June DevCon-School: AI, BlockChain, Azure Stack and 12 Master Classes
Hello!
For those who are a little lazy to read the introductory part, I’ll go straight to the point:
A couple of weeks ago, our big technology conference, Build 2017, ended (see also announcements of 1 day and 2 days ). One of the key themes is the gradual evolution of the “Cloud First Mobile First” world towards “Intelligent Cloud Intelligent Edge”. It would seem a simple pun, but in reality this change is fundamental.
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First, it becomes clear that intelligent solutions (that is, AI) will penetrate the end devices or systems, be it a smartphone, an autonomous machine, a cruise liner, or a rolling equipment control system. And not only penetrate, being accessible from the cloud, but also be executed directly where the data is generated. There is a huge range of technological issues and depending on the scale, the solution may be a chipset designed for working with neural networks, or, say, Azure IoT Edge , which allows you to transfer part of smart cloud logic to local servers.
Secondly, thanks to the numerous efforts of the industry aimed at code portability (first of all, we are talking about open source solutions), technical boundaries between public and private clouds are consistently erased. Here again, a wide range of technologies - from the consistent expansion of support in the cloud of popular solutions (for example, PostgreSQL and MySQL) and containerization to infrastructure solutions such as Azure Stack . Somewhere in a bright future, the boundaries will be determined by the configuration of the security loops, data placement, and computing power.
And, thirdly, the fact that the intellectual filling will be everywhere, including on the client, can be traced from the trends in the development of user experience. Here and a single graph of data (in our case, Microsoft Graph + Project Rome ), connecting into a single network different end devices, and adaptive cards that adapt to different contexts, whether it be a bot, mobile application, notification or search engine. And of course, mixed reality, for which interaction with the three-dimensional environment is permeated by an AI-layer - from voice control to image analysis when applying three-dimensional objects and effects.
It was approximately in this context that we decided to conduct our sixth DevCon school. Given the format of the school, we tried to focus on what you can try now or, at least, the first practical steps in large and long-playing stories.
In June, we repeat the format of a broad school with dedicated intensives and master classes, by analogy with what we did in November last year.
The event will be held on June 1, in Moscow (Digital October). We are preparing for you:
1. We run a school for free for participants.
2. You must apply for participation by answering a few questions.
3. If you have received confirmation, follow the further instructions, including installing the necessary software on your laptop, depending on the selected intensives or master classes.
See you on June 1!
For those who are a little lazy to read the introductory part, I’ll go straight to the point:
- On June 1, we are hosting the sixth DevCon school in Moscow;
- The program has three intensives (AI, BlockChain and Azure Stack) and 12 master classes;
- Participation is free, but you must answer the questions. Places, as usual, end quickly.
Context
A couple of weeks ago, our big technology conference, Build 2017, ended (see also announcements of 1 day and 2 days ). One of the key themes is the gradual evolution of the “Cloud First Mobile First” world towards “Intelligent Cloud Intelligent Edge”. It would seem a simple pun, but in reality this change is fundamental.
')
First, it becomes clear that intelligent solutions (that is, AI) will penetrate the end devices or systems, be it a smartphone, an autonomous machine, a cruise liner, or a rolling equipment control system. And not only penetrate, being accessible from the cloud, but also be executed directly where the data is generated. There is a huge range of technological issues and depending on the scale, the solution may be a chipset designed for working with neural networks, or, say, Azure IoT Edge , which allows you to transfer part of smart cloud logic to local servers.
Secondly, thanks to the numerous efforts of the industry aimed at code portability (first of all, we are talking about open source solutions), technical boundaries between public and private clouds are consistently erased. Here again, a wide range of technologies - from the consistent expansion of support in the cloud of popular solutions (for example, PostgreSQL and MySQL) and containerization to infrastructure solutions such as Azure Stack . Somewhere in a bright future, the boundaries will be determined by the configuration of the security loops, data placement, and computing power.
And, thirdly, the fact that the intellectual filling will be everywhere, including on the client, can be traced from the trends in the development of user experience. Here and a single graph of data (in our case, Microsoft Graph + Project Rome ), connecting into a single network different end devices, and adaptive cards that adapt to different contexts, whether it be a bot, mobile application, notification or search engine. And of course, mixed reality, for which interaction with the three-dimensional environment is permeated by an AI-layer - from voice control to image analysis when applying three-dimensional objects and effects.
It was approximately in this context that we decided to conduct our sixth DevCon school. Given the format of the school, we tried to focus on what you can try now or, at least, the first practical steps in large and long-playing stories.
June DevCon-School
In June, we repeat the format of a broad school with dedicated intensives and master classes, by analogy with what we did in November last year.
The event will be held on June 1, in Moscow (Digital October). We are preparing for you:
- 1 key report (aka opening)
- 3 intense:
- Practical introduction to neural networks and deep learning
- DevOps Azure Stack Based Hybrid Applications and Practices
- Blockchain: from the first smart contract to ICO
- 12 practical workshops:
- Azure Service Fabric - a platform for distributed projects in practice
- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services and Azure for Java developers
- Containerization and DevOps applications using the example of Docker and Visual Studio Team Services
- Postgres in the Azure Cloud
- Containers in practice
- Collection of system telemetry in real time
- Inherited code refactoring: how to break dependencies?
- Build a secure development process
- We program in the world of Minecraft with the Malmo framework from MS Research
- Microsoft Azure Cloud Machine Learning
- Data Visualization with Power BI
- And another master class
For reference: Intensive is an activity for 6 hours with theory and practice, a master class is 2 hours of theory and practice. Accordingly, by registering for an event, you choose either one intensive (from among those available at the time of registration) or attend master classes.
How to get to school
1. We run a school for free for participants.
2. You must apply for participation by answering a few questions.
3. If you have received confirmation, follow the further instructions, including installing the necessary software on your laptop, depending on the selected intensives or master classes.
See you on June 1!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/329038/
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