Strange Loop Conference Courses

RGB to XYZ - The Science and History of Color

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Explore the science and history of color with John Austin in this short, engaging talk from Strange Loop Conference. Dive into color spaces, human perception, and apply this knowledge in your work.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Truth About Mentoring Minorities

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Explore strategies for effective mentoring of minorities in the tech industry with Byron Woodfork's talk at Strange Loop Conference. Less than 1-hour commitment.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Automating Operations of a Global CDN

Learn about the automation of Netflix's global CDN, Open Connect, from Robert Fernandes at Strange Loop Conference. Gain insights into transitioning from monoliths to microservices in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Myths and Metaphors of Open Source

Explore the myths and metaphors of Open Source Software in a 1-hour session by Daniel Compton at Strange Loop Conference. Gain insights into OSS value perception and future funding metaphors.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Watch the Watcher - Facial Recognition and Police Oversight

Explore the use of facial recognition for police accountability in this under 1-hour Strange Loop Conference session. Learn about OpenOversight, an open-source project leveraging this technology for public data.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Probabilistic Scripts for Automating Common-Sense Tasks

Explore the use of probabilistic scripting for automating common-sense reasoning tasks, with a focus on real-world data-cleaning, in this less than 1-hour material by MIT's Alexander Lew at Strange Loop Conference.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Securing Cloud Applications and Their Credentials

Learn to secure cloud-based systems and manage credentials with Srdjan Grubor, an R&D engineer at CyberArk. This under 1-hour material covers common container security issues and next-gen tooling.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Formal Specification and Taming Other People's Tech

Explore the practical applications of formal specifications in system design with Marianne Bellotti from Auth0, in this under 1-hour Strange Loop Conference session.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How to Build with Data Trust and Privacy as a Baseline

Explore tactical approaches to data stewardship and privacy with Noble Ackerson at the Strange Loop Conference. Learn about differential privacy in less than an hour.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Learning to Love JavaScript

Explore the popularity and imperfections of JavaScript with Tara Vancil from Strange Loop Conference. Gain a deeper appreciation for the web and JavaScript's role in it. Less than 1hr workload.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Community Driven Development

Explore community-driven development in this under 1-hour program by Strange Loop Conference. Learn to build impactful collaborations and sustainable open-source projects for social justice organizations.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Zipline - A Declarative Feature Engineering Library

Learn about Airbnb's Zipline, a data management platform for ML use cases, from Nikhil Simha, a software engineer at Airbnb. This less than 1-hour material from Strange Loop Conference covers the system's architecture and efficient feature generation.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Realtime Hybrid Reinforcement Learning at Scale

Learn to design an AI-powered Next Best Action engine with Salesforce's hybrid model based on reinforcement learning. Ideal for those interested in large-scale data science.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Performance Matters

Learn to optimize application performance with Strange Loop Conference's short program. Understand why current methods fail and explore new systems like Stabilizer and Coz for better results.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How Your Company Can Help Sustain Open Source

Learn how to promote open source sustainability in your company with practical ideas and examples in this less than 1-hour material by Strange Loop Conference.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk