08-14, 10:40–11:15 (US/Eastern), East Balcony (capacity 80)
This talk gives an insight into the technologies used by CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in order to render the average visitor's experience as optimal as possible. The Science Gateway is a new exhibition center freely accessible to visitors, meaning that a significantly higher volume of people started coming to CERN as a touristic destination. The problem is gracefully handling the capacity that we have for visits, using Drools as the main engine for making the booking experience ideal.
We'll do a deep-dive into the challenges and the technical details faced by this project, as well as some performance metrics showcasing the strength of this solution.
I'm somewhere between a Data and Full-stack Software Engineer, with a wide range of tech & job exposure both in academia and industry. For the past 6 years I've been around various teams in CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research). For the past 1.5 years, I've also been part of the group's solution architects team.
I'm working with a team of wonderful people on making the CERN visitor experience as smooth as possible, by developing and maintaining all of our internal and outside-facing platforms for "site management". I'm also the leader of our internal UI Community of Practice, where we give way to our creativity and invest time in innovating our tools and processes.