[Ubuntu Chicago] Invitation: UniForum Chicago Presentation

[Wayne Schneidman]

 <http://uniforumchicago.org/> Meetings

Get Ready for Parallel Programming, Featuring Parallella Raymond
Hightower Thursday
January 11th 2018 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bolingbrook, Fountaindale Library, Meeting Room B
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/Parallel_Using_Parallela.html#GettingThere>
Google Maps Directions to Event <https://goo.gl/maps/jkjCbnBsbAk>

Meetup site for Event
<https://www.meetup.com/UniForum-Chicago/events/245838636/>

Event On UniForum Chicago website
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/Parallel_Using_Parallela.html>

If you've ever fancied the idea of getting into parallel programming on the
hobbyist level or finding out how you could get into learning it without
great expense you will want to join us at the Fountaindale LIbrary for what
will be an interesting and intriguing presentation and discussion hosted by
Raymond Hightower on what it takes to do it.

*This event is free and open to the public.*
Abstract

Speed matters. For certain problems, parallel computing blows away the
serial style we learned in school. What's a cool way for serially-trained
developers to explore parallelism? Consider Parallella
<https://www.parallella.org/>: An 18-core, credit card sized computer that
developers can use to start learning parallel computing today. Parallella
runs Linux, the hardware is open source, and you can buy it online for
$150. This talk will feature a Parallella running a Ruby on Rails app with
parallel processing behind the scenes. Example source code will be
available on GitHub. You can start learning parallel computing today.

As usual we will be having a "Meeting After the Meeting" for talk and
drinks, and since the general meeting is on Thursday we are planning the
meeting afterwards at the Bulldog Alehouse restaurant in Bolingbrook on
Weber Rd <http://www.bulldogalehouse.com/location-bolingbrook.php>. The
link goes to the restaurant's Bolingbrook website with a clickable,
expandable map.
Bio

*Ray Hightower* founded and ran a technology company for twenty-one years
before selling the company to 8th Light in 2016. He studied Computer
Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
and completed his BS in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. Today, he blends his technical and business skills to serve
clients as a member of the 8th Light team. Hightower is a perpetual
student, currently exploring parallelism, quantum computing, and IoT.

Getting to the meeting

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be at:

        Bolingbrook Fountaindale Library
        http://www.fountaindale.org/
        Meeting Room B (1st floor)
        300 West Briarcliff Road
        Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Use the library's FAQ (http://www.fountaindale.org/about/faq)
<http://www.fountaindale.org/about/faq> as a source for how to get to
meeting.

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For more information about UniForum Chicago contact *info at uniforum.chi.il.us
<info at uniforum.chi.il.us>*.

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