It looks like this summer will be my strangest vacation in a while – I’ll be taking a F# road trip of sorts in August, talking about F# at user groups all over the United States. How this crazy plan took shape exactly I am not quite sure in retrospect, but I am really looking forward to meeting all the local communities – this will be fun! As of July 13th, here is the plan: July 31, Sacramento: “Coding Dojo: a gentle introduction to Machine Learning with F#” August 8, Houston: “An Introduction to F# for th[...]

QCon NYC was the most refreshing conference I’ve been to in a very long time. Perhaps it’s partially because I’ve lingered too long in Microsoft circles, or maybe it’s just been too long since I went to a large conference. In any case, the speaker lineup was just chock full of brilliant minds from all [...]

  Microsoft Research in Redmond has several RSDE (Research Software Development Engineer) positions available in Machine Learning + Data Tools. They are looking for people with C# and F# skills - both are used. Prior Machine Learning experience is not necessary. Research Software Development Engineer, Senior - Microsoft Research Job Research Software Development Engineer II - Microsoft Research Job Details of the first below Apply now » Start apply with LinkedIn Start apply with Facebook [...]

Tonight at the F#unctional Londoners meetup:, 6:30pm, SkillsMatter, London: In this regular meetup we'll take on one or more programming challenges in F#. All levels of experience welcome, from beginner to expert. This month we'll go hands on with a Machine Learning introduction in F# using sample data from Kaggle to predict who lives and who dies on the Titanic! To get the most from the session please try and bring a laptop along with F# installed. Installing F#: * Use F# on Windows * Use F# on Mac OSX * [...]