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GGD #72 GirlGeekDinners @Graphcore

We are being hosted by what must be Bristols biggest Unicorn this month. They’ve stepped in when our earlier sponsor had to step down due to unforeseen circumstances. Rather than let you down for a second month we did a callout to see if any other comapnies could save the date for us and Voila!! Graphcore stepped in. Think AI, electronics, Robotics and … well anything really!

Graphcore has created a completely new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for machine intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for machine intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors, whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or autonomous car manufacturer.

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BGGD Reloaded #5 – Ideas and Ideals: Project management meets Start Up Reality

Today, 12th February, we will meet at the Seccl offices in Bath where Hannah (Seccl) will talk to us about what she learned from working with a team of developers these past 18 months and what is required to create a good product. Georgia Stewart (Co-Founder Tumelo) will then talk about her experience of co-founding and running a start-up company.

LinkedIn for Hannah Sweet
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-sweet/

And for Georgia Stewart
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-stewart-861697107/

As the Manvers Street office building is only staffed until 6pm, please arrive from 5.45pm as you cannot enter the building after. I will provide my mobile number on the date, so please message me if you are running late.

Sign up on meetup & Looking forward to seeing you all there

BGGD Reloaded #4 – Projects and Business Support 11th December

Hello there fellow earthling –

During our fourth meetup we will hear form Karolina about the project she is currently working on and Gabriella will talk us through business support that is available (but no one knows about)

We’ll also be having this as our Xmas social and we are going to try and Coerce Fran into showing us her Comedy routine that she tested out recently!!

It’s on the 11th December from 6pm at the Guild coworking hub.  We welcome men to come along by invite so if you are interested mail us and let us know on  bathgirlgeek@gmail.com

You can sign up for the event here

BGGD Reloaded #3 – AI ethics and challenges (13th November 2018, 6pm)

Our third meetup will be hosted by Seccl Technology in their new office space. So come in and enjoy the start-up environment – some chairs will be provided.

Our speakers for today are:

Kerry the co-founder of tinygiant.io

who will explore both the light and dark side of A.I. Find out how artificial intelligence is shaping the creative industries, uncover the challenges of gender bias in algorithms – and discover why it’s so important for women to participate in the conversation.

Catherine Hodges, a local business owner of two successful hair salons

who is going to talk to us about the challenges of running your own business. Discover if there is such thing as work-life-balance and what Cat has figured out on her journey.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

You can sign up for the event here

BGGD Reloaded #2 – Stronger and better (17th October 2018, 6pm)

Our second meetup will also be hosted by Edit in their lovely Editorium. And here are the exciting topics we will discuss tonight…

1. Introducing: Amy Barrett and I’m a Scientist..

Gallomanor is a very local company here in Bath that provides creative audience-led communication solutions and events. They have a strong, but not exclusive focus on education and reaching school students, particularly in science, engineering, and e-democracy. https://imascientist.org.uk/

2. Featuring: Jane Ginnever on flexible working and addressing conflict situations at work

Jane Ginnever is a Founding Director of SHIFT, a company who helps their clients to clearly define their culture, and create a way of working within their business that is unique to their team and their values and will sustainably deliver the results they’re trying to achieve. She is going to talk to us about flexible working and how these topics as well as other issues can be addressed in any work place situation. She has recently written articles on LinkedIn addressing these challenges:

3 Reasons you should encourage conflict your business and Flexibility is not a female issue

Those are worth a read, not just in preparation for our session on Wednesday 🙂

Edit will kindly provide some snacks and drinks and we will be able to have lively conversations while enjoying the great view from their office. Please arrive around 5.45pm, since a receptionist needs to let you in and we are aiming to start at 6pm.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

You can sign up for the event here

GGD #70 Interested in voice-enabled technology?

Here’s a chance to find out more.

It’s midweek. The weekend feels a long way away. So come and get your geek on with XMOS.

We’ll take you (quickly) through the science of voice and explain how our technology is able to capture voice and strip out background noise – even from across the room and when you’re speaking softly. We’ll also demonstrate our voice-capture development kits and give you a sneak preview into the new areas we’re working on.

We don’t have a talking toaster – but we do have a lamp with attitude, an LED array you won’t forget and a look at what’s possible when you merge voice with radar technology. And if that doesn’t convince you, then we’ve got plenty of anecdotes about questions that are best left unasked of your voice assistant!

The talk will be led by our XMOS girl geeks

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BGGD Reloaded #1 – Come and join us for the relaunch on 18th September 2018

We are going to relaunch BGGD in Bath and since it is September, it is the perfect time to start something new. Sharpen your pencils and join us for a night of insightful and interesting talks and conversations:

Natalie Betts (Relish Agency) – Image Match Technology

Natalie will give us an idea of what is currently out there and how it is used within Marketing. She will introduce us to some of the search and find algorithms and we can have a discussion on how useful this could be for us.

Lucia Velasco (Seccl Technology) – Mayden Academy and alternative routes to Tech

Lucia will tell us a bit about her route to Tech and the alternatives that are out there. We will also have a bit of a conversation about how those could be more inclusive and what the challenges are.

Edit will kindly provide some snacks and drinks and we will be able to have lively conversations while enjoying the great view from their office.

Come and join us!

(Sign up via our meetup page)