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📢 Main event starts at 18:30 CET Join us for a deep dive into Seed7, a language shaped by Thomas Mertes’ decades-long pursuit of versatility, efficiency, and memory safety. Thomas will walk us through Seed7’s unique features: declarations, parameters, compile-time execution, parser mechanics, types as first-class citizens, templates, arrays, abstract data types, and the parser’s role in the run-time library. We’ll also look at the Seed7 Structured Syntax Definition, how semantic rules for constructs like for-loops are defined, and the Seed7 test suite. A live demo will follow. Memory safety and management are central topics. Thomas will discuss Seed7’s approach to performance, operating system guarantees, stack, heap, and global data, restrictions on memory access, safety opt-in and opt-out, handling unsafe code, and how Seed7 ensures safety. He’ll also cover OS function calls and string operations. Whether you’re curious about language design or interested in practical safety strategies, this session offers a clear look at Seed7’s architecture and philosophy. 🪙 We appreciate any **voluntary donations** on-site. ⏱️ Arrive early for pre-socializing—simple snacks and drinks will be provided. 🍕 After the event, we will relocate to a pizzeria (at your own expense).

Hello Viennovans! Pickwick's is getting quizzical every monday night! You have a chance to win a round of shots, a 40€ bar tab and/or eternal bragging rights 😉 Teams of up to 6 people, reserve your spot today! Start time is 7! FREE SHOT FOR EVERYONE COMING FROM VIENNOVA!

Join me for a night photo walk through the city centre :) We will gather at Karlsplatz, then continue to Albertina museum, Michaeler Platz, Cafe Central, to Votiv Kirche. If you have a tripod, this could be a good opportunity to use it, but as always, any gear is good. The event is free of charge but will be limited to max 10 people as it is meant as an opportunity to connect. It is suitable for all regardless of age/level/gear.

First and foremost - join our Telegram Channel! [https://t.me/cinetour](https://t.me/cinetour) film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. \*\*\* *HOW* **If you can't find us before/after the movie, write me a PM (Farit, the host) or post a message to this event, I monitor it during the meetup and will pick you up.** Let’s meet at 19:00 at Stadtboden pub (Krugerstraße 8), have a couple of drinks, and shortly before 20:30 we will go together to Filmmuseum. Optionally you can join us even at the cinema. We recommend to buy a ticket as soon as possible! [Buy Tickets - Dr. Strangelove](https://www.filmmuseum.at/kinoprogramm/produktion?veranstaltungen_id=1776016270907) Usually, after the movie we just chat a bit about it for a moment in front of the cinema. So don't run away, if you don't have to. \*\*\* ABOUT THE VENUE Since its founding in 1964, the Austrian Film Museum has been dedicated to the preservation, study, and presentation of the medium of film. Its pursuits are as wide and varied as the medium itself: The Film Museum operates a cinema, manages a collection, and functions as a research and educational facility. The heart of the Film Museum is the "Invisible Cinema." Its unique architecture offers the ideal environment for concentrated and intense cinematic experiences. With few exceptions, films are always shown in their original formats from the best available prints and projected with utmost care. As film prints become increasingly rare (and ever more valuable), Filmmuseum continues to source them from their own collection as well as the collections of their international FIAF partners. #96

PCE - "Philosophic Conversation in English" is a discussion event in English language which focuses on psychology, philosophy, self-consciousness and self-realization. The conversation is based on inclusive discussion rules. We will meet at at a restaurant where we will have a private room exclusively reserved for our event. At the beginning we will choose the two topics to discuss. Everybody can suggest a topic. Afterwards we will vote what topics to discuss. The person who suggests a winning topic will start the discussion by explaining his/her idea. Afterwards everybody gets his/her chance to make a statement. But you can also decide to remain silent and only listen, if you prefer that. We have a time limit for statements, so that everybody has enough time to speak. It is not allowed to interrupt somebody who is speaking. After a statement everybody can ask a question and the speaker will answer. After the first part there will be a 15 minutes break before we start the second part. Everybody is welcome to our event: We are interested in your thoughts and opinions! It is no problem if you arrive late and you can also leave whenever you want. Please don't bring pets to this event because the room is usually very crowded. Please make sure to register for the event to secure your seat! Please check out last event's topics via this link: [http://pce-topic.project-website.org](http://pce-topic.project-website.org/)

