IT Lunch

In february 2005 an initiative was formed to organize an IT-lunch after the Astro-lunch example. This idea has now solidified into the following plan. The goals of the IT-lunch are:

  • Familiarity with experiences and practices in other departments. The goal is to increase reuse of software and allow for easier localization of available expertise.
  • Increased focus on interoperability between different (software) projects.
  • Communication of "best practices".
  • Increased familiarity with new techniques.

    The initial plan is to organize a meeting once a month from 12:30 to 13:00. A speaker will have prepared a small presentation of 15-20 minutes with focus on the above 4 goals. After the presentation there will be some time for discussion.
    As a test 6 meetings will be organized in the following months. See the schedule below for currently planned meetings.

    I have two questions:

  • If people want to receive further notices of these meetings, please tell me if you have not already done so. Further information will only be sent to those that have shown interest in receiving information.
  • If you are working on a technique/subject that would be of interest, could you contact me to discuss the possibility of giving a presentation?

    Current Status

    As the 6 test sessions are over, the continuation of the IT Lunch has been reviewed by management. It has been agreed that organising these meetings can continue. Therefore I am currently soliciting topics again.

    IT Lunch schedule


    Tuesday January 27th: Ger van Diepen: Binding C++ to python using boost-python and documenting it using sphinx/reStructuredText Tuesday February 24th: Des Small: "1995 2.0: Java on the Web Revisited" Tuesday May 12th: Oleg Smirnof: title to de determined.
    Past and future IT lunches / verleden en toekomstige IT lunches:
    2005
  • 9 may:
    		•  "Parseltongue: Experiences with Python" Mark Kettenis
  • 13 june:
    		•  "Experiences with Blue Gene" Chris Broekema
  • 4 july:
    		•  "Experiences with GRID computing" John Romein
  • 6 september:
    		•  "Towards interoperability: The Gaming Table" Jan Noordam
  • 11 oktober:
    		•  "MoM 2: Management of Measurements" Hanno Holties
  • 1 november:
    		•  "LOFAR control: Experiences with PVSS" Edzer Lawerman
  • 12 december:
    		•  "Introduction to Executable (XT)UML " Mathijs van der Kooij
    2006
  • 11 april:
    		•  "Experiences with Wikis" Lars Bahren
  • 13 june:
    		•  "LOFAR developement environment" Ger van Diepen/Marcel Loose
  • 11 july:
    		•  "PUMA II developement" Karuppusamy Ramesh
    2007
  • 27 february:
    		•  "System-level interfacing of large-scale signal processing and control networks models" Jerome Lemaitre
  • 19 march:
    		•  "JIVE network upgrade for e-VLBI" Paul Boven
  • 4 december:
    		•  "Casa Core" Ger van Diepen
    2008
  • 22 January:
    		•  "Version control systems" Marcel Loose
  • 26 February:
    		•  "TMS" Arno SChoenmakers
  • 25 March:
    		•  "The new C++ standard" Link. Link. Link. Ger van Diepen
  • 2 December:
    		•  "ASKAP Software development overview" Malte Marquarding
  • 9 December:
    		•  "cmake" Lars Bahren
    2009
  • 27 January:
    		•  "Binding C++ to python using boost-python and documenting it using sphinx/reStructuredText" Ger van Diepen
  • 24 February:
    		•  ""1995 2.0: Java on the Web Revisited" Des Small
  • 30 March :
    		•  "PyQt" Adriaan Renting
  • 12 May:
    		•  "PUR" Oleg Smirnov
  • 23 June:
    		•  "Software testing methods" CIMSOLUTIONS

    Location: Hooghoudtkamer first floor 1980 building/eerste verdieping gebouw 1980.
    Time: 12:30