2013-05-08T07:01:51+00:00 http://pramode.net/ Pramode C.E pramode@radiantbytes.com 2013-02-27T00:00:00+00:00 http://pramode.net/2013/02/27/scala-fp-workshop-nitc-fossmeet <h1>Functional Programming with Scala - workshop at NIT Calicut as part of FOSSMEET 2013</h1> <p><em>27 February, 2013</em></p> <p> I was happy to be back at NIT Calicut once more for the <a href="http://fossmeet.in">FOSSMEET</a> ... in the 2008 edition, I had <a href="http://pramode.net/2008/04/08/report-on-fossschool-fossmeetnitc-2008/"> fun teaching Python to school kids</a>; this year, I was going to conduct a <a href="http://fossmeet.shdlr.com/conferences/talk/966">Workshop on functional programming with Scala</a>. <p> <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E4Y4O51i9pI/USj8LyNJpDI/AAAAAAAAClc/8mcIgpfDXQ4/s400/IMG_1039.JPG"> <p> The workshop was at the Software Systems lab and my former student Shijith was there to help me. I was expecting about 10-15 students and was surprised when close to 50 people turned up! <p> <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2CGAo5D1kx0/USj9CMZQVYI/AAAAAAAAClk/i-9L9yCtEtg/s400/IMG_1041.JPG"> <p> However, there was a small problem: a lot of first year (B.Tech) students in the audience, mixed with a bunch of M.Tech guys! This was a sure recipe for disaster ... <p> I had a bunch of 75 slides ready; in the end, I had to cut short most of it and give a very basic presentation! <p> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/16743756" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/pramode_ce/introduction-to-functional-programming-with-scala" title="Introduction to Functional Programming with Scala" target="_blank">Introduction to Functional Programming with Scala</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/pramode_ce" target="_blank">pramode_ce</a></strong> </div> <p> Anyway, I believe I was able to at least convey the idea that there is a cool language (Scala) and cool paradigm (FP) out there for interested people to explore! I hope to do better next time. <p> <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1O7GAJyyDvw/USj9YvEpikI/AAAAAAAACl0/AKon4cgpddo/s400/IMG_1048.JPG"> 2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://pramode.net/2012/12/17/gnu-linux-workshop-kerala-university <h1>GNU/Linux workshop at Department of Future Studies, Kerala University</h1> <p><em>17 December, 2012</em></p> <p> A workshop was conducted at the <a href="http://www.keralauniversity.ac.in/departments/future">Department of Future Studies</a>, University of Kerala, on November 29, 2012. The objective of the workshop was to introduce the M.Tech students and research scholars at the department to the possibilities offered by GNU/Linux as a platform for scientific/technical computing. <p> <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cLD0a245rzI/UM6TBLw60rI/AAAAAAAACh8/b8z88JN5i38/s400/future.jpg"> 2012-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://pramode.net/2012/10/09/expeyes-nit-warangal-report <h1> Report on ExpEyes workshop at NIT Warangal </h1> <p><em>9 October, 2012</em></p> <p> NIT Warangal had conducted a FOSSMEET as part of their technical festival, <a href="http://www.technozion.org/land/">Technozion</a>. <p> <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FzvEpFJb4dc/UGqSrQpSu8I/AAAAAAAACZY/BuOJFSDbu94/s400/IMG_0795.JPG"> <p> I was invited to conduct a workshop on <a href="http://expeyes.in">ExpEyes</a>. The workshop took place on 30th september - it was attended by students from NIT Warangal and also some other nearby engineering colleges. <p> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-85hnPnUCW58/UGqSj7yZWLI/AAAAAAAACZQ/z872pc0_ZSU/s400/IMG_0792.JPG"> <p> The first part of the workshop was a hands-on introduction to Python following which I introduced the participants to ExpEyes and did some simple demos. I also talked to them briefly about the experiment design contest.