Join Vienna’s longest-running English stand-up comedy open mic for laughs, live comedy, and English-language performances. Drop by to see experienced comedians work on their new jokes or maybe you will catch somebody trying to be funny on stage for the first time ever! We don't really know what will happen and that's part of the magic! **Do you want to perform yourself?** Hit us up on Instagram (@wiener.comedy) or Facebook (Wiener Comedy). Not on social media? Send us an email at wienercomedy5000@gmail.com If you’re waiting on a reply, please also check your spam folder. **Do you just want to watch?** Just come on over before 19:30, wear something comfortable, enjoy a pint and/or a burger, lean back and let us tickle your funny bone! **Tickets:** Seats can fill up fast, so we recommend reserving yours on Eventbrite. This is a *pay what you like* show so it doesn't cost you to reserve your seat. **Need a table for dinner or coming with a larger group?** Write us an email to sort everything out: wienercomedy5000@gmail.com or contact Charlie P's directly Doors Open: 19:30 Show Starts: 20:00 ***We'll hold your reservations until 19:40 at which time we will release the remaining seats to the public*** Age - 16+ Good talk, see you out there!

A Board Game Evening at Munchy The Urban Kitchen am Schottenring! Come, play, socialize, meet and enjoy! You can bring your own games or choose from the ones available. We have: * Jenga * Monopoly * Tabu * Uno and so on... We are excited to see you here! Enjoy your nice Monday evening! 🥳 [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/makingfriendsinvienna)❤️ [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/makingfriendsinvienna)💙 Do you have questions? Write us on Instagram 🎉

Hey Vienna❤️ To kick off our chapter, we’re starting with chilled afterwork drinks. **The first round is on us!** **Here's what you can look forward to:** * **Connect and network:** Meet and chat with fellow designers IRL. * **Shape the chapter:** We’ll run a post-it ideation session to explore what types of events, workshops, and resources you’d like from this community. * **Looking ahead:** Learn how to get involved in future events – as a speaker, attendee, volunteer, or sponsor. ⚠️ **Important:** Spots are limited, so make sure to **[RSVP on the official Figma website only](https://friends.figma.com/e/mv99z8)**. We will use Figma guestlist for check-in, so please make sure you're registered there. **Agenda** 19:00 Come together & welcome drinks 19:15 Intro & kick-off 19:30 Community ideation (post-its session) 20:00 Networking & chill **Want to collab/host our next event?** Contact organizer via [anastasia@gromontova.com](http://anastasia@gromontova.com.)

