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Hey Everyone! 😃💃🏻🕺 📣 We will meet at the 1st Floor Lobby and walk in as a group 📣 Message me when you're 10min away. No Cover All Night; Free Class at 9pm 🥳 Social is from 8pm - 12am 🥳 ▪️Dress to Impress ▪️Valid Physical ID 21+ ▪️Consumption at the Venue encouraged ▪️No outside food or drinks allowed ❗️Entrance to Event is at the discretion of the Venue / Bouncer❗️

\*GET TICKETS AT - [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-friending-tickets-1131156542669](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-friending-tickets-1131156542669) *(\*Our events are co-organized by multiple groups so don't pay attention to the RSVPs. They are consistently well attended. Must prepay to attend.)* This is a great time of year to meet new people and make new friends! Come expand your social circle at this fun and friendly event! Prior to the event, we will provide you with some ice breaker questions that you can use, or you can make up your own. At the event, participants will be broken up into groups of 3-4 people. The group will stay together for about 5-10 minutes and at the end of the round, half of the participants will move to a new station and start a new round, meeting new people. \*\*\*\*\*1 item minimum purchase (drinks, non alcoholic is ok, and/or food) FAQs: **How many will attend?** This is a MULTI-GROUP partner Meetup. We will have a good number of members attending. **Can I come alone?** Yes. 95% of those attending will be coming on their own. This is a great way to network, connect and make new friends! **Is this age-specific?** 20s, 30s, 40s. We usually get a good mix of ages. **Do I need to get ticket in advance?** Yes. Prepay only event. $19-$25 depending upon available spaces/how early you purchase ticket For more fun events follow: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283

Hey Everyone! 😃💃🏻🕺 📣 We will meet at the 1st Floor Lobby and walk in as a group 📣 Message me when you're 10min away. No Cover All Night; Free Class at 9pm 🥳 Social is from 8pm - 12am 🥳 ▪️Dress to Impress ▪️Valid Physical ID 21+ ▪️Consumption at the Venue encouraged ▪️No outside food or drinks allowed ❗️Entrance to Event is at the discretion of the Venue / Bouncer❗️

**RSVP on Bunch for the location:** Choose from the recurring dates here: [https://bunch-api.onrender.com/api/share/hangout/530b3141-7cd1-482d-a16b-d38e4426cbfc](https://bunch-api.onrender.com/api/share/hangout/530b3141-7cd1-482d-a16b-d38e4426cbfc) Join our members for co-working. **RSVP on the Bunch app is required so we can track how many seats to save and when to disable RSVPs.** Bunch is a network of locals that believes in inclusion and being welcome to all. We launched a new app in Jan'25 where members initiate small-group hangouts (or "bunches") and invite people in our network for all types of activities. Staying connected in the app is easy and lets friendships grow naturally overtime as you meet up at different bunches. Start Bunching at [LetsBunch.com](http://letsbunch.com/) See ya at the next one! Aleksandra - Bunch Founder ✨🍓

**PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED LOCATION** [Stout NYC, 109 W. 39th St. (bet. 6th and 7th aves)](https://www.stoutnyc.com/location/stout-nyc-bryant-park/) In this event we'll take a break from the heavy lifting of the last few events, and focus on networking, drinking, coding, and conversations about Machine Learning! For those interested, here are a few previous presentations, feel free to study up and ask me questions at the event! [The Fundamentals of Machine Learning](https://fpwarehouse.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/the-fundamentals-of-artificial-intelligence.pdf) [Machine Learning and Genetics](https://fpwarehouse.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/genetics.pdf) [Machine Learning and Sorting](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353958877_Sorting_Information_and_Recursion) See you soon! Charles

This is a social chess meetup group first and foremost… Tournaments are a secondary background thought and only really if there is enough chess players. (don't worry, we are going to do tournaments and most likely at every event) Tournament will be rapid games. (This tournament will be for people rated under 2000) 15 minutes plus 10 seconds incremental (meaning an additional 10 seconds after every move) {you can practice playing these time controls on both Lichess.org and chess.com} Style of tournament will be based on how many players are there to start off with (such as round-robin, Swiss, Arena..etc..) Any additional players are welcome to socialize and play, since I will be keeping score I will socialize with others and even teach as well. Even if you don’t know how to play or are an absolute beginner you are welcome to come socialize and maybe even get a lesson. I will be teaching free lessons, just ask me when you are there and if there is time I will give you a lesson.. I will provide 5 chess sets & clocks enough for 10 players. All this being said, there will be one long table for the tournament (it can accommodate approximately 12 to 14 players at once, but more players than that can actually be in the tournament, I will explain how at the event). Players can leave at the end of any round and new players can enter at the beginning of the next round. At a second table, I will be teaching beginners &/or giving lessons to novices to intermediate level players. Also players that want to socialize more & play a leisure game of chess with either a 30 +20 time control or no clock can play at this table. But I do ask that if you can please bring a set (& clock if you have it). Thank you.

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!