Tomas Petricek

Searching for new ways of thinking in programming & working with data

I believe that the most interesting work is not the one solving hard problems, but the one changing how we think about the world. I follow this belief in my work on data science tools, functional programming and F# teaching, in my programming languages research and I try to understand it through philosophy of science.

The Gamma

I'm working on making data-driven storytelling easier, more open and reproducible at the Alan Turing Institute.

Consulting

I'm author of definitive F# books and open-source libraries. I offer my F# training and consulting services as part of fsharpWorks.

Academic

I published papers about theory of context-aware programming languages, type providers, but also philosophy of science.

Welcome fsharpWorks & upcoming F# events

If you are following me or the #fsharp hashtag on Twitter, you might have already come across a link to fsharpWorks or one of the upcoming F# events organized by fsharpWorks. So, what is fsharpWorks and what are we planning for you?

Welcome fsharpWorks!

I have been doing a number of F# trainings, talks and occasional F# consulting over the last few years. During that time, I had the pleasure of collaborating with many great minds in the F# community, including Phil Trelford, Mathias Brandewinder and Scott Wlaschin.

At the same time, F# has seen an explosive growth in 2013, the number of successful industrial users is growing at a steady rate and there is a great number of interesting open-source projects! The demand for professional F# and functional-first trainings, consulting and other services is also growing. So, to satisfy these needs, we decided to join forces and form fsharpWorks!

What to expect from fsharpWorks?

  • At fsharpWorks, you can get a help from a team of F# experts who have years of experience solving real-world problems with F# in a range of areas & who also contribute to the core F# open-source projects.

  • We offer a range of F# trainings focused on functional-first programming, domain modelling, machine-learning as well as finance. This includes the F# FastTrack course with SkillsMatter and a number of new courses that will be announced soon.

  • We also provide in-house trainings based on your needs, consulting, support and other services with a guaranteed availability. If you need to grow a high-performing F# team, or start an F# project on the right foot, let us know!

  • Joining forces at fsharpWorks also makes it easier for us to speak at community events, conferences and to host affordable one day F# workshops. To see what is coming up soon, continue reading!

Upcoming F# events in Scandinavia

The list of the events planned for June is simply too long! But here are some things that you should not miss. After NDC, I'm going to Stockholm and we're doing 1 day workshop F# via Machine Learning with Mathias. This is a fantastic way to learn F#!

NDC Oslo 2014

2-6 June, Oslo

Time to get a ticket. I'm speaking on Domain-Specific Languages, Mathias is speaking on F# and Machine Learning and Scott is speaking on Domain Modelling with functional types!

FsLab and F# type-providers hands-on

June 10, 2014, Copenhagen (Free)

In this session, I'll show a couple of demos of the recent developments in F# tools for data-science. After a short (optional) break, we’ll try to find a hidden treasure in the Type Provider treasure hunt!

Machine Learning with F#

9 June, Stockholm (SEK 1148.00)

In this one day workshop, you'll learn how to use the power of F# by building simple but effective machine learning predictive models and solving real-world problems. Book by May 25 for Early Bird price!

Building Stuff That Works with F#

9 June, Stockholm (Free)

How does the F# community manage to build tested, frequently released and well-documented libraries that work? In this free talk, we'll look at the awesome F# tools, many of which can be used with any .NET language.

Upcoming F# events in London & Paris

Back in London, I'm collaborating with QuantasHub and we are doing a Workshop & online course on F# in finance as well as Big-data in Finance conference.

And if you really want to dig deep into F#, then we are also running our established Fast Track to F# course with SkillsMatter. If you email me, we can offer the readers of this blog 25% off!

Big Data in Quantitative Finance Conference

13 June, London (£1899)

I'm doing a talk about Deedle and F# data science at the conference. Together with Antoaneta Serguieva (UCL), we're also run an interactive tutorial using the Financial Computing materials at TryF#.

F# and Functional Programming in Finance

16-17th June, London (£1398)

This two day workshop is filming of an F# material for an upcoming online course, but it is also a great opportunity to learn about everything you need to know about F# if you are working in finance. Of course, you'll get access to the online course too!

Fast Track to F#

19-20 June, London (£1165)

This two-day course is a comprehensive introduction to F#, covering the basics of the language, application areas including domain modelling, data analysis and asynchronous & concurrent programming. Email me for a 25% discount!

fsharpWorks |> Paris '14

27 June, 2014 (€75)

The first ever F# conference with F# experts from fsharpWorks, Steffen Forkmann (author of FAKE), Robert Pickering and many others! The program consists of morning talks and afternoon hands-on workshops. Book by June 9 for an early bird discount!

Published: Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 1:47 PM
Author: Tomas Petricek
Typos: Send me pull request!
Tags: c#, f#, functional programming, talks