NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Criteo S.A.
(NASDAQ: CRTO), a leading commerce marketing technology company,
will bring its "Not Another Big Data Conference" (NABDConf) to
Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, after two successful
events in Paris. Built as the
conference by developers for developers, NABDConf features talks
with engineers from diverse industries to discuss topics ranging
from real-world, scalable deep learning and data science, to data
production monitoring and escalation processes. Speakers from
Spotify, Cloudera, Uber and more will join Criteo for
thought-provoking conversations. Criteo will donate 100 percent of
proceeds from ticket sales to Techfugees, a nonprofit organization
that mobilizes the global tech community to respond to the refugee
situation. Individuals may purchase tickets here.
Programming at NABDConf spans all career stages, from seasoned
industry veterans to recent college graduates. Presentations will
focus specifically on technologies like Spark, Parquet/Arrow,
TensorFlow and other OSS projects meeting real world needs. To lead
the discussions, confirmed speakers include engineers and
developers from web-scale companies like Pinterest, Yahoo!,
Determined AI and others, who will take a close look at the
technology as well as big-data and deep learning uses cases behind
these deployments. Attendees will also have the opportunity to
learn about scaling engineering culture from Moshin Hussain, VP of Engineering, Criteo.
"Today's engineers and developers are working in fast-paced
environments with complex deliverables and extremely high
expectations. We believe collaboration is the key to solving
pressing issues and unlocking new solutions, and are excited to
bring this event to the Bay Area to engage with the brightest minds
in the industry," said Justin
Coffey, Senior Staff Development Lead, Criteo. "In addition,
we are inspired by how this community rallies behind organizations
like Techfugees to solve international challenges and are proud to
raise awareness for this forward-thinking nonprofit
organization."
Techfugees is a social enterprise mobilizing the global tech
community to respond to the refugee situation. The non-profit
organizes conferences, workshops and hack-a-thons around the world
in an effort to supply a pool of tech solutions and tech talent to
NGOs working with refugees, and refugees themselves. Criteo will
donate all ticket sale proceeds.
Prior to the conference, Criteo will also host an exclusive
workshop led by the inventor of Play framework, Guillaume Bort, on
Monday, December 11. The workshop
will focus on sequencing computations, ad hoc polymorphism with
type classes and concurrent functional programming with Scala,
among other topics. Individuals can register here. Seating is
limited.
NABDConf will be hosted at Criteo's Palo Alto offices on Tuesday, December 12, 8:30
a.m. – 7 p.m. PT. For
more information, please visit:
www.criteo.com/events/nabdconf-palo-alto/
About Criteo
Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO), the leader in
commerce marketing, is building the highest performing and open
commerce marketing ecosystem to drive profits and sales for
retailers and brands. More than 2,700 Criteo team members partner
with 17,000 customers and thousands of publishers across the globe
to deliver performance at scale by connecting shoppers to the
things they need and love. Designed for commerce, Criteo's Commerce
Marketing Ecosystem sees over $550
billion in annual commerce sales data. For more information,
please visit www.criteo.com.
Media Contact:
Kenya Hayes
k.hayes@criteo.com
(703) 589-7595
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