AAJUG General Meeting Announcement

You are invited to attend the Ann Arbor Java Users Group meeting as Jason Morris speaks to us on:
Introduction to the Java Expert System Shell (JESS)

Date: Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Note: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com

Open Networking starts at 6:30 PM.

Note: We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, Books, etc. from Sun Microsystems.

Meeting Location:
Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE250

Room Map:
Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE 250

Presentation Title:
Introduction to the Java Expert System Shell (JESS)

Summary:
Sandia National Laboratory’s Jess is a rule engine implemented in Java and based on the Rete pattern-matching algorithm.  The entire Jess distribution consists of the Jess API, a LISP-like scripting language (also called Jess), and an integrated development environment called the JessDE which is an Eclipse plugin.  Any Java developers who write complex business logic will benefit from this talk.  Business rules will be mentioned, but not glorified as the canonical example of Jess’s abilities.

If you want to learn how to add powerful reasoning capability to your Java applications, then this talk is for you.

Keywords:  artificial intelligence, CLIPS, expert systems, inferencing, knowledge engineering, knowledge-base, LISP, rules, rule engine, rulebases

Speaker Bio:
Jason Morris is the owner of Morris Technical Solutions LLC, specializing in Java web-application development and rule-engine applications.  He has more than 15 years in the software engineering field, spanning many application domains and comprising many different functional roles.  Currently, Jason is involved with the USAF to semantically enable human resources information systems via custom ontologies.  He is also a technical marketing and services consultant for Sandia National Laboratories, where he provides custom training and development services for licensees of Jess, the Java Expert Systems Shell (www.jessrules.com).  His latest joint-development effort with the University of Sydney (Australia) is a rule-based expert system called SINFERS for computation of soil properties from field data.

From 2006-2007, Jason was a GAAN Fellow at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts where he was pursuing a PhD in Computer Science and working on Intelligent Tutoring Systems.  He holds a B.S. in Applied Engineering Sciences from Michigan State University, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, and a M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management from Portland State University.

Please feel free to contact him at: consulting@morris-technical-solutions.com

AAJUG General Meeting
You are invited to attend the Ann Arbor Java Users Group meeting as Srini Penchikala speaks to us on:
Domain-Driven Design and Development with Spring Portfolio

Date: Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST
Note: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com
Open Networking starts at 6:30 PM.

Note: We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, Books, etc. from Sun Microsystems.
Also, attendees will have a chance to win a free license of one of the JetBrains products:

a. IntelliJ IDEA Personal License
b. ReSharper Personal License
c. TeamCity Build Agent (for our Continuous Integration and Build Server)
d. Ruby IDE Personal License

Meeting Location:
Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE250

http://www.wccnet.org/search/roomlocator/index.php?room=BE250&bego=Go

Presentation Title:
Domain-Driven Design and Development with Spring Portfolio

Summary:
Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is about mapping business concepts into software artifacts. In this session, I will discuss Domain-Driven Design and Development from a practical implementation stand-point. I will start off the presentation with the advantages of using a Rich Domain Model over an Anemic Model and how Domain-Driven Design can help achieve it. We will look at various architectural and design patterns, best practices, frameworks, techniques and tools that influence the design of the solution. We will also discuss the role of design concerns like Dependency Injection (DI), Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP), Custom Annotations, Persistence, Caching, Transaction Management and Application Security play in DDD implementation.

Most of the design concepts discussed in the session will be demonstrated using a sample Java application. Time permitting, we will also take a look at Code generation of various artifacts in a typical domain implementation project, using Model Driven Architecture (MDA) tool openArchitectureWare (oAW).

Speaker Bio:
Srini Penchikala currently works as an Enterprise Architect at a major financial organization in Metropolitan Detroit area. He has over 14 years of IT experience and has been working on Java projects since 1996 and J2EE technology since 2000. His main areas of interest are Agile Enterprise and Service Oriented Architectures, Domain-Driven Design & Development In Practice, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP), Architecture Rules Enforcement, Enterprise Integration Patterns, and light-weight middleware frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. He has presented at conferences and Java User Groups on topics like Agile Enterprise Architectures, Architecture Governance and Domain-Driven Design. He has also published several articles on J2EE topics on websites like InfoQ.com, ServerSide.com, O’Reilly Java Network (ONJava) (http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1418), DevX Java (http://www.devx.com/DevX/contentByAuthor/38240?author_id=1468&num_items=ALL), java.net and JavaWorld. Srini holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE). He publishes a blog on Java, JEE, and other topics at http://srinip2007.blogspot.com/. He is also one of the organizers of Detroit Java User Group (http://www.detroitjug.com).
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AAJUG General Meeting
You are invited to attend the Ann Arbor Java Users Group meeting as  Michael J. Rozlog from Embarcadero  Technologies speaks to us on:
JBuilder 2008 – Power Tools for Power Development!

Michael did a number of presentations at the recent CodeRage Event, he is a very good presenter!

Date: Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST

Note: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com
Open Networking starts at 6:30 PM.

Pizza and Soft Drinks will be served!

Note: We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, Books, etc. from Sun Microsystems.

Also, attendees will have a chance to win a free license of one of the JetBrains products:

a. IntelliJ IDEA Personal License
b. ReSharper Personal License
c. TeamCity Build Agent (for our Continuous Integration and Build Server)
d. Ruby IDE Personal License (not named yet, but we?re working on that)

Meeting Location:
Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE250

PRESENTATION:

JBuilder 2008 – Power tools for power development

Overview:

JBuilder 2008, Embarcaderos Eclipse-base Java IDE, includes over 60+ of the most popular open source plug-ins, plus a complete series of commercial grade plug-ins that create a world-class Java development environment. However getting your hands around this powerful environment is an essential next step to building higher-quality Java applications faster. If you are considering the move from base Eclipse this presentation is a must-see!
This presentation will focus on using the JBuilder built-in tools to their maximum. Take advantage of coding tips and tricks, advanced features throughout that will help build better code faster and have the fastest code.

Areas of Interest:

*Tips and Tricks with JBuilder

*The meaning of 2-way development

*Producing quality code, through and through

*Find and eliminate performance issues, now

Presenter BIO:

Mike Rozlog is Embarcaderos Product Line Sales Manager/Evangelist for the Americas.  He is focused on helping to make sure the products being developed by Embarcadero meet the expectations of CodeGears customers.  He has held various management positions over the past few years.  This is his second tenure supporting these products, prior to rejoining CodeGear Mr. Rozlog had 8 years with Borland and had a number of senior technical positions with them.  He spends a great deal of time thoroughly discussing and explaining all technical and business aspects of Embarcadero/CodeGear products and services to audiences and analysts worldwide. He has been published many times, and his latest collaboration is Mastering JBuilder from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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