Contributing to CS community..starting with Dzone!

Jun242017 by SarahM1 Comment

Contributing to CS community..starting with Dzone!

When I took the decision to follow my passion and to choose the career that fits me better, I've started a journey that is different, a journey which requires a lot of effort in order to stand from the crowd. Along the way, as I like to be involved in a community, to support and be supported, I've been thinking about launching a lot of initiatives. However, there was one constraint: each of these ideas that came to my mind required much time, which I couldn't ensure at that time as I had a full plan with other priorities. One day, I told myself why not sharing the knowledge I gain while I'm learning? As I read a lot of articles, if I summarize the best links about learning something…

Jun52017 by SarahMNo Comments

J On the Beach 2017

My activities, Technology

This time I made it to Malaga, Spain! I attended J on the Beach 2017 conference, a Big Data event targeting developers and DevOps communities. It was held over 3 days. The first day was about workshops. In the morning session, I participated in "Building Microservices on DS/OS" ensured by Jorg Schad where I got an idea about containers, Mesos, Clusters. It was a little bit difficult for me as all of them were new. [embed]https://twitter.com/MestiriSarah/status/864746342404456449[/embed] The Afternoon session was "Hands on Elastic Stack 5.3". The presenters Pablo Musa and David Pilato were very helpful and I liked so much combining discovering these tools with practice, as I believe that the best way to motivate people about learning something, is by showing results! I discovered how it's possible with Elasticsearch to get…

May52017 by SarahMNo Comments

A glimpse into AI potential between today and tomorrow (part 1)

My activities, Technology

April 23rd, I was honored to be invited by GDG Monastir (Tunisia) as a speaker in Google Next 2017 extended event. My talk was about Artificial intelligence and following is the written version of the idea I wanted to communicate. I bet that when you think/hear about Artificial Intelligence many thoughts pop to your mind! Big Data, IBM Watson, Alexa, Google self-driving car, NAO, Turing, Google Cloud, but what’s Artificial Intelligence? Is it a brain that can outperform human’s brain? How does AI impact our everyday life? What are the technologies behind AI? What's AI? Back to 1950, when Alan Turing, a computer science pioneer, started thinking about “What if machines learn?”. He invented Turing Test in the aim of making an intelligent machine. The test was an adaptation of…

Apr192017 by SarahMNo Comments

Is cracking the coding interview the only benefit of learning algorithms?

challenges, learning, My activities, Technology

Often, algorithms are considered only when someone is looking for a new job. This tight perception of algorithms use puts us away from what algorithms can allow us to achieve! Actually, algorithms are everywhere! Algorithms are involved in each aspect of computer science! Not only that but also used in a wide range of fields: recommendations, social media, medicine, psychology, transportation and the list is longer still! Anything you do, can be broken down into small steps and that, is an Algorithm. Imagine you wake up the morning to go to work and you can’t remember where are your car keys, how would you find them? One approach might be to apply an algorithm, which is a step by step logical procedure. First, you look for places where you used…

Mar182017 by SarahM2 Comments

Celebrate each step! welcome in my website!

My activities

Welcome in my newly born website and with my own domain name! (I know, it's an achievement as I was planning to do so since a looong time :D ) About achievements, I would like to share with you some thoughts : 1- Make a goal and believe in yourself! 2- Don't think about the height of the mountain, visualize your feelings when you are at its top! 3- Take risks and you will be surprised of what you can achieve. 4- Celebrate each step! you are making your dream real! you're closer! 5- Organization and planning are the key for relieving stress along the way and staying productive. 6- As I learned from classy career girl: "You don't find time. You make it!" I hope you will enjoy…