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Barcamp Mumbai 7

What?

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When

Date: October 2nd, 2011

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where

Fifth and Sixth Floor
Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering,
JVPD Scheme,
Vile Parle (West),
Mumbai.

This is right next to Cooper Hospital.

Here is a map to the venue.

If you want to come by train, you have to get off at Vile Parle station on the Western Railway line and take a rickshaw to Cooper Hospital.

Preparations

Here is what you can help us with:

  • Manning the registration desks
  • Videography, photography (to video-tape and upload all sessions)
  • Session coordination (time-keeping, scheduling

Here is stuff we need:

  • Spike Guards
  • Wi-Fi routers
  • Markers
  • Index-card stickers
  • Video and still cameras (to record all the sessions)

Please coordinate with Aditya Sengupta at aditya@sengupta.me for volunteering, pre-camp venue setup and such, and Netra for sponsorship

RSVP

All participants (and speakers) RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261179187248973

Sessions

Instructions

Please put your session details below by clicking on the 'edit' button to the right of the "Sessions List" section below and using the following format: 

* '''Number crunching for cheap (or for free)''' by [http://sengupta.me/ Aditya Sengupta] for ''Engineering and science students/professionals''. 
: This session will discuss how you can use free software tools to perform engineering and scientific computation. This will include demos on Scilab, Octave, Python (with Numpy, Scipy and Matplotlib), R, Maxima and Sage. The target audience for this talk will be students and professionals in engineering and science who have only used commercial/proprietary tools for their engineering or scientific calculations and others interested in using free software tools in engineering and scientific education.


The above wikitext will be marked up thus:

  • Number crunching for cheap (or for free) by Aditya Sengupta for Engineering and science students/professionals.
This session will discuss how you can use free software tools to perform engineering and scientific computation. This will include demos on Scilab, Octave, Python (with Numpy, Scipy and Matplotlib), R, Maxima and Sage. The target audience for this talk will be students and professionals in engineering and science who have only used commercial/proprietary tools for their engineering or scientific calculations and others interested in using free software tools in engineering and scientific education.

Sessions List

Note that each session is supposed to be 20 minutes long. Also, you will need to create an account to edit this page. Sorry about the extra work, but we have had pretty bad experiences with spam. Those CAPTCHAs haven't worked out for us either. BTW- if you can figure out how to scrub the spam out of our database dump (of the Barcamp archives), get in touch with our friendly neighbourhood sysop, Mehul

Enter your session at the end of this list:

  • Getting back into cycling by Mehul Ved for Everybody interested in cycling
This is an introduction to choosing the right cycle, depending on whether you intend to do inter-city cycling, intra-city cycling, professional racing or just beat the damned traffic
  • Ergonomics for life by Annkur P Agarwal for Anyone who uses a computer / mobile
A blogger since 5 years and a computer worm since 17 years, I have suffered from poor ergonomics and have seen a number of people with the same problem. In todays age, basic ergonomics when using a computer system is very necessary. So from preventive to curative measures, we woud discuss everything ergonomics in this session
  • CompSci Cards by Ankur Gupta for Anyone who loves programming and maybe playing card games
Going to show a card game created on 'Algorithms and their run time complexity'. Another trivia is the fact that the entire cards are not designed but are generated by code itself.
  • Google Summer of Code by Ankit Daftery for Anyone who loves code and is looking for summer internships
How you could be a GSoCer and my experience
Experiences and learnings from having set up and run the Sapling Project, where we distribute saplings for free across the city and have people plant the sapling in their gardens, parks, colonies, buildings, etc- anywhere where they can monitor the health and progress of the sapling for about two years.
  • F&B in the Digital Media Space by Sahil Khan for People interested in digital media, social networks, entrepreneurs, and those interested in taking a brick and mortar joint online
Does it makes sense for today's Food & Beverage industry to be online? What works for them?
  • The Unglamorous Side of the Restaurant Business by Rahul Datye of Yolkshire (the egg specialty restaurant in Pune for Anyone who eats at restaurants
Things you won't be told about running a restaurant like working with Govt officials, allocating for 'chanda', unruly customers and weird order requests.
  • Assistive Technologies by Rajesh Mane for Anyone who has seen a blind person at least once
The session will focus on Technologies available to visually impaired people, how these technologies can be improved. More importantly, why do we have to improve them?
  • Stories from a Teach for India classroom by Himani Sanghvi for Anyone who has ever had a slum kid knock on their car window at a signal
Stories from a Teach for India classroom where 37 children and their didi struggle to make a difference, learn, grow, think, laugh, fall and achieve. All with one question as their pillow, What am I going to do about it?
  • From Politics To Perspective By Ronak Shah - The Universal Magician. A must for Bloggers, Patriotic Indians, Political Leaders & Social Activists wanting to bring an awareness CHANGE of history in minds of people!
How Anna Hazare led the Anti-Corruption Jan Lokpal Bill Movement to "make India a prosperous self-sufficient multi-talented high-spirited country" & why YOU SHOULD join it to bring the SOCIAL CHANGE you want to see in other people and create HISTORY! History repeats itself if you don't create it! Show your SPIRIT & turn up in large numbers! Become A Leader!
  • Jain philosophy for n00bs by Parita Pooj for Anyone who gets curious once in a while and likes to reason
Exploring the idea behind words like enlightenment, soul, reincarnation, etc. and how they could get let us view at life differently. Let's experiment with each other's imagination!
  • How the Internet Works by Devdas Bhagat for Everyone who uses the internet
Come on, you don't need a synopsis for this, do you?
  • Hello World - DiY for All by Anool Mahidharia for Anyone who is interested in making stuff (Blinky LEDs).
This session will discuss how you can use opensource hardware and software tools to create interactive objects or environments. Will include an introduction to Arduino - an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists and DiY'ers. The target audience for this talk will be folks who are interested in building hardware/software based projects but didn't know where to start from.
  • Unhealthy to fit made easy by Endurance junkie, Girish Mallya for Everyone who wants to get fit
Some basic tips and ideas on how to get fit. How to start, set targets, staying motivated, exercise & food options, frequency of routine and generating tangible results. And remember its never too late to start.
  • Technology and Crime by rookie criminal criminologist, Rashi V. for Junta
What is criminology? How do we prevent crime? Use of technology in crime prevention and investigation. No, it isn't like on CSI, unfortunately.
Before the picture came the camera. See what low tech camera hacking is all about.
  • Tools for Turbulence or Why the geek shall inherit the earth by Tarun Tripathi for For people interested in looking for the deeper connection between things
What Women's fashion can tell us about global warming, why a Hat died, and other parables that will explore why things are the way they are. A looping look into the mathematics and science behind things, and how it can help us understand the world around us.
Really, a satellite! How on earth can you do that ? For those who want to know how a bunch of freshers at IIT Bombay dreamt big enough to reach the space frontier and designed IIT Bombay's first student satellite, we are ready to share with you our journey and experience.
How technology is changing the way we identify, collate and programme music. From the use of algorithms that compare a new song to those in the Billboard Charts to see if it can be a hit, to identifying the spectrum of a song to power better recommendation engines.
The Carnival of eCreativity is an annual free-for-all incident that brings together experimental and empowering creative practitioners from around the world and India. It is an ideal global rendezvous for those interested in experiencing the cutting-edge in arts, sciences, performance, video, technology and more. A brief preview for the rest of us who haven't been to the last 6 editions.
  • Beer; and other fun things to talk about on a dry day / till you turn 25 by Suketu Talekar of Doolally for Junta
Suketu Talekar makes Beer for a living. He plans to share the love that goes into his product research and how he found his true calling. That and other fun stuff to be disclosed soon.
