… I want to design a new CPU (really an FPGA), with a Very Reduced Instruction Set Computer (VRISC). By the way – VRISC is my term  I want to design a Synchronous Solution, which uses an FPGA (as the Processor) and which analyses a relational database, such as Microsoft SQL or Oracle. I want this analysis to be many times faster, than the fastest INTEL or AMD Processor. Remember that typically FPGA’s clock at 1/6th the speed of a regular CPU. However I have ways to turn that model on its head. No …

Formal teaching of software programming and computer science is broken. Learning to build and create software should be fun, engaging and creative. Access to a formally taught course teaching modern application design practises should be readily accessible.

Have you pinged "Thor" or "Hermes" ? Do you miss the dank of the Hopcroft building. Have you used ML or LaTeX more than once? This is an informal group for ex Cambridge University Computer Scientists based in London who want to meet up for a chat and a drink.

Cloud Computing What is Cloud Computing? - Why use Clouds? - What do clouds have to offer? - How is Amazon, Microsoft , Google and Rackspace Clouds being used today? - What are the barriers to using Clouds? - How can there barriers be broken down?  We believe Cloud Computing represents a major shift in the way everyone will use computers. The jargonified benefits are huge; people will only pay for what they use, utilisation will improve by up to four times, the £ impact and the Green …

The London Windows Azure User Group. Meeting monthly for evenings and weekly for mornings to discuss and consult on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.

This group is for anyone interested in cloud technology, especially Openstack. If you are interested or involved in providing scalable computing resources, be they virtualised, cloud, 'on demand' or grid then you'll find something here.

So What is Data Science? Why do we need Data Science? And What does a Data Scientist do? In this meetup we will discuss the tools, methods and technologies used by many startups and enterprises to analyse large scale data (big data), obtain predictive and actionable insight, generate business value from data, and exploit business opportunities from data products. We'll have data scientists talking about topics like: big data analytics,  distributed data analytics, Pig, data mining, machine learn …

This group is for members to learn and share how to use Google's products for business. We will explore how you can effectively use Google+ to be more visible online, how it's going to affect search results and how you can make use of the many features for your business. We will also look at using Google's cloud computing products (Google Apps for Business) and how this helps you in your business without the cost and headache of traditional IT. You should join this group if you are a business th …

The London Macintosh User Group is a voluntary organisation in the London area of users and enthusiasts of Apple products like Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPads. We hold monthly meetings in central London on the second Monday of the month and periodically other events.

Thanks for joining! We plan to get together in London to discuss projects, challenges, opportunities and new technologies related to tackling web-site and app scalability. Developers, newcomers, entrepreneurs and people with ideas are all welcome. You can expect to meet and enjoy presentations from investors, developers, entrepreneurs and experts in all sorts of relevant topics. We look forward to meeting you. Colin

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is the future of developer-centric cloud deployment. Our user group brings together people who are involved in building and using PaaS clouds to share their experiences, war stories and to work together shape an open future for PaaS.

… Adobe is also providing the infrastructure, the computer processing power, storage (including operating systems and applications) in the cloud.   All these three elements are together referred to as the cloud computing “stack”.   Adobe has recently made it “live” and available to subscribers for a yearly fee such stack. It is called the Adobe Creative Cloud.   So in the meanwhile, you may ask the question; “Is Cloud computing moving IT out of the office?”   Watch this space for more articles and …

This group is for anyone who is interested in Software Defined Networking, whether your are technical, non-technical business folk, or an entrepreneur… It’s to discuss and debate all things SDN, including; hardware, switching, the OpenFlow protocol, controllers, application concepts, industry hype and reality, use cases, business adoption, and many other things…

The greatest lan party group in the UK

What Topics? Java & JEE, Design & DDD, OpenSource.NET, Ajax & RIA, Cloud&Grid, SOA What kind of events? We organise free evening events, which we call In-the-Brain Sessions, through these sessions we hope to give you the opportunity to have a peek in the brain of Technology creators and industry thinkers, shakers and movers! We host various User Group meetings, enabling the community to meet up in our fully equiped premises and share skills and ideas, for example, the London JAVAWUG and .NET …

Meet others interested in developing apps on Google App Engine. This meetup has a strong programming focus, so talks showing working code and workarounds are actively encouraged. Each meetup will have a reasonable amount of time for informal lightning talks to show members' work.