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Change #12728
2012-02-17
09:19:49

update Calagator::Event 1250461977 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

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Change #12727
2012-02-17
09:19:48

update Calagator::Event 1250461978 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

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Change #12725
2012-02-17
09:18:39

update Calagator::Event 1250461499 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

description We'd like to dedicate this month's meeting to HTML5. If you want to see some great apps built by local talent and get the skinny on HTML5 and CSS3 (the good, the bad and the the ugly) then make sure to mark your calendar. We could always use more presenters! Do you or someone you know have a great app built in HTML5 or CSS3? Then come show it off or get some community feedback! If you would like to present but it doesn't fit into the HTML5 topic, no sweat - just let us know if you're interested in presenting! Join our google group here - http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-ux?hl=en Don't forget to follow us on twitter - @PDXUX - http://twitter.com/#!/PDXUX → We'd like to dedicate this month's meeting to HTML5. If you want to see some great apps built by local talent and get the skinny on HTML5 and CSS3 (the good, the bad and the the ugly) then make sure to mark your calendar. We could always use more presenters! Do you or someone you know have a great app built in HTML5 or CSS3? Then come show it off or get some community feedback! If you would like to present but it doesn't fit into the HTML5 topic, no sweat - just let us know if you're interested in presenting! Join our google group here - http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-ux?hl=en Don't forget to follow us on twitter - @PDXUX - http://twitter.com/#!/PDXUX
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venue_details nil → Head up to the 3rd floor
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Change #12723
2012-02-17
09:18:39

update Calagator::Event 1250461499 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

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Change #12722
2012-02-17
09:17:42

update Calagator::Event 1250461499 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

id 1250461978 → 1250461977
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Change #12719
2012-02-16
23:16:53

create Calagator::Event 1250461499 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

description nil → We'd like to dedicate this month's meeting to HTML5. If you want to see some great apps built by local talent and get the skinny on HTML5 and CSS3 (the good, the bad and the the ugly) then make sure to mark your calendar. We could always use more presenters! Do you or someone you know have a great app built in HTML5 or CSS3? Then come show it off or get some community feedback! If you would like to present but it doesn't fit into the HTML5 topic, no sweat - just let us know if you're interested in presenting! Join our google group here - http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-ux?hl=en Don't forget to follow us on twitter - @PDXUX - http://twitter.com/#!/PDXUX
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Change #12716
2012-02-16
23:16:53

create Calagator::Event 1250461499 PDX-UX User Group Roll back

description nil → We'd like to dedicate this month's meeting to HTML5. If you want to see some great apps built by local talent and get the skinny on HTML5 and CSS3 (the good, the bad and the the ugly) then make sure to mark your calendar. We could always use more presenters! Do you or someone you know have a great app built in HTML5 or CSS3? Then come show it off or get some community feedback! If you would like to present but it doesn't fit into the HTML5 topic, no sweat - just let us know if you're interested in presenting! Join our google group here - http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-ux?hl=en Don't forget to follow us on twitter - @PDXUX - http://twitter.com/#!/PDXUX
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Change #12713
2012-02-16
18:04:55

create Calagator::Event 1250461976 Cloud Foundry Open Tour PDX Roll back

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Change #12712
2012-02-16
14:26:46

update Calagator::Event 1250461945 Activate Hub.org Alpha Release Party [update: corrected venue] Roll back

url http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301506629898096 → http://activatehub.org
Change #12710
2012-02-16
13:58:16

update Calagator::Event 1250461975 Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals - a 10 week seminar series Roll back

