Training – Deep Learning using TensorFlow and Keras (IOT305)

Deep Learning is a branch of machine learning that utilizes neural networks. But how does a neural network work, and how does deep learning solve machine learning problems? In this workshop, you will learn how to get started with deep learning using one of the most popular frameworks for implementing deep learning – TensorFlow. You will also use another API – Keras, which is built on top of TensorFlow, to make deep learning more user-friendly and easier.

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Training – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence using the Microsoft Cognitive Services and OpenCV (IOT208)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans. AI is all the rage these days. However, unless you have a PhD in AI, AI programming remains an elusive field to many developers. But this should not be the case. What most developers want is the ability to integrate AI capabilities into their applications, without knowing the nuts and bolts of how AI works.  The Microsoft Cognitive Services is a suite of AI services and APIs to help developers integrate AI capabilities into their applications without needing to build the AI services from scratch. Developers simply need to choose the relevant algorithms from the Cognitive Services for their needs and requirements. Using the various services, applications can:

  • Make smart recommendations
  • Perform speech translations
  • Use machine vision to recognise users and emotions

In addition, this course will also cover an introduction to OpenCV. Using OpenCV, you will learn how to detect faces in an image. You will also be able to trainer machine learning models to recognize faces.

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Training – Introduction to Machine Learning using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio (IOT203)

In this 1-day workshop, you will be introduced to Machine Learning using the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio. You will learn what is machine learning, and how it can be useful to your organization. You will also learn the various machine learning algorithms and work through some real-life examples. 

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Training – Introduction to Data Analytics using Python (IOT202)

Python is a high-level programming language that is widely in use today. Python code is highly readable, and its syntax ensures programmers write code that is properly-indented and clear. Python is supported on most platforms and is well suited for a wide variety of tasks – ranging from automating your daily platform tasks, to running as a standalone Web Server.
In this two-day workshop, you will venture into the world of Data Analytics! You will learn how you can use the various libraries and tools with Python to turn your data into your most valuable assets!

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Announcement of FrontCon focused 85th VIRTUAL Devclub.lv

Hi!

In our life April is month of FrontCon and we are lucky to have two more FrontCon speakers at DevClub plus Toms will share his experience how he manages to work from home with 3 kids.

After last DevClub.lv (which was 1st online DevClub.lv meetup in history of universe) some attendees suggested to make channel where you – attendees can discuss presentations and probably other issues as well. Therefore we made DevClub.lv Slack channel. Everybody is welcome to join.

You are welcome to FrontCon focused 85th Devclub.lv on April 30 at 18:00.
Please register in Eventbrite and we will send you the link to the VIRTUAL EVENT a couple of days in advance.

Agenda for 85th Devclub.lv

  • Doug Sillars will give a talk “Video Killed My Data Plan: Delivering video that doesn’t break the web“. Don’t be confused that talk with similar title was presentet at FrontCon 2019, now it is 100% rewritten.
    Video is one of the fastest growing mediums on the web and in mobile applications. Video files have been shown to increase engagement, and can be a great way to deliver your message quickly. (And who doesn’t love animated GIFs?)
    However, video that takes a long time to start up leads to frustration and abandonment. The same goes for video that stalls during playback. In this talk, you’ll learn best practices to optimize the delivery of your video to you customers, ensuring fast delivery and minimizing stalls for a great customer experience.
    (Language – English)
    Tags: Web performance, video, web video

    Doug is a freelance mobile performance expert, studying the intersection of media and web performance. A Google Developer Expert and the author of O’Reilly’s “High Performance Android Apps,” Doug regularly speaks at conferences, and blogs at dougsillars.com. He is currently working as a freelance digital nomad, traveling with his family in Europe.  
  • Marta Wiśniewska will give a talk “Top 10 tools loved by Angular Developers“.
    Have you ever wondered how to build Angular apps faster for less effort? How to use tools and open-source projects to improve your efficiency as a developer?
    It’s time to supercharge your Developer Experience! Let me introduce the set of amazing tools you need to know to work more productively!
    I will present 10 practical solutions for Angular Developers to make your daily life easier. I will show you the top tools to boost app performance. I will tell you about proven UI libraries to make your app beautiful, reusable and easy to create. We will also focus on simple ways to help you with static code analysis, debugging and testing. Despite, I will show you a playground for your code. The tools for live-coding to play with the code quickly and without the need to worry about the environment.
    Grab these tips and tricks and become a highly effective programmer!
    (Language – English)
    Tags: Angular, Developer Experience, Web Performance, Developers Tools

