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jaret00:08:02

Not sure if this is the appropriate channel for this. But the Triclojure (Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh) meetup group is looking for speakers for a date at the end of September (targeting 20th to 25th). If anyone around has an interesting topic they'd like to discuss with our group, we'd love to hear from ya! Happy to be a guinea pig for talks still being worked out. Shoot me an e-mail if you have an interest. <mailto:[email protected]|[email protected]>

Daniel Slutsky16:08:55

Starting this week: the Jointprob community for probabilistic modelling and Bayesian statistics. It is never too late to join. https://scicloj.github.io/docs/community/groups/jointprob/

Daniel Slutsky16:08:27

We just had our first week of Jointprob meetings. https://scicloj.github.io/docs/community/groups/jointprob/ This is probably not so visible here, as the recordings are shared internally at the new Jointprob Zulip chat. But something exciting & new is happening. It is an cool new community where Clojurians mix with data-curious people of various backgrounds. A little more thank 70 people have joined, and about half of them are already active in meetings, chat, etc. We are suddenly exposed to many friendly, community-oriented new friends who are self-organising around various projects, with lots of talent & wisdom of many different flavours, lots of curiosity about Clojure. It is never too late to join. Interested? Let us talk.

Daniel Craig01:08:53

Will this group talk about optimization?

Pagoda 5B10:08:23

Does it requires previous knowledge on the topic itself, in your opinion?

Daniel Slutsky12:08:44

> Will this group talk about optimization? @USDPTD3FY this group is about probabilistic modelling and Bayesian Statistics. The main path of study is the Statistical Rethinking book, so optimization is not the main focus. What kind of optimization do you have in mind? Do you mean Bayesian optimization? This looks like a good example of a topic that a participant could take on as a personal project, use the community for support & feedback, and find collaborators for joint exploration.

Daniel Slutsky12:08:12

> Does it requires previous knowledge on the topic itself, in your opinion? @U02JTH42R7A see https://scicloj.github.io/docs/community/groups/jointprob/#recommended-background: > To appreciate the content we are studying, it is recommended to have: > • some basic knowledge of probability and statistics (say, college level intro courses) > • some programming experience of any language (a few months) > • some experience exploring data > • an open mind Does it make sense?

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Daniel Craig20:08:04

The optimization that I'm talking about is something I don't know enough about in detail to really describe. I'm interested in doing a degree in Operations Research, where optimization is an important topic, and I wondered if the group might help me get acquainted with the subject material

Daniel Slutsky20:08:53

@USDPTD3FY that sounds wonderful. Indeed it is not the focus of this group.

Daniel Slutsky16:08:27

We just had our first week of Jointprob meetings. https://scicloj.github.io/docs/community/groups/jointprob/ This is probably not so visible here, as the recordings are shared internally at the new Jointprob Zulip chat. But something exciting & new is happening. It is an cool new community where Clojurians mix with data-curious people of various backgrounds. A little more thank 70 people have joined, and about half of them are already active in meetings, chat, etc. We are suddenly exposed to many friendly, community-oriented new friends who are self-organising around various projects, with lots of talent & wisdom of many different flavours, lots of curiosity about Clojure. It is never too late to join. Interested? Let us talk.