description h1. Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals h2. A 10 week seminar series presented on Thursday evenings from March 8th to May 10th 6 pm - Check in and light dinner, 7 pm – Presentation, 8:15 – Small group discussion *Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, at the Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave., Beaverton* *Max Stop:* <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x54950e96ed6b464f:0xc641b51eec960864&q=type:transit_station:%22Millikan+Way+MAX+Station%22&hl=en&ved=0CBgQgQVIAA&sa=X&ei=XRUnT6CPIIiriQKNm9xx">Millikan Way MAX Station</a> on Blue Line Engineers have the technical background their job requires; however, they often don’t understand the non-technical dynamics of working in a corporation or the non-technical skills that are essential to success. Although engineering is based upon technical skills, it is very much a human activity. It’s the people aspect of engineering that is the difference between success and failure. Your degree prepared you for the technical side of engineering, not the human side - the soft, fuzzy side. This seminar series provides an understanding of essential soft, human skills and how they benefit one’s career. The importance of soft skills to your engineering career is best shown inn the chart below which shows responses to the soft skills survey question: _How beneficial is an understanding of the non-technical aspects of engineering?_ !https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G81EbsF-PQc/Ty8P5SFUtcI/AAAAAAAAACE/ep-l4j6YLbU/s621/survey+result+q1.jpg! You will gain an understanding of soft skills, their importance and how they benefit one’s career. This includes foundational skills – listening, writing and verbal communications and, more importantly understanding and adapting to your employer’s culture. Specifically, you will learn: * How to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy, history, and culture * What it means to be a part of a team and how to get results * Understanding who you are and recognizing your non-technical abilities * How to manage your time, tasks, and priorities * How emotions influence you and your interactions with others * The importance of listening and the elements of effective verbal communications * The consequences of decisions and what influences decision making * Leadership – what it involves and how leaders adapt * How to contribute through innovation and entrepreneurship After each presentation there will be small group discussions lead by industry veterans to discuss the presentation. This seminar series is particularly valuable for recent college graduates. It will provide invaluable insights that typically take years to acquire. The value of soft skills is best expressed by survey respondents: p((. _“It [non-technical skills] has allowed me to advance my career from being a technical contributor, to a technical leader, into technical management. …. I still heavily rely on my technical skills, but the non-technical skills have allowed me to guide my career into areas that interest me.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I could not have been a manager and a good employee in multi-talented, many-thousand worker companies without such skills. Nor could I have contributed as a volunteer in professional societies or my communities.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“The ability to work well with people, and communicate ideas well to other technical leaders has given me many positions that elevated me above my peer group and furthered my career. This happened through all stages of my career.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I didn't start with good non-technical skills (other than standard educational skills such as writing), but I have acquired some over time. These days, I wouldn't be employed without understanding my place in the company, what I need to do to contribute to the company's goals, and how to assure that my contributions are noticed and valued.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“Companies seem to want to hire young inexperienced people, but they don't have much patience for a long learning curve. …. The more prepared that you are, the more you know about how businesses operate and about workplace expectations, the better.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _ “Relational skills got me the job I have today. The combination of that with good organizational skills, planning, and procedures ensures that I excel. It's the people who stick with things, relate to others well, and think and evaluate what and how they are doing who succeed. “_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“In small companies especially, good communication and personal skills are very valuable to stewarding a project through to completion, and they can sometimes make the difference between a really good idea being implemented versus just a "get by" idea.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent Agenda: h2. March 8th: Adapting to your new environment and community Lea McLeod p((. Understanding and adapting to the working environment is as crucial as getting the job itself. Every industry, company, department, and group has its own, history, structure and culture that have shaped what it is today. You must adapt to this context, in a manner that allows you to show your strengths and contributes to the successes of you and your new community. p=. The workplace doesn’t adapt to you. You must adapt to it. p((. You will learn how to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy and culture – how an entity is structured and ran - and the resulting expectations and ethics - what you are supposed to do and how you are supposed to do it. h2. March 15th: Functioning as a part of your company Lea McLeod p((. Engineering is as much a human activity as it is technology. All the work you do, if not done with someone, will be done for someone or will be used by someone. To be an engineer is to be a part of a team. However, you are evaluated on your contributions, which depend on your contribution to the team, how you contribute in meetings, and your relationship with your manager. p((. You will learn what it means to be a part of a team and how to get results. This includes assisting your team in accomplishing its objectives, contributing in meetings, understanding the role of management, and working with your manager. h2. March 22nd: Understanding yourself and others, in the objective sense Joan Badbaw p((. As engineering professionals you are required to be adept at a plethora of technical skills. Yet, the most powerful instrument you have to deliver and use those skills is yourself. Your ability to use yourself effectively relies in a large part on the level of awareness you have on the impact you make and your choices to direct and modify that impact. p((. Results from instruments such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Gallop Strengths Finder, and Gallop Q12 provide quite a bit of insightful information. The goal is to find a way to translate that information into something usable in everyday interactions. h2. March 29th: Deadlines and projects: The real world you work in Greg Hutchins p((. More and more, we live in a projectized world. What do I mean? Work is being chunked in terms of a project with hard deadlines. If you work for a large company, you’ll also be working with global project teams. p((. You will learn: * Why today’s business and work environment is all about VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, & Ambiguity). * Why project management is the key to work and life competency. * How to manage a project to ensure success. * Why the future of work is all about project risk management. h2. April 5th: Understanding the Subjective Aspects of the Workplace Julie Endress p((. Humans are more than rational beings and at times our emotions dictate our actions without us realizing it. Dealing with the emotional actions of others can cause stress. Yet, if dealt with appropriately, these situations can add to understanding and lead to enhanced teamwork, creativity, and a fun atmosphere. p((. Being effective with others requires us to be effective in managing ourselves. We do this best when we have full access to our head, heart and gut. This talk will show the significance of the interior experience including emotions. It will introduce and provide an opportunity to practice in two skill areas: Sensing and centering as well as communication. h2. April 12th: Speaking With Impact: Presentation Skills for Engineers Dave Underhill p((. Today, engineers are constantly challenged to communicate the value of their work with customers, co-workers, managers and other key decision makers within their organizations. This is important in any situation, from team meetings to project status updates. One way to address this challenge is by delivering clear, concise and compelling presentations. In this presentation, you will gain insights on how to: * Focus on what’s important to your audience; * Create a clear message; * Tell a compelling story; and * Engage people in your presentation; p((. You’ll walk away with new ideas and tools you can use right away! h2. April 19th: Organizing Ideas – The Key to Effective Writing Matthew Spence p((. Engineers frequently struggle with presenting the results of their work in written form. Explaining complex topics to nontechnical audiences and determining how much detail readers need to know can be particularly challenging. p((. Therefore, the session on Written Communication will present principles of written communication that will enable you to identify your most important information and organize your ideas about a topic in less time. The session will identify common mistakes people make in business writing, and present a format for e-mails, text messages, memos, and executive summaries that will enable you to summarize any message in a single page. Guidelines for tailoring your message to readers’ needs and composing longer documents will also be discussed. h2. April 26th: The Impact of Emotions, Irrationality, and Temperament on Decisions John Prohodsky p((. We make decisions continuously - large decisions, small decisions, trivial decisions, and routine decisions. The decisions we make have a major influence on career success. Making good decisions not only helps the project and company to succeed, but also builds a positive reputation. Your technical training has prepared you to make rational decisions based on facts… is wrong! Decisions are based on not only what we know but are also filtered by emotions, influenced by temperament, and grounded in previous decisions. Being human means we are both rational and irrational beings. The interplay between our rational and irrational sides shapes our decisions. In this presentation you will learn about the: * Consequences of decisions; * Emotional filtering of decisions; * Influence of temperament; * Impact of external influences; and * Effect of irrationality h2. May 3rd: Adaptive Leadership Bob Lieberman p((. As leaders, we must often suspend judgment and delay commitment (and know how and when to do so), because leading people is a messy business. Teamwork is not a linear enterprise, and teams (and departments and companies) need social and psychological support, not just direction and a good set of tools. Teams also need champions, just as much as their ideas do. p((. It's a leader's job to provide these things. First, he or she must inspire and win the trust and support of fellow colleagues – up, down and sideways in the organizational hierarchy. Then, he or she must connect with others, understand others' needs and aspirations, show and command respect, and communicate effectively. If you're an engineer, these skills represent a second repertoire for you, one which requires you to see the workplace as an opportunity for adaptation and growth, not just production. This session provides you with a framework for seeing the workplace in that way. h2. May 10th: Contributing Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Steve Morris p((. Everyone says we need more innovation and entrepreneurship; the products and services created by entrepreneurs increase profits and market share and grow the GDP. However, their attitude is best expressed by Jean Luc Picard, captain of the Enterprise in _Star Trek: Next Generation_, saying “Make it so.” There’s a small problem - most companies don’t know how to innovate and be entrepreneurial. The steps can be taught but the essence can’t. Innovation and entrepreneurship steps include generating ideas, business model development, market evaluation, budgets, risk management, and continuous evaluation and learning. Then you need to pitch your great idea to those who will fund its development. p((. You will learn the typical steps innovators and entrepreneurs go through, how to evaluate ideas, what can go wrong, and why ideas get funded. Location: Bldg: Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave. Beaverton → h1. Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals h2. A 10 week seminar series presented on Thursday evenings from March 8th to May 10th 6 pm - Check in and light dinner, 7 pm – Presentation, 8:15 – Small group discussion *Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, at the Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave., Beaverton* *Max Stop:* <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x54950e96ed6b464f:0xc641b51eec960864&q=type:transit_station:%22Millikan+Way+MAX+Station%22&hl=en&ved=0CBgQgQVIAA&sa=X&ei=XRUnT6CPIIiriQKNm9xx">Millikan Way MAX Station</a> on Blue Line Engineers have the technical background their job requires; however, they often don’t understand the non-technical dynamics of working in a corporation or the non-technical skills that are essential to success. Although engineering is based upon technical skills, it is very much a human activity. It’s the people aspect of engineering that is the difference between success and failure. Your degree prepared you for the technical side of engineering, not the human side - the soft, fuzzy side. This seminar series provides an understanding of essential soft, human skills and how they benefit one’s career. The importance of soft skills to your engineering career is best shown inn the chart below which shows responses to the soft skills survey question: _How beneficial is an understanding of the non-technical aspects of engineering?_ !https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G81EbsF-PQc/Ty8P5SFUtcI/AAAAAAAAACE/ep-l4j6YLbU/s621/survey+result+q1.jpg! You will gain an understanding of soft skills, their importance and how they benefit one’s career. This includes foundational skills – listening, writing and verbal communications and, more importantly understanding and adapting to your employer’s culture. Specifically, you will learn: * How to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy, history, and culture * What it means to be a part of a team and how to get results * Understanding who you are and recognizing your non-technical abilities * How to manage your time, tasks, and priorities * How emotions influence you and your interactions with others * The importance of listening and the elements of effective verbal communications * The consequences of decisions and what influences decision making * Leadership – what it involves and how leaders adapt * How to contribute through innovation and entrepreneurship After each presentation there will be small group discussions lead by industry veterans to discuss the presentation. This seminar series is particularly valuable for recent college graduates. It will provide invaluable insights that typically take years to acquire. The value of soft skills is best expressed by survey respondents: p((. _“It [non-technical skills] has allowed me to advance my career from being a technical contributor, to a technical leader, into technical management. …. I still heavily rely on my technical skills, but the non-technical skills have allowed me to guide my career into areas that interest me.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I could not have been a manager and a good employee in multi-talented, many-thousand worker companies without such skills. Nor could I have contributed as a volunteer in professional societies or my communities.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“The ability to work well with people, and communicate ideas well to other technical leaders has given me many positions that elevated me above my peer group and furthered my career. This happened through all stages of my career.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I didn't start with good non-technical skills (other than standard educational skills such as writing), but I have acquired some over time. These days, I wouldn't be employed without understanding my place in the company, what I need to do to contribute to the company's goals, and how to assure that my contributions are noticed and valued.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“Companies seem to want to hire young inexperienced people, but they don't have much patience for a long learning curve. …. The more prepared that you are, the more you know about how businesses operate and about workplace expectations, the better.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _ “Relational skills got me the job I have today. The combination of that with good organizational skills, planning, and procedures ensures that I excel. It's the people who stick with things, relate to others well, and think and evaluate what and how they are doing who succeed. “_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“In small companies especially, good communication and personal skills are very valuable to stewarding a project through to completion, and they can sometimes make the difference between a really good idea being implemented versus just a "get by" idea.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent Agenda: h2. March 8th: Adapting to your new environment and community Lea McLeod p((. Understanding and adapting to the working environment is as crucial as getting the job itself. Every industry, company, department, and group has its own, history, structure and culture that have shaped what it is today. You must adapt to this context, in a manner that allows you to show your strengths and contributes to the successes of you and your new community. p=. The workplace doesn’t adapt to you. You must adapt to it. p((. You will learn how to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy and culture – how an entity is structured and ran - and the resulting expectations and ethics - what you are supposed to do and how you are supposed to do it. h2. March 15th: Functioning as a part of your company Lea McLeod p((. Engineering is as much a human activity as it is technology. All the work you do, if not done with someone, will be done for someone or will be used by someone. To be an engineer is to be a part of a team. However, you are evaluated on your contributions, which depend on your contribution to the team, how you contribute in meetings, and your relationship with your manager. p((. You will learn what it means to be a part of a team and how to get results. This includes assisting your team in accomplishing its objectives, contributing in meetings, understanding the role of management, and working with your manager. h2. March 22nd: Understanding yourself and others, in the objective sense Joan Badbaw p((. As engineering professionals you are required to be adept at a plethora of technical skills. Yet, the most powerful instrument you have to deliver and use those skills is yourself. Your ability to use yourself effectively relies in a large part on the level of awareness you have on the impact you make and your choices to direct and modify that impact. p((. Results from instruments such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Gallop Strengths Finder, and Gallop Q12 provide quite a bit of insightful information. The goal is to find a way to translate that information into something usable in everyday interactions. h2. March 29th: Deadlines and projects: The real world you work in Greg Hutchins p((. More and more, we live in a projectized world. What do I mean? Work is being chunked in terms of a project with hard deadlines. If you work for a large company, you’ll also be working with global project teams. p((. You will learn: * Why today’s business and work environment is all about VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, & Ambiguity). * Why project management is the key to work and life competency. * How to manage a project to ensure success. * Why the future of work is all about project risk management. h2. April 5th: Understanding the Subjective Aspects of the Workplace Julie Endress p((. Humans are more than rational beings and at times our emotions dictate our actions without us realizing it. Dealing with the emotional actions of others can cause stress. Yet, if dealt with appropriately, these situations can add to understanding and lead to enhanced teamwork, creativity, and a fun atmosphere. p((. Being effective with others requires us to be effective in managing ourselves. We do this best when we have full access to our head, heart and gut. This talk will show the significance of the interior experience including emotions. It will introduce and provide an opportunity to practice in two skill areas: Sensing and centering as well as communication. h2. April 12th: Speaking With Impact: Presentation Skills for Engineers Dave Underhill p((. Today, engineers are constantly challenged to communicate the value of their work with customers, co-workers, managers and other key decision makers within their organizations. This is important in any situation, from team meetings to project status updates. One way to address this challenge is by delivering clear, concise and compelling presentations. In this presentation, you will gain insights on how to: * Focus on what’s important to your audience; * Create a clear message; * Tell a compelling story; and * Engage people in your presentation; p((. You’ll walk away with new ideas and tools you can use right away! h2. April 19th: Organizing Ideas – The Key to Effective Writing Matthew Spence p((. Engineers frequently struggle with presenting the results of their work in written form. Explaining complex topics to nontechnical audiences and determining how much detail readers need to know can be particularly challenging. p((. Therefore, the session on Written Communication will present principles of written communication that will enable you to identify your most important information and organize your ideas about a topic in less time. The session will identify common mistakes people make in business writing, and present a format for e-mails, text messages, memos, and executive summaries that will enable you to summarize any message in a single page. Guidelines for tailoring your message to readers’ needs and composing longer documents will also be discussed. h2. April 26th: The Impact of Emotions, Irrationality, and Temperament on Decisions John Prohodsky p((. We make decisions continuously - large decisions, small decisions, trivial decisions, and routine decisions. The decisions we make have a major influence on career success. Making good decisions not only helps the project and company to succeed, but also builds a positive reputation. Your technical training has prepared you to make rational decisions based on facts… is wrong! Decisions are based on not only what we know but are also filtered by emotions, influenced by temperament, and grounded in previous decisions. Being human means we are both rational and irrational beings. The interplay between our rational and irrational sides shapes our decisions. In this presentation you will learn about the: * Consequences of decisions; * Emotional filtering of decisions; * Influence of temperament; * Impact of external influences; and * Effect of irrationality h2. May 3rd: Adaptive Leadership Bob Lieberman p((. As leaders, we must often suspend judgment and delay commitment (and know how and when to do so), because leading people is a messy business. Teamwork is not a linear enterprise, and teams (and departments and companies) need social and psychological support, not just direction and a good set of tools. Teams also need champions, just as much as their ideas do. p((. It's a leader's job to provide these things. First, he or she must inspire and win the trust and support of fellow colleagues – up, down and sideways in the organizational hierarchy. Then, he or she must connect with others, understand others' needs and aspirations, show and command respect, and communicate effectively. If you're an engineer, these skills represent a second repertoire for you, one which requires you to see the workplace as an opportunity for adaptation and growth, not just production. This session provides you with a framework for seeing the workplace in that way. h2. May 10th: Contributing Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Steve Morris p((. Everyone says we need more innovation and entrepreneurship; the products and services created by entrepreneurs increase profits and market share and grow the GDP. However, their attitude is best expressed by Jean Luc Picard, captain of the Enterprise in _Star Trek: Next Generation_, saying “Make it so.” There’s a small problem - most companies don’t know how to innovate and be entrepreneurial. The steps can be taught but the essence can’t. Innovation and entrepreneurship steps include generating ideas, business model development, market evaluation, budgets, risk management, and continuous evaluation and learning. Then you need to pitch your great idea to those who will fund its development. p((. You will learn the typical steps innovators and entrepreneurs go through, how to evaluate ideas, what can go wrong, and why ideas get funded. Location: Bldg: Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave. Beaverton
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Change #12707
2012-02-16
12:06:50

create Calagator::Event 1250461975 Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals - a 10 week seminar series Roll back

description nil → h1. Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals h2. A 10 week seminar series presented on Thursday evenings from March 8th to May 10th 6 pm - Check in and light dinner, 7 pm – Presentation, 8:15 – Small group discussion *Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, at the Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave., Beaverton* *Max Stop:* <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x54950e96ed6b464f:0xc641b51eec960864&q=type:transit_station:%22Millikan+Way+MAX+Station%22&hl=en&ved=0CBgQgQVIAA&sa=X&ei=XRUnT6CPIIiriQKNm9xx">Millikan Way MAX Station</a> on Blue Line Engineers have the technical background their job requires; however, they often don’t understand the non-technical dynamics of working in a corporation or the non-technical skills that are essential to success. Although engineering is based upon technical skills, it is very much a human activity. It’s the people aspect of engineering that is the difference between success and failure. Your degree prepared you for the technical side of engineering, not the human side - the soft, fuzzy side. This seminar series provides an understanding of essential soft, human skills and how they benefit one’s career. The importance of soft skills to your engineering career is best shown inn the chart below which shows responses to the soft skills survey question: _How beneficial is an understanding of the non-technical aspects of engineering?_ !https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G81EbsF-PQc/Ty8P5SFUtcI/AAAAAAAAACE/ep-l4j6YLbU/s621/survey+result+q1.jpg! You will gain an understanding of soft skills, their importance and how they benefit one’s career. This includes foundational skills – listening, writing and verbal communications and, more importantly understanding and adapting to your employer’s culture. Specifically, you will learn: * How to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy, history, and culture * What it means to be a part of a team and how to get results * Understanding who you are and recognizing your non-technical abilities * How to manage your time, tasks, and priorities * How emotions influence you and your interactions with others * The importance of listening and the elements of effective verbal communications * The consequences of decisions and what influences decision making * Leadership – what it involves and how leaders adapt * How to contribute through innovation and entrepreneurship After each presentation there will be small group discussions lead by industry veterans to discuss the presentation. This seminar series is particularly valuable for recent college graduates. It will provide invaluable insights that typically take years to acquire. The value of soft skills is best expressed by survey respondents: p((. _“It [non-technical skills] has allowed me to advance my career from being a technical contributor, to a technical leader, into technical management. …. I still heavily rely on my technical skills, but the non-technical skills have allowed me to guide my career into areas that interest me.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I could not have been a manager and a good employee in multi-talented, many-thousand worker companies without such skills. Nor could I have contributed as a volunteer in professional societies or my communities.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“The ability to work well with people, and communicate ideas well to other technical leaders has given me many positions that elevated me above my peer group and furthered my career. This happened through all stages of my career.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“I didn't start with good non-technical skills (other than standard educational skills such as writing), but I have acquired some over time. These days, I wouldn't be employed without understanding my place in the company, what I need to do to contribute to the company's goals, and how to assure that my contributions are noticed and valued.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“Companies seem to want to hire young inexperienced people, but they don't have much patience for a long learning curve. …. The more prepared that you are, the more you know about how businesses operate and about workplace expectations, the better.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _ “Relational skills got me the job I have today. The combination of that with good organizational skills, planning, and procedures ensures that I excel. It's the people who stick with things, relate to others well, and think and evaluate what and how they are doing who succeed. “_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent p((. _“In small companies especially, good communication and personal skills are very valuable to stewarding a project through to completion, and they can sometimes make the difference between a really good idea being implemented versus just a "get by" idea.”_ p((((. - Soft skills survey respondent Agenda: h2. March 8th: Adapting to your new environment and community Lea McLeod p((. Understanding and adapting to the working environment is as crucial as getting the job itself. Every industry, company, department, and group has its own, history, structure and culture that have shaped what it is today. You must adapt to this context, in a manner that allows you to show your strengths and contributes to the successes of you and your new community. p=. The workplace doesn’t adapt to you. You must adapt to it. p((. You will learn how to adapt to your new environment through understanding of the corporate hierarchy and culture – how an entity is structured and ran - and the resulting expectations and ethics - what you are supposed to do and how you are supposed to do it. h2. March 15th: Functioning as a part of your company Lea McLeod p((. Engineering is as much a human activity as it is technology. All the work you do, if not done with someone, will be done for someone or will be used by someone. To be an engineer is to be a part of a team. However, you are evaluated on your contributions, which depend on your contribution to the team, how you contribute in meetings, and your relationship with your manager. p((. You will learn what it means to be a part of a team and how to get results. This includes assisting your team in accomplishing its objectives, contributing in meetings, understanding the role of management, and working with your manager. h2. March 22nd: Understanding yourself and others, in the objective sense Joan Badbaw p((. As engineering professionals you are required to be adept at a plethora of technical skills. Yet, the most powerful instrument you have to deliver and use those skills is yourself. Your ability to use yourself effectively relies in a large part on the level of awareness you have on the impact you make and your choices to direct and modify that impact. p((. Results from instruments such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Gallop Strengths Finder, and Gallop Q12 provide quite a bit of insightful information. The goal is to find a way to translate that information into something usable in everyday interactions. h2. March 29th: Deadlines and projects: The real world you work in Greg Hutchins p((. More and more, we live in a projectized world. What do I mean? Work is being chunked in terms of a project with hard deadlines. If you work for a large company, you’ll also be working with global project teams. p((. You will learn: * Why today’s business and work environment is all about VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, & Ambiguity). * Why project management is the key to work and life competency. * How to manage a project to ensure success. * Why the future of work is all about project risk management. h2. April 5th: Understanding the Subjective Aspects of the Workplace Julie Endress p((. Humans are more than rational beings and at times our emotions dictate our actions without us realizing it. Dealing with the emotional actions of others can cause stress. Yet, if dealt with appropriately, these situations can add to understanding and lead to enhanced teamwork, creativity, and a fun atmosphere. p((. Being effective with others requires us to be effective in managing ourselves. We do this best when we have full access to our head, heart and gut. This talk will show the significance of the interior experience including emotions. It will introduce and provide an opportunity to practice in two skill areas: Sensing and centering as well as communication. h2. April 12th: Speaking With Impact: Presentation Skills for Engineers Dave Underhill p((. Today, engineers are constantly challenged to communicate the value of their work with customers, co-workers, managers and other key decision makers within their organizations. This is important in any situation, from team meetings to project status updates. One way to address this challenge is by delivering clear, concise and compelling presentations. In this presentation, you will gain insights on how to: * Focus on what’s important to your audience; * Create a clear message; * Tell a compelling story; and * Engage people in your presentation; p((. You’ll walk away with new ideas and tools you can use right away! h2. April 19th: Organizing Ideas – The Key to Effective Writing Matthew Spence p((. Engineers frequently struggle with presenting the results of their work in written form. Explaining complex topics to nontechnical audiences and determining how much detail readers need to know can be particularly challenging. p((. Therefore, the session on Written Communication will present principles of written communication that will enable you to identify your most important information and organize your ideas about a topic in less time. The session will identify common mistakes people make in business writing, and present a format for e-mails, text messages, memos, and executive summaries that will enable you to summarize any message in a single page. Guidelines for tailoring your message to readers’ needs and composing longer documents will also be discussed. h2. April 26th: The Impact of Emotions, Irrationality, and Temperament on Decisions John Prohodsky p((. We make decisions continuously - large decisions, small decisions, trivial decisions, and routine decisions. The decisions we make have a major influence on career success. Making good decisions not only helps the project and company to succeed, but also builds a positive reputation. Your technical training has prepared you to make rational decisions based on facts… is wrong! Decisions are based on not only what we know but are also filtered by emotions, influenced by temperament, and grounded in previous decisions. Being human means we are both rational and irrational beings. The interplay between our rational and irrational sides shapes our decisions. In this presentation you will learn about the: * Consequences of decisions; * Emotional filtering of decisions; * Influence of temperament; * Impact of external influences; and * Effect of irrationality h2. May 3rd: Adaptive Leadership Bob Lieberman p((. As leaders, we must often suspend judgment and delay commitment (and know how and when to do so), because leading people is a messy business. Teamwork is not a linear enterprise, and teams (and departments and companies) need social and psychological support, not just direction and a good set of tools. Teams also need champions, just as much as their ideas do. p((. It's a leader's job to provide these things. First, he or she must inspire and win the trust and support of fellow colleagues – up, down and sideways in the organizational hierarchy. Then, he or she must connect with others, understand others' needs and aspirations, show and command respect, and communicate effectively. If you're an engineer, these skills represent a second repertoire for you, one which requires you to see the workplace as an opportunity for adaptation and growth, not just production. This session provides you with a framework for seeing the workplace in that way. h2. May 10th: Contributing Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Steve Morris p((. Everyone says we need more innovation and entrepreneurship; the products and services created by entrepreneurs increase profits and market share and grow the GDP. However, their attitude is best expressed by Jean Luc Picard, captain of the Enterprise in _Star Trek: Next Generation_, saying “Make it so.” There’s a small problem - most companies don’t know how to innovate and be entrepreneurial. The steps can be taught but the essence can’t. Innovation and entrepreneurship steps include generating ideas, business model development, market evaluation, budgets, risk management, and continuous evaluation and learning. Then you need to pitch your great idea to those who will fund its development. p((. You will learn the typical steps innovators and entrepreneurs go through, how to evaluate ideas, what can go wrong, and why ideas get funded. Location: Bldg: Tektronix Conference Center, Building 38 on Tektronix Campus, Northwest corner of SW Terman Road and Zworykin Ave. Beaverton
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title nil → Essential Soft Skills for Engineering Professionals - a 10 week seminar series
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Change #12704
2012-02-16
11:12:57

update Calagator::Event 1250461974 Ruby Beginners Meetup, aka Ruby Newbie Brewby Roll back

description Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby. Bring questions. Drink $beverage. Hack. Experienced Rubyists welcome; we want you to share your expertise! → Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby. Bring questions. Drink $beverage. Hack. Experienced Rubyists welcome; we want you to share your expertise!
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Change #12703
2012-02-16
11:12:43

update Calagator::Event 1250461974 Ruby Beginners Meetup, aka Ruby Newbie Brewby Roll back

Change #12702
2012-02-16
11:10:13

create Calagator::Event 1250461974 Ruby Beginners Meetup, aka Ruby Newbie Brewby Roll back

description nil → Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby. Bring questions. Drink $beverage. Hack. Experienced Rubyists welcome; we want you to share your expertise!
end_time nil → 2012-02-21 23:30:00 -0800
id nil → 1250461974
start_time nil → 2012-02-21 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → Ruby Beginners Meetup, aka Ruby Newbie Brewby
url nil → http://pdxruby.org
venue_id nil → 202390942
Change #12701
2012-02-16
01:43:48

create Calagator::Event 1250461973 Zissou Society for Programming Language Exploration Roll back

description nil → Inaugural meeting! The Zissou Society for Programming Language Exploration (aka pdxlang) is a general programming language discussion/exploration group. The weird, the offbeat, the little-known, the forgotten programming languages. These are the things we'll be discussing. For this first meeting there will be three talks on an eclectic set of languages. More details to come!
end_time nil → 2012-03-07 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250461973
start_time nil → 2012-03-07 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → Zissou Society for Programming Language Exploration
url nil → http://groups.google.com/group/pdxlang
venue_id nil → 202390999
Change #12699
2012-02-15
16:31:33

create Calagator::Event 1250461972 Innovation Talk - Herb Sorensen Roll back

description nil → We have a great Innovation Talk coming up on Friday. Herb Sorensen, who has been a "Fast Company's Innovator of the Year" will be giving a talk on the role of technology in driving innovation in retailing. Find out how Walmart, Amazon, Apple, and Google have been, and continue to be, at the forefront of the industry, and how the new players are transforming the industry. 3pm - Friday - 2/17/12 - EB102 - coffee and dessert following! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
end_time nil → 2012-02-17 16:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250461972
start_time nil → 2012-02-17 15:00:00 -0800
title nil → Innovation Talk - Herb Sorensen
url nil → http://www.pdx.edu/cecs/innovation-program
venue_details nil → Engineering Building - 1930 SW 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97201 Room 102 is on the left on the first floor.
venue_id nil → 202390386
Change #12698
2012-02-15
16:30:18

create Calagator::Event 1250461971 Innovation Talk - Herb Sorensen Roll back

description nil → We have a great Innovation Talk coming up on Friday. Herb Sorensen, who has been a "Fast Company's Innovator of the Year" will be giving a talk on the role of technology in driving innovation in retailing. Find out how Walmart, Amazon, Apple, and Google have been, and continue to be, at the forefront of the industry, and how the new players are transforming the industry. 3pm - Friday - 2/17/12 - EB102 - coffee and dessert following! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
end_time nil → 2012-02-15 18:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250461971
start_time nil → 2012-02-15 17:00:00 -0800
title nil → Innovation Talk - Herb Sorensen
url nil → http://www.pdx.edu/cecs/innovation-program
venue_details nil → Engineering Building - 1930 SW 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97201 Room 102 is on the left on the first floor.
venue_id nil → 202390386
Change #12697
2012-02-15
16:20:00

update Calagator::Event 1250461970 PLUG: Open Data and Interoperability Roll back

title PLUG: Open Data and Interoperability → PLUG: OData Open Data and Interoperability
Change #12696
2012-02-15
16:15:16

create Calagator::Event 1250461970 PLUG: Open Data and Interoperability Roll back

description nil → Open Data and Interoperability by Arlo Belshee Lots of us want to expose our data via RESTful web APIs. We also want to consume data exposed via such APIs. REST + Json works well for this. However, we'd also like to mash up multiple data sources and build higher level tools. For example, it would be nice to create Business Intelligence (BI) tools that can point to any API and start charting the data, or create JavaScript control libraries that can be bound directly to data sources. Unfortunately, that isn't possible with just REST + Json. The problem is that each service is custom. No two services follow exactly the same rules. Sure, everything exposes sets of resources. But how do you get from a resource to its related resources? How do you ask the server to tell you about related resources? What, exactly should the server do when it gets a PATCH verb? Each server interprets these differently, which prevents making general tools. I'm going to talk about the OData protocol. This is an open standard that defines uniform semantics and modeling for RESTful web services. I'll show how this allows general tools to be built, and data from multiple sources to be combined together in interesting ways - without requiring custom code for each server. I'll also show how this enables people working in different languages. A single library can be written for each language which can then support all OData-compliant RESTful web services. Most of the examples will be with open source frameworks and tools, but I'll also show ways that you can use OData to break out data that is trapped in closed-source systems and expose it to the open source ecosystem. Agenda: 7:00 - 7:30 Business We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects including PLUG's monthly Advanced Topics meetings, PLUG's monthly hands on clinics etc. 7:30 - 8:30 Presentation and Questions See above 9:00 - ... Beer The Lucky Lab Northwest Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby Portland, Oregon
end_time nil → 2012-03-01 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250461970
start_time nil → 2012-03-01 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → PLUG: Open Data and Interoperability
venue_id nil → 202393022
Change #12695
2012-02-15
14:38:26

create Calagator::Event 1250461969 Local Search - Getting to Page One in the Search Engines Roll back

description nil → Does your business operate in a locally defined territory? Standard Search Engine Optimization techniques are not all you need to get your business found on today's Internet. This Local Search class will uncover the secrets of getting found and driving traffic to your site from the neighborhoods that you serve on a daily basis. Find out how to: 1. Get listed in local search 2. What it takes to get to page one in the search engines 3. Considerations when designing your website 4. Strategies for getting reviews of your business and why this is important 5. Discover why "Mobile" is the next big strategy in Local search Bring your laptop and in four short hours you will learn how to increase leads and sales through local search strategies.
end_time nil → 2012-03-28 17:00:00 -0700
id nil → 1250461969
start_time nil → 2012-03-28 13:00:00 -0700
title nil → Local Search - Getting to Page One in the Search Engines
url nil → http://www.regonline.com/localsearchclass-2012-03
venue_details nil → Cost: $125.00 Early Bird Discount: $99.00
venue_id nil → 202391021
Change #12694
2012-02-15
14:36:47

create Calagator::Event 1250461968 QR Codes – How to Implement Effectively to Market Your Business Roll back

description nil → What is a QR code and how can you take advantage of this new marketing tool? In this four hour class, QR Code expert Daryl Welch will answer your questions and give you hands-on training. Starting with a very brief background in the history of QR Codes, you will get right into the thick of everyday uses for QR Codes and how you can integrate QR codes into your marketing strategy today. This class offers: 1. Hands-on labs in scanning codes (don’t forget to bring your smart phone) 2. QR Code Creation 3. Practical uses for QR Codes 4. Examining best and worst real live examples Bring your laptop and your smartphone and learn how to set up and implement QR Codes for your business in four short hours.
end_time nil → 2012-03-27 17:00:00 -0700
id nil → 1250461968
start_time nil → 2012-03-27 13:00:00 -0700
title nil → QR Codes – How to Implement Effectively to Market Your Business
url nil → http://www.regonline.com/qrcodesclass-2012-03
venue_details nil → Cost: $125.00 Early Bird Discount: $99.00 (Offer expires 03-20)
venue_id nil → 202391021
Change #12693
2012-02-15
13:41:36

update Calagator::Event 1250461945 Activate Hub.org Alpha Release Party Roll back

title Activate Hub.org Alpha Release Party → Activate Hub.org Alpha Release Party [update: corrected venue]
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Change #12692
2012-02-15
13:39:55

create Calagator::Event 1250461967 PDX Open Source GIS Meeting Roll back

description nil → We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This month: <ul> <li>Share your projects!</li> <li>Additional agenda TBD</li> </ul>
end_time nil → 2012-03-28 19:30:00 -0700
id nil → 1250461967
start_time nil → 2012-03-28 18:00:00 -0700
title nil → PDX Open Source GIS Meeting
url nil → http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis?hl=en
venue_details nil → Buzz 200 to enter the building.
venue_id nil → 202392813
Change #12691
2012-02-15
13:38:25

update Calagator::Event 1250461965 PDX Open Source GIS Meeting Roll back

description We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This week: <ul> <li>Gift for OpenSourcery. If you were able to enjoy our old meeting space with them consider bringing a contribution of $5 or more.</li> <li> Share your projects - UTFGrid support for openlayers, spatial surveys on the windows tablet </li> <li> GIS in Action conference talk proposals. Give your talk or let's brainstorm for them. Do we want to do an unconference day?</li> </ul> → We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This week: <ul> <li>Gift for OpenSourcery. If you were able to enjoy our old meeting space with them consider bringing a contribution of $5 or more.</li> <li> Share your projects - UTFGrid support for openlayers, spatial surveys on the windows tablet </li> <li> GIS in Action conference talk proposals. Give your talk or let's brainstorm for them. Do we want to do an unconference day?</li> </ul>
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Change #12688
2012-02-15
13:24:27

update Calagator::Event 1250461927 AgilePDX sponsors: "The Mikado Method, or how to behead the legacy beast" workshop Roll back

venue_id 202393133 → 202390078
Change #12684
2012-02-15
13:20:29

update Calagator::Event 1250461941 PDX-UX: JavaScript Web Apps Roll back

venue_id 202393139 → 202391949
Change #12682
2012-02-15
13:17:30

update Calagator::Event 1250460624 UX Book Club PDX: "Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rule-breakers and changemakers" Roll back

description Interested in user experience in all of its forms? Enjoy reading? Want to combine the two in a social setting with other smart, like-minded people, and maybe drink a beer? Join us for Portland's 12th UX Book Club meeting. At this session, we're reading "Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rule-breakers and changemakers" by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. (www.gogamestorm.com/) And please join the UX Book Club PDX Google group for ongoing updates. → Interested in user experience in all of its forms? Enjoy reading? Want to combine the two in a social setting with other smart, like-minded people, and maybe drink a beer? Join us for Portland's 12th UX Book Club meeting. At this session, we're reading "Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rule-breakers and changemakers" by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. (www.gogamestorm.com/) And please join the UX Book Club PDX Google group for ongoing updates.
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Change #12681
2012-02-15
13:17:30

update Calagator::Event 1250459525 UX Book Club PDX: "The Ten Faces of Innovation" Roll back

description Interested in user experience in all of its forms? Enjoy reading? Want to combine the two in a social setting with other smart, like-minded people, and maybe drink a beer? Join us for Portland's 10th UX Book Club meeting. At this session, we're reading "The Ten Faces of Innovation" by Thomas Kelley & Jonathan Littman. (link to book on Amazon: http://amzn.to/gn7pui) And please join the UX Book Club PDX Google group for ongoing updates. Website: http://groups.google.com/group/uxbookclubpdx → Interested in user experience in all of its forms? Enjoy reading? Want to combine the two in a social setting with other smart, like-minded people, and maybe drink a beer? Join us for Portland's 10th UX Book Club meeting. At this session, we're reading "The Ten Faces of Innovation" by Thomas Kelley & Jonathan Littman. (link to book on Amazon: http://amzn.to/gn7pui) And please join the UX Book Club PDX Google group for ongoing updates. Website: http://groups.google.com/group/uxbookclubpdx
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Change #12672
2012-02-15
13:09:35

update Calagator::Event 1250459545 Portland R User Group Meetup Roll back

description Portland R User Group Main talk: "Rating Systems" Albyn Jones Lightning talk: "R, JavaScript, Protein Folds, and Compressed Sensing: A Quartet of Awesome" Kevin Lynagh Social hour (following talks): Le Hana Japanese Bar & Grill 3500 SW River Parkway Talk descriptions: "Rating Systems" An overview of rating systems: what is a rating system? (as opposed to polls, BCS, the NCAA RPI, bridge master points, etc), a little history (the Elo system for chess), and then a discussion of two or three in more detail, and how one might do the computations in R. "R, JavaScript, Protein Folds, and Compressed Sensing: A Quartet of Awesome" This talk is a lightning overview of a protein fold search algorithm based on compressed sensing. The focus of the talk will be on the algorithm's implementation and its testing; more specifically, how to complement R with other tools. I will discuss - speeding up R linear algebra routines - using Ruby to structure raw data into a lightweight SQL database accessible by R - presenting results on the web using Protovis and other JavaScript visualization libraries Details on the algorithm are online at http://www.dirigibleflightcraft.com/prote.cs/ Speaker bios: Albyn Jones- BA UCLA 1978, PhD Yale (Statistics) 1986. I have worked as a research associate at the National Research Council, and served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon, Reed, and as a visitor at Yale. I have worked on problems ranging from numerical analysis (error in floating point computation), to rating systems, earthquakes and microarray analysis. Former students have gone on to do Good Things, like starting R Meetups. Kevin Lynagh- Studied organic synthesis, graphic design, and traditional French baking before getting an undergraduate degree in physics. His first scientific program was a symbolic algebra system in LISP designed to solve and typeset his freshman homework. He is not qualified to speak on any of the subjects of this talk. Location information: OHSU's Center for Health & Healing South Waterfront district http://www.ohsu.edu/x.... 3303 SW Bond Avenue Between Moody Ave. and Bond Ave., Whitaker St. and Gibbs St. At the base of the Portland Aerial Tram Streetcar stops: SW Moody & Gibbs (coming from downtown) OHSU Commons (heading to downtown) On-street parking available Bicycle parking around Gibbs and Bond near base of Tram Room 3171 (Conference Room 1A) Take elevator to the 3rd floor, follow signs to the Conference Center Le Hana 3500 SW River Parkway Corner of River Parkway and Curry Street One block south and one block east of the Center for Health & Healing Portland, OR 97239 - USA Thursday, December 16 at 7:15 PM Photo: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/7/7/e/event_16962878.jpeg Details: http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/calendar/15624674/ → Portland R User Group Main talk: "Rating Systems" Albyn Jones Lightning talk: "R, JavaScript, Protein Folds, and Compressed Sensing: A Quartet of Awesome" Kevin Lynagh Social hour (following talks): Le Hana Japanese Bar & Grill 3500 SW River Parkway Talk descriptions: "Rating Systems" An overview of rating systems: what is a rating system? (as opposed to polls, BCS, the NCAA RPI, bridge master points, etc), a little history (the Elo system for chess), and then a discussion of two or three in more detail, and how one might do the computations in R. "R, JavaScript, Protein Folds, and Compressed Sensing: A Quartet of Awesome" This talk is a lightning overview of a protein fold search algorithm based on compressed sensing. The focus of the talk will be on the algorithm's implementation and its testing; more specifically, how to complement R with other tools. I will discuss - speeding up R linear algebra routines - using Ruby to structure raw data into a lightweight SQL database accessible by R - presenting results on the web using Protovis and other JavaScript visualization libraries Details on the algorithm are online at http://www.dirigibleflightcraft.com/prote.cs/ Speaker bios: Albyn Jones- BA UCLA 1978, PhD Yale (Statistics) 1986. I have worked as a research associate at the National Research Council, and served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon, Reed, and as a visitor at Yale. I have worked on problems ranging from numerical analysis (error in floating point computation), to rating systems, earthquakes and microarray analysis. Former students have gone on to do Good Things, like starting R Meetups. Kevin Lynagh- Studied organic synthesis, graphic design, and traditional French baking before getting an undergraduate degree in physics. His first scientific program was a symbolic algebra system in LISP designed to solve and typeset his freshman homework. He is not qualified to speak on any of the subjects of this talk. Location information: OHSU's Center for Health & Healing South Waterfront district http://www.ohsu.edu/x.... 3303 SW Bond Avenue Between Moody Ave. and Bond Ave., Whitaker St. and Gibbs St. At the base of the Portland Aerial Tram Streetcar stops: SW Moody & Gibbs (coming from downtown) OHSU Commons (heading to downtown) On-street parking available Bicycle parking around Gibbs and Bond near base of Tram Room 3171 (Conference Room 1A) Take elevator to the 3rd floor, follow signs to the Conference Center Le Hana 3500 SW River Parkway Corner of River Parkway and Curry Street One block south and one block east of the Center for Health & Healing Portland, OR 97239 - USA Thursday, December 16 at 7:15 PM Photo: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/7/7/e/event_16962878.jpeg Details: http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/calendar/15624674/
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Change #12671
2012-02-15
13:09:27

update Calagator::Event 1250459545 Portland R User Group Meetup Roll back

venue_details nil → Room 3171
Change #12669
2012-02-15
13:08:46

update Calagator::Event 1250459626 IEEE OREGON Virtual Worlds Symposium Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, NCRAR Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. In the context of this symposium, a virtual world will be defined as a computer-based simulated 3D virtual environment in which users, taking the form of avatars visible to others graphically, inhabit, create and use objects, and interact with each other. Although, the usage of virtual worlds for entertainment purposes might be generally understood, the increased usage of virtual worlds for education, business, professional and commercial applications is not yet well understood. The purpose of this symposium is introduce 1) present tutorials and examples of usage of a selected virtual social environment, Second Life®, which is being used by the IEEE® professional organization to educate, communicate, and promote membership collaboration, present examples of Second Life being used in a wider range of engineering fields such as architecture, mechanical design, corporate group meetings, 2) present a keynote address by an IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer on research topics in the area of virtual social environments and multi-player gaming, and, 3) host a “geekfest” event with presentations demonstrating wide-ranging universe of virtual worlds, applications, tools, and situations. It is anticipated the symposium will be jamb-packed with entertaining multimedia presentations, fun for attendees and fun for presenters. The symposium will be considered a success if those attending leave with greater knowledge, deeper understanding, and lots of thoughts on how virtual world technology is, could, or might be applied in our world. Finally, it is hoped the symposium will help foster continued cross-generation, cross-discipline fellowship and learning on this topic. Speaker(s): Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, Agenda: Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. <b>Part 0 (4pm to 4:45pm) Introduction to the selected virtual world, Second Life.</b> Not recorded. Basic introduction to Second Life. For those who have little idea what it is, how it could be used, or how to use it. Includes PBS Digital Nation, parts 6&7, Second Life introductory multimedia. <b>Part 1 (5pm to 6:15pm) Student presentations: IEEE Second Life and Engineering applications.</b> Recorded.<br> [six] 10 minute presentations total. Two general types of student presentations: • Tutorials on Second Life- How Second Life is being used by the IEEE professional organization and how to use it. Topics might include but not limited to: what are IEEE Second Life islands, how to enter and use them, extend them, etc. How is IEEE currently using their real estate in Second Life. What is the Second Life grid and mainland. What are other tools available in Second Life. Development and acquisition of objects and real estate in Second Life to create image, personality, establish presence, and conduct one’s “self”. • Demonstrations of engineering in Second Life- Demonstrations of other significant engineering usages of Second Life model. Examples might include designing products or buildings using simulation. <b>Break (6:15pm to 7:00pm)</b> Dinner break. Complementary, self-serve food buffet in symposium area. Partakers encouraged to drop a few cans in foodbank barrels. <b>Part 2 (7:00pm to 8:30pm) Keynote: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi.</b> Recorded. Sponsored by IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer Program: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, speaking on research topics relating to virtual social environments and multiplayer gaming. Going out beyond Second Life virtual world to a more generalized, universal view of virtual social environments, including technologies and problems getting us there. <b>Break (8:30pm to 8:45pm).</b> Setup for Geekfest. <b>Part 3 (8:45pm to 10:30pm). Oregon Virtual Universe Geekfest MMXI.</b> Recorded. [Eight] 10 minute presentations total. Open up scope to wider universe of virtual worlds and application areas excluding areas of adult/sexual or violent themes or portraying cultural/political insensitivity. Demonstrations and examples on not only Second Life but other virtual worlds being applied in areas which might include engineering, professional, commercial, entertainment, industry, education, communication, social networking, and beyond. Intended to potentially broaden the discussion to a wider range of ideas the virtual world technology is or could be effectively applied to. <b>Shutdown (10:45pm)</b> Pick the place up and pack it all up. <b>Clear out (11pm). Location: Room: School of Nursing Auditorium, Room 144 Bldg: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hosp Road, Portland OR 97239 </b> → Co-sponsored by: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, NCRAR Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. In the context of this symposium, a virtual world will be defined as a computer-based simulated 3D virtual environment in which users, taking the form of avatars visible to others graphically, inhabit, create and use objects, and interact with each other. Although, the usage of virtual worlds for entertainment purposes might be generally understood, the increased usage of virtual worlds for education, business, professional and commercial applications is not yet well understood. The purpose of this symposium is introduce 1) present tutorials and examples of usage of a selected virtual social environment, Second Life®, which is being used by the IEEE® professional organization to educate, communicate, and promote membership collaboration, present examples of Second Life being used in a wider range of engineering fields such as architecture, mechanical design, corporate group meetings, 2) present a keynote address by an IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer on research topics in the area of virtual social environments and multi-player gaming, and, 3) host a “geekfest” event with presentations demonstrating wide-ranging universe of virtual worlds, applications, tools, and situations. It is anticipated the symposium will be jamb-packed with entertaining multimedia presentations, fun for attendees and fun for presenters. The symposium will be considered a success if those attending leave with greater knowledge, deeper understanding, and lots of thoughts on how virtual world technology is, could, or might be applied in our world. Finally, it is hoped the symposium will help foster continued cross-generation, cross-discipline fellowship and learning on this topic. Speaker(s): Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, Agenda: Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. <b>Part 0 (4pm to 4:45pm) Introduction to the selected virtual world, Second Life.</b> Not recorded. Basic introduction to Second Life. For those who have little idea what it is, how it could be used, or how to use it. Includes PBS Digital Nation, parts 6&7, Second Life introductory multimedia. <b>Part 1 (5pm to 6:15pm) Student presentations: IEEE Second Life and Engineering applications.</b> Recorded.<br> [six] 10 minute presentations total. Two general types of student presentations: • Tutorials on Second Life- How Second Life is being used by the IEEE professional organization and how to use it. Topics might include but not limited to: what are IEEE Second Life islands, how to enter and use them, extend them, etc. How is IEEE currently using their real estate in Second Life. What is the Second Life grid and mainland. What are other tools available in Second Life. Development and acquisition of objects and real estate in Second Life to create image, personality, establish presence, and conduct one’s “self”. • Demonstrations of engineering in Second Life- Demonstrations of other significant engineering usages of Second Life model. Examples might include designing products or buildings using simulation. <b>Break (6:15pm to 7:00pm)</b> Dinner break. Complementary, self-serve food buffet in symposium area. Partakers encouraged to drop a few cans in foodbank barrels. <b>Part 2 (7:00pm to 8:30pm) Keynote: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi.</b> Recorded. Sponsored by IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer Program: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, speaking on research topics relating to virtual social environments and multiplayer gaming. Going out beyond Second Life virtual world to a more generalized, universal view of virtual social environments, including technologies and problems getting us there. <b>Break (8:30pm to 8:45pm).</b> Setup for Geekfest. <b>Part 3 (8:45pm to 10:30pm). Oregon Virtual Universe Geekfest MMXI.</b> Recorded. [Eight] 10 minute presentations total. Open up scope to wider universe of virtual worlds and application areas excluding areas of adult/sexual or violent themes or portraying cultural/political insensitivity. Demonstrations and examples on not only Second Life but other virtual worlds being applied in areas which might include engineering, professional, commercial, entertainment, industry, education, communication, social networking, and beyond. Intended to potentially broaden the discussion to a wider range of ideas the virtual world technology is or could be effectively applied to. <b>Shutdown (10:45pm)</b> Pick the place up and pack it all up. <b>Clear out (11pm). Location: Room: School of Nursing Auditorium, Room 144 Bldg: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hosp Road, Portland OR 97239 </b>
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Change #12668
2012-02-15
13:08:36

update Calagator::Event 1250459626 IEEE OREGON Virtual Worlds Symposium Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, NCRAR Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. In the context of this symposium, a virtual world will be defined as a computer-based simulated 3D virtual environment in which users, taking the form of avatars visible to others graphically, inhabit, create and use objects, and interact with each other. Although, the usage of virtual worlds for entertainment purposes might be generally understood, the increased usage of virtual worlds for education, business, professional and commercial applications is not yet well understood. The purpose of this symposium is introduce 1) present tutorials and examples of usage of a selected virtual social environment, Second Life®, which is being used by the IEEE® professional organization to educate, communicate, and promote membership collaboration, present examples of Second Life being used in a wider range of engineering fields such as architecture, mechanical design, corporate group meetings, 2) present a keynote address by an IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer on research topics in the area of virtual social environments and multi-player gaming, and, 3) host a “geekfest” event with presentations demonstrating wide-ranging universe of virtual worlds, applications, tools, and situations. It is anticipated the symposium will be jamb-packed with entertaining multimedia presentations, fun for attendees and fun for presenters. The symposium will be considered a success if those attending leave with greater knowledge, deeper understanding, and lots of thoughts on how virtual world technology is, could, or might be applied in our world. Finally, it is hoped the symposium will help foster continued cross-generation, cross-discipline fellowship and learning on this topic. Speaker(s): Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, Agenda: Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. <b>Part 0 (4pm to 4:45pm) Introduction to the selected virtual world, Second Life.</b> Not recorded. Basic introduction to Second Life. For those who have little idea what it is, how it could be used, or how to use it. Includes PBS Digital Nation, parts 6&7, Second Life introductory multimedia. <b>Part 1 (5pm to 6:15pm) Student presentations: IEEE Second Life and Engineering applications.</b> Recorded.<br/> [six] 10 minute presentations total. Two general types of student presentations: • Tutorials on Second Life- How Second Life is being used by the IEEE professional organization and how to use it. Topics might include but not limited to: what are IEEE Second Life islands, how to enter and use them, extend them, etc. How is IEEE currently using their real estate in Second Life. What is the Second Life grid and mainland. What are other tools available in Second Life. Development and acquisition of objects and real estate in Second Life to create image, personality, establish presence, and conduct one’s “self”. • Demonstrations of engineering in Second Life- Demonstrations of other significant engineering usages of Second Life model. Examples might include designing products or buildings using simulation. <b>Break (6:15pm to 7:00pm)</b> Dinner break. Complementary, self-serve food buffet in symposium area. Partakers encouraged to drop a few cans in foodbank barrels. <b>Part 2 (7:00pm to 8:30pm) Keynote: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi.</b> Recorded. Sponsored by IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer Program: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, speaking on research topics relating to virtual social environments and multiplayer gaming. Going out beyond Second Life virtual world to a more generalized, universal view of virtual social environments, including technologies and problems getting us there. <b>Break (8:30pm to 8:45pm).</b> Setup for Geekfest. <b>Part 3 (8:45pm to 10:30pm). Oregon Virtual Universe Geekfest MMXI.</b> Recorded. [Eight] 10 minute presentations total. Open up scope to wider universe of virtual worlds and application areas excluding areas of adult/sexual or violent themes or portraying cultural/political insensitivity. Demonstrations and examples on not only Second Life but other virtual worlds being applied in areas which might include engineering, professional, commercial, entertainment, industry, education, communication, social networking, and beyond. Intended to potentially broaden the discussion to a wider range of ideas the virtual world technology is or could be effectively applied to. <b>Shutdown (10:45pm)</b> Pick the place up and pack it all up. <b>Clear out (11pm). Location: Room: School of Nursing Auditorium, Room 144 Bldg: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hosp Road, Portland OR 97239 → Co-sponsored by: National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, NCRAR Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. In the context of this symposium, a virtual world will be defined as a computer-based simulated 3D virtual environment in which users, taking the form of avatars visible to others graphically, inhabit, create and use objects, and interact with each other. Although, the usage of virtual worlds for entertainment purposes might be generally understood, the increased usage of virtual worlds for education, business, professional and commercial applications is not yet well understood. The purpose of this symposium is introduce 1) present tutorials and examples of usage of a selected virtual social environment, Second Life®, which is being used by the IEEE® professional organization to educate, communicate, and promote membership collaboration, present examples of Second Life being used in a wider range of engineering fields such as architecture, mechanical design, corporate group meetings, 2) present a keynote address by an IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer on research topics in the area of virtual social environments and multi-player gaming, and, 3) host a “geekfest” event with presentations demonstrating wide-ranging universe of virtual worlds, applications, tools, and situations. It is anticipated the symposium will be jamb-packed with entertaining multimedia presentations, fun for attendees and fun for presenters. The symposium will be considered a success if those attending leave with greater knowledge, deeper understanding, and lots of thoughts on how virtual world technology is, could, or might be applied in our world. Finally, it is hoped the symposium will help foster continued cross-generation, cross-discipline fellowship and learning on this topic. Speaker(s): Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, Agenda: Goto: http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/oregon-ims-css/ for detailed symposium info. <b>Part 0 (4pm to 4:45pm) Introduction to the selected virtual world, Second Life.</b> Not recorded. Basic introduction to Second Life. For those who have little idea what it is, how it could be used, or how to use it. Includes PBS Digital Nation, parts 6&7, Second Life introductory multimedia. <b>Part 1 (5pm to 6:15pm) Student presentations: IEEE Second Life and Engineering applications.</b> Recorded.<br> [six] 10 minute presentations total. Two general types of student presentations: • Tutorials on Second Life- How Second Life is being used by the IEEE professional organization and how to use it. Topics might include but not limited to: what are IEEE Second Life islands, how to enter and use them, extend them, etc. How is IEEE currently using their real estate in Second Life. What is the Second Life grid and mainland. What are other tools available in Second Life. Development and acquisition of objects and real estate in Second Life to create image, personality, establish presence, and conduct one’s “self”. • Demonstrations of engineering in Second Life- Demonstrations of other significant engineering usages of Second Life model. Examples might include designing products or buildings using simulation. <b>Break (6:15pm to 7:00pm)</b> Dinner break. Complementary, self-serve food buffet in symposium area. Partakers encouraged to drop a few cans in foodbank barrels. <b>Part 2 (7:00pm to 8:30pm) Keynote: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi.</b> Recorded. Sponsored by IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer Program: Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi, speaking on research topics relating to virtual social environments and multiplayer gaming. Going out beyond Second Life virtual world to a more generalized, universal view of virtual social environments, including technologies and problems getting us there. <b>Break (8:30pm to 8:45pm).</b> Setup for Geekfest. <b>Part 3 (8:45pm to 10:30pm). Oregon Virtual Universe Geekfest MMXI.</b> Recorded. [Eight] 10 minute presentations total. Open up scope to wider universe of virtual worlds and application areas excluding areas of adult/sexual or violent themes or portraying cultural/political insensitivity. Demonstrations and examples on not only Second Life but other virtual worlds being applied in areas which might include engineering, professional, commercial, entertainment, industry, education, communication, social networking, and beyond. Intended to potentially broaden the discussion to a wider range of ideas the virtual world technology is or could be effectively applied to. <b>Shutdown (10:45pm)</b> Pick the place up and pack it all up. <b>Clear out (11pm). Location: Room: School of Nursing Auditorium, Room 144 Bldg: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hosp Road, Portland OR 97239 </b>
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Change #12665
2012-02-15
13:05:59

update Calagator::Event 1250461381 21st Century Job Skills: Leading From Within Roll back

description A 2-hour work session to assess and develop leadership qualities using interactive and improvisational techniques. This course is designed for professionals evolving into management or leadership roles, or growing within these roles.  Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7 pm – 9 pm - Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR  Cost: $40, limit of 25 participants   DISCOUNTS: $10 off this class with promo code "Impro!" OR buy a 3-Workshop Bundle for $100 SPECIAL DEAL: We have a few free auditing spots available. Email us on our website for details.   Session Summary  We’ll use real-world scenarios and interactive games to explore the subtle and overt communications that define leadership. We’ll explore verbal and nonverbal communication, interpersonal tensions and other factors that drive group dynamics. Examines how body language, emotional cues, status actions, microexpressions and language choices affect relationship.  You’ll practice leadership in the session, developing your ability to read and run a room with clarity, authenticity, and authority. You’ll learn how to set a tone of inclusion, enthusiasm and expansion in diverse group settings.    One of a series of professional skill-building workshops designed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Our workshops use real-world creativity, collaboration and design methods to effect rapid growth and tangible results.  http://www.improvocateurs.com/events → A 2-hour work session to assess and develop leadership qualities using interactive and improvisational techniques. This course is designed for professionals evolving into management or leadership roles, or growing within these roles.  Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7 pm – 9 pm - Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR  Cost: $40, limit of 25 participants   DISCOUNTS: $10 off this class with promo code "Impro!" OR buy a 3-Workshop Bundle for $100 SPECIAL DEAL: We have a few free auditing spots available. Email us on our website for details.   Session Summary  We’ll use real-world scenarios and interactive games to explore the subtle and overt communications that define leadership. We’ll explore verbal and nonverbal communication, interpersonal tensions and other factors that drive group dynamics. Examines how body language, emotional cues, status actions, microexpressions and language choices affect relationship.  You’ll practice leadership in the session, developing your ability to read and run a room with clarity, authenticity, and authority. You’ll learn how to set a tone of inclusion, enthusiasm and expansion in diverse group settings.    One of a series of professional skill-building workshops designed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Our workshops use real-world creativity, collaboration and design methods to effect rapid growth and tangible results.  http://www.improvocateurs.com/events
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Change #12663
2012-02-15
13:04:23

update Calagator::Event 1250461579 Android Developers Westside Roll back

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Change #12657
2012-02-15
12:57:09

update Calagator::Event 1250459458 Using Windows 7 - Portland PC Users Group - Visitors Welcome Roll back

description <strong>Using Windows 7 What is New & What You Need to Know to Get More Done</strong> A Microsoft guest speaker will demonstrate key features that will make your computing easier. A good question and answer session follows. This is a real Users Group with both computer professionals and hobbyists. You will feel at home. Enjoy our special guest speaker, enjoy the venue and enjoy the company of other PC users. Great venue: free parking, digital projector with huge screen, WiFi, etc. Sample newsletter on home page of our website. Venue: Gateway Elks Lodge in the Gateway district. 711 NE 100th Ave, just N. of Glisan St. Non-Elks welcome – just sign in as guests. Thank you to the Elks for letting us use your meeting room on Tuesday! No charge tonight. Bring a friend. → <strong>Using Windows 7 What is New & What You Need to Know to Get More Done</strong> A Microsoft guest speaker will demonstrate key features that will make your computing easier. A good question and answer session follows. This is a real Users Group with both computer professionals and hobbyists. You will feel at home. Enjoy our special guest speaker, enjoy the venue and enjoy the company of other PC users. Great venue: free parking, digital projector with huge screen, WiFi, etc. Sample newsletter on home page of our website. Venue: Gateway Elks Lodge in the Gateway district. 711 NE 100th Ave, just N. of Glisan St. Non-Elks welcome – just sign in as guests. Thank you to the Elks for letting us use your meeting room on Tuesday! No charge tonight. Bring a friend.
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Change #12653
2012-02-15
12:55:09

update Calagator::Event 1250461961 Oregon IEEE Consultants' Network Roll back

description No-Host Dinner and networking Location: Bldg: International House of Pancakes 15935 SW Regatta Lane Beaverton Oregon 97006 Beaverton 97006 → No-Host Dinner and networking Location: Bldg: International House of Pancakes 15935 SW Regatta Lane Beaverton Oregon 97006 Beaverton 97006
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Change #12651
2012-02-15
12:54:17

update Calagator::Event 1250461844 Westside Proggers - VoteFair ranking: Math-based voting power for the 99% Roll back

description Just-released open-source software that implements VoteFair ranking is now available to help us reach higher levels of voting fairness. You do voting when you click on Google search results, and you use voting results when you view the star rating of an Amazon product. Now learn how voting really works, how it is usually miscalculated -- intentionally in the case of elections -- and how it can be done to fully extract the wisdom in a group. Learn the math behind the puppet strings that connect politicians to the biggest campaign contributors. (Partial spoiler: The biggest unfairness is hidden in primary elections.) Also learn the math that eventually will cut those puppet strings. Along the way you will learn that there are different kinds of popularity. Presenter: Richard Fobes, author of *The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox* and *Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections*, developer of the Dashrep programming language and the software negotiation tool at www.NegotiationTool.com. This event is a meeting of the Westside Proggers, a group of language-agnostic programmers who like to talk about pioneering new frontiers in software. Please RSVP (and reserve slices of free pizza) at the Westside Proggers forum on Google. → Just-released open-source software that implements VoteFair ranking is now available to help us reach higher levels of voting fairness. You do voting when you click on Google search results, and you use voting results when you view the star rating of an Amazon product. Now learn how voting really works, how it is usually miscalculated -- intentionally in the case of elections -- and how it can be done to fully extract the wisdom in a group. Learn the math behind the puppet strings that connect politicians to the biggest campaign contributors. (Partial spoiler: The biggest unfairness is hidden in primary elections.) Also learn the math that eventually will cut those puppet strings. Along the way you will learn that there are different kinds of popularity. Presenter: Richard Fobes, author of *The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox* and *Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections*, developer of the Dashrep programming language and the software negotiation tool at www.NegotiationTool.com. This event is a meeting of the Westside Proggers, a group of language-agnostic programmers who like to talk about pioneering new frontiers in software. Please RSVP (and reserve slices of free pizza) at the Westside Proggers forum on Google.
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Change #12648
2012-02-15
12:54:17

update Calagator::Event 1250461331 OctoberBest 2011 Seminar - Green Vehicle Design and Manufacturing Roll back

description OctoberBest 2011 seminar of special interest Green Vehicle Design and Manufacturing Speakers: Laurence Dunn, Nacco Materials; Bob Simpson, EVDrive; Joe Justice, WIKISPEED Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Time: 8:30 AM Registration; 9:00 – 11:45 AM seminar Location: Tektronix Conference Center, 3025 SW Zworkin Ave, Beaverton OR 97075 Cost: $40 This seminar features three presentations which will cover batteries, drive system design, and a novel method of manufacture for electric and hybrid vehicles. <b>In addition, there will be an on-site display of vehicles from EVDrive and Wikispeed.</b> Registration/check-in starts at 8:30 am, with the seminar starting promptly at 9:00. “Li-Ion Is it our Mobility Future” Laurence Dunn, Chief Engineer with Nacco Materials Handling Group will speak on how advanced battery technologies are helping bring more sustainable and greener technologies to the market while increasing productivity and decreasing operational costs. Laurence Dunn is Chief Engineer NMHG Inc. a Global Leader for company Innovation. He has spent 40 years in Automotive Electronics, and the past 4 Years working on Fuel Cell and Li-Ion Projects for Forklifts. He is a committee member for UL 2580 “Standards for Batteries for use in Electric Vehicles”. “Automotive Technology - The Next Generation Drive Systems” Bob Simpson, CTO of EVDrive, will speak on how pure electric vehicles can meet or exceed the performance of internal combustion powered vehicles when powered by the right batteries in the right quantity and in the right location with the right secret sauce and systems integration to pull it all together. This presentation will discuss the design and development of electric vehicle drive systems. It will cover: ** Battery cell technology ** Motor technology ** Power sources and impact to grid, ** Comparative cost of operation and service, ** Solution to Range anxiety with electric vehicles Bob Simpson is the CTO and Drive System Engineer for EVDrive Inc. He also has been employed since 1977 at Tektronix as a Sr. HW Design Engineer. In 2008 he designed and fabricated a full performance electric conversion of a BMW 325i. Elimination of fuel use and it's emissions was the goal but without sacrifice of performance OR economy. See www.evdrive.com for extensive build diaries. “Agile Manufacturing: The WIKISPEED 100 mpg car" Joe Justice, CEO of Seattle-based Wikispeed will speak about Wikispeed, an “open source” project, developing vehicles using principles from modular, lean, agile software development. The gas-powered cars, evolved from Wikispeed's entry in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize, are designed to be inexpensive, safe, efficient and fast -- made of aluminum extrusions and structural carbon fiber. Team WIKISPEED entered a $10 Million competition to produce road legal 100+ mpg cars. They built the impossible in three months. The WIKISPEED Team will talk about Agile practices applied to enormously speed up physical manufacturing. Joe Justice leads WIKISPEED, a team of 102 volunteers in 7 countries, and walks through how their 100 MPG road car was made possible through modular design, iterative development, and Agile project management. Joe takes a deep dive on exactly how a 100 mpg can be prototyped, validated, and brought to market by "using less stuff" and extremely quickly. Joe will use the example and of the design and development of their revolutionary 100 mpg, gasoline powered, four-seat car with a target price of $17,995. This ground breaking work expands the agile process to design and manufacturing of the car. The talk will provide tools and take-aways for engineers and executives, in manufacturing and software, looking to improve their processes. New professionals and students can see examples of the value found in pairing, prioritized backlog driven development, and extreme programming, as they see the methodology jump from software teams to research, manufacturing, and product engineering. Joe Justice is a Seattle-area lean-software consultant and entreprenerd, and a registered automotive manufacture since 2007. In 2010, Joe’s X Prize team, WIKISPEED, tied for 10th place in the mainstream class of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, a $10 million challenge for 100+ MPGe automobiles. Joe has spoken on social web application development, project methodology, and agile best practices to audiences at Denver University, University of California Berkley, Google, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary International, and others. Joe is currently on assignment at Zynga and CEO of WIKISPEED. Agenda: Schedule: • 8:30 am – Registration and Refreshments • 9:00 – 11:40 am – Seminar • 11:40 – 11:45 am – Wrap-up • 11:45am – 1:00pm – OctoberBest 2011 Lunch Keynote (requires separate OctoberBest registration) Location: Bldg: Tek Conference Center (Bldg 38) 3025 SW Zworkin Ave. Beaverton 97075 → OctoberBest 2011 seminar of special interest Green Vehicle Design and Manufacturing Speakers: Laurence Dunn, Nacco Materials; Bob Simpson, EVDrive; Joe Justice, WIKISPEED Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Time: 8:30 AM Registration; 9:00 – 11:45 AM seminar Location: Tektronix Conference Center, 3025 SW Zworkin Ave, Beaverton OR 97075 Cost: $40 This seminar features three presentations which will cover batteries, drive system design, and a novel method of manufacture for electric and hybrid vehicles. <b>In addition, there will be an on-site display of vehicles from EVDrive and Wikispeed.</b> Registration/check-in starts at 8:30 am, with the seminar starting promptly at 9:00. “Li-Ion Is it our Mobility Future” Laurence Dunn, Chief Engineer with Nacco Materials Handling Group will speak on how advanced battery technologies are helping bring more sustainable and greener technologies to the market while increasing productivity and decreasing operational costs. Laurence Dunn is Chief Engineer NMHG Inc. a Global Leader for company Innovation. He has spent 40 years in Automotive Electronics, and the past 4 Years working on Fuel Cell and Li-Ion Projects for Forklifts. He is a committee member for UL 2580 “Standards for Batteries for use in Electric Vehicles”. “Automotive Technology - The Next Generation Drive Systems” Bob Simpson, CTO of EVDrive, will speak on how pure electric vehicles can meet or exceed the performance of internal combustion powered vehicles when powered by the right batteries in the right quantity and in the right location with the right secret sauce and systems integration to pull it all together. This presentation will discuss the design and development of electric vehicle drive systems. It will cover: ** Battery cell technology ** Motor technology ** Power sources and impact to grid, ** Comparative cost of operation and service, ** Solution to Range anxiety with electric vehicles Bob Simpson is the CTO and Drive System Engineer for EVDrive Inc. He also has been employed since 1977 at Tektronix as a Sr. HW Design Engineer. In 2008 he designed and fabricated a full performance electric conversion of a BMW 325i. Elimination of fuel use and it's emissions was the goal but without sacrifice of performance OR economy. See www.evdrive.com for extensive build diaries. “Agile Manufacturing: The WIKISPEED 100 mpg car" Joe Justice, CEO of Seattle-based Wikispeed will speak about Wikispeed, an “open source” project, developing vehicles using principles from modular, lean, agile software development. The gas-powered cars, evolved from Wikispeed's entry in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize, are designed to be inexpensive, safe, efficient and fast -- made of aluminum extrusions and structural carbon fiber. Team WIKISPEED entered a $10 Million competition to produce road legal 100+ mpg cars. They built the impossible in three months. The WIKISPEED Team will talk about Agile practices applied to enormously speed up physical manufacturing. Joe Justice leads WIKISPEED, a team of 102 volunteers in 7 countries, and walks through how their 100 MPG road car was made possible through modular design, iterative development, and Agile project management. Joe takes a deep dive on exactly how a 100 mpg can be prototyped, validated, and brought to market by "using less stuff" and extremely quickly. Joe will use the example and of the design and development of their revolutionary 100 mpg, gasoline powered, four-seat car with a target price of $17,995. This ground breaking work expands the agile process to design and manufacturing of the car. The talk will provide tools and take-aways for engineers and executives, in manufacturing and software, looking to improve their processes. New professionals and students can see examples of the value found in pairing, prioritized backlog driven development, and extreme programming, as they see the methodology jump from software teams to research, manufacturing, and product engineering. Joe Justice is a Seattle-area lean-software consultant and entreprenerd, and a registered automotive manufacture since 2007. In 2010, Joe’s X Prize team, WIKISPEED, tied for 10th place in the mainstream class of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, a $10 million challenge for 100+ MPGe automobiles. Joe has spoken on social web application development, project methodology, and agile best practices to audiences at Denver University, University of California Berkley, Google, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary International, and others. Joe is currently on assignment at Zynga and CEO of WIKISPEED. Agenda: Schedule: • 8:30 am – Registration and Refreshments • 9:00 – 11:40 am – Seminar • 11:40 – 11:45 am – Wrap-up • 11:45am – 1:00pm – OctoberBest 2011 Lunch Keynote (requires separate OctoberBest registration) Location: Bldg: Tek Conference Center (Bldg 38) 3025 SW Zworkin Ave. Beaverton 97075
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Change #12647
2012-02-15
12:53:53

update Calagator::Event 1250461958 Oregon ComSoc: The Modern Malware Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'>Network attacks are becoming both more sophisticated and more common, with all types of enterprises and all types of information being targeted by attackers. In this presentation we will shine the light on the life-cycle of a modern network attack to understand how the threat landscape has changed and what is required to protect our networks and users today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #17365D;'>Biography</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; color: #17365D;"><br><strong><span style="">Jeff Stiling </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'>is currently Regional Sales Manager, PacNW for Palo Alto Networks.  Jeff’s professional background includes 27 years in information technology operations and sales, which included field and management positions at IBM, Internet Security Systems, Nike, and executive roles in several small and start-up companies in the early 2000’s.  For the past 9 years Jeff has focused on the IT Security marketplace. His educational background includes BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University</span></p> </div> Agenda: <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #000066;'><br> 6:00 ~ 6:50 Social </span></b><span style='font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #000066;'>(Pizza and refreshment provided by NCA)<b> <br> 6:50 ~ 7:00 Introductions and Announcements <br> 7:00 ~ 8:15 Presentation</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> Location: Room: Atrium Bldg: Tektronix Building 38 3025 SW Zworykin Avenue Beaverton 97005 → Co-sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'>Network attacks are becoming both more sophisticated and more common, with all types of enterprises and all types of information being targeted by attackers. In this presentation we will shine the light on the life-cycle of a modern network attack to understand how the threat landscape has changed and what is required to protect our networks and users today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="">Biography</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; color: #17365D;"><br><strong><span style="">Jeff Stiling </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #17365D;'>is currently Regional Sales Manager, PacNW for Palo Alto Networks.  Jeff’s professional background includes 27 years in information technology operations and sales, which included field and management positions at IBM, Internet Security Systems, Nike, and executive roles in several small and start-up companies in the early 2000’s.  For the past 9 years Jeff has focused on the IT Security marketplace. His educational background includes BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University</span></p> </div> Agenda: <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #000066;'><br> 6:00 ~ 6:50 Social </span></b><span style='font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: #000066;'>(Pizza and refreshment provided by NCA)<b> <br> 6:50 ~ 7:00 Introductions and Announcements <br> 7:00 ~ 8:15 Presentation</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> Location: Room: Atrium Bldg: Tektronix Building 38 3025 SW Zworykin Avenue Beaverton 97005
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Change #12646
2012-02-15
12:53:05

