Julia Programming Language

Dear Club Polyglotte members, Please note that we changed our online meetings from Skype to Teams. An installation of Teams is not necessary (see links at the bottom). The online meetings take place on Tuesdays at 19:00, unless otherwise indicated. CP English Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community in Microsoft Teams with Pete from London on Tuesdays at 19:00 h: https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEA32nllYOKVkYfQA8?v=g1 CP German Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community in Microsoft Teams with Margit on Tuesdays at 19:00 h: https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEAPmC0cP2yAknqqAw?v=g1 CP Italian Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community in Microsoft Teams on Tuesdays at 20:30 h. https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEAgAGRUsyLPKIB8BU?v=g1 CP Spanish Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community Community in Microsoft Teams on Wednesdays at 19:00 h: https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEA7FZyGJ463yXNOwM?v=g1 CP Luxembourgish Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community in Microsoft Teams Wednesdays at 19:00 h https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEAyv2RkRJLWFo8vAo?v=g1 CP French Club Polyglotte Luxembourg Community in Microsoft Teams on Fridays at 19:00 h. https://teams.live.com/l/community/FEAHMjICzF_sgKrfgs?v=g1 When you click on the secured https link, you need to connect to Teams and click on the button to join via your browser (no installation needed) Or via the MS Teams App, which is of course also possible. Download from the official website for your desktop: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app For your Android device from Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.teams&pli=1 For your OIS device from Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706 Kind regards, Your Club Polyglotte Luxembourg team Email: clubpolyglotte@gmail.com

Welcome to our weekly physical or virtual Club Polyglotte meeting. * As usual, a minimum consumption of one drink or something small to eat is obligatory at Restaurant Quai Steffen at 13, Place de la gare at the Luxembourg railway station. * We start our get together at 19:00 h and finish at 22:00 h. As on every Tuesday, participate at one of the following language tables: 1. English 2. French 3. Luxemburgish 4. German 5. Spanish 6. Italian or languages like Mandarin, Russian, Romanian or Arabic, if needed. We are constantly searching for Buddies who lead the various language tables and for those who would like to participate in the organisation for our club established in 1999. Please message us, if you are interested in managing the Club with us on Facebook / Meta. Membership fees per calendar year: 3 EUR cash (members until and including 24 Y, only 1 EUR) Compulsory consumption applies at Restaurant Le Quai Steffen! Best regards, Your Club Polyglotte Luxembourg team

Turn on next LuxBuzz Integration Breakfasts Series In a fast-moving world, many of us pause at some point and ask: Am I using my time and energy in the right way? Our next LuxBuzz Integration Breakfast invites you to reflect on a powerful and very personal question: Is it a waste of time? Understanding value on your professional & personal journey. • How do we understand our true value? • How can we recognise our strengths and talents? • And how do we use this awareness to make better life and career decisions? This informal gathering is part of the LuxBuzz Integration Breakfast Conversation programme, organised by The LuxBuzz Academy ASBL within the framework of the [Biergerpakt by Mifa](https://www.linkedin.com/company/biergerpakt/). We are delighted to welcome our guest speaker Dr. [Adam Petersen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-petersen/) \- Professor of Management Practice and Academic Director for Executive Education at [Luxembourg School of Business](https://www.linkedin.com/company/luxembourg-school-of-business/) and host of the [RTL Today](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rtltoday/) radio show “Office Hours” where he explores everyday questions about life and work in Luxembourg. With over 20 years of experience in global energy and technology organisations, he focuses on helping individuals and leaders better understand their strengths, create meaningful impact and build fulfilling professional environments. During this participatory breakfast, [Adam](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-petersen/) will share his insights on how to better understand your personal value and apply it in both professional and personal life: • how to better understand our personal value • how to identify strengths and talents • how to use this knowledge in professional and personal choices • an open exchange with participants The breakfast is designed as a friendly conversation in a small group, where everyone can ask questions, reflect and share experiences. 📅 Date: 19 May 2026 ⏰ Time: 09:00–10:30 📍 Location: The Office Charlotte, 29, Bd Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Luxembourg Participation is limited to keep the discussion dynamic and personal. Please use this link to register**[https://biergerpakt.zesummeliewen.lu/calendrier/luxbuzz-integration-breakfast-connaissez-votre-valeur-le-fondement-dun-travail-et-dune-vie-qui-ont-du-sens/](https://biergerpakt.zesummeliewen.lu/calendrier/luxbuzz-integration-breakfast-connaissez-votre-valeur-le-fondement-dun-travail-et-dune-vie-qui-ont-du-sens/)** Please also not that the registration is closed one day before the event. We hope to see many of you there. Let’s create the buzz together! 🐝🐝🐝 [hashtag](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23luxbuzzacademy&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED)

Feel free to bring games, or suggest some from my collection (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/garryjenkins). Please RSVP so I can select appropriate games for the number of people attending. Food and drinks should be purchased on site. Also to have an idea about what type of games you probably will play, you can take a look at the comments of previous weeks of this weekly meetup. If you have any question, don't hesitate to send me a message, or ask here in comments.

Want to practise French 🇫🇷 German 🇩🇪 English 🇬🇧 Luxembourgish 🇱🇺 — or ANY language you can find a partner for? Then join our crew of friendly expats & locals for a night of chats, laughs & global energy 🎉 In Luxembourg, speaking multiple languages is basically a superpower 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ — but this meetup is all about connection, not perfection. Beginners, pros & “I understand but can’t speak” people — all welcome 😄 Don’t feel like practising a language? 😎 No worries — you’re STILL totally welcome! come hang out, meet people & enjoy the international vibes anyway 🥂✨ Come for the languages — stay for the laughter, friendships & drinks 🍹 ✨ What You’ll Find ✔ Super chill atmosphere 😌 ✔ Expats from everywhere 🌍 ✔ Zero pressure — just vibes ✨ ✔ “How do you say…?” moments 🤔😂 ✔ Old friends & new — ❤️ 🍹 AFTER-EXCHANGE APÉRO 🤩 Languages warm-up… Drinks cool-down… Balance restored 😌🍺 Most weeks we wander to another bar afterwards for beer, bites & bonus socialising. Just follow the organisers — they know the 🔥 hotspots 😉 🪧 HOW IT WORKS ➡️ Sit with the group for the language you want to practise ➡️ Look for the table signs 📍 ➡️ Switch groups anytime — totally chill ➡️ Rare language? Post in the group & find your match 💫 ➡️ Luxembourgish shows up too 🇱🇺 ⚠️ By attending, you agree organisers can’t be held liable for regulation violations (or accidental grammar crimes 😜)

**How AI Breaks the Career Ladder: Automation and Coordination Failure in Knowledge-Intensive Firms** by [Claudio Zucca](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudio-zucca-b691292/) AI automation creates an intertemporal tradeoff for knowledge-intensive firms: cutting junior workers to exploit cheap automation boosts short-term profits but depletes the career pipeline needed to develop future senior talent. Individual f irms can resolve this tension through lateral hiring from competitors, but the industry as a whole cannot—lateral markets merely redistribute talent from a collectively shrinking pool. We develop a dynamic model with nested CES production calibrated to law firms, investment banking, and management consulting, treating the industry as a closed system where senior professionals must be developed internally through multi-year apprenticeships. When all f irms optimize automation individually, they collectively eliminate 92–95% of the junior talent pipeline. Dynamic simulations show firms maintaining career ladders sacrifice 16–32% of potential automation gains in the short run but ultimately achieve 60–112% higher output when partner scarcity becomes the binding constraint. Crossover periods occur 8–15 years after the automation shock (at absolute periods t=14 for investment banking, t=16 for law firms, and t=20 for management consulting). Although automation initially boosts output by 50%, the subsequent destruction of the career pipeline depletes the senior professionals who are production complements to automation, causing output to fall below the pre-shock baseline despite continued robot usage. This creates a coordination failure combining Becker’s training externality with common pool resource dynamics: individual firms can free-ride on competitors’ training investments through lateral hiring, but when all firms automate simultaneously, lateral markets cannot expand aggregate capacity. Solutions require industry wide coordination **Hidden Signals in Text Embeddings: Recovering Skill Hierarchies with Inductive Hyperbolic Representations** by [Thiago Brant](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiago-quaresma-chaves-brant-605a21b/) Many areas of learning have a hidden order: some skills and ideas need to come before others. In this work, we ask whether that order can be inferred from the subtle signals already embedded in text embeddings, even when the model is not explicitly told which concept should point to which. We train a self-supervised system that learns from text descriptions, places concepts in a curved space well suited for hierarchies, and uses only a very small hint to keep the overall direction consistent. When tested on entirely new skills, the method recovers prerequisite direction better than a comparable standard baseline. Control experiments also show that the gains come from meaningful semantic information in the text. Overall, the results suggest that text representations contain hidden clues about learning order, and that hyperbolic geometry helps bring that structure out.

The long awaited Brazilian Zouk night is back! Join us on **MAY** **23** at Lumi Studio for a fun, beginner-friendly Brazilian Zouk workshop followed by an open social dance. Be part of Brazilian Zouk Luxembourg!✨ Workshop: 𝟭𝟴:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬 \| All levels welcome Explore Brazilian Zouk techniques in a fun and supportive environment. Social: 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟮𝟮:𝟯𝟬 Enjoy an open dance floor, great music, and connect with the local Zouk community. Taught by: 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 & 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗲 Luxembourg’s dedicated Brazilian Zouk instructors. Manuela is a certified teacher with 9 years of experience and while Filipe brings his energy and dedication to create a dynamic, fun and supportive learning experience for all levels. Together, they are committed to sharing high-quality Zouk in Luxembourg. Location: 𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 📍 42, rue Demy Schlechter 2512 Bonnevoie, Luxembourg Street parking and nearby parking options available. Pricing: Workshop + Social €15 Workshop only €12 Social only €7 Payment accepted via cash, Revolut, or PayPal. Come share the floor with familiar faces and new ones. A beautiful opportunity to reconnect, share the dance and keep building the Brazilian Zouk community in Luxembourg🇱🇺🇧🇷

This one is going to be big. Like, really big. ✨ **AI & Everyone** is back — and this is the biggest edition before summer. If you've been waiting for the right moment to show up, meet the community, and get on top of everything happening in **AI right now** — this is it. 🙌 We'll be sharing exciting news about what's coming next for **AI & Coffee** — meetups and community updates you won't want to miss. This is more than a gathering. It's where Luxembourg's **AI community** — and beyond — comes together. Curious minds, builders, creators, professionals, students. All in one room. All welcome. **☕** \*\*\* **AI & Everyone** is one of many formats hosted by the AI & Coffee Team - but this one is the biggest one that only happens once a month in a special setup. There is **a limit on attendees**, so make sure to reserve your spot as early as possible. Our next gathering will be on **Sunday, 24 May**, at **Hertz Pop Up** (44 Grand Rue 1660, · Luxembourg, LU). The official event is **from 15h00 to 18h00**, but **make sure to come a bit eariler so you can make the most out of it**. Here's what to expect 👇 🎤 Community members pitching their projects and initiatives 🔬 Live demos happening in every corner of the room 🤝 Open networking, interviews and real conversations 🌍 AI news, trends, tools and real-world applications 💡 And announcements you'll want to hear first The official programme runs 15h00 to 18h00 — but come early to make the most of it, and stay as long as you like after. Spots are limited and this edition will sell out. ⚡ After 18h00, the gathering is free to continue for dinner at the restaurant, so there’s space for organic conversations, networking, and community building. 💡 **Special feature:** If you would like the opportunity to pitch your ideas or share your project at the beginning of the event, please contact one of the hosts or via the Whatsapp group that AI & Coffee has for the community. (This Whatsapp group is only accessible for people who have attended one of our events.) ☕ **We’ll gather for open conversations about:** • AI news, trends, tools, and real-world applications • Personal projects, ideas, and reflections • Ethics, creativity, and the societal impact of AI • Connecting, learning, and building community 👥 **Who’s welcome?** Everyone. Students, developers, creatives, entrepreneurs, researchers, or anyone simply curious about AI. No experience required. 💡 **What to expect** • Casual, open atmosphere • Guests from the community presenting at the start • Free-flowing conversations and networking • No pressure, no presentations (except for invited pitches) 🎉 The event is free. Drinks or food are at your own expense. 🎟️ Please download the MeetUp app and have your ticket ready to check-in at the entrance. Bring your curiosity, questions, and an open mind — and let’s explore AI together.

In 2025, Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art". Let's see what that looks like. *GoodReads Summary:* A powerful, surreal novel, in the tradition of Gogol, about the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in a small Hungarian town. The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism. The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the town; her weakling husband; and Valuska, our hapless hero with his head in the clouds, who is the tender center of the book, the only pure and noble soul to be found. Compact, powerful and intense, The Melancholy of Resistance, as its enormously gifted translator George Szirtes puts it, "is a slow lava flow of narrative, a vast black river of type." And yet, miraculously, the novel, in the words of The Guardian, "lifts the reader along in lunar leaps and bounds."

**Titre :** Rejoignez-nous pour une soirée de développement personnel et de convivialité avec les Orateurs de Luxembourg ! **Description :** Vous pensez que Toastmasters, c’est seulement pour apprendre à parler en public ? Détrompez-vous ! Avec les Orateurs de Luxembourg, nos réunions offrent bien plus que cela. Venez découvrir un environnement accueillant où vous pourrez non seulement améliorer vos compétences oratoires, mais aussi : * **Développer votre écoute active** pour mieux comprendre les autres. * **Socialiser et rencontrer de nouvelles personnes** dans une atmosphère conviviale et bienveillante. * **Élargir votre cercle d’amis** et créer des liens durables. * **Accroître votre intelligence émotionnelle**, essentielle tant dans la vie professionnelle que personnelle. Que vous soyez un orateur débutant ou expérimenté, nos séances sont conçues pour vous aider à grandir, à vous sentir à l’aise face à un public et à renforcer vos interactions humaines. Chaque rencontre est une opportunité d’apprendre, de s’amuser et de se connecter. **Où :** 65, Avenue de la Gare, Luxembourg Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant sur Meetup et **principalement sur** [Easyspeak](https://tmclub.eu/view_agenda.php?t=249123) **! Nous avons hâte de vous accueillir.** Pour les membres courantes du club merci de **prendre des rôles** en particulier **meneur d’improvisation**, **évaluateurs,** **rôles transverses et tout type de discours.** **Programme:** 18h45 : Accueil des participants 19h : Début de la séance 19h - 19h40 : Roles et improvisations 19h40- 20h20 : Discours et évaluations 20h20 - 20h45 : Remise des prix et clôture de la séance Nous vous prions d'arriver quelques minutes en avance. La séance commence à l'heure indiquée.

Bonsoir à tous! Venez nombreux pour causer autour d'un repas ou d'un verre chez La Madeleine. On n'a que deux règles: (1) qu'on y parle exclusivement le français et (2) qu'on achète quelque chose à boire ou à manger (c'est La Madeleine qui le demande). Merci et à bientôt!

Be more confident using English for personal and professional success. Practice communication skills for your current or future job. This program is supported as part of Carnegie’s Libraries as Pillars of Education and Democracy initiative, providing $5 million in funding to strengthen English language learning and college access programs across 11 libraries.

Join us for another session of our study group as we continue our coverage of the book Domain-Specific Small Language Models. In this session, we will attempt to cover Chapters 13 on "Creating end-to-end applications", which explores RAG and Agents and Chapter 14, on "Advanced Components for LLM Applications", which explores GraphRAG. This isn't just a lecture! Come ready to ask questions, share insights, and code along. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this is the perfect opportunity to continue to learn together. If you plan to work with the code on your own laptop during the session, try and download the code from here https://github.com/virtualramblas/Domain-Specific-Small-Language-Models ahead of time.

Improve your speaking skills in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where speakers of all languages are welcome. This program is supported by library volunteers and requires a basic working knowledge of English. Registration required. Registration is required. RSVPing on Meetup does not register you for the program. [To register and see more details, visit our events calendar. ](https://pwcgov.libnet.info/events?start=today&end=2023-2-28&term=english)

Cooking? On a Thursday? Honey, please! Toss aside the apron, gather your favorite queens and kings, and join your DTs family for some fierce Italian flavors and fabulous conversation at **[Piero’s Corner](https://www.pieroscorner.com/)** (13340 Franklin Farm Rd, Herndon, VA 20171) right after our Thursday night Happy Hour. 🌟 This spot slays with delicious Italian dishes—we usually have a fabulous crew of 15 or more amazing people! Let’s beat that record and make it even more glamorous! ✅ **RSVPs are essential, darling:** Please RSVP on our Facebook or Meetup pages so we can spill the tea to the restaurant about how many fabulous guests to expect. We always keep a few extra seats for our spontaneous divas, but trust—RSVPing is the move! We can't wait to see your gorgeous faces, share some laughs, and enjoy the pasta together—see you at the table, love! 💋🍷✨

Improve your speaking skills in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where speakers of all languages are welcome. This program is supported by library volunteers and requires a basic working knowledge of English. Registration required. Registration is required. RSVPing on Meetup does not register you for the program. [To register and see more details, visit our events calendar. ](https://pwcgov.libnet.info/events?start=today&end=2023-2-28&term=english)

We will be meeting at Starbucks to learn together. Come with an online class you're already going through or an interest and we will try to connect you with a course where you can learn it. Already have a skill you want to contribute to a Kaggle Datascience competition? We will work on these too! Laptop required :)