    Marta is a Google Developer Expert in Angular and Web Technologies from Poland. She is an international speaker, blogger, enthusiast of Angular, PWA, hybrid apps who loves exploring new web features and following hottest trends in tech. Marta is passionate about sharing knowledge in the community and spreading her love for tech. Currently, she satisfies herself as an organizer in Women Techmakers Warsaw and Google Developers Group Warsaw and PWA Fire co-creator.
  • Toms Eisaks from Accenture  will share experience on “Me, my kids and working from home“.
    I will share my experience how I handle, or not, working from home, together with my three awesome copies, two boys 4,5 and 3 and girl 3. In these very interesting times can be useful for every family who is looking to answer – how to do it.
    (Language – English)
    Tags: Family, Kids, Work, Home, workfromhome

    Toms is DevOps Engineer at Accenture Latvia, on daily bases consulting and helping clients to implement DevOps solutions, specializing on AWS Cloud and Ansible Configuration Management.

In Mintos, we actively pursue growth under a tagline “Knowledge hosted responsively”, but recently, our focus has expanded. We’re merging our strengths to empower sustainability of our common tech ecosystem. Our tagline now says “Community healed responsibly”.
We’re looking forward to see some great new skills on our next RL meet up, but first, let’s crack this bug!
Your #mintospeople
#collaborativelearning

At DYNATECH we’ll give you space to grow.
With our internal lectures, mentoring programs, in-house school and the possibility to attend international conferences, we’ll make sure you are growing in your desired direction.
Want to fulfil your potential?
Check out more: https://dynatech.lv/

Meet Printify — one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. and Latvia. We focus greatly on personal growth, professional freedom, and real impact. Highly-skilled talent pool, self-sufficient teams. Unforgettable parties and team events. Let’s build a product company together! Check us out at https://printify.com/about/.

Hey, it’s us, SAPIENS Latvia. And, guess what, we have a few promising opportunities looking for some promising candidates. And the colleagues there are pretty awesome. And, best of all, you won’t see them for a while as they’re all working from home right now. 🙂 Check out our careers page, especially .NET and JAVA positions and apply!

At Tet we are a dynamic technology and entertainment company and here you will create new, innovative products and learn new skills and technologies, while also choosing your own perks and joining fun internal events. We strive to grow as individuals and be the best as a team. If you are up for challenges, join us:
Software arhitekts/-e
Lietojumu pārvaldības nodaļas vadītājs/-a
PHP programmētājs/-a

At INTEXSYS, we have quickly adapted to the new way of life. We’re working remotely and keep hiring. The interviewing process is also remote. Apply to our open positions now:
Database Administrator (DBA, MS SQL)
Senior Database Developer (MS SQL)
UX Researcher & Web Analytics Specialist (Digital Marketing)
We promise – it will never be boring! 

Here at POSTI MESSAGING, we are moving towards serverless setup in our Cloud journey. We are also investing in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. We are constantly looking for new talent, contact us via LinkedIn if interested to find out more. Currently looking for:
– C/C++ or Python developer;
– 2nd tier support team lead

Thanks to our sponsors we are able to make DevClub.lv events:

Announcement of FRONTCON focused 84th VIRTUAL Devclub.lv

Hi!

April would have started with the latest edition of “FrontCon”, if the world hadn’t stopped turning. While the conference is postponed till August, our beloved “FrontCon” speakers have decided not to wait and will share their insights on actual topics with you on the first remote devclub.lv meetup. You are welcome to FrontCon focused 84th Devclub.lv on April 8 at 18:00.
Please register in Eventbrite and we will send you the link to the VIRTUAL EVENT a couple of days in advance.

Agenda for FRONTCON focused 84th Devclub.lv

  • Jemima Abu from  Telesoftas will give a talk “Redux Middleware for React Applications”.
    In this talk, we’ll use the Redux Observable middleware to connect actions and reducers in the Redux store and carry out asynchronous operations such as fetching data or periodically updating the state. This talk is suited to intermediate developers and requires prior knowledge of React and Redux.
    (Language – English)
    Tags: React, Redux, Redux Observable

    Jemima is a self-taught Front End Developer and school-taught Systems Engineer from Nigeria, currently working at Telesoftas. She specializes in frontend architecture and particularly cares about intersectionality in the techspace and web accessibility.

