In this Foojay podcast, we enter the world of mathematics by discussing Vectors and how they are crucial for AI and machine learning. As ChatGPT explains: "A Vector is a mathematical structure that holds numerical values. Vectors are fundamental to the field of Artificial Intelligence, as they allow mathematical operations to be performed efficient…

In this interview at SINCON 2024, Dr. Joshua James, a Regional Counter Cyber Crime Coordinator for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shared his insights on the Regional Counter-cybercrime programme at UNODC. Dr. James argued that while law enforcement agencies are getting better at responding to cybercrime, the cyber criminals a…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Simon Martinelli, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from Switzerland who loves contributing to FOSS projects and teaching students all about Java. The conversation ranges from Simon’s early experience learning Java, working for the Swiss Railway, engaging multiple Java User Groups, and teac…

As a backend developer, you may not realize that Java was initially born on embedded devices like set-top boxes and gateways. We discussed this topic for the first time almost three years ago in Foojay Podcast #2 with James Gosling, Johan Vos, Erik Costlow, and Frank Delporte (https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-2/). In this episode #55, we look…

MIDI is a universal standard for communicating between musical instruments and computers. Within OpenJDK, there is a whole Java package dedicated to MIDI communication and data handling. Is it up to date? Are there better approaches now? And what can we do with music, Java, and Kotlin? Let's find out... Guests Atsushi Eno https://atsushieno.github.…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Praveen Mohan, Director of Java Quality and Infrastructure at the Oracle India Development Center in Bangalore, which is part of the Java Platform Group. The conversation covers the technical details of the quality engineering operation in Bangalore where 40 developers ensure that Java is teste…

In this interview, we speak with Mac Munsayac, Head of Customer Experience at Philippine Airlines, to explore the transformative role of AI in the aviation industry. Mac elaborates on the integration of generative AI and tools to enhance customer interactions by providing personalized, proactive, and frictionless experiences, especially in scenario…

As Vice President and CTO, Solutions, for Salesforce ASEAN, Gavin Barfield leads a team of Salesforce engineers across the region to develop and drive integrated technology solutions for Salesforce customers. Gavin works closely with customers in ASEAN on their digital transformations, bringing together the full value of the Salesforce platform to …

This is the final part of the JCON interviews. Did I save the best for last? It's up to you to decide. In this episode, you'll hear Simon Martinelli, Nicolas Fränkel, Marcus Hellberg, Rick Ossendrijver, and Abdel Sghiouar. We talked about a bunch of topics, like evolving your APIs, GraphQL, Java versus Kotlin versus Rust, Vaadin, AI and ChatGPT, Op…

This is part 4 of the JCON interviews. In this episode, we have 5 new guests for you. We start with garbage collectors and Intelligence Cloud, a tool created by Azul to find out which of your code is actually used in production and which dependencies are known to have vulnerabilities. My colleague Gerrit Grunwald was at JCON to give a talk about th…

This is part 3 of the JCON interviews. In this episode, Frank meets Otavio Santana, who recently wrote the book "Mastering the Java Virtual Machine." At JCON, he talked about the persistence layer and how you can evolve your career. You'll also learn more about Jakarta EE, GlassFish, and a PET project with messaging via Telegram. Content 00:42 Otav…

This is part 2 of the interviews we recorded at the JCON conference earlier this month in Germany. In this episode you get two main topics: Maven and Code Quality. In the first part, you'll hear Karl Heinz Marbaise and Steve Pool about the Maven project, the repository, Sonaytype and the security impact of dependencies. But next to security, we as …

In this interview at Black Hat Asia 2024, we spoke with Adrian Wood and Mary Walker, security engineers from Dropbox, about the critical issues surrounding AI security, backdoors, and malware. Adrian and Mary explained that many users rely on pre-existing machine learning (ML) models from public repositories rather than creating their own. This int…

On Tuesday, May 14th, the Foojay Podcast went live at the JCON conference in Cologne, Germany, to talk with speakers and visitors about all things Java. We had so many amazing talks that we will combine them into several podcast episodes in the next weeks. This is part 1! 00:26 Geertjan Wielenga: Founding father of Foojay.io https://www.linkedin.co…

Now in its fourth year we'll be starting this year's series at a heightened time of risk and significant activity across the security domain - the opening episodes will be discussing how these events impact private security and emergency services and what may be the broader requirements and implications. To open the series, which will run regular e…

Now in its fourth year we'll be starting this year's series at a heightened time of risk and significant activity across the security domain - the opening episodes will be discