# Community

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## [Research Funding](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/research-funding/108835)

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**Author:** [@pkmishra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pkmishra)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/research-funding/108835 "2024-01-15T14:51:27Z")

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A funding opportunity available between the USA and Finland. If you are seeking grants to develop/advance AI algorithms with potential applications in the geoscience domain, I would be delighted to collaborate. If there …

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## [Fosdem 2024](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fosdem-2024/108826)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fosdem-2024/108826 "2024-01-15T12:15:28Z")

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Are any Julians intending to attend the FOSDEM conference in Brussels? FOSDEM 2024 - Home I should be in the HPC Devroom on Saturday. FOSDEM 2024 - HPC, Big Data & Data Science devroom

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## [How is it that new Julia programmers tend to abuse type annotations?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-is-it-that-new-julia-programmers-tend-to-abuse-type-annotations/108465)

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**Author:** [@lrnv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lrnv)\
**Replies:** 94\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-is-it-that-new-julia-programmers-tend-to-abuse-type-annotations/108465 "2024-01-15T07:25:06Z")

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Spending some time on this forum and reading around, this strikes me as a recurring mistake of newcomers (me included some time ago of course!): Superfluous type annotations on parameters on function: it looks like peo…

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## [Update & call for community involvement on the Facebook group "Julia programming language"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-call-for-community-involvement-on-the-facebook-group-julia-programming-language/108692)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Tantos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex_Tantos)\
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**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-call-for-community-involvement-on-the-facebook-group-julia-programming-language/108692 "2024-01-11T17:22:47Z")

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I haven’t been using FB as frequently anymore, but today, entirely by accident, I noticed that over the past few weeks, I have been receiving notifications for new members in the Julia Programming Language group. At some…

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## [Seeking Suggestions for a Julia Tech Talk to Python Data Scientists](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeking-suggestions-for-a-julia-tech-talk-to-python-data-scientists/108575)

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**Author:** [@ehsani63](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ehsani63)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeking-suggestions-for-a-julia-tech-talk-to-python-data-scientists/108575 "2024-01-09T21:38:03Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m preparing to give a tech talk to my colleagues, who are primarily data scientists and developers using Python. Our products are software solutions related to the mining industry. The focus of the tal…

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## [Call for Speakers for the 2024 Carolina Code Conference is open until April 15th](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-speakers-for-the-2024-carolina-code-conference-is-open-until-april-15th/108583)

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**Author:** [@brightball](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brightball)\
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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-speakers-for-the-2024-carolina-code-conference-is-open-until-april-15th/108583 "2024-01-09T19:12:44Z")

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A polyglot conference for all who code! Just wanted to drop by and let everyone know that our Call for Speakers has opened for 2024. We’re growing this year, doubling from 150 to 300 attendees and a 2 day event in beaut…

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## [Kate Gregory “Naming is Hard: Let's Do Better” and what lesson we can learn from it](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kate-gregory-naming-is-hard-lets-do-better-and-what-lesson-we-can-learn-from-it/108216)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kate-gregory-naming-is-hard-lets-do-better-and-what-lesson-we-can-learn-from-it/108216 "2024-01-08T13:48:58Z")

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Kate Greogry talk Naming is Hard: Let’s Do Better is not specific about C++, Julia or any other language, but how to name things properly in any language. As currently working as teacher and leading exercise classes of i…

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## [Julia Gender Inclusive Community Hour featuring “Pluto.jl – Accessibility in scientific computing”](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-featuring-pluto-jl-accessibility-in-scientific-computing/108485)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
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**Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gender-inclusive-community-hour-featuring-pluto-jl-accessibility-in-scientific-computing/108485 "2024-01-07T23:58:22Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive is excited to announce our next Community Hour happening Saturday, 13th January at 10AM EST / 4PM CET / 8.30PM IST, featuring Fons van der Plas (@fonsp ), who will talk about Pluto.j…

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## [Learning materials and outreach to the programming beginners](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-materials-and-outreach-to-the-programming-beginners/108041)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-materials-and-outreach-to-the-programming-beginners/108041 "2024-01-03T23:15:12Z")

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To make my post understandable, I need to first write few boring things about my background. I’m daily C++ programmer, with some Rust on the horizon and teacher in one polish college, when I teach first year students how…

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## [Connections for Yale freshmen?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/connections-for-yale-freshmen/108272)

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**Author:** [@bobcassels](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bobcassels)\
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**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/connections-for-yale-freshmen/108272 "2024-01-02T20:36:56Z")

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I have been proselytizing Julia to a couple of smart Yale freshmen. I am hoping they can find someone or ideally a group in the New Haven area to chat and/or work with. Any ideas?

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## [Happy 2024 to the Julia community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/happy-2024-to-the-julia-community/108217)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/happy-2024-to-the-julia-community/108217 "2024-01-01T15:36:19Z")

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As a long term Linux user, I’m not going so far to say “2024 will be the year of Julia”, but still I would like to make my best wishes to the Julia community for great achievements in 2024. Happy new year from Nancy!

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## [Does Julia Create a "1.5" Language Problem?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-create-a-1-5-language-problem/107984)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
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**Last updated:** [December 31, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-create-a-1-5-language-problem/107984 "2023-12-31T15:26:56Z")

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I just watch intriguing talk Julia solves the 2 language problem, however it creates the 1.5 language problem. Outside fundamental problem raised by this video “When we will be able to run Julia on washing machine?” (I’m…

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## [I'm Creating a 2D Platformer Using Julia!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-creating-a-2d-platformer-using-julia/108057)

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**Author:** [@Kyjor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyjor)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-creating-a-2d-platformer-using-julia/108057 "2023-12-29T09:18:35Z")

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Hello everyone! I just wanted to post some progress about a small project I’m working on using my game engine written in Julia. I’m using this game as a reference, as I’m not worried about designing a game at this point.…

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## [This month in Julia world - 2023-12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-12/108020)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
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**Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-12/108020 "2023-12-24T22:54:40Z")

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A bit early this month. Enjoy the holidays. A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contrib…

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## [\[Workgroup\] JuliaHealth Vote: Times for Monthly Meetings in Asia-Pacific and Oceania?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-vote-times-for-monthly-meetings-in-asia-pacific-and-oceania/107743)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-vote-times-for-monthly-meetings-in-asia-pacific-and-oceania/107743 "2023-12-24T07:14:15Z")

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TL;DR: We need your help to make JuliaHealth more internationally inclusive! Vote below and respond! Hi Julia community! :wave: In our last JuliaHealth talk of the year, we discussed ways of making JuliaHealth monthl…

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## [Who is attending neurips?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/who-is-attending-neurips/107343)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Pevny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tomas_Pevny)\
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**Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/who-is-attending-neurips/107343 "2023-12-08T20:25:31Z")

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Dear friends of Julia language, I wonder who attend neurips? I am also curious how many papers used julia for neurips paper? I will arrive on Monday evening and we have a paper about optimizing heuristic functions for …

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## [And Julia keeps amazing me: high precision computation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/and-julia-keeps-amazing-me-high-precision-computation/107740)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/and-julia-keeps-amazing-me-high-precision-computation/107740 "2023-12-19T01:12:06Z")

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Hi! This application is probably very common for some people, but it is the very first time I really needed high precision computation (BigInt and BigFloat). I am implementing an algorithm for designing frozen orbits i…

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## [Documentation rendered fine in GitHub but not on juliahub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-rendered-fine-in-github-but-not-on-juliahub/107668)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
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**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-rendered-fine-in-github-but-not-on-juliahub/107668 "2023-12-15T16:02:01Z")

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Hello, the documentation of one of my packages (BetaML) is rendered fine in GitHub pages, but has several errors in JuliaHub: What could be the cause ? (I would also have another question, why to replicate documenta…

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## [\[Workgroup\] JuliaHealth End of Year Celebration! 🎉](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-end-of-year-celebration/107304)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-end-of-year-celebration/107304 "2023-12-15T14:53:05Z")

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Hey JuliaHealth folks! As I cancelled last month’s meeting in lieu of combining November’s and December’s meeting into one final meeting for the year, let’s meet next Friday December 15th at 10AM EST to do a year end Ju…

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## [Julia User Group Mainz (Germany)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-user-group-mainz-germany/107656)

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**Author:** [@ranocha](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ranocha)\
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**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-user-group-mainz-germany/107656 "2023-12-15T11:26:14Z")

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We have initiated a new Julia User Group in Mainz (Germany). It provides a platform for everybody interested in Julia - both people new to Julia and people having worked with Julia for years. Our meetings shall provide o…