  • Majid Hajian from Softiware AS will give a talk about “Parallel computing in frontend applications”.
    Even though JavaScript is a single-threaded programming language, modern features like Web Workers, WebAssembly, Worklets, and Service Worker allow us to leverage multithreading computing to run tasks parallelly which at the end, makes the user feel like in a rainbow paradise! In this session, I am going to demonstrate my practical (seriously no theory!) experience running jobs in parallel for a javascript application that will provide a pleasant user experience and exciting development.
    (Language: English)
    Tags: Javascript, Frontend, architecture

    Majid is a passionate software developer with years of developing and architecting complex web and mobile applications. He is passionate about web platform especially flutter, IoT, PWAs, and performance. He loves sharing his knowledge with the community by writing and speaking, contributing to open source and organizing meetups and events. Majid is the award-winning author of “Progressive web app with Angular” book by Apress and “Progressive Web Apps” video course by PacktPub and Udemy. He is (co)organizer of a few mobile and web meetups in Norway as well as Nordic conferences for mobile and Angular, Mobile Era and ngVikings.

We’re all about work and life balance at DYNATECH. With our flexible work schedules and emphasis on learning culture, you will be able to combine your work with your hobbies, personal goals or studies. Want to work to live and not live to work? Check out more: https://dynatech.lv/lv/

Are you looking for a place where all your effort, time and work pays off? For it to not be just a job. All Printify team players own part of our company – which means you are working for a bright and rich future. Join Printify now https://printify.com/jobs/.

Hey, it’s us, SAPIENS Latvia. And, guess what, we have a few promising opportunities looking for some promising candidates. And the colleagues there are pretty awesome. And, best of all, you won’t see them for a while as they’re all working from home right now. 🙂 Check out our careers page, especially .NET and JAVA positions and apply!

At Tet we are a dynamic technology and entertainment company and here you will create new, innovative products and learn new skills and technologies, while also choosing your own perks and joining fun internal events. We strive to grow as individuals and be the best as a team. If you are up for challenges, join us:
Lietojamības (UX) speciālists/-e
Lietojumu pārvaldības nodaļas vadītājs/-a
Software arhitekts/-e

At INTEXSYS, we have quickly adapted to the new way of life. We’re working remotely and keep hiring. The interviewing process is also remote. Apply to our open positions now:
Senior Front-end Developer
Senior Database Developer (MS SQL)
UX Researcher & Web Analytics Specialist (Digital Marketing)
We promise – it will never be boring! 

Here at POSTI MESSAGING, we are moving towards serverless setup in our Cloud journey. We are also investing in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. We are constantly looking for new talent, contact us via LinkedIn if interested to find out more. Currently looking for:
– C/C++ or Python developer;
– 2nd tier support team lead

Mintos is a global marketplace for investing in loans. Launched in 2015, the financial technology company provides individual investors with an easy and transparent way to invest in an unmatched supply of loans originated by a variety of alternative lending companies from around the world. The goal of Mintos is to make investing in loans as common as investing in stocks, ETFs, real estate, or any other major asset class, and accessible to individual investors. To learn more visit Mintos.com

Thanks to our sponsors we are able to make DevClub.lv events:

Instruction for joining ONLINE devclub.lv meeting in MICROSOFT TEAMS

We decided to put out this instruction after we tested the functionality of the Microsoft Teams live event meeting.

If you use a free MS Teams account, you might experience some issues with joining our live stream with a free account, therefore we recommend following these instructions below:

1) Open the link you received via Eventbrite for the LIVE event, it will direct you to the LIVE meeting.

2) If you don’t have MS Teams app on your computer already, we recommend to press “Cancel” on the pop-up window “Open Microsoft Teams” and choose the option “Watch on the web instead”.

If you have the MS Teams app on your computer or you want to download it, you can also do it and follow the same instruction as for the web version.

3) If you have the free MS Teams account or don’t have the MS Teams account, you should click on “Or Join Anonimously” in the next step. You don’t need to create a new account for this LIVE event.

If you try to sign in with your existing free account here, most probably you will be redirected to this page again and again and will not be able to join.

If you have a paid MS Teams account, you can log in with your credentials and it should work. If it does not work for some reason, choose the option “Join anonimously”.

4) A window with the LIVE stream should open. You are DONE! Enjoy the devclub.lv virtual meeting! 🙂

5) If you want to ask questions to the presenters, press the button “Ask Question” on the right side of the screen and type in your name and question. All questions have to be approved by the moderator before they appear publicly, so be patient.

Announcement of Oracle focused 83rd Devclub.lv

Hi!

