Foojay Podcast #49: JCON Report, Part 1 – JUGs, Communities, Open Source, Generative AI, LangChain4j, Machine Learning
- May 21, 2024
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On Tuesday, May 14th, the Foojay Podcast went live at the JCON conference in Cologne, Germany, to talk with speakers and visitors about all things Java.
We had so many amazing talks that we will combine them into several podcast episodes in the next weeks.
This is part 1 about JUGs, Communities, Open Source, Generative AI, LangChain4j, Machine Learning!
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00:26 Geertjan Wielenga: Founding father of Foojay.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/geertjanwielenga/
01:18 Markus Kett: Organizer JCON and JUG Oberpfalz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuskett/
04:47 Richard Fichtner: Organizer JCON and JUG Oberpfalz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardfichtner/
07:04 Jonathan Vila: Organizing Communities, JUGs, and events + Sonar, how can tools be both available for free and still make a profit as a company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvila/
14:55 Soham Dasgupta: Community spirit, Talks about Generative AI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dasguptasoham/
21:29 Mary Grygleski: Volunteer at JCON, Organizing Chicago JUG, Talks about Generative AI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-grygleski/
30:16 Mohammed Aboullaite: Java and Machine Learning and training models
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aboullaite/
37:16 Simon de Groot and Richelle Bussenius: Organizing NLJUG, conferences, communities, and Masters Of Java
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-de-groot-ab832a169
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richellebussenius
- May 21, 2024
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Frank Delporte is a Java Champion, Java Developer, Senior Technical Writer at Azul, Blogger, Author of "Java Programming for Raspberry Pi - A Hands-On Guide to Electronics and IoT Projects", and Open-Source Contributor for Pi4J, Lottie4J, MelodyMatrix,... Frank writes and talks about Java in business production environments, but also in places people don’t always expect it, on the Raspberry Pi, driving GPIO pins, rendering JavaFX UIs, and running on RISC-V single-board computers.
Geertjan is an open source and Java enthusiast, Java Champion, Apache Member, and leader of the Amsterdam Java User Group.
Mary is a Java Champion, and the AI Practice Lead at Callibrity, a consulting firm based in Ohio. She started as an engineer in Unix/C, then transitioned to Java around 2000 and has never looked back since then. After 20+ years of being a software engineer and technical architect, she discovered her true passion in developer and customer advocacy. Most recently she has serviced companies of various sizes such as IBM, US Cellular, Bank of America, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, in topic areas that included Java, GenAI, Streaming systems, Open source, Cloud and Distributed messaging systems. She is also a very active tech community leader outside of her day job. She is the President of the Chicago Java Users Group (CJUG), and the Chicago Chapter Co-Lead for AICamp.
Richard Fichtner is the Principal Software Architect at XDEV Software GmbH, with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. He works at the intersection of business and technology, contributing to the open-source community through projects like RapidClipse (https://www.rapidclipse.com) and advocating for best practices in Apache Maven. Richard is passionate about sharing knowledge on Java technologies, making him a frequent conference speaker. He leads the Java User Group Oberpfalz, co-organizes the JCON conferences (https://jcon.one), and has been recognized as a Java Champion, Oracle ACE Pro, IBM Champion and Vaadin Champion. With a Master of Science in Applied Computer Science, his expertise spans Java, clean code, cloud technologies, and pragmatic development practices, focusing on improving developer productivity through cloud solutions. Richard enjoys relaxing by a campfire and listening to/playing country music in his spare time.
Technology enthusiast | Agentic AI | Architect | Programmer | Cloud Native | Blogger | Speaker
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