update Calagator::Event 1250461951 Oregon TMC & PACE - Career Models – Ignore Them At Your Peril Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: ortland State Univeristy Business Accelerator <p>Career Models – Ignore Them At Your Peril</p> <p><em>How can engineers advance their career? How can managers develop a high performing team? How can both succeed at the same time? </em></p> <p><strong><em>Date: February 15th, 2012</em></strong></p> <p>Everyone seems to have an opinion on what drives success – more education, the right project, working with leading edge technology, chemistry, knowing the right person, networking, and more – but the truth is what works for one person often doesn’t work for another. </p> <p>Career Models presents a multidimensional framework of unwritten rules, unique personal strengths, and the role of emotions common to successfully advancing career stages. The framework describes what contributes to a successful career at any career stage. This presentation will help engineers and managers to make informed decisions and avoid missteps that can derail a career. Managers will learn what contributes to successful staff development and project completion. </p> Speaker(s): John Prohodsky, Agenda: <p><b>5:30 P.M. Registration table opens</b></p> <p><b>5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking</b></p> <p><b>6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A</b></p> Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland 97201 → Co-sponsored by: ortland State Univeristy Business Accelerator <p>Career Models – Ignore Them At Your Peril</p> <p><em>How can engineers advance their career? How can managers develop a high performing team? How can both succeed at the same time? </em></p> <p><strong><em>Date: February 15th, 2012</em></strong></p> <p>Everyone seems to have an opinion on what drives success – more education, the right project, working with leading edge technology, chemistry, knowing the right person, networking, and more – but the truth is what works for one person often doesn’t work for another. </p> <p>Career Models presents a multidimensional framework of unwritten rules, unique personal strengths, and the role of emotions common to successfully advancing career stages. The framework describes what contributes to a successful career at any career stage. This presentation will help engineers and managers to make informed decisions and avoid missteps that can derail a career. Managers will learn what contributes to successful staff development and project completion. </p> Speaker(s): John Prohodsky, Agenda: <p><b>5:30 P.M. Registration table opens</b></p> <p><b>5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking</b></p> <p><b>6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A</b></p> Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland 97201
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Change #12638
2012-02-15
11:21:41

update Calagator::Event 1250459959 Atlassian RoadTrip Portland Roll back

venue_id 202392423 → 202390418
Change #12637
2012-02-15
10:31:40

create Calagator::Event 1250461966 HR Forum: Company Culture Matters - BIG TIME! Roll back

description nil → Companies with well-aligned cultures are 6x more successful. The key isn’t that there is one right culture but rather that everyone is pulling in the same direction. Join us for a dinner forum and hear how transforming a culture can maximize performance. Martha Stuckey from Autodesk will share how they transformed their performance management practices and self-service model to enhance their culture and increase their engagement. Tim Wolters, the founder of RoundPegg, will share how management and organizational design research, along with psychological practices can help you get more out of every single employee. The research is clear, those who fit the culture stay longer and are more committed to the organization. Special Guests: Martha Stuckey, HR Director, Autodesk Martha Stuckey, SPHR, is a Human Resources leader with over 25 years experience in the profession. Martha’s career has been with large global companies including Nike Inc., Alexander & Alexander Inc., and May Department Stores. Martha is skilled in partnering with executive and senior leaders to achieve business results, as well as executive coaching in a “trusted advisor” role. Martha’s particular expertise is global HR management; she has extensive experience managing global HR teams including an expatriate assignment in Hong Kong. Tim Wolters An inventor and serial entrepreneur from Boulder, Colorado. He is a well-known industry thought leader in the area of using statistical modeling to extract knowledge from unstructured data sources. His work pioneered the use of advanced analytical non-linear correlation models in building business applications. Event Details: When: Tuesday, March 6 2012 Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM (5:30 – networking reception, 6:15 – dinner and discussion) Where: Morton’s The Steakhouse, 213 SW Clay Street, Portland, OR Fees: $95 TechAmerica Members, $120 Nonmember Technology Companies To Register: TechAmerica Oregon, 53-624-4871 Thank you Radford for Sponsoring!
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start_time nil → 2012-03-06 17:30:00 -0800
title nil → HR Forum: Company Culture Matters - BIG TIME!
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Change #12636
2012-02-15
09:32:30

update Calagator::Event 1250461965 PDX Open Source GIS Meeting Roll back

description We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This week: * Gift for OpenSourcery. If you were able to enjoy our old meeting space with them consider bringing a contribution of $5 or more. * Share your projects - UTFGrid support for openlayers, spatial surveys on the windows tablet * GIS in Action conference talk proposals. Give your talk or let's brainstorm for them. Do we want to do an unconference day? → We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This week: <ul> <li>Gift for OpenSourcery. If you were able to enjoy our old meeting space with them consider bringing a contribution of $5 or more.</li> <li> Share your projects - UTFGrid support for openlayers, spatial surveys on the windows tablet </li> <li> GIS in Action conference talk proposals. Give your talk or let's brainstorm for them. Do we want to do an unconference day?</li> </ul>
Change #12635
2012-02-15
09:31:07

create Calagator::Event 1250461965 PDX Open Source GIS Meeting Roll back

description nil → We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Collective Agency in NW Portland (Old Town). No need to RSVP, all are welcome - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. Beer at nearby pub to follow, probably Pints. This week: * Gift for OpenSourcery. If you were able to enjoy our old meeting space with them consider bringing a contribution of $5 or more. * Share your projects - UTFGrid support for openlayers, spatial surveys on the windows tablet * GIS in Action conference talk proposals. Give your talk or let's brainstorm for them. Do we want to do an unconference day?
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start_time nil → 2012-02-22 18:00:00 -0800
title nil → PDX Open Source GIS Meeting
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Change #12634
2012-02-15
06:08:52

create Calagator::Event 1250461964 PDX.UX Group Workshop Meeting Roll back

description nil → We are going to switch it up this month with PDX-UX's first group workshop. We'll present you with a small UX challenged interface in need of some pretty, some information design and even some data visualization skills. You and your peers will form groups and nosh on some solutions. Bring your brains and a laptop if you have one, and we'll provide the pens, giant pads of paper, food and drinks. We'll also be giving away some free books on data visualization courtesy of O'Reilly Media. Please RSVP at Plancast! http://t.co/yVvPR5qt
end_time nil → 2012-02-16 19:30:00 -0800
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start_time nil → 2012-02-16 17:30:00 -0800
title nil → PDX.UX Group Workshop Meeting
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Change #12631
2012-02-13
21:25:10

create Calagator::Event 1250461963 February R Meetup @ Simple! Roll back

description nil → <p>Jim Loring and Josh Reich, respectively, will be giving February's talks. See the tentative talk descriptions below. This will be our second meeting Simple; our last one was quite successful!</p> <p>Thanks to Simple for hosting!</p> <p> </p> <p>Jim Loring, National Park Service - "Water Quality in R - Revisited"</p> <p>An example of water quality analysis using R. Using data gathered from Issaquah Creek near Issaquah, Washington and Johnson Creek in Portland, Jim will discuss the context in which the data was gathered, the R algorithm used, an interpretation of the results in the characterization of Issaquah and Johnson Creeks. The presentation illustrates a basic application of R in the management of natural resources and is a continuation of a R Talk given last October.</p> <p> </p> <p>Josh Reich, Simple - "An Introduction to Machine Learning in R"</p> <p>Josh will cover k-means, KNN, kernel methods, LDA, rpart & SVMs. A good introduction to techniques geared towards either those new to R or ML, which will draw heavily on material from EOSL.</p>
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start_time nil → 2012-02-21 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → February R Meetup @ Simple!
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Change #12628
2012-02-13
19:47:47

update Calagator::Event 1250461416 BarCamp Portland 6 (Sessions) Roll back

description BarCampPortland is an unconference for the Portland tech community, produced BY the Portland tech community. Interesting topics, cool people, great networking opportunities, wifi, and more! Building an active tech community in Portland, Oregon. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants. <strong>Please <a href="http://barcampportland6.eventbrite.com/">RSVP via Eventbrite</a> so we can plan food, drink and space accordinging.</strong> → BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences. BarCamps are open, participatory workshop-like events whose content is provided by participants. Topics often focus on but are not limited to early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, open data formats and other DIY/hacker/open culture themes. At BarCamp, there are no spectators, only participants. Attendees should prepare a demo, a session, or help with one, or otherwise volunteer / contribute in some way to support the event. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. BarCamp participants help to select the topics they want to see and talk about. <a href="http://barcampportland.org/about/">Read more about BarCamp.</a> <strong>Please <a href="http://barcampportland6.eventbrite.com/">RSVP via Eventbrite</a> so we can plan food, drink and space accordinging.</strong>
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Change #12627
2012-02-13
19:44:21

update Calagator::Event 1250461415 BarCamp Portland 6 (Kick-Off) Roll back

description BarCampPortland is an unconference for the Portland tech community, produced BY the Portland tech community. Interesting topics, cool people, great networking opportunities, wifi, and more! Building an active tech community in Portland, Oregon. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants. Join us Friday from 6:30PM to 9PM and Saturday from 9AM to 9PM. On Friday evening we'll kick-off the event with food, drink and socializing. Come hang out with your fellow geeks, and plan the sessions in which you'll participate on Saturday! <strong>Please <a href="http://barcampportland6.eventbrite.com/">RSVP via Eventbrite</a> so we can plan food, drink and space accordinging.</strong> → BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences. BarCamps are open, participatory workshop-like events whose content is provided by participants. Topics often focus on but are not limited to early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, open data formats and other DIY/hacker/open culture themes. At BarCamp, there are no spectators, only participants. Attendees should prepare a demo, a session, or help with one, or otherwise volunteer / contribute in some way to support the event. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. BarCamp participants help to select the topics they want to see and talk about. <a href="http://barcampportland.org/about/">Read more about BarCamp.</a> Join us Friday from 6:30PM to 9PM and Saturday from 9AM to 9PM. On Friday evening we'll kick-off the event with food, drink and socializing. Come hang out with your fellow geeks, and plan the sessions in which you'll participate on Saturday! <strong>Please <a href="http://barcampportland6.eventbrite.com/">RSVP via Eventbrite</a> so we can plan food, drink and space accordinging.</strong>
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Change #12626
2012-02-13
19:22:37

update Calagator::Event 1250461962 CouchConf Portland Roll back

venue_details 935 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 →
Change #12624
2012-02-13
19:22:03

create Calagator::Event 1250461962 CouchConf Portland Roll back

description nil → CouchConf is coming to Portland! This one-day event is for any developer who wants to take a deeper dive into Couchbase NoSQL technology, learn where it’s headed and build really cool stuff. Join us for a day to find out what’s new with Couchbase and learn more about harnessing this powerful technology for your web and mobile applications. Early bird registration is now open! If you wish to sponsor CouchConf Portland, please email [email protected]. Conference highlights: Technology updates and a look ahead from Couchbase technologists. A technically rich agenda, packed with breakout sessions covering Couchbase Server, Couchbase Mobile, and related technologies. Q&A panel with Couchbase experts. Lunchtime lightning talks. An after party for mingling and networking! Early bird registration: $50.00
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title nil → CouchConf Portland
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