Raleigh-Durham

The Raleigh-Durham chapter of Papers We Love

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Twitter: @papersweloverdu

Organizers: Jean-Marcel Belmont Raleigh Durham Github

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Database Metatheory Asking the Big Queries

Map Date/Time: 2017-05-16 06:00pm Location: Ettain Group - Durham

We will be reading and discussing the Database Metatheory Asking the Big Queries paper for this session. This paper as you might guess is about Database Theory. Pizza is provided as usual and newcomers are always welcome.

The Paper: Database Metatheory Asking the Big Queries

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No Silver Bullet

Map Date/Time: 2017-04-11 06:00pm Location: Spreedly - Durham

Fred Brooks the author of the Paper "No Silver Bullet" has agreed to come and talk about his paper. This paper is an interesting study on Software Engineering practices and why there is No Silver Bullet.

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QuickCheck Testing for Fun and Profit

Map Date/Time: 2017-03-07 06:00pm Location: Ettain Group - Durham

We will be reading and discussing the QuickCheck Testing for Fun and Profit paper. Most of the examples are written in Haskell but I think the concepts for Quick Check can apply to other languages as well.

The Paper: QuickCheck Testing for Fun and Profit

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Api Design

Map Date/Time: 2017-02-09 06:00pm Location: Ettain Group - Durham

We will be reading The little Manual of API Design written by Jasmin Blanchette.

It is about 32 pages long so please try to read the paper before the first session.

I will be creating an api according to the strategies laid out in the paper and we will be having an open discussion on the paper.

The Paper: API Design

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Learn how to read an Academic/Scientific paper

Map Date/Time: 2017-01-12 05:30pm Location: Ettain Group - Durham

https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love

This first meetup we will discuss future topics, white papers, and books we can go over once a month. The intent is to explore ideas together. I will also be discussing how to read white papers and assign homework for the group to do. Members should always read the assigned material before attending to get the most out of the event but for this first meetup there won't be any assigned material.

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