Hi Deep Learners, We are happy to announce our next Vienna Deep Learning Meetup on **May 19** at Bosch. Our topics this time are: Improved Optimizers for Deep Learning and Automatic Speech Recognition in Air Traffic Management. \*\*\* **Agenda:** * 18:15 Arrival * 18:30 **Introduction** by the meetup organizers * **Welcome** by the host: Bosch * 18:45 **Talk 1:** **Momentum, Preconditioning, and Beyond: Practical Advances in Optimization** by Ionut-Vlad Modoranu (*ISTA*) * 19:30 **Announcements** * **Networking Break** * 20:00 **Talk 2:** **Cleared for Takeoff: Automatic Speech Recognition in Air Traffic Management** by Christian Sobtzick & Sahebeh Dadboud *(Frequentis)* * 20:45 **Networking** * \~21:30 **Wrap up & End** \*\*\* **Talk Details:** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Talk 1:** **Momentum, Preconditioning, and Beyond: Practical Advances in Optimization** Modern Deep Learning optimization is largely dominated by first-order methods such as Adam, yet their limitations in memory usage, scalability, and curvature awareness motivate the search for improved alternatives. This talk provides a practical perspective on optimization, starting from the roles of momentum and preconditioning and extending to recent advances that go beyond standard adaptive methods. We present techniques that improve optimization along three key axes: memory, structure, and computational efficiency. In particular, we introduce MicroAdam, a memory-efficient variant of Adam based on compressed optimizer states; Trion, a low-rank method that replaces costly SVD/QR projections with efficient, rank-independent alternatives; and DASH, a GPU-efficient implementation of Shampoo that accelerates second-order preconditioning via improved parallelization and fast matrix inverse root approximations. Together, these methods illustrate how careful algorithmic and systems-level design can overcome the practical limitations of existing optimizers, offering a path toward scalable, memory-efficient, and high-performance training beyond Adam. **About the speaker:** Ionut-Vlad Modoranu is a PhD student at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), specializing in efficient optimization for Deep Learning. His research focuses on reducing the memory usage and computational cost while maintaining the performance, including the development of practical optimizers for large-scale models, with publications at top tier international conferences. **Talk 2:** **Cleared for Takeoff: Automatic Speech Recognition in Air Traffic Management** Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has made tremendous progress in recent years. However, its deployment in safety‑critical operational environments poses a fundamentally different set of challenges compared to demonstration systems or research prototypes. In this talk, we present how speech‑to‑text models are used in a real Air Traffic Management (ATM) product at Frequentis. We walk through the end‑to‑end lifecycle of an ASR system: how training data is collected and curated, how models are selected and evaluated, and what it takes to deploy and operate them reliably for customers in a regulated, safety‑critical domain. Beyond the models themselves, we discuss practical challenges from bringing ASR from research into production, where reliability and trust matter as much as accuracy. **About the Speakers:** Sahebeh (Saba) Dadboud is an Expert Data Scientist at the Frequentis AI Competence Centre. With over eight years of experience in the tech industry, she specializes in bridging Deep Learning, MLOps, and product development to build trustworthy AI for safety-critical systems. At Frequentis, she plays a pivotal role in driving company-wide AI initiatives, supporting the adoption of advanced technologies in domains where reliability, safety, and strict regulatory constraints are absolutely critical. She holds a Master’s degree in Computational Science from the University of Vienna. Christian Sobtzick is Audio Expert at Frequentis, leading the HET Audio Competence Centre. He is responsible for improving audio quality across all Frequentis voice communication products, drawing on more than 15 years of professional experience. In addition, he supports product development related to automatic speech recognition and contributes to research projects, such as the FFG “Next Generation Safety” project, which aimed to enable AI‑based automation in Air Traffic Management. His background is the field of acoustics, including electroacoustic transducers, acoustic measurements, and signal processing. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering from Graz University of Technology and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. We are looking forward to welcoming you at our next meetup. Your VDLM organizer team.

