Join Women Coding Community for our next session on design patterns!
**Design Patterns Course**
In this series of events, we will explore popular design patterns and their implementations in Python and Java, using "Head First Design Patterns" as our reference book. After covering the key concepts, we will examine how the patterns have evolved to support modern architectures (distributed systems and microservices).
**Course Highlights**

🚀 **Pattern of the Week**: ***Additional Patterns***
Includes - **Chain of Responsibility, Mediator, Bridge Pattern, Memento Pattern, Interpreter, Visitor, Flightweight.**
As a **nice-to-have** for this session, we recommend reading **Chapters 13 & 14** of the **Head First Design Patterns** book.

🚀 **Design Pattern Deep Dives with Guided Learning**: Each week, we will dive into fundamental design patterns through a structured, chapter-by-chapter exploration of the **Head First Design Patterns** book. We will break down the purpose, structure, and real-world applications of each pattern. This guided learning approach will ensure a comprehensive and practical understanding of design patterns.

📜 **Earn a Certificate**: Upon successfully completing the course, including participation in discussions and submission of quizzes, you will receive a certificate recognizing your achievement in mastering key design patterns.
*To qualify for the certificate, participants must attend at least **60% of the sessions.***
Please follow the link to register to earn the certificate:
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRCWfSZHYknUjSjllQszn4OGoGRFghomK9w071BrhVR9uFRA/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRCWfSZHYknUjSjllQszn4OGoGRFghomK9w071BrhVR9uFRA/viewform)
**Agenda**

* 19:00 - 19:10 - Welcome words and Introduction to Women Coding Community
* 19:10 - 19:45 - Discussion on the design pattern of the week
* 19:45 - 20:00 - Q&A

**Host: Irina Kamalova** \| [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/irina-kamalova)
Irina is a Founder & Director of Women Coding Community, VP Lead Software Engineer at JPMC, and ex-Senior Backend Software Engineer at Revolut. Her experience as a Software Engineer included working with large projects, search engines, distributed systems, performance issues, and huge data storage. She worked at Revolut, where she built a platform for retail products. That includes support services to handle 40 million clients, huge throughput and provide law latency for data flow. Irina mentoring mid-level engineers, constantly helps her team to tackle the extra mile and help the company to improve an intervening process, onboarding new hires, navigating interns and running knowledge-sharing activities. As a cherry on top, she helped to launch the inner Revolut Women Guild “RevWomen”.
**Co-host: Sonali Goel** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonali-goel-tech/)
As a Senior/Lead Engineer at Yoox-Net-a-porter, Sonali brings over 14 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in managing extensive-scale e-commerce solutions.
Sonali is committed a leader in the Women Coding Community, she strives to support and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that uplift women in the field.
**Co-host: Leslie Reyes Puente** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-reyes-puente)
Product Engineering Developer at Centric Software
Leslie is eager to dive into complex challenges and find innovative solutions by leveraging my expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies. She thrives in collaborative environments and I am dedicated to continuous learning.

👩🏽‍💻 **About Women Coding Community**
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
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👩🏽‍💻 **Code of Conduct**
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the [link](https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct).

Women Coding Community

Irina Kamalova

Sonali Goel

Barbara A

Design Patterns Course

Online event

Join us for part two of Vector search and Graph use cases in SurrealDB! Learn how you can leverage this functionality in your own projects through informative talks with practical examples.

**The meetup will highlight:**

* The power of knowledge graphs in providing structured and semantically rich context to LLMs, leading to more informed and coherent responses.
* How vector embeddings, numerical representations of text that capture semantic meaning, enable semantic search within the knowledge graph, allowing the system to retrieve the most relevant information for a given query.

* A comparative demonstrating the difference in LLM responses when using:
* A standard prompt referencing source material alone.
* A prompt augmented by the knowledge graph and vector embeddings.

**Attendees will gain practical insights into:**

* The process of querying a graph-based RAG system for question answering.

* How to leverage the combined capabilities of SurrealDB, a multi-model database.
* Graph Capabilities: Representing relationships between entities within the knowledge graph.
* Vector Capabilities: Enabling semantic search to pinpoint relevant information within the knowledge graph.
* How this approach, utilizing SurrealDB's graph and vector features, enhances LLM responses by providing contextually relevant information retrieved through the knowledge graph.

