Natural Language Processing

**Hack The Box meetup: "Not The Hidden Skillz" - 0x04** This time - live, at CONFidence 2026! After three successful online editions, we're taking **Not The Hidden Skillz** to the next level. Event **0x04** will take place as part of **[CONFidence](https://confidence-conference.org/)** \- one of the most recognized cybersecurity conferences in Poland\. The Meetup listing exists so there's a trace of it and you can save the date\, but the real action happens on\-site\. What's in store? * **Live talks & conversations** \- open discussions with HTB players and security practitioners\, face to face * **Live hacking sessions** \- we play machines and challenges together\, in real time\, side by side * **Community first** \- same spirit as always: 100% hands\-on\, 0% slides **Can't make it to CONFidence in person?** No worries - we've got you covered. A dedicated channel on the **NTHW Discord** will be active during the event, where you'll be able to: * Access **dedicated labs** prepared for the occasion * Follow along and **join the discussion** remotely * Stay connected with the community in real time 👉 Join the NTHW Discord now so you don't miss a thing: [discord.gg/fjwzWFWuzg](https://discord.gg/fjwzWFWuzg) Whether you're at CONFidence or joining from home - there's a spot for you

Combinatorial optimization problems arise across logistics, scheduling, and engineering, and C++ remains a language of choice when performance matters. This lecture takes a practical look at solving such problems in C++, using the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem as a running example. We begin with an exact solver, formulating the problem as a mixed-integer program and trying to solve it through GLPK's C API directly from C++. Exact methods, however, quickly hit their limits on real-world instances. The second half of the talk turns to metaheuristics: how they are designed, why C++ is particularly well suited for implementing them, and what design choices matter most in practice. We'll walk through a concrete implementation, touching on data structures for fast neighborhood evaluation, generic algorithm design with templates, and the performance considerations that separate a prototype from a production-ready solver. The goal is not to advocate for one approach over another, but to show how C++ supports the full spectrum of optimization techniques. # About Speaker Luka Matijević is a researcher at the Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, whose work bridges academic research and freelance engineering. He's drawn to identifying the right algorithm for a given problem — and to the kind of careful optimization captured by one of his favourite Futurama lines: *"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."* ## 📅 Event Details | | | | --- | --- | | 👤 **Speaker** | **[Luka Matijević](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-matijevic/)** | | 🕕 **Date & Time** | **27th of May (Wednesday), 6 pm** | | 📍 **Location** | **Beograđanka, Vidikovac, 22nd floor** | | 🏢 **Address** | **Masarikova 5** | | 💻 **Online** | **[C++ Serbia YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@cppserbia)** | See you!

**Hack The Box meetup: "Not The Hidden Skillz" - 0x04** This time - live, at CONFidence 2026! After three successful online editions, we're taking **Not The Hidden Skillz** to the next level. Event **0x04** will take place as part of **[CONFidence](https://confidence-conference.org/)** \- one of the most recognized cybersecurity conferences in Poland\. The Meetup listing exists so there's a trace of it and you can save the date\, but the real action happens on\-site\. What's in store? * **Live talks & conversations** \- open discussions with HTB players and security practitioners\, face to face * **Live hacking sessions** \- we play machines and challenges together\, in real time\, side by side * **Community first** \- same spirit as always: 100% hands\-on\, 0% slides **Can't make it to CONFidence in person?** No worries - we've got you covered. A dedicated channel on the **NTHW Discord** will be active during the event, where you'll be able to: * Access **dedicated labs** prepared for the occasion * Follow along and **join the discussion** remotely * Stay connected with the community in real time 👉 Join the NTHW Discord now so you don't miss a thing: [discord.gg/fjwzWFWuzg](https://discord.gg/fjwzWFWuzg) Whether you're at CONFidence or joining from home - there's a spot for you

## Learn Go and NixOS deployments with large language models Hello, 世界! When used sensibly, language models can be tutors, too. For meetup #60 on Tuesday [May 26, 2026 19:00 CET](https://www.meetup.com/leipzig-golang/events/312537727) we are really happy to have [Maxime](https://www.linkedin.com/in/plumps/) dive into Nix/NixOS with the help of language models. Nix is a functional package manager and its immutable traits enable robust, reproducable deployments of Go (and other) projects. The high level goals of Nix/NixOS are similar to other immutable Linux distributions, like [Silverblue](https://fedoraproject.org/silverblue/) or [Bazzite](https://bazzite.gg/). Becoming familiar with the Nix configuration language can be a challenge, but one that a well instructed tutor may help with. > Artificial intelligence techniques are increasingly used in education to enable personalized learning and intelligent tutoring [LLM Agents for Education: Advances and Applications](https://aclanthology.org/anthology-files/anthology-files/pdf/findings/2025.findings-emnlp.743.pdf) (11/2025) Why reproducible and immutable deployments play a role? [Justin Garrison](https://justingarrison.com/blog/state-of-immutable-linux/) says: > It’s 2026, if you’re not using something immutable (or at least reproducable) you’re doing more maintenance work than you should. [blog post recapping talk from [Southern California Linux Expo 23x](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x)], 03/2026, PASADENA, CA ### Schedule * 18:45 Doors open * 19:00 Welcome * 19:10 Dive into Nix/NixOS with LLMs * 19:50 Open discussion We’ll meet: * in person at [Basislager Leipzig](https://basislager.co), at [Peterssteinweg 14, 04107 Leipzig](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1fMkeDSPZ7Aauszh8) ([OSM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3504864558)) * and online via [Google Meet](https://meet.google.com/poy-koue-spc) Join us to discuss robust Go deployments, language models as learning tools and more!

Tatry IT Ťa pozýva na pravidelné stretnutie o aktuálnych a zaujímavých (nie len) digitálnych a IT témach. Eventy organizujeme v spolupráci s [Coworking Poprad](https://coworkingpoprad.sk). Príď na meetup Tatry IT Community na tému: Priamy let na produkciu: AI-first vývoj v Kiwi.com. Platformu Kiwi.com netreba špeciálne predstavovať. Menej sa však hovorí o tom, ako Kiwi.com funguje vo vnútri. Na meetupe budeme hovoriť o tom, ako v Kiwi.com beží (lieta) AI-first vývoj. **Speaker: Michal Cyprian** Zaregistruj sa [tu](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6wDQ2F7Z_avxdFvhSzJddNjr2i4h231A_q0TDzIFhqRyzVw/viewform). Slido: #tatryit **PROGRAM:** 18:00 Privítanie 18:10 Priamy let na produkciu: AI-first vývoj v Kiwi.com 19:00 Q&A a Networking Event budeme [streamovať](https://youtube.com/live/ltR3RmE2uT0?feature=share) a môžete si ho pozrieť aj neskôr na YouTube kanáli Tatry IT community (https://youtube.com/live/ltR3RmE2uT0). Zaujíma Ťa niečo konkrétne, alebo máš zaujímavú tému? Napíš nám (community@tatryit.sk). Tatry IT Team

Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating. Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who enjoy talking to people from other countries, and those who would like to discuss international travel and culture, and who enjoy getting together for good conversations."

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.

**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** TBD

We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!

ASH is Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists of First Unitarian Universalists of Columbus Ohio TBD Snacks are usually available, and you are welcome to bringing something to share!

Hey Everyone! Let's meet at Belle's Bread Bakery and Cafe. There is lots of free parking and easy access to the cafe and many shops and restaurants as well. This is a great way to meet new and old friends while chatting about life and practicing English language speaking skills. All are welcome and encouraged to join us anytime between 11am and 1pm. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm