ConnectIT Gdansk | Efficient data persistence for advanced recommendations

Free offline event, insightful presentations, beverages and socializing, gifts, and surprises
Join us at Connect IT Gdansk for two talks about data persistence. The powered by Endava event will take place on June 14, at 6 PM, at Stocznia Cesarska Development.
ORGANIZATOR:
Endava is an NYSE-listed British tech company with more than 10.000 employees globally and over 5,000 employees located in Central Europe.
REGISTRATION:
Connect.IT Gdansk is FREE of charge, but the seats are limited. Make sure you save yours by registering. You will receive an invitation via e-mail with all the additional details.
AGENDA:
6.00 PM – 6:15 PM: Registrations
6.15 PM – 7.00 PM: Almost zero-code persistence with Spring Data
Speaker: Laurentiu Spilca
Abstract: Years ago, even the simplest query sent to a DBMS would require the developer to write a large amount of code. With time, apps' persistence layers became thinner and thinner. Spring Data is a Spring ecosystem project that helps you abstract the persistence layer to almost zero code. Today, Spring Data helps Spring developers write efficient persistence code for any kind of data store technology, from SQL to NoSQL, from imperative to reactive.
7.00 PM – 7.15 PM Short pause
7.15 PM – 8.00 PM Super-fast recommendations with Neo4j
Speaker: Calin Constantinov
Abstract: Efficient structuring of information is essential for making it easily respond to our questions. Recommendations lead to some of the most complex queries targeting a database, especially when dealing with social-heavy data. While usually tricky to tame, such input can naturally be persisted by Neo4j, enabling Cypher to handle the question-answering part. This talk will focus on how a native graph database can be used for making recommendations simple to understand, fun to write, and fast enough to execute in the blink of an eye.
8.00 PM – 9.00 PM: Beverages and socializing, gifts and surprises
LET’S CONNECT & ENGAGE!
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ABOUT CONNECT.IT:
Connect.IT is a concept powered by Endava to build and strengthen the dialogue in the local communities by organizing technical meetups for professionals, facilitating a sharing experience based on their views and interests.
Under the Connect.IT umbrella, we are launching a roadmap series of events in 13 cities, where Endava is present: Bucharest, Craiova, Brașov, Ruse, Lodz, Bălți, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Gdansk, Suceava, Plovdiv and Varna.