Mark Powell presents examples of how NASA uses innovative technologies in missions such as Mars Exploration Rovers, the Cassini Saturn Orbiter, the Phoenix Mars Lander as well as new technology projects including the JPL Aerobot and the ATHLETE prototype lunar robotic vehicle.
Software is changing the world
QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community.
A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.
Tracks
Covering innovative topics
Monday, 7 March
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Back to Java
What to expect in Java 9 and Spring 5
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Stream Processing @ Scale
Big data, fast-moving data. Practical implementation lessons on Real-time Data
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DevOps & CI/CD
Lessons/stories on optimizing the deployment pipeline
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Head-to-Tail Functional Languages
Free-range Monads, Tackling immutability, tales from production, and more...
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Architecting for Failure
Your system will fail. Take control before it takes you with it
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21st Century Culture from Geeks on the Ground
New ways to organise technology companies and workplace culture
Tuesday, 8 March
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Architectures You've Always Wondered about
In-depth technical case studies from giants like: Microsoft, Netflix, Google, Twitter, and more...
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Close to the Metal
Get efficiency back into your code, concepts like: cache efficient algorithm and lock free data structures
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Containers (in production)
Real-world lessons on scalability and reliability in production container deployments
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Modern CS in the real world
Real-world Industry adoption of modern CS ideas
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Security, Incident Response & Fraud Detection
Master-level classes on building security into your system and responding to incidents when things go wrong.
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Optimizing You
Keeping life in balance is always a challenge. Learning lifehacks
Wednesday, 9 March
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Disrupting Finance
Technology advances in finance (blockchain, P2P, Machine Learning, API's)
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Modern Native Languages
Modern native languages: Safe efficiency with Go, Rust, Swift
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Full Stack Javascript
Level up Javascript with topics like Angular, React/ReactNative, Node, Mongo/Couch/Other, Falcor, GraphQL, etc
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Data Science & Machine Learning Methods
A developer's data science and machine learning toolkit
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Microservices for Mega-Architectures
Practical lessons on Microservices success.
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Modern Agile Development
Revisiting Agile today and tackling challenges we are seeing in the wild
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Keynotes
Unevenly Distributed
ACM Distinguished Member and SEI Fellow who previously was Software Engineering Institute's Chief Scientist and Director of Research,...
Workshops
WORKSHOPS DAY 1 / THURSDAY
WORKSHOPS DAY 2 / FRIDAY
London Venue
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
The Centre is located opposite Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament and with views of Big Ben and the British Airways London Eye. The location is minutes from the West End of London offering a whole host of bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels to make your visit to our venue and London, fun, relaxed and enjoyable.
Conference Location
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
London SW1P 3EE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 4426
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