Julia users Berlin

[David Higgins]

Hi all,

I'm based at the Technical University in Berlin and I've more or less completed the transition to using Julia for all of my research (I still use OpenCL for bigger projects). I'm just wondering if there are other Berlin based Julia users/developers who want to meet up from time to time to share tips, etc.

David.

[Felix Schüler]

Hi David, 

I just recently started using julia for my data-analysis tasks here at TU Berlin and the MPI. 

Would be glad to share some knowledge (of which I have very little until now)!

Felix

[Simon Danisch]

I'd join, if the date is allowing it  =)
But, I'm not from Berlin, so I'd need to plan this!

[Jerry Xiong]

I'll work in Berlin in this May. I work in computational biology. Right now I almost do all my job in Julia instead Matlab. I'd happy to share if the date is availble for me :)

Jerry

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:35:13 PM UTC+1, David Higgins wrote:

[Hans W Borchers]

David,

why don't you just set up a Julia Meetup group. This will make it much easier
to organize meetings and to keep interested participants informed.
I guess in Europe there are Julia Meetups in London and Zürich only, and it
would be nice to have Berlin come in next.

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:35:13 PM UTC+1, David Higgins wrote:

[David Higgins]

Hans,

I'm definitely tempted but I want to gauge the interest here first. So far we have only two of us reporting as being in Berlin and two who will be in town occasionally. There are git commits coming from Berlin on the map of Julia commits one of the MIT guys posted a few days ago, but those are based upon self reported github location (I think mine puts me in Chicago).

David.

[Jiahao Chen]

Yes, I only have self-reported locations.

My data set contains:

@meggart, Jena, Germany

@axsk, Berlin

@purzelrakete, Berlin

@fschueler, Berlin

@dirkschumacher, Berlin

@kashif, Berlin, Germany

@joidegn, Berlin

Thanks,

Jiahao Chen
Staff Research Scientist
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

[jung....@gmail.com]

Hi guys,

I'm based in Berlin and have switched to Julia from R for my current research project (credit risk modelling) Humboldt University. I have about 1 year of experience with Julia. I'm interested in pretty much anything that's above entry level.

Felix

[Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi]

I'm based in Berlin and Leipzig.

[Max Suster]

I will be moving to Berlin and interested in joining the meetups when time permits. 

[Alex]

Hi together,

As you might know the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society is held in Berlin from 15/03 to 20/03. Maybe this would be an opportunity to have a (small) Julia meeting/get-together of some sort? There certainly must be some Julians among the ~6k participants ...

Best,

Alex.

[David Higgins]

Hi all,

Alex: I'm not around on those dates, but you should definitely go ahead and meet up there!

I was thinking of probably using Meet-up to try to organise a Users Group meeting. Does anyone know of any other site which offers similar functionality? (for free??)

I'm particularly interested in meeting existing users to hear how they use the language. With every new programming language you learn there are a bunch of bad habits you initially develop in your programming. I'm hoping to use this interaction to remove them from my Julia coding. Also, I'd like exposure to the wider Julia Libraries which I don't encounter in my daily work.

David.

[Felix Jung]

Hi all,

why not use meetup? I sure got the feeling it'a the go-to platform for this sort of thing.

Good thinking on those julia best practices. I do have the feeling I'm not doing things the best way (i.e. I specify function parameter types almost all the time, despite knowing I don't have to).

Hope this works out somehow.

Felix

[Viral Shah]

Is there a meetup setup?

I am in Cologne until Wednesday, and may visit Berlin after that for a couple of days. Would love to meet up with julia users in either of these cities if something is getting set up.

-viral

[Simon Danisch]

I could schedule my Berlin visit for this time frame. 
When exactly would you be in Berlin?
I could stay in Berlin up to Friday.

Best,

Simon

Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2015 14:35:13 UTC+1 schrieb David Higgins:

[Viral Shah]

Thinking of being there Thursday-Saturday.

-viral

[David Higgins]

I haven't set anything up yet. I have been working in Cambridge. I'll be back in Berlin from tonight.

I would be very interested in meeting you guys too. Wednesday and Friday night would work best for me, but if necessary I'll come on Thursday.

David.

[Simon Danisch]

Cool!

I've just worked out the details and it seems that I can be available only the whole of Thursday (and earlier).

If this fits we can try to organize something!

Best,

Simon

Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2015 14:35:13 UTC+1 schrieb David Higgins:

[Felix Jung]

Wow, cool stuff!

[Sisyphuss]

It may be a bit out of topic, but I wonder whether there are any Julia users in France, particularly in Paris.

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:35:13 PM UTC+1, David Higgins wrote:

[Fabian Gans]

Hi all,

I am based in Jena and in case you organize a meeting on Thursday, I would be interested to join. Please let me know about your plans.

Fabian

[David Higgins]

I'd like to suggest:

Thursday 26th March, 7pm at St. Oberholz (Rosenthaler Straße 72A)

It's one of those co-working places with a bar/cafe/restaurant on the ground floor. We could reserve a table in the cafe and just see who shows up. I can call them if that sounds reasonable.

If people are constrained to a daytime meetup I can probably arrange space at the TU (Ernst-Reuter Platz), it's holiday time so the place is empty.

David.

[Simon Danisch]

Awesome!!

I'll definitely be there, as I already booked my tickets ;)

Best,

Simon

Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2015 14:35:13 UTC+1 schrieb David Higgins:

[Viral Shah]

Sounds like a plan. Let’s reserve a table. Seems like there already are 3-4 people interested.

-viral

[Milan Bouchet-Valat]

Le lundi 23 mars 2015 à 02:29 -0700, Sisyphuss a écrit :
> It may be a bit out of topic, but I wonder whether there are any Julia
> users in France, particularly in Paris.

I'm in Paris. Nice to see that other people are around.

Regards

[David Higgins]

Reservation made in the name of Higgins, for 7pm on Thursday. If anyone has trouble finding us they can call 01578 -4-30-50-44.

St. Oberholz, Rosenthaler Straße 72A, 10119 Berlin

I've booked for 8 people; I think that's reasonable for now. Please post your attendance in this thread so that I can change the booking if we're likely to be twice that number.

See you then!

David.

[Felix Schüler]

I will be there.

Felix

[Fabian Gans]

I will not be there. 7 seems to be too late for me to get back to Jena the same day.

Fabian

[Simon Danisch]

My train leaves at 9pm (at least the train station is close), so I'd probably go there 1-2 hours early and see who drops by.
Felix Schüler would come earlier as well ;)
@David Higgins
Do we need to call them to adjust this properly?

[Viral Shah]

How about we aim for 5pm in that case? I think I can make it by then. Does that work for others?

-viral

[David Higgins]

Both times are fine with me, I just need to change the reservation if we go with that.

By my count, from the thread above the following people are probably coming:

Viral Shah

Simon Danisch

Felix Schueler

David Higgins

Felix Jung? ("wow, cool stuff" :) )

Fabian Gans?? (Jena)

One other person contacted me off-list to say they'll come if some travel arrangements work out.

The first four are ok with an earlier meeting time. I imagine it's getting late for Fabian to arrange a train from Jena, but 5pm would certainly work better for him.

So, any objections to changing from 7pm to 5pm? (ie. who's lurking out there and hasn't replied yet but was hoping to come?)

David.

[Felix Jung]

Sorry guys. Would have loved to come but can't make it on that date. If we make this a regular thing I'd be happy to participate in an active manner.

Have fun,

Felix

[Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi]

I won’t make it either, but I hope that I can join in on some other day.

Cheers,

Keyan

[David Higgins]

Reservation changed:

Thursday, 26th March, 5pm at St. Oberholz, Rosenthaler Straße 72A

It's still in my name (Higgins).

Looking forward to seeing you then,

David.

[Max Suster]

I would have loved to join too, but it was too short notice for me. . .

I will definitely do this regularly (and be happy to help) once I have settled in Berlin. 

Max

[David Higgins]

Hi all,

I've announced a new meet-up with a visiting speaker here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-users/S3eMY64c_dE

Hope to see you in two weeks.

David.

[David Higgins]

Felix,

Please join the (Julia Users Berlin) Google Group to find out about the
next meetup.

David.

On 25/03/2015 11:54, Felix Jung wrote:
> Sorry guys. Would have loved to come but can't make it on that date. If
> we make this a regular thing I'd be happy to participate in an active
> manner.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Felix
>
> On 25 Mar 2015, at 09:37, David Higgins <daithio...@gmail.com

[David Higgins]

Sorry all, that was a mispost (sent by email). But since I did it, here is the link to the Julia Users Berlin discussion group. Please join if you want to attend the meet-ups here in Berlin:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!members/julia-users-berlin

David.

[Henri Girard]

I am in Angers france  (300 kms from paris) 1h30 in TGV. I am starting using ijulia, I use sage.