Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know about JuliaCon India. I am pretty excited. The website is still being refined, but things are running late (aren’t they always?) and this announcement went out today.
-viral > Begin forwarded message: > > From: HasGeek <[email protected]> > Subject: JuliaCon comes to Bangalore > Date: 16 September 2015 10:45:12 am IST > To: Viral B. Shah <[email protected]> > Reply-To: HasGeek <[email protected]> > > You are receiving this mail because you attended HasGeek events. Email > not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser > <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=b69f2a4899&e=4cc35ce9d8>. > Hi Viral B. Shah, > > We're excited to announce a brand new conference featuring the Julia > programming language > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=7adc67a4c6&e=4cc35ce9d8>. > > In partnership with the Julia community and Julia Computing > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=b19005d75e&e=4cc35ce9d8>, > we present the first edition of JuliaCon India in Bangalore on 9 and 10 > October. > > http://www.juliacon.in/2015/ <> > > Julia is a high-level dynamic language with a focus on data science and > numerical computing. Created in 2009, it became a thriving open source > project in 2012 with the now famous Why Julia blog post > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=f927fc30a8&e=4cc35ce9d8>. > Today, the Julia project > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=07f21ec300&e=4cc35ce9d8> > has over 400 contributors, over 600 packages > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=4319a036a2&e=4cc35ce9d8>, > and a vibrant community > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=52c006833a&e=4cc35ce9d8> > consisting of tens of thousands of users across the world. > > In a landscape full of buzzwords, Julia refreshingly takes a language-based > approach to solve fundamental problems, making it effortless to write > advanced algorithms. > Come to the conference and interact with the creators of Julia to learn why a > language-based approach is essential, and how Julia can help solve some of > the most challenging problems. > > HasGeek's > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=06f47e15f1&e=4cc35ce9d8> > association with Julia language began during the 2013 edition of The Fifth > Elephant > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=8d296476bc&e=4cc35ce9d8> > when Viral Shah spoke at the conference > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=f377491c18&e=4cc35ce9d8>. > We were excited to discover that, Viral, one of the co-creators of the > language, was based out of Bangalore. While Julia has been developed around > the world, many of its core contributors are in fact based in Bangalore - > Shashi Gowda, Tanmay Mohapatra, and Amit Murthy. Many users have started > using Julia from exposure at The Fifth Elephant. We feel it is time that > Julia has its own conference! > > At HasGeek, our goal is to create communities around emerging technologies, > and facilitate conversations. We are extremely happy that our relationship > with the Julia Language and community has led to a partnership for the first > edition of JuliaCon in India. > > We have more good news! > Jeff Bezanson, > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=a27e0ec63a&e=4cc35ce9d8> > and Stefan Karpinski > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=ecff048454&e=4cc35ce9d8>, > co-creators of Julia Language, will speak at the conference on 9th October, > and lead a workshop (with Viral Shah and Shashi Gowda) > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=de1cc6eb2e&e=4cc35ce9d8> > on how to use Julia for analytics, visualizations and creating beautiful > user interfaces without any knowledge of JavaScript on 10th October. > > Buy tickets > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=64efa0f987&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Propose a talk > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=ee8107d46f&e=4cc35ce9d8> > We look forward to seeing you at JuliaCon India, on 9 and 10 October. > > Warmly, > Zainab Bawa, > for HasGeek. > > > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=ff1e6786f7&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Follow @JuliaConIndia > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=b72fb21788&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Get updates from Facebook > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=5d61b683f4&e=4cc35ce9d8> > > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=107d00750d&e=4cc35ce9d8> > CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ON JULIA LANGUAGE > > > Event website > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=1e7690606c&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Follow on Twitter > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=fb1d845d28&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Friend on Facebook > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=4e1656d26c&e=4cc35ce9d8> > Forward to Friend > <http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=b69f2a4899&e=4cc35ce9d8> > > Copyright © 2015 HasGeek, All rights reserved. > You are receiving this email because you signed up for a HasGeek event. > > Our mailing address is: > HasGeek > #2699, 19th Main, 5th Cross > Indiranagar HAL 2nd Stage > Bangalore 560008 > India > > Add us to your address book > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=9c1e35d555> > unsubscribe from this list > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage2.com/unsubscribe?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=9c1e35d555&e=4cc35ce9d8&c=b69f2a4899> > update subscription preferences > <http://hasgeek.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=c84c1486d2d6a025417c5d146&id=9c1e35d555&e=4cc35ce9d8> > >
