BCM9

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What?

Important: Read up on what Barcamp is all about on the Main Page, where we describe what Barcamp is, how the day will proceed, how session slots are allotted, how much it costs (tl;dr: nothing), what Barcamp is NOT and what it means to participate at Barcamp.

When

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Where

To Be Announced.

If you would like to host BCM9, please email us at team@barcampmumbai.org. We will evaluate your proposal on the basis of the following criteria:

  • Accessibility and connectivity.
  • Size and seating arrangements at the rooms for BCM.
  • Facilities at the venue (projector, white/black boards, water, sanitation, etc).
  • Ambient space (for BoF sessions, for people to hang out and meet up).
  • Internet connectivity.
  • Cost (we prefer venues that are provided free of cost).
  • Proximity and quality of places to eat nearby (canteen, mess, restaurants). An alternative is to have the food catered, but we prefer not to do this because of the costs involved.
  • Student/volunteer support at the venue (we prefer venues where there are proactive student bodies that are willing to support Barcamp).

We will be open to proposals after BCM8 ends. If you would like to host a Barcamp in a city other than Mumbai; and this is your first time, you may still reach out to the Barcamp Mumbai team. We are currently incubating Barcamps in several other cities. We provide support through our other website, barcamp.in

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)
  • Tweeting/taking notes/live-blogging)

Here is stuff we need:

  • Spike Guards
  • Wi-Fi routers
  • Markers
  • Index-card stickers
  • Video and still cameras (to record all the sessions)
  • Money (we don't actively solicit sponsorships anymore- but if you can pitch in to sponsor food/chai/snacks/internet/our domain/hosting/etc, please get in touch with us at team@barcampmumbai.org

If you'd like to volunteer with planning this Barcamp, join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/barcampmumbai

RSVP

All participants (and speakers) RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/400040613363593. Please follow our Twitter account for any announcements.

Sessions

Instructions

You can edit this page to add your session yourself!.

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 (You'll need to create an account first, if you haven't already): 

* '''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 three single quotes add the block formatting and the two single quotes add italic formatting. Those brackets up there are for links and the colon is to ensure that the list is not closed.

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.

Once you are done posting your session details here, please email us at team@barcampmumbai.org. We need this (your email address) to send you the date and venue for this Barcamp; send you our pre-Barcamp-day instruction set and get in touch with you regarding any changes.

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

  • 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.
  • How to memorise a pack of 52 playing cards in under 2 minutes by Aniceto Pereira (@anicetop) for Adults who read about stuff but never try it out/Pickup Artists.
This session will teach you how to use two simple mnemonic systems to memorise a pack of 52 randomly shuffled playing cards in under 2 minutes. The session is also an introduction to using mnemonic systems for memory sports and memory feats/records.
I can sum-up this session by just saying: *smiles* - but to give you a bit of background, I was due to speak on Humans at Barcamp Mumbai 8, but given that I was not in a good mood, I ended up completing my session in one line 'humans change their mind, I changed my mind about taking a session'. Back home after the event, looking at the tweets, I finally completed the outline of the session I want to take at BCM9. Guess I have a few months to make the final PPT, but I am clear on what would speak about. See you folks at BCM9 - Smiles.
  • Spreading the love for Boing! by Nickolai Kinny(@Miss_Mused) for everyone who needs to learn to make a lil noise
Boing ! is a game i picked up while traveling , it can be played anywhere with any amount of people and will gurantee that you make weird sounds , get out of your comfort zone and have heaps of fun while your at it ! WARNING ! once played , thrice taught :)
  • "Ergo...what? An intro to ergonomics" by [ankurr] and (@chhavi) for "desk jockeys"
Wrists hurting? Tennis elbow from typing? We weren't designed to spend long hours at an office desk. Learn about what you can change at your workspace to reduce the changes of pain, improve your comfort and eliminate RSI risks. (Chhavi hurt her wrists from overuse/Repetitive Strain Injuries/RSI in 2001 and couldn't even pick up a piece of paper for three months. Intensive physiotherapy and education has made her an ergonomics evangelist)
So,the last time Barcamp happened,I was sincerely struck by the awesomeness of the junta and their sheer enthusiasm! My talk on Graphology was,lets say,digested well by people there! Barcamp 9 will be another sharing of some snippets of interesting information on Handwriting analysis aka Graphology!
Till then dig this: What if my writing style is inconsistent ? What does my signature speak about me ? How can I help my child be a better confident individual ? How I can recruit better people for my company ? Is he/she a right business partner for me ? Allow me to answer some of these when we meet! See you there! Cheers!
  • Let's talk about rape by Rashi for For potential rapist and rape victims
About what rape really is, what rape shouldn't be, and why rape is what it is rape.
  • The Math of Music by Raj Desai for Those who can count till 8! (without requiring help) .
Music is more Math than you would have ever imagined. A very basic look at the relation between Math and Music
  • Music And Sound by [Salil Bhayani] for Everyone who listens to music and watches films
Will be a general talk on the aesthetics of music and sound, music as used in films, about various genres of music, about various artistes and music composition and recording.
  • Improv Comedy by Nasir & Yogeshfor Everyone who loves humor and comedy with acting
Improv Comedy is nothing but Improvisational Comedy Theatre that has grown exponentially in India in the past 2 years. As students of Improv Comedy Mumbai, we want to share the very basics of this amazing art. If you've heard of the show 'Whose Line Is It Anyway', then that is precisely it.
Exploring beautiful fonts, playing with types and some interesting trivia about them.
  • Stop Sex Discrimination & Liberate Mothers by Kunal Kakaiya for For the Liberated
"Why do women have to sacrifice their career for their family? Why only Women?" let's delve deeper to understand Motherhood in Today's constantly evolving world....
  • How your old clothes can build an 800 feet bridge by Shivangini Tandon (@shivtan) for all urban dwellers
About what's going in the village side of things and how we can do some easypeasy things to change 'em
  • Make a better photograph by Karan Singh Sood For anyone who owns a camera It's as simple as it sounds! How do you make a better photograph irrespective of the camera you use. Here's an example of photographs shot 4m point&shoot cameras Example
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