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## [JuliaUserGroupMunich: Tim Besard, GPU Programming in Julia: What, Why and How?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-tim-besard-gpu-programming-in-julia-what-why-and-how/106358)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-tim-besard-gpu-programming-in-julia-what-why-and-how/106358 "2023-12-15T07:49:55Z")

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Join us online :spiral\_calendar: Monday 4. Monday 11. December 2023 :clock630: CET 18:30. organized via meetup GPU Programming in Julia: What, Why and How? ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ I am glad to welcome Tim Besar…

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## [Julia Orgs, How Do You Manage Logistics?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-orgs-how-do-you-manage-logistics/100430)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-orgs-how-do-you-manage-logistics/100430 "2023-12-13T19:17:59Z")

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Hi Folks, As some of you may know, I am in the process of trying to bolster even further JuliaHealth membership and participation. A question I had for other Julia organizations is how do you handle logistics like shari…

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## [Metaheuristics International Conference and Julia tutorials](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/metaheuristics-international-conference-and-julia-tutorials/107416)

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**Author:** [@Marc\_Sevaux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marc_Sevaux)\
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**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/metaheuristics-international-conference-and-julia-tutorials/107416 "2023-12-11T07:59:51Z")

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The next Metaheuristics International Conference will be organized in Lorient, France on June 4-7, 2024. More information at www.mic2024.fr. We have proposed a series of julia tutorials to spread the language and get ne…

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## [Julia Systems Biology community calls](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-systems-biology-community-calls/107447)

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**Author:** [@isaacsas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/isaacsas)\
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**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-systems-biology-community-calls/107447 "2023-12-11T14:29:34Z")

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@paulflang has kindly organized a (virtual) Julia Systems Biology community call that will begin this week on Wednesday 12/13 at 6pm UTC. Please see the info below. The link for the call has been posted on the sciml-sys…

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## [The JuliaCon 2024 CFP deadline for Mini-Symposia is Friday, 15th December, 23:59 CET](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-juliacon-2024-cfp-deadline-for-mini-symposia-is-friday-15th-december-23-59-cet/107384)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Kell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Kell)\
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**Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-juliacon-2024-cfp-deadline-for-mini-symposia-is-friday-15th-december-23-59-cet/107384 "2023-12-10T18:56:22Z")

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The JuliaCon 2024 CFP deadline for Mini-Symposia is Friday, 15th December, 23:59 CET. Please submit your ideas on pretalx #julialang #DataScience #conference

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## [Training course "Julia for HPC @ UCL", February 2024](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/training-course-julia-for-hpc-ucl-february-2024/107267)

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**Author:** [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
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**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/training-course-julia-for-hpc-ucl-february-2024/107267 "2023-12-07T11:43:37Z")

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The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing is hosting a 4-day Julia for High-Performance Computing (HPC) training course, from February 13th to February 16th 2024. Starting from the fundamentals of the language, the…

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## [Why Julia - A Manifesto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-julia-a-manifesto/106404)

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**Author:** [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-julia-a-manifesto/106404 "2023-12-07T10:08:17Z")

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Hey all, next week I am once again giving the Julia Zero2Hero workshop at the University of Exeter (now updated to Julia 1.9, including a Makie tutorial!). As I am advertising Julia more and more, I constantly have the…

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## [For anyone in France: a large research project (PEPR) on "Agroécologie et Numérique"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-anyone-in-france-a-large-research-project-pepr-on-agroecologie-et-numerique/106956)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
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**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-anyone-in-france-a-large-research-project-pepr-on-agroecologie-et-numerique/106956 "2023-12-05T19:16:43Z")

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A new PEPR is going to start on the field “Agroécologie et Numérique”, perhaps it can be of interest for some of you, as fundings are normally generous. I forward the email: From Simon Teinturier simon.teinturier@agropa…

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## [Do you use the latest version of Julia and why?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-use-the-latest-version-of-julia-and-why/107160)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-use-the-latest-version-of-julia-and-why/107160 "2023-12-05T14:11:07Z")

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What type are you? I can’t risk breaking my project so LTS version it is. I’m too lazy to update and will work with whatever version happened to be installed on my computer. I’m eager to update and will get the latest …

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## [This month in Julia world - 2023-11](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-11/107058)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-11/107058 "2023-12-02T22:40:18Z")

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