This meetup is ideal for individuals who attended Part 1 or possess a basic understanding of knowledge graph extraction and are eager to learn advanced techniques for improving LLM outputs using graph-based RAG systems.

***🗣️ Speaker opportunity - submit your talk!***
Working on an interesting project that you would like to share with the community? Submit your talk [here](https://surrealdb.typeform.com/to/hopzzPAe).

**⏰ Date/time:** December 10, 6:30 - 9:00PM

**📍 Location:** [The Yard: Columbus Circle Coworking Office Space NYC](https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Yard:+Columbus+Circle+Coworking+Office+Space+NYC/@40.7695618,-73.9880852,17z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1sthe+yard+columbus+circle!3m6!1s0x89c25858a5274cdf:0x7f88d3f46da2a162!8m2!3d40.7695618!4d-73.9837078!15sChh0aGUgeWFyZCBjb2x1bWJ1cyBjaXJjbGWSARpvZmZpY2Vfc3BhY2VfcmVudGFsX2FnZW5jeeABAA!16s%2Fg%2F11g68tf4m1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyMS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

**Agenda**

18:30 - 19:00
**Welcome drinks, pizza & networking**
Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team.

19:00 - 19:30
**Improving LLM Responses with Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Vector Search**
*Sandro Pireno, Director Solutions Engineering at SurrrealDB.*
Building on the foundational concepts of knowledge graph construction from our last meetup in which we extracted knowledge graphs using a large language model (LLM),, this meetup explores advanced techniques for enhancing LLM outputs using graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. The session will showcase how integrating structured knowledge from a knowledge graph, coupled with semantic search powered by vector embeddings, can significantly improve the quality and relevance of LLM-generated responses.

19:30 - 20:00
**Refreshments & networking**
Connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza & a drink and chat with other attendees and members of the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30
**Featured talk 2**
*(Details coming soon!)*

20:30 - 21:00
**Refreshments and networking**

21:00
**End of event**

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**Host:** Alessandro Pireno \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apireno)
Alessandro is a seasoned product development and solutions leader with a proven track record of building and scaling data-driven solutions across diverse industries. He has led product strategy and development at companies like HUMAN and Omnicom Media Group, optimized data collection and distribution at GroupM, and was an early leader of success at Snowflake. With a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s tech landscape, Alessandro is passionate about empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of their data through innovative database solutions.

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👉 New to SurrealDB? Get started [here](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealdb/introduction/start).

**FAQs**

**Is the venue accessible?**
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**Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event?**
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**Is this event for me?**
SurrealDB events are for software engineers, developers, architects, data scientists, data engineers, or any tech professionals keen to discover more about SurrealDB: a scalable multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications with ease and speed.

**Are there any House Rules?**
At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our [Code of Conduct](https://surrealdb.com/legal/code-of-conduct) and [Privacy Policy ](https://surrealdb.com/legal/privacy)for more information. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first **and** last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

SurrealDB New York

Alessandro Pireno

SurrealDB Community

Andrew Green

Graphs and Vectors in SurrealDB: Part 2

The Yard: Columbus Circle

We are excited to continue with our **Writing Club** sessions as a part of **Women Coding Community**!

Join us in October for an engaging session where we are going to explore the **Pyramid Principle** \- a powerful technique used by top professionals to communicate with clarity\, efficiency\, and impact\. Whether you're crafting reports\, emails\, or presentations\, this method helps you structure your writing in a way that delivers your main point first\, followed by logical\, well\-organized supporting details\.

In this session, we will:

* **Unpack the Pyramid Principle**: Learn how to build a top-down structure that enhances understanding and persuasiveness.
* **Analyze examples**: See the principle in action through real-world writing samples.
* **Hands-on practice**: Work together to apply the technique to your own writing, receiving feedback from peers.

This is a great opportunity to improve your writing skills and gain confidence in structuring arguments for maximum impact. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced writer, you'll leave with practical tools to elevate your communication.

**Agenda:**

* 19:00 - 19:10 - Welcome and Introduction to Women Coding Community
* 19:10 - 20:15 - Learn about Pyramid Principle and practice
* 20:15 - 20:30 - Q&A

**Speaker:** **Julia Babahina** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-babahina-msc-cism-crisc-30285440/)
Julia is a Lead Risk Management Specialist at **Swift** for Product and Strategy with almost ten years of experience in Information Security, IT and Technology. Over the years she worked in numerous financial service organisations where she defined and delivered privacy and data programmes, cyber security and data strategies, policy frameworks and assisted organisations in governing IT risks and controls. She is dedicated to guiding businesses in delivering proportionate and risk aware IT response in line with business goals, compliance requirements and regulations. She is also a Director at **Women Coding Community** and is passionate about giving back to community and empowering women to excel in technology careers.

**Host: Irina Kamalova** \| [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/irina-kamalova)
Irina is a Founder of Women Coding Community and a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Revolut. Her experience as a Software Engineer included working with large projects, search engines, distributed systems, performance issues, and huge data storage. She’s working at Revolut and building a platform for retail products. Irina mentoring mid-level engineers, constantly helps her team to tackle the extra mile and help the company to improve an intervening process, onboarding new hires, navigating interns and running knowledge-sharing activities. As a cherry on top, she helped to launch the inner Revolut Women Guild “RevWomen”.

**👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community**
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
[Website](http://womencodingcommunity.com/)
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/103490940)
[Slack](https://bit.ly/women_coding_community)
[Instagram](http://ttps//www.instagram.com/women_coding_community)
[X](https://twitter.com/Womencodin36806)

**👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct**
At **Women Coding Community** we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the [link](https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct).

Julia

Elisabeth V

Sarah Usher

Writing Club - applying the Pyramid Principle in your writing 

From identifying fraud to forecasting consumer behaviour, machine learning has changed the way we tackle challenging issues. However, at the core of every successful machine learning model lies a set of essential statistical concepts. This session will explore the importance of having a solid understanding of statistics before diving into machine learning.

We will discuss key concepts like probability theory, regression analysis, and model evaluation metrics, which play an essential role in developing effective machine-learning solutions.
By the end of this session, participants will have a better understanding of how statistical knowledge may enhance their machine-learning abilities, resulting in more precise models and improved decision-making.

**Schedule:**
**⏰** 19:00 - 19:15 Intro to [Women Coding Community](https://womencodingcommunity.com/)
**⏰** 19:15 - 19:45: Talk by Busra Ecem Sakar
**⏰** 19:45 - 20:00: Q&A

**Speaker: Busra Ecem Sakar** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/busraecemsakar/)
Busra Ecem Sakar is a seasoned Data Scientist and Senior Data Analyst with over 10 years of experience in data analysis and advanced analytics. With a strong foundation in Statistics from her bachelor's degree and dual master’s degrees in Biostatistics and Big Data & Data Science Technology, Busra excels in SQL for data analysis and is proficient in R and Python, applying machine learning and NLP techniques such as TF-IDF and Word2Vec. Her expertise in managing data ETL processes with Airflow, Python, and PyCharm has ensured high data accuracy and efficiency.
In her role as a Senior Data Analyst, Busra has led impactful projects that have significantly enhanced consumer engagement and driven substantial business growth. Her diverse experience spans the pharmaceuticals, banking, digital marketing, and software industries. Notably, during her master’s studies, she analysed participant engagement in online sessions through advanced NLP-based text transcript analysis.

**Host: Silke Nodwell** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/silke-nodwell-763681172/)
Silke is currently a Machine Learning Engineer at PEI Group. She holds an MSci Mathematics, First Class Honours, from Imperial College London. In addition to her role at PEI, Silke is a Lead at Women Coding Community, where she runs the bookclub, contributes to the technical blog, and organises talks by inspirational women. In her free time, she enjoys running and is currently training for her first marathon in May 2024.

**👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community**
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
[Website](http://womencodingcommunity.com/)
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/103490940)
[Slack](https://bit.ly/women_coding_community)
[Instagram](http://ttps//www.instagram.com/women_coding_community)
[X](https://twitter.com/Womencodin36806)
**👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct**
At **Women Coding Community** we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version you can find following the link:
[https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct](https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct)

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Mary

Oscar

The Role of Statistics in Machine Learning

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