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  1. PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> — 2009-10-02T09:08:04Z

    The PGDay.EU 2009 conference in Paris will include a series of
    lightning talks on Saturday the 7th November.
    
    This is your chance for five minutes of fame and glory, presenting any
    PostgreSQL-related topic you like!
    
    Interested, but not sure what you could speak on? How about:
    
    - A PostgreSQL tool or add-on that you've been hacking on
    - The activities of your local PostgreSQL User Group
    - How you use PostgreSQL at work or home
    - How you manage your PostgreSQL installations
    - Why you love PostgreSQL
    - Your PostgreSQL pet-peeve
    
    Please send your name, a couple of sentences about yourself and the
    title and abstract for your proposed talk to papers@pgday.eu. The
    closing date for submissions is Sunday 25th October. You will have
    five minutes (and not a second more!) to present your talk in English.
    
    For more information about the project, including the talk schedule
    and the registration information, please see the website at:
    
     http://2009.pgday.eu/
    
    Regards, Dave
    
    
  2. Re: PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    Hans-Jürgen Schönig <hs@cybertec.at> — 2009-10-02T10:13:05Z

    hi dave,
    
    here are some suggestions:
    
    Artificial intelligence PostgreSQL:
    We use PostgreSQL to run database driven neural networks as well as 
    classification algorithms for a leading edge application.
    Our neural networks are running directly inside PostgreSQL. This shows 
    that PostgreSQL is not just a database but a wonderful development 
    environment as well.
    
    
    Full-Text-Indexing:
    We use PostgreSQL to run a full-text price search engine.
    
    
    PostgreSQL modifications:
    We are porting industrial applications from Informix to PostgreSQL.
    The goal is to run entire factories using PostgreSQL.
    
    
        Many thanks,
    
           hans
    
    
    
    
    Dave Page wrote:
    > The PGDay.EU 2009 conference in Paris will include a series of
    > lightning talks on Saturday the 7th November.
    >
    > This is your chance for five minutes of fame and glory, presenting any
    > PostgreSQL-related topic you like!
    >
    > Interested, but not sure what you could speak on? How about:
    >
    > - A PostgreSQL tool or add-on that you've been hacking on
    > - The activities of your local PostgreSQL User Group
    > - How you use PostgreSQL at work or home
    > - How you manage your PostgreSQL installations
    > - Why you love PostgreSQL
    > - Your PostgreSQL pet-peeve
    >
    > Please send your name, a couple of sentences about yourself and the
    > title and abstract for your proposed talk to papers@pgday.eu. The
    > closing date for submissions is Sunday 25th October. You will have
    > five minutes (and not a second more!) to present your talk in English.
    >
    > For more information about the project, including the talk schedule
    > and the registration information, please see the website at:
    >
    >  http://2009.pgday.eu/
    >
    > Regards, Dave
    >
    >   
    
    
    -- 
    Cybertec Schoenig & Schoenig GmbH
    Reyergasse 9 / 2
    A-2700 Wiener Neustadt
    Web: www.postgresql-support.de
    
    
    
  3. Re: PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    David Fetter <david@fetter.org> — 2009-10-02T12:17:19Z

    On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:13:05PM +0200, Hans-Juergen Schoenig wrote:
    > hi dave,
    >
    > here are some suggestions:
    >
    > Artificial intelligence PostgreSQL:
    > We use PostgreSQL to run database driven neural networks as well as
    > classification algorithms for a leading edge application.  Our
    > neural networks are running directly inside PostgreSQL. This shows
    > that PostgreSQL is not just a database but a wonderful development
    > environment as well.
    
    Are you sure you can redo this from scratch as a lightning talk?
    
    You'll bomb if you just try to compress a 45-minute presentation into
    the lightning talk format.
    
    > Full-Text-Indexing:
    > We use PostgreSQL to run a full-text price search engine.
    
    Neat! :)
    
    > PostgreSQL modifications:
    > We are porting industrial applications from Informix to PostgreSQL.
    > The goal is to run entire factories using PostgreSQL.
    
    Of this extensive subject, what can you do in lightning talk format?
    Maybe something more specific and attention-grabbing than the general
    "Porting from $proprietary_db," which is generally a 45-minute
    minimum, and a half-day seminar or longer is not unknown.
    
    Cheers,
    David.
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  4. Re: PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    Hans-Jürgen Schönig <hs@cybertec.at> — 2009-10-02T12:30:05Z

    sure, squeezing is no problem at all.
    lightening talks are not about details anyway.
    so, all of them are nicely compressable into 5 minutes or less.
    
    especially the semantic thing might be interesting for people. it is 
    something totally new.
    
        hans
    
    
    
    David Fetter wrote:
    > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:13:05PM +0200, Hans-Juergen Schoenig wrote:
    >   
    >> hi dave,
    >>
    >> here are some suggestions:
    >>
    >> Artificial intelligence PostgreSQL:
    >> We use PostgreSQL to run database driven neural networks as well as
    >> classification algorithms for a leading edge application.  Our
    >> neural networks are running directly inside PostgreSQL. This shows
    >> that PostgreSQL is not just a database but a wonderful development
    >> environment as well.
    >>     
    >
    > Are you sure you can redo this from scratch as a lightning talk?
    >
    > You'll bomb if you just try to compress a 45-minute presentation into
    > the lightning talk format.
    >
    >   
    >> Full-Text-Indexing:
    >> We use PostgreSQL to run a full-text price search engine.
    >>     
    >
    > Neat! :)
    >
    >   
    >> PostgreSQL modifications:
    >> We are porting industrial applications from Informix to PostgreSQL.
    >> The goal is to run entire factories using PostgreSQL.
    >>     
    >
    > Of this extensive subject, what can you do in lightning talk format?
    > Maybe something more specific and attention-grabbing than the general
    > "Porting from $proprietary_db," which is generally a 45-minute
    > minimum, and a half-day seminar or longer is not unknown.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > David.
    >   
    
    
    -- 
    Cybertec Schoenig & Schoenig GmbH
    Reyergasse 9 / 2
    A-2700 Wiener Neustadt
    Web: www.postgresql-support.de
    
    
    
  5. Re: PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    cedric.villemain@dalibo.com — 2009-10-02T13:40:12Z

    Le vendredi 02 octobre 2009, Hans-Juergen Schoenig a écrit :
    > sure, squeezing is no problem at all.
    > lightening talks are not about details anyway.
    > so, all of them are nicely compressable into 5 minutes or less.
    > 
    > especially the semantic thing might be interesting for people. it is
    > something totally new.
    
    I am really interrested by neural network in postgresql !
    
    > 
    >     hans
    > 
    > David Fetter wrote:
    > > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:13:05PM +0200, Hans-Juergen Schoenig wrote:
    > >> hi dave,
    > >>
    > >> here are some suggestions:
    > >>
    > >> Artificial intelligence PostgreSQL:
    > >> We use PostgreSQL to run database driven neural networks as well as
    > >> classification algorithms for a leading edge application.  Our
    > >> neural networks are running directly inside PostgreSQL. This shows
    > >> that PostgreSQL is not just a database but a wonderful development
    > >> environment as well.
    > >
    > > Are you sure you can redo this from scratch as a lightning talk?
    > >
    > > You'll bomb if you just try to compress a 45-minute presentation into
    > > the lightning talk format.
    > >
    > >> Full-Text-Indexing:
    > >> We use PostgreSQL to run a full-text price search engine.
    > >
    > > Neat! :)
    > >
    > >> PostgreSQL modifications:
    > >> We are porting industrial applications from Informix to PostgreSQL.
    > >> The goal is to run entire factories using PostgreSQL.
    > >
    > > Of this extensive subject, what can you do in lightning talk format?
    > > Maybe something more specific and attention-grabbing than the general
    > > "Porting from $proprietary_db," which is generally a 45-minute
    > > minimum, and a half-day seminar or longer is not unknown.
    > >
    > > Cheers,
    > > David.
    > 
    
    
    -- 
    ----
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    Administrateur de Base de Données
    Cel: +33 (0)6 74 15 56 53
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  6. Re: PGDay.EU 2009 - Call for lighting talks

    Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> — 2009-10-02T13:44:59Z

    On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Cédric Villemain
    <cedric.villemain@dalibo.com> wrote:
    > Le vendredi 02 octobre 2009, Hans-Juergen Schoenig a écrit :
    >> sure, squeezing is no problem at all.
    >> lightening talks are not about details anyway.
    >> so, all of them are nicely compressable into 5 minutes or less.
    >>
    >> especially the semantic thing might be interesting for people. it is
    >> something totally new.
    >
    > I am really interrested by neural network in postgresql !
    
    Me too - thought perhaps I shouldn't mention that as the lightning
    talk organiser :-)
    
    -- 
    Dave Page
    EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com