For those who want to know how a group of 8 students at BIT Mesra designed and fabricated 3 formula student cars in 4 months as a summer project. We believe in dreams and are ready to share with you this inspirational story and our journey to Silverstone
  • Calling all Bibliophiles and Bibliophobes! by Rehab Chougle for Bibliophiles and Bibliophobes
If you have been the sorts who hid in the corners of the library and found words to be more interesting that humans, we should meet! If you have hated books and probably think Chetan Bhagat should get the Booker, we should meet! Have you read something that moved your core in the recent past? Any unusual word that caught your fancy? What are the different industries around books? Do you experience line-gasms?
  • Open Data and Visualization and what it could do for us by Prolific Dyslexic for Junta
He will try to demystify what Open Data means, how we can use it for the common good and how visualization fits into the picture.
  • Right to Information- A Tool for Changemakers by Krishnaraj Rao for Junta
RTI Act 2005 has set off a massive grassroots revolution. The first Independence Struggle was for freedom from the British. In August 15, 1947, we got the right to vote our own leaders, but inherited a bureaucratic and legal framework with a colonial mindset. RTI Act 2005 triggered a new struggle by 'We the People' for the power of information. My talk is about RTI as a movement, as a legislation and as a tool for good governance.
For anyone interested in hearing about this project and listen to first hand stories from some villages of India, and more.
  • Bridging Gaps: One Tweet at a Time by social psychologist Chandni Parekh for Junta
Sharing the story of Fund-A-Cause, which has been using social media for social change
The quest for good coffee at home or office is never ending. Coffee at home is usually restricted to instant coffee as it offers ease of preparation and preparation only, the question of aroma and flavor is a different debate altogether. My idea is to change this and introduce people to Roast & Ground coffee. Break the myth that preparing coffee (other than instant coffee) is not a tedious process and can be done easily. This talk will be a brief session of brewing coffee and questions that surround coffee.
From borrowing cameras to shoot gigs, to starting a project that is the next most talked about thing on Twitter - Roycin will talk about his journey with Photography, starting a career on his own will and ability at the age of 19, the power of effective Social Media, sharing love for free, Music, quality content and crowd sourcing. This will be one of the most informal talks and is aimed at inspiring and informing the various possibilities of what one can do with barely anything.
  • IN THE CONTEXT. OUT OF THE CLOSET by Harish Iyer for Junta
Using social media for reaching out to random strangers, random acts of kindness... using technology.. Surviving Criticism. Backlashes.. etc.
  • What if your parents told you that Brad Pitt is God? Understanding perceptions. by Dhruv Tikka for Junta
This talk is about as the title suggests, understanding perceptions and why we think in the manner we think.
From advertorials to paid news- a trend in the media that has compelled for a call for self-regulation from within the media.
  • Paper Tigers: A dummies guide to the bond market by Saket Gokhale for anyone that's curious.
Bond markets have been the epicentre of the current global financial crisis. What exactly are these 'bonds'? And how do they manage to bring down companies, banks and even countries? How did China end up being a 'lender' to the world's largest economy? This session is a very basic primer on how bonds work, how countries and companies borrow money and role of bond markets in the financial crisis.
  • When Money Works, You Enjoy by Deven Shah for those who dislike money-making rat race and choose to live a wonderful life.
A lot of people work hard to make money, but don't care much about making their money work hard. I'll be sharing some real life lessons learnt on investing and managing money wisely that can help in living a great life at your own terms. Will also share some "Beware of White Collar Fraud" tips that may help in preventing investment losses that can happen via financial product mis-selling or mis-buying. I'm also involved in a project that aims to include money management skills in schools and colleges - http://www.investorfirst.in/about_us/financial_education_in_schools.php
  • Media, Money, Mining, Malls, Maoists, Martyrs, Maati, Mothers, Motherfuckers by Priyanka Borpujari for Junta
A travelogue based on anecdotes from the work of an independent journalist, and why the urban audience wouldn't get to see the deep connection between the aforementioned words.
  • The hole in your brain: a session on illusions by Ankesh Kothari for folks interested in human nature and mind hacks
This will be a fun session that walks you through various optical illusions and make an attempt to understand why we get fooled. (This session may not happen if there are many other interesting sessions happening. Unless junta shows demand.)
  • The importance of the commons in the Creative Commons by Prof. Shishir Jha, Creative Commons Project Lead, India for Folks interested in IPR and the knowledge economy
The knowledge economy is increasingly dependent on giving expression to our tacit knowledge. Our cumulative tacit knowledge is part of an arguably large 'commons'. How can such the existence of such a commons be better utilised for sharing and building up of useful 'content'?
  • Consumerization of IT - THE FREEDOM TO SUPPORT CONSUMER TECHNOLOGIES AT WORK by Aviraj Ajgekar for Anyone who uses Technology.
For IT, it’s about striking a balance between user expectations and enterprise requirements. Consumer technology without a doubt poses some risks to the business—such as to security, privacy, and compliance. However, there are also many benefits to the consumerization of IT trend that businesses can capitalize on with the right approach. Let's understand that's Consumerization of IT.
  • Rang De (www.rangde.org) - Micro-finance for the people by the people by Mitesh Tank, Ravi Balgi and Ankur Taparia] for Anyone who is interested in eradicating poverty from India.
Micro-finance is received a lot of bad press in the recent past, but with Rang De you explore micro-finance with a difference. An opportunity to eradicate poverty from India one person at a time.
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