This event is made together with Latvian Oracle User Group and will facilitate the exchange of information, knowledge and experience among group members, inform about Oracle product improvements and innovations, and provide feedback to Oracle.
You are welcome to Oracle focused 83rd Devclub.lv on February 19 at 18:30, Zaļā iela 1, 4th floor (Microsoft Latvia office).

Agenda for Oracle focused 83rd Devclub.lv

  • Peteris Arajs from Accenture will give a talk “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure“.
    In the session we will show few client use cases, compare published costs and vendor lock in via Oracle, Azure and AWS.
    (Language – Latvian)
    Tags: Cloud, azure, oracle, aws

    Peteris is Technology Architecture Manager at Accenture. Also experienced in all stages of software development life cycle (SDLC) from business  requirements and technical definitions to development, testing and production support.
  • Agnese Belousova from Accenture will give a talk “Oracle ERP Cloud (SaaS) options to integrate and manipulate data“.
    Quick review of ways to access database.  Options to integrate and validate large data amounts via standard file based data integrator. How to perform massive data fixes on SaaS. Review options for data exports and limitations.
    (Language – Latvian)
    Tags: Cloud, SaaS, FBDI, Web Services, Data export, BI, OTBI


    Agnese is an Functional Data Integration Assoc. Manager. Also experienced in all stages of software development
  • Māris Elsiņš from Pythian will give a talk “Using Terraform to Manage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure“.
    “Managing the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure by using just the Cloud Console can get out of hand very quickly due to the vast amount of resources and their interdependencies that need to be controlled. It leads to weakened security, reduced availability or human mistakes in infrastructure management. Terraform – an open-source infrastructure as code software – allows solving many of these issues. This presentation will explain the basics of working with Terraform and will provide hints and examples for using it with OCI.”
    (Language – Latvian)
    Tags: Cloud, Terraform, OCI


    Maris is an experienced Oracle Applications DBA currently working as Lead Database Consultant at The Pythian Group. His main areas of expertise are troubleshooting and performance tuning of Oracle Database and e-Business Suite systems, but recently his skills have become more “cloudy” too. He is a blogger and a frequent speaker at Oracle related conferences such as UKOUG, Collaborate, HotSos, Oracle OpenWorld, OUGF Harmony, and others. Maris is an Oracle ACE, an Oracle Certified Master, and a co-author of “Practical Oracle Database Appliance” (Apress, 2014).

Check out the latest updates in the program of RigaDevDays – one of the tracks is already completed and much more is coming. Don’t miss the chance to purchase the Early Bird ticket here.

80% of the program is published, check FrontCon 2020 and get your ticket!

Are you looking for a place where all your effort, time and work pays off? For it to not be just a job. All Printify team players own part of our company – which means you are working for a bright and rich future. Join Printify now https://printify.com/jobs/:
– Senior Back-End Software Engineer
– Front-End Software Engineer

Sapiens team in Latvia is THE workplace, that’s why 30 people chose to join us in 2019.
Upgrade your work life, too!
Check our careers page for these vacancies and more:
Sr. Java Developer
.NET Developer
Full Stack Developer

At Tet we are a dynamic technology and entertainment company and here you will create new, innovative products and learn new skills and technologies, while also choosing your own perks and joining fun internal events. We strive to grow as individuals and be the best as a team. If you are up for challenges, join us:
Data analyst
OTT Solutions Architect
Smart TV programmer

At INTEXSYS, we’re always looking for experienced professionals in a wide range of technologies. If you want to apply your skills in a challenging environment of large-scale international e-commerce, apply now:
Senior Database Developer (MS SQL)
Database Administrator (DBA)
Junior PHP Developer
We promise – it will never be boring! 

Here at POSTI MESSAGING, we are moving towards serverless setup in our Cloud journey. We are also investing in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. We are constantly looking for new talent, contact us via LinkedIn if interested to find out more. Currently looking for:
– 2nd tier support team lead;
– Implementation specialists

Did you know that the good quality of your personal life brings more value to your work life? Oh boy (girl!), how we love that at MINTOS! Join the most work-life balanced team. We are looking for teammates to grow with:
– Senior PHP Developer
– Software QA Engineer
– Senior Front End Developer

Did you know that we have a piece of London in our office? That’s right, at DYNATECH we have red phone booths available for employees to make personal calls or, possibly, teleport to London. If you’re up for working in a modern environment, check out our open vacancies:
Senior Data-Warehouse Developer
Front-end Developer
Senior PHP Developer

Thanks to our sponsors we are able to make DevClub.lv events and have drinks and snacks: