Juliacon 2024

Gajendra Deshpande

Gajendra Deshpande is a distinguished professional with an M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, along with a PG Diploma in Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He founded and currently manages EyeSec Cyber Security Solutions Private Limited in Belagavi.

Deshpande is renowned for his extensive contribution to the tech community, having delivered over 100 talks and conducted more than 25 workshops at various esteemed international conferences, including JuliaCon 2023 at MIT, USA, EuroPython Ireland, PyCon MEA Dubai, PyCon APAC Japan, PyData Global, and many more across Europe, Asia and the USA. His expertise has guided teams to victory in the Smart India Hackathon and National Security Hackathon five times.

As an active member of PyCon India, Deshpande has played crucial roles, such as leading the Program Committee in 2021 and serving as the Mentorship Lead in 2023. He has been instrumental in organizing FOSSCon India 2019 and BelPy conferences. His commitment extends to various professional bodies, serving as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group, Bangalore Section, and an Execom Member of IEEE NKSS. He is a Fellow Member of the Royal Statistical Society UK and maintains memberships with OWASP, the British Computer Society, and ACM. Deshpande has significantly contributed to Python, Julia, and FOSS Conferences by reviewing proposals, mentoring speakers, engaging in discussions, and organizing events.


Sessions

07-11
14:30
30min
Static Analysis of Julia Code
Gajendra Deshpande

This talk will dive into the world of static analysis for Julia code, a key aspect of ensuring code quality, maintainability, and performance. We will explore the available tools and packages in Julia for static analysis and discuss best practices for integrating static analysis into the development workflow.

Julia Internals and Tooling
REPL (2, main stage)
07-11
16:00
30min
Large Language Models: To Be or Not To Be
Gajendra Deshpande

Large Language models(LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Bard, Midjourney, Gemini, and many others are buzzwords in the present era of Artificial Intelligence. In this talk, I will address the impact of large language models on the environment and present small language models as the solution.

AI/ML/AD
For Loop (3.2)
07-12
10:30
30min
Investigating Crimes using Julia
Gajendra Deshpande

Mathematics is a science and one of the most important discoveries of the human race on earth. In our daily life, we use mathematics knowingly and unknowingly. Many of us are unaware that forensic experts use mathematics to solve crime mysteries. In this talk, we will explore how Mathematics and Julia programming language is used to solve crime mysteries.

General
Method (1.5)