Young Coders MeetUp - Tate Exchange
Time & Location
About the Event
Saturday 7th March 2020 curated by Femi & Imran
12-2pm: Open Discussion + Ideas Lab with the YCM
Info: YCM members invite you to join the YCM Ideas Lab. Introduction sessions on coding and physical computing will be run, alongside a Digital Art drop-in workspace.
1.30pm - 2pm: Introduction to Machine Learning
Info: This part of the day will look at the history of Artificial Intelligence and what Machine Learning looks like in the form of neural networks. There will be a demonstration what AI can do. This will be presented by one of our young coders, Femi.
[Material courtesy of Happy Finish]
Advanced Young Coders sessions
2-2.40pm: Introduction to Linear Algebra by Tolu Ogunremi. She is a Mathematics & Computer Science graduate from the University of Southampton.
Info: We will be running an introduction to Linear Algebra session to support our young coders interested in Machine Learning
2.50-5pm: Mini MeetUp: Introduction to Deep Learning withPyTorch - a self-learning session supported by Kailash Arulkumaran who uses PyTorch in his work. He is a deep learning researcher at the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College.
Info: We will be running workshop session to facilitate participants to complete the tutorials offered by Udacity 'Introduction to Deep Learning with PyTorch'. This has been requested by some of our young coders who are working with AI.
*To attend this session, you have to have completed Lesson two in Udacity's Introduction to Deep Learning with PyTorch. Bring your own laptop with you and have Jupyter Notebook using Conda installed. You will also need to have Python 3.3 (or greater). Follow instructions from Lesson 4 re. download requirements. This session is primarily for young coders under 18.
Sunday 8th March 2020: Celebrating International Women’s Day curated by Nishka, Mutsa & Malaika
12-1pm: Open Discussion + Ideas Lab with the YCM
Info: YCM members invite you to join the YCM Ideas Lab where you can explore coding with Python and the Microbit. There will also be a Digital Art drop-in workspace.
Celebrating Women in Tech talks
1pm: Ora Rammala: Applications in AI
Consultant BI & Data Analytics - Bamboo Crowd
Talk: Plotting Your Career Pathway into Data Science
Info: Data is literally more valuable than oil today. Yet it is often perceived as non-accessible. As a result the reality of most data teams in the commercial space is pretty bleak; there is barely any diversity. There is no one path to being in data. You can chop and change in several different paths. Ora will be holding a short workshops to plot different career pathways into the ever elusive space of Data Science!
2pm: Arpita Nigam:
Global Product Manager, Bloomberg Quant Platform
Talk: Applications of AI
Info: Arpita will provide a business insight into the opportunities opened up by AI. Discussing in more detail about the applications of AI (including in Finance), she will outline some of the arenas in which career prospects are set to grow.
2.30pm: Namrata Vora:
Director of External Engagement, Aarti for Girls, Andhra Pradesh
Talk: Enabling Gender Equality in Tech
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3pm: Suki Fuller:
Fellow, The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows/ Venture Capital - Fifty Fifty Pledge
Talk: Beyond Coding: Your Qualitative Skills Matter Also
Info: We are presently in the fourth industrial revolution, everything is connected, automated and smart, the quantitative rules. So, what will rule in the fifth industrial revolution? Qualitative skills will be valued more especially as the future of work becomes a forefront of disrupted infrastructure. We shall discuss how and what type of collaborative intelligent relationships can push society forward.
4pm: Plenary