[Baypiggies] BAyPIGgies Meeting: REMINDER We're in a NEW location

Thu Oct 27 21:50:14 EDT 2016

UPDATE #2
=========

There's PLENTY of space! (My gut was right :)   This is awesome! There are
a ton of sofas in addition to the chairs.

Also, to get in the building. From what appears to be the main entrance,
follow the "Visitors" signs to the Visitor's entrance. Security guards will
let you in. Then, take the elevator to the 5th floor.

I'll be waiting out front to help people who need it.

Cheers,

Glen

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> UPDATE
> =======
>
> Attendance prediction is between 39 and 96 people. The new RSVP update is
> 148.
>
> So, using our past history as a measure, I came up with the above
> predictions.
>
> Or,  with this unusual situation we may have a higher or lower than normal
> Attendance / RSVP ratio. It's really hard to say.
>
> My gut tells me it'll be lower and there will be way plenty of chairs.
> But, my gut has been wrong before :)
>
> Regardless, we aren't turning anyone way....  We just may have a shortage
> of chairs.
>
> Thanks for your patience and generosity everyone!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Glen
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>
>> REMINDER: We are no longer in the place that we have been Meeting the
>> past few years!! I would feel bad if you went to the old location by
>> mistake.
>>
>> Also, we have LIMITED SEATING this Thursday night.
>>
>>
>> SEATING
>> ========
>> There are only 60 chairs this meeting. We only found this out the past
>> few days. I have reached out to the people who RSVPd already (
>> https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/228274916/) and asked everyone
>> to update their RSVP if they weren't going.
>>
>> There were some awesome people who updated their RSVPs so that we can
>> better plan. I get the feeling that a few people who wanted to come were
>> being generous and updated their RSVP to "No" to make room for others.
>> [That's so generous. But, I really only wanted people to keep their RSVP
>> accurate, not discourage our thoughtful members from coming].
>>
>> So, here is what I know:
>>
>> * We have 186 people who RSVPd yes
>> * Our ratio of RSVP and attendance has been:
>>
>>
>> Date   | RSVP | Attendance | Ratio
>> =======+======+============+======
>> Jan 28 | 298  |     105    |  35 %
>> Feb 25 | 308  |     140    |  45 %
>> Mar 24 | 181  |      60    |  33 %
>> Apr 28 | 187  |     110    |  59 %
>> May 26 | 136  |      35    |  26 %
>> Jun 23 | 260  |     115    |  44 %
>> Jul 21 | 217  |      85    |  39 %
>> Aug 25 | 374  |     140    |  37 %
>> Sep 22 | 230  |     150    |  65 %
>>
>>
>> So, our maximum (with lots of RSVP chasing and a wait list) was 65%. Our
>> minimum (with I think a traffic Jam and concert problems) was 26%. Median
>> was 39%.
>>
>> So, with 186 RSVPs, we should have between 48 and 120 attendees. I think
>> it will be much closer (or below) our median because of our new space and
>> because our good RSVP'ers have yielded their spot.
>>
>> I believe that we will have just enough chairs for this RSVP list. But,
>> it's hard to predict [And, *this* is why we like everyone to keep their
>> RSVP up to date ;)]
>>
>>
>> With that said, I wouldn't be surprised if there were unfilled seats. We
>> will NOT TURN ANYONE AWAY (unless we get above 200 (fire code) and have to).
>>
>> So, if you don't mind standing or sitting on the floor, feel free. You
>> may even be able to get a seat.
>>
>> PRIORITY SEATING will be given to those who RSVPd Yes.
>>
>>
>> That's as transparent as I can possibly be -- and all that I know about
>> seating. I will stand and give my seat to another.
>>
>> RSVP LINK
>> =========
>>
>> https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/228274916/
>>
>>
>> LOCATION
>> ========
>>
>> We will be at 580 North Mary Avenue (THIS MEETING ONLY). I will do my
>> best to help people get to the location. Feel free to email or call (I can
>> send you my number) if you get lost or stuck. Also, post on the messages
>> here (https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/228274916/) and the
>> community will be watching to help you.
>>
>> Here is an awesome map:
>>
>> https://goo.gl/uw0x0R
>>
>>
>>
>> VIDEO RECORDING
>> ================
>>
>> We normally get our meetings recorded by LinkedIn. If we can't get our
>> normal recording, we can do a screencast and audio recording. We'll do our
>> best to capture this for you.
>>
>>
>> VOLUNTEERS
>> ============
>>
>> You awesome volunteers that have been helping since January of this year.
>> We may have more cat herding than normal, so I could always use the
>> assistance. Find me at the meeting if you can help.
>>
>>
>> AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
>> ==================
>> Ever want to know what is behind the "Internet of Things" hype? Back in
>> February, I wanted to as well, so I embarked on a side project to learn
>> more. This talk is the story of my journey, using, of course, my favorite
>> programming language, Python.
>>
>> In this talk, I will take you through my project, a lighting replay
>> system. I captured light sensor data (using Micropython and the ESP8266) in
>> three rooms of my house. I then analyzed the data using Jupyter notebooks,
>> Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn. My goal was to replay realistic light
>> usage when my family and I are out of town. After exploring several machine
>> learning approaches, I settled on Hidden Markov Models (using Hmmlearn). I
>> now have a simple application that runs on my Raspberry Pi and controls
>> Phillips Hue lights based on the learned model. Along the way, I played
>> around with hardware for the first time since college and co-developed an
>> open source data filtering framework, called AntEvents (joint work with
>> Rupak Majumdar of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems).
>>
>>
>> SPEAKER
>> ========
>> Jeff Fischer has held developer, management, and research roles in small
>> and large companies. He currently is consulting for a commercial research
>> laboratory, advising them on how to spin-off a healthcare IoT project.
>> Previously, he was co-founder and VP of Engineering at Quaddra Software, a
>> file analytics startup. He has a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA, focused
>> on programming languages and software verification. His current technical
>> interests include IoT analytics, distributed systems, and programming
>> languages.
>>
>>
>> Jeff first came across Python in the last century, and liked it much
>> better than the alternative he was using at the time (which seemed to
>> resemble modem line noise). He has tried to work Python into his projects
>> ever since. He is the co-organizer of BayPiggies and looks forward to the
>> great talks and the enthusiastic audience at our monthly meetings.
>>
>>
>
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