Join us for a deep dive into DeFi, blockchain analytics, and real-world blockchain applications. ABC Research is excited to present the **ABC Research Track** as part of the **Vienna Blockchain Week 2026 – VBW26**. Building on the success of the Austrian Blockchain Conference, the new ABC Research Track @VBW26 marks its natural evolution. In collaboration with Vienna Blockchain Week, we are pleased to integrate our Austrian Blockchain Conference into the broader VBW26 program, creating an even more impactful platform for exchange and innovation. Join us for a gathering that brings together players from academia, business, and the blockchain community to exchange ideas, spark collaboration, and explore emerging opportunities. This event fosters meaningful dialogue across disciplines, bridging research, innovation, and real-world application. Be part of a forward-thinking conversation shaping the future of decentralized technologies. **Why attend the ABC Research Track @ VBW26:** * **Learn:** Gain valuable insights into the latest developments in DeFi and blockchain analytics. * **Discover:** Discover real-world applications of blockchain technology across industries. * **Connect:** Benefit from cross-sector perspectives that connect academia, business, and innovation. * **Network:** Expand your network by engaging directly with academics and blockchain pioneers shaping the next market cycle. * **Party:** Join the legendary VBW Afterparty from 19:00 onward—because the conversations and connections continue well beyond the conference. **Themes & Sessions – 2026 Edition** * **The New DeFi Stack: Where Real Value Is Emerging** An exploration of the latest trends shaping decentralized finance, highlighting where sustainable value is being created and how the DeFi ecosystem is evolving beyond speculation. * **The Future of Blockchain Analytics: From Strengthening Financial Oversight to Improving Investment Decisions** This panel examines how advanced blockchain analytics is transforming transparency, compliance, and risk management across financial systems. It will also explore how data-driven insights empower smarter investment strategies and more informed decision-making in an increasingly complex digital asset landscape. * **Outside the Bubble: Real-World Applications of Blockchain Technology** A practical look at how blockchain is being applied beyond the crypto space, showcasing real-world use cases and the tangible impact of decentralized technologies across industries. **Event Schedule:** * **Tuesday, May 19:** 13:00 – 19:00 \| ABC Research Track @ DC3 * **Tuesday, May 19:** from 19:00 \| Event Closing \| Legendary Afterparty @ DC3 **Check out the full program here:** [https://viennablockchainweek.org/agenda](https://viennablockchainweek.org/agenda "https://viennablockchainweek.org/agenda") **⚠️ Tickets for the ABC Research Track are FREE but capacity is limited:** To ensure high-quality networking, tickets are strictly limited. Book Now. **⚠️ Please note that tickets for the ABC Research Track are only valid for the ABC Research Track and the Event Closing in DC3**. If you plan to attend the full VBW26, please book your ticket here: [https://www.eventbrite.at/e/vienna-blockchain-week-vbw26-tickets-1979158837360?aff=erelexpmlt#location](https://www.eventbrite.at/e/vienna-blockchain-week-vbw26-tickets-1979158837360?aff=erelexpmlt#location "https://www.eventbrite.at/e/vienna-blockchain-week-vbw26-tickets-1979158837360?aff=erelexpmlt#location") *For full information about the Vienna Blockchain Week 2026 visit [https://viennablockchainweek.org/](https://viennablockchainweek.org/ "https://viennablockchainweek.org/").*

👋 Welcome Back Data People! It's Meetup #23 but after a long pause we have our FIRST event from our new organising committee! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Rigerta, Thorsten, Boris, Georg and Timo invite you to the Data Engineering Meetup REBOOT at our newest event host, Journi GmbH! As usual, first we will have food and drinks and then, as of **6:30PM**, we will start with our evening program. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! Rigerta, Thorsten, Boris, Georg and Timo **Agenda:** * 18:00 - Doors open; food & drinks [🍔](https://emojipedia.org/food-drink)🥂 * 18:30 - Welcome talk by **Journi GmbH** * 18:40 - **Stefan Maxone 🎤** **Why AI Systems Fail...Hint, It's NOT because models are bad** *Stefan Maxone is an enterprise data architect at PWC, with deep experience in SAP as well as the data governance side of the business. His talk on how "functioning AI models fail" will turn a head or two!* 🤓 * 19:10 - **Mariano Rodriguez 🎤** **Hidden Costs: Moving Image Data thru Swift, C++, and JNI** *Mariano is a Machine Learning Ops Engineer at Journi, helping to change the face of printing memories!* 📸 * 19:40 - Networking and Drinks 🍻🍷 * **21:00** \- End **Location:** Journi GmbH [Goldschlagstraße 172/4/2/2+3, 1140 Wien](https://maps.app.goo.gl/41rNyKjsTpLXAF1b7) Journi is a tech company, changing the multi-billion euro personalized print industry. Its mission is to turn your photos into printed memories in the most customer-centric way: Making the creation process feeling as easy as taking photos and the results looking like made by a designer. **\*\*\*** 👋 Don't forget to RSVP!

💻 Build Your AI Assistant AI Career Coach * AI Marketing Assistant * AI Content Creator * AI Travel Planner * AI Business Assistant 🧩In this practical workshop, you’ll build your own AI assistant for work, business, or everyday life. ✨Participation fee is 10€ and order a drink ⛳️Register if you come and unregister if you don’t come 👨‍💻This workshop is designed for beginners, freelancers, professionals, and business owners who want to start using AI in a practical way. During this hands-on session, you will: ✅ Learn how people use AI to save time and work smarter ✅ Discover the most useful AI tools for everyday work and life ✅ Build your own AI assistant step-by-step ✅ Get ready-to-use prompts and templates ✅ Meet like-minded people interested in AI and the future of work 🚀WHAT YOU WILL BUILD You can create: * AI Productivity Assistant * AI Marketing Assistant * AI Career Assistant * AI Content Creator * AI Business Assistant * or your own custom AI helper WHO IS THIS FOR? * Beginners curious about AI * Freelancers * Entrepreneurs * Office workers * Creators & marketers * Anyone who wants to work smarter with AI 📚Bring your laptop and leave with tools you can use immediately. Build your own AI assistant in 2 hours🔥

