs:** How many people will be participating? We usually have between 20 and 30 or so people in attendance. We don't exactly gender balance the event occasionally we have a few more women than men and sometimes we have a few more men than women. Either way we make sure you get to meet a good amount of singles of the opposite gender. Can I come alone? Yes about 75% of those attending will be coming solo. But you can also invite friends to join you. Everyone must have a ticket to enter. Is there a dress code? No specific dress code. We just suggest "neat casual" *\*\* IMPORTANT QUICK NOTE: PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME. THIS EVENT STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8:00 PM. IF YOU ARE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE ON TIME OR A LITTLE BIT EARLY. THE BAR WILL BE OPEN SO FEEL FREE TO ARRIVE EARLY AND HAVE A DRINK AT THE BAR BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS*

**\*TO ATTEND GET TICKETS AT:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sophisticated-singles-mingle-tickets-1982804838648](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sophisticated-singles-mingle-tickets-1982804838648) (Limited # of ladies save $5 by using discount code 5 at checkout. *Our events are co-organized by multiple groups so don't pay attention to the RSVPs. These events are consistently well attended.)* Find your someone who on a Thursday afterwork….in one of NYC’s most attractive bi-level bars with unbelievable wine and cocktails for a price point that will not be matched! If it rains the outdoor rooftop/sundeck will be covering, and we will occupy the beautiful bar and penthouse area. Make new connections after work! There will be a complimentary welcome cocktail and a live DJ for everyone! Enjoy floor to ceiling windows with a beautiful outdoor sundeck offer stunning views of downtown Manhattan creating the perfect backdrop of your evening. The lounge is chic, intimate and buzzing with energy! Let’s talk about the drinks! The cocktail menu is a work of art, from timeless classics to unique concoctions that push the boundaries of mixology! What to expect: * **Beautiful crowd of single professionals and socialites (20s, 30s, 40s)** * **Ladies receive a complimentary CLOUD ONE signature cocktail** * **Spectacular views, ambiance, & Live DJ** As The Cloud One is waiving their large group rental fee, providing a complimentary welcome cocktail and DJ, a one item spend is required for ladies and a 2 item spend is required for men Dress code: Dress to impress/business casual. No tee shirts, sneakers and caps will be allowed. For more fun events follow: [https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283)

IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE QR CODE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL TO ACCESS THE BUILDING Come show your support for your fellow developers! We’re very happy to bring the community together for an evening of learning and connection. This time, we'll have a community member sharing a use case and, as usual, an Elastic employee sharing their expertise as well. Join us to learn something new and meet others who are passionate about search, observability, and security. **Agenda:** * 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi and eat some food * 6:00 pm: Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents", by Kathleen DeRusso, Principal Software Engineer I at Elastic * 6:30 pm: Q&A * 6:40 pm: Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch, by Brandon (Anbang) Wu, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Quizlet * 7:10 pm: Q&A * 7:20 - 7:30 pm: Networking and event wrap-up **Abstract** **"Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents"** What are agents? What is context engineering? Join us as we dive into the importance of context engineering for providing relevant information to agents, and how to build grounded agents using Elastic Agent Builder. **"Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch"** Quizlet’s search extended manual Elasticsearch boosts with a Learning-to-Rank (LambdaMART) model. Using query, engagement, and content features, we trained on study signals and validated with A/B tests, achieving measurable lifts in study rates: +3.42% on blended pages, +1.86% on sets pages, and +1.05–1.81% in downstream outcomes. This talk shares how we combined a custom ML re-ranker with Elasticsearch results—covering training data design, offline evaluation, latency, and model interpretability—and offers guidance for Elastic users to go beyond boosting and improve ranking quality. **Where**: Elastic NYC Office 1250 Broadway, Floor 16, Training Room New York, NY 10001 **When**: Feb 19th \| Doors open at 5:30 PM If you’re a long-time Elastic user or just starting your journey, this is the perfect opportunity to share ideas, meet new people, and get inspired. See you there!

Location: Google Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011), 2nd Floor **6:30 - Arrival and chill** **7:00 - Intros and welcome** **7:20 - Gabriel Paunescu - Beyond the vibe: Code-generation for big UI components** Code generation is notorious for introducing small errors that take a long time to debug, specially when doing UI work. We will present methods to safely generate thousands of lines, introduce new ways to do grounding and show methodologies that help steer the LLMs away from the drift. **7:45 - Break** **8:00 - Tony Scialo - Signals: the What and the Why** Signals are one of the hot new topics in the Angular community, but what exactly are they and why are they useful? In this talk Tony will take you through signals at a quick glance, showing you where they can be easily added to a project and why they could be useful to you. **8:30 - Post event hangout** We'll decide together If you’re interested in giving a talk, please let us know! Speakers of all levels and backgrounds are welcome, and we have experienced mentors who can help you prepare your talk! Check out our Speaker FAQ: https://Angular.NYC/faq Fill out the Speaker Form: https://Angular.NYC/speak Code Of Conduct We expect all speakers and attendees to follow the JSConf code of conduct ( https://Angular.NYC/conduct ) Find us at: Website: https://Angular.NYC Youtube: [https://youtube.com/AngularNYC](https://youtube.com/AngularNYC) Slack: [http://nycjsorg.now.sh](http://nycjsorg.now.sh/) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/AngularNYC](https://twitter.com/AngularNYC)

**Abstract:** Current procedural content generation in media suffers from a dichotomy: it is either computationally efficient but predictable, or creative but prone to hallucination and error. The solution lies in a fundamental shift from classical procedural generation to quantum constraint satisfaction algorithms. In this talk, I will present the technical roadmap for MOTH, exploring how quantum computing is poised to become the foundation of the next generation of media. At MOTH we categorize the ecosystem into two eras: the current NISQ era, focused on Quantum Dynamics for visual and game asset generation, and the impending FTQC era, focused on optimization and generative solvers. We will demonstrate how early quantum algorithms are being integrated into commercial game engines today, and how the "Solver Substrate" of the 2030s will enable faster game development with more realistic and immersive worlds. **Bio:** Spencer Topel is a technologist and entrepreneur specializing in the commercial application of frontier technologies, including quantum computing, robotics, and embedded systems. He currently serves as CTO of Moth Quantum, where he directs the engineering roadmap for quantum software tools designed for the creative industries. Simultaneously, as Co-founder of Electron Robotics, he architects AI-driven adaptive systems for high-precision industrial automation. Topel’s technical background is rooted in the design of novel hardware and signal processing platforms. Through his first venture, Physical Synthesis, he developed proprietary acoustic actuation technology, earning industry recognition for innovation in electromechanical design. His pivot into quantum engineering began at the Yale Quantum Institute. Working alongside the Devoret Lab, Topel successfully engineered a hardware-software interface for superconducting qubits, translating quantum state dynamics into audio signals—a project that validated new approaches to human-computer interaction (HCI) in quantum systems. A former professor of Dartmouth College, Topel combines academic rigor with agile product development. He holds advanced degrees from Cornell University and the Juilliard School, and his transdisciplinary work has been exhibited at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.

**Important:** register on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026022609) is **REQUIRED** for admission (RSVP on meetup is turn off) **Description:** Join Teradata and AWS for an immersive, hands on workshop learning how to build and deploy agentic AI workflows for an end-to-end customer feedback solution powered by agentic AI and MCP. Financial Services organizations face a significant challenge in enhancing customer experience. Financial products are highly complex and subject to intense regulation, making the resolution process manual and resource-intensive, with human support agents working around the clock. Agentic AI has the potential to exponentially scale human efforts, reducing time and resource expenditure. Through this interactive, instructors-led workshop, we'll be working together to build and deploy intelligent agents that improve customer complaint resolution by leveraging Teradata’s Enterprise MCP Server and Vector Store with AWS Bedrock AgentCore. **What you will learn:** * • Key Agentic AI components of Teradata: Enterprise MCP Server and Vector Store * • AWS Bedrock AgentCore to build Agentic workflows * • The upcoming AI products and frameworks * • Build an effective Agentic workflow from start to finish in the hands-on labs **Who Should Attend:** This hands-on workshop is designed for Developer, Data Scientist, System Architect, IT Manager, and Technical Decision Maker. **Agenda:** * \* 12:00pm\~1:00pm: Welcome Reception (Lunch Provided) * \* 1:00pm\~1:30pm: TD Intro & Workshop Kickoff * \* 1:30pm\~2:00pm: Tech talk: AWS Partnership, Better Together & Technology * \* 2:00pm\~2:15pm: break * \* 2:15pm\~3:45pm: Hands-on code labs * \* 3:45pm\~4:00pm: Close - Workshop Summary and Call to Action * \* 4:00pm\~5:30pm: Happy Hour and networking

**We are looking for hosts and speakers.** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. • Special thanks to **[Radar](https://radar.com/)** for hosting us this month. Food and drink will be provided! There will be a **raffle for Radar AirPods** for in-person attendees! Welcome to yet another great evening of learning and networking! This event will be held **both in person and online**, and for the first time (as far as we can recall) on a Thursday! **Agenda:** • 6:00 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). **Don't forget your ID!** • 6:30 PM - Welcome (in-person and Zoom attendees) • 6:35 PM - **First Talk: The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection** • 7:05 PM - Community Announcements • 7:15 PM - **Second Talk: Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards** • 7:45 PM - Networking • 8:30 PM - Doors close. Regroup at a bar nearby ([Old Town Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2kigoa6ZMbgC1scG8)) **First Talk Description:** • The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection Liam Meier, Director of Engineering at Radar iOS can estimate a device's altitude. In real world conditions, this estimate is far less accurate and reliable than horizontal (lat/lng) positioning, which makes the question "which floor is someone on?" hard to answer. Leveraging little known sensors in mobile phones and clever correction techniques enabled by at-scale deployments, we're able to determine mobile device altitude and floor level with markedly higher accuracy than what's available today. Liam Meier is Director of Engineering at Radar, where he leads the team behind Radar’s leading geolocation platform and mobile SDKs, deployed on over 300 million devices. Previously, he founded and built products at early-stage startups. In a past life, he studied galaxy formation under the influence of dark matter — helpful training for making sense of noisy sensor data. **Second Talk Description:** • Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards Mike Sanderson Even as mobile apps have come to handle sensitive medical, financial, and personal information, the practices of secure mobile app development has remained a patchwork of received wisdom and platform constraints, with developers who want to practice secure development are often unclear on how to do so or what that even means. In the past few years, leaders in security standards have increasingly seen the need to for digital security incorporate secure coding earlier into the software development process, known as "shift left," and included references to systematic cybersecurity standards. This talk will look at how secure mobile app development fits into the larger security picture, including the security of the iOS platform and the MacOS platform apps are developed on. The talk will look at sources for guidance for secure iOS software development, in particular the OWASP flagship Mobile App Security project and other OWASP efforts. The idea will be to start to equip iOS developers not only to make good decisions but to systematically identify best practices and understand how they fit into the larger security picture. Mike Sanderson is a writer and computer programmer who has worked on iOS apps full-time since 2013, including working with a launch partner of Apple Wallet in iOS 9, working on a secure message app at scale, and independently finding and reporting an authentication-bypass bug on a medical iOS app, which was confirmed. Recently, Mike has provided comments on several National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) draft papers related to cybersecurity. **Location:** 111 5th Avenue Floor 12 New York, NY 10003 Please enter through the main lobby on 5th avenue, next to H&M. Then head to the 12th floor. **What you need to bring:** ID **When to arrive:** Doors open at 6:00pm ET Event will start around 6:30pm ET **Zoom link:** You can join virtually here (link will be provided the day of the event). Note we will start the Meetup around 6:30pm ET **Will food and drinks be provided?** Yes! Thank you [Radar](https://radar.com/)! **Call for speakers and hosts:** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. **Code of Conduct:** The iOSoho Meetup is dedicated to providing a safe Meetup experience for everyone, regardless of gender, identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or religion (or lack thereof). iOSoho Meetup does not tolerate harassment of Meetup participants at any time or in any form. Our Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all participants. All communication throughout the Meetup should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any part of the event, including talks, or at the Meetup venue. Please be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally and respect the policies of our generous hosting offices. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for the Meetup. Attendees violating these guidelines will be asked to leave the Meetup group and Meetup events at the organizers' sole discretion. If you need to report something happening at or about the iOSoho Meetup, please contact the [organizers](https://www.meetup.com/iosoho/members/?op=leaders). Thank you for helping make the iOSoho Meetup a welcoming, friendly event for all!

Happy New Year, Hackstronauts. Our Monday Online Meetup - 8pm every Monday will continue. Happily we appear to have rounded the corner on this pandemic and have great plans for this new year. This is your invitation to join us on our new ZOOM Video Chat which we have made a weekly event. The instructions are below and know that we are striving to make joining these conversations as simple and safe as possible. Step 1: Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx Step 2: Put on headphones to avoid feedback loops. Step 3: Scroll down to the "video-chat-invite" channel on the left side of the Discord window. Step 4: Write "Invite me" in the message window Step 5: Open a Free ZOOM account and download the app if available for your platform. https://zoom.us/download Step 6: You will receive a ZOOM invitation. Click to join the ZOOM Video Chat. Step 7: We are going to enable the ZOOM "Waiting Room" feature so please be patient while we admit you to the call. Join real bio-hackers online and learn about our biohacking experiences. Join our Discord channel for our Biohacking and Meeting Notes. To find out all about the mission of our group visit our website: www.Hackstronaut.com We also just launched The Hackstronaut Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080911515451134/ Find out what we've been up to: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx

**SREday: In-Person Event on SRE, DevOps & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, bringing together engineers, platform teams, and leaders to share real-world experience building, scaling, and operating reliable production systems. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://sreday.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/sreday-nyc-2026-Q1?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

We are back with another in person event - [Brains, Bytes & Bragging Rights](https://events.databricks.com/FY27Q1-SD-DNB-Trivia/registration) 🧠🍕 Join us for a fun evening of trivia, networking, and great conversation with fellow data & technology professionals! Databricks and Sigma Computing are hosting a casual in-person event designed to bring curious minds together for friendly competition and meaningful connections. Put your knowledge to the test across a range of trivia categories, enjoy complimentary food and drinks, and connect with peers while learning more about the latest innovations in data and AI. Whether you come for the trivia, the networking, or just the pizza - there’s something for everyone (and yes, there are prizes!). 📍 Sigma Computing — 124 E 14th St, New York, NY 📅 Thursday, February 26 🕕 6:00–8:00 PM ET \*Be sure to register with your email using the link below before you arrive - that registration will be your ticket inside! https://events.databricks.com/FY27Q1-SD-DNB-Trivia/registration

**DevOps Not Dead: In-Person Event on DevOps, Platform & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on modern DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure. It brings together engineers, SREs, and platform teams to share practical experience in CI/CD, Kubernetes, automation, cloud architecture, reliability, and operating production systems at scale. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://devopsnotdead.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/4ym0xkfw?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

**LLMday: In-Person Event on LLMs, AI & ML in NYC** Conference focused on Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, bringing together engineers, researchers, and product teams to share real-world experience building, deploying, and operating AI systems. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://llmday.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** 🎟 **[Tickets](https://luma.com/llmday-2026-nyc-q1?from=embed)**[ ](https://luma.com/llmday-2026-nyc-q1?from=embed) Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50