MobileHeads meets Google I/O @ Jumio - #11 Join us on May 19 at 18:00 for an evening of mobile development, community, and good conversations. Attention: We start this time with the presentations already at 18:30! What’s this edition about? „The Ghost Inside Your App“ by Dominik Gail - About Dynamic Library Injection, Jailbreaking, How you can still hack iOS apps in 2026 and how to defend against. „Real or Rendered?“ by Philipp Pointner - A quiz on which image is deepfake and which is a genuine one, and explaining on how to spot deepfakes. Google I/O Google Keynote Date: May 19Location: Jumio, Am Europlatz 3 / 1 B, 1120 Vienna Timeline 18:00 Opening doors 18:30 Start of presentations 19:00 Google I/O keynote & Pizza As always: great people, strong opinions, and drinks. Join us for an evening of quality content and community vibes. RSVP and bring your questions! RSVP via https://www.meetup.com/mobileheads-austria/events/314419685/ Agenda --- Hosted By Kariem Hussein, Organizer Helmuth Breitenfellner, GDG Organizer Julia Undeutsch, Dev & UX Accessibility Specialist I am Web & UX Accessibility Specialist at Atos Austria. After graduating University in Musicology and Japanese Studies in summer 2020, I started learning front-end development and specialized in the topic of web accessibility early on. Since then, I take every opportunity to spread awareness on the topic by regularly creating content in form of writing blog articles and such. Since 2022, I have been certified by IAAP as a Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). Since 2023 I am a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies. chittipolu jayakrishna, I’m a passionate technologist with 14 years of experience across mobile applications, embedded systems, custom hardware, backend development, and security modules. I build secure, scalable solutions through detailed analysis and practical problem-solving. I believe in continuous learning and enjoy collaborating with fellow developers to explore new technologies. My expertise includes developing core libraries for custom hardware devices, embedded software, mobile applications, and security modules for various applications. I’ve worked on a wide range of projects, from mobile games to enterprise applications, IoT systems, and backend infrastructures, and I’ve tackled challenges at the OS library level, including custom mobile OS images. I’m also experienced in Agile project management, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient, iterative development. If you're interested in security, embedded systems, mobile platforms, or backend development—or just want to chat tech—I’d love to connect and exchange ideas! Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-vienna-presents-mobileheads-meets-google-io-watch-party/.

This time, it’s all about **Agentic Coding**! Whether you are a pure vibecoder building entire apps with natural language or a seasoned dev architecting autonomous agent loops, we want to hear your story. The session is designed to be accessible for newcomers, while still providing depth and practical value for people already working with AI tools. **🕒 Date:** May 19th, 18:00 📍 **Location:** Walls.io Vienna Office **How to get there:** Schönbrunner Strasse 213-215 (close to U4/U6 Längenfeldgasse). Follow the Meetup-Signs! Enter the inner yard through the gas-station, then go up to the 3rd floor! ([https://share.freshvanroot.com/LBYdlr3Z](https://share.freshvanroot.com/LBYdlr3Z)) **Agenda:** TBA **Confirmed Speakers:** **[Edouard Maleix](https://www.linkedin.com/in/edouard-maleix/) \- How AI\-First Dev Teams Build Collective Intelligence** Edouard has been watching teams accumulate agent rules, notes, and feedback controls that never quite add up to a real system. Agents repeat mistakes across sessions, guidance grows without being validated, and what gets built is instructions, not reusable knowledge. His talk is about closing that gap: giving agents their own identity, signed commits, and reasoning linked to every change. When something breaks, the agent captures it, links it to the fix, compares it with lessons from other agents and humans, and feeds what survives back into future work. The goal is making mistakes compound into collective intelligence instead of disappearing into chat history. *** **[Andrew Demczuk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-demczuk-4038a217/) \- Claws Across the Internet** Andrew is an OpenClaw contributor and AI battle arena builder who has spent his time figuring out what happens when you stop thinking about single agents and start connecting agents with agents. His talk is about AWA: Agents with Agents. When one agent can securely spawn and coordinate subagents across the internet, the force multiplier changes the game entirely. Andrew has stress-tested this in some of the more demanding environments imaginable: competitive AI battle arenas like CodeClash and BitGN, where agents don't just assist, they compete. The talk covers what agentic coordination actually looks like in practice, what secure subagent spawning requires, and what builders can take from the competitive AI space into their own workflows. *** **[David Wischnewski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-wischnewski/) \- Vibe Coding vs\. Agentic Engineering** David isn't a developer. He's a builder who uses AI to turn ideas into working tools, workflows, and products. That puts him in an interesting position to compare two distinct ways of working with AI: vibe coding, which is fast and chaotic, and agentic engineering, which starts to become reliable. In this talk, he shares what he's learned building with AI as a non-engineer: where coding agents genuinely help, where they break, and which habits separate a fun demo from something you can actually trust. *** **[Karim El Kaddioui](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-elkaddioui/) \- AI Agents in Knowledge Work** Karim is the FP&A Team Lead at Meister, and he's increasingly adding terminal-based AI agents into new and existing workflows. Using Codex, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, he runs data analysis, builds decks, and manages his task tracker without touching most of the traditional tooling. This talk is a practitioner's view of agentic coding outside of software development: what it actually looks like when a finance professional runs agents in the terminal, where it works well, and what it takes to get there. *** **[Daniel Siegl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-siegl-b5903a24/) \- The Worktree Multiverse: Where AI Agents Build Software** Daniel Siegl is talking about infrastructure: specifically, the Git primitives that agentic development needs. Worktrees and Git notes have been around for years and mostly ignored. Agentic software engineering makes them essential. When autonomous agents work in parallel, managing state, history, and collaboration across sessions requires more than a single checkout and a commit message. This talk revisits these underused Git concepts and explains why they're suddenly at the center of orchestrating agents that build software. *** **Want to speak at our next event? The topic of our next meetup is Vibecoding in Marketing. How do marketers of all types use vibecoding in their roles?** **Apply** ➡️ [https://forms.gle/z3GwEheRycJGMfZ6A](https://forms.gle/z3GwEheRycJGMfZ6A)

**Building a great product is one thing—building momentum behind it is another.** Join **Senior Product Manager Adam Solaiman** and **User Experience Manager Tyson Smith** for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to turn complex ideas into scalable products inside large organizations. In this session, they’ll share how teams move from ambiguity to execution—navigating organizational complexity, aligning stakeholders, and continuously evolving products after launch. You’ll walk away with insights on how to: * Build and sustain momentum across teams * Adapt to changing priorities without losing direction * Scale products thoughtfully in complex environments Whether you're driving a new initiative or growing an existing product, this conversation will give you practical strategies to keep things moving forward. Come connect, learn, and swap stories with fellow product professionals. \-\-\- Food and drinks will be provided by Switchbox, our generous host. Free parking will be available at the front and back sides of the Switchbox Office.

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. 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)

Rev. Steven Clevenger is an ordained spiritualist minister with over 40 years experience as a Spiritual Healer, Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher, educated and trained at the White Lily Chapel. Rev. Siobhan Wolf Shaffer is an ordained spiritualist minister and certified medium and healer with over 20 years experience. She began her development in 1988 in Pennsylvania and continued when she moved to Ohio in 1998 where she studied at Rays of Lights Church with Rev. Steven Clevenger. Our full worship services consist of an inspirational lecture, healing meditation, and messages from the spirit world that serve to demonstrate evidence of eternal life. Please visit our Official Church Website (http://raysoflightchurch.com) for more information.

**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion **Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?** A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad. My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one. Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it? I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction. Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends. No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.

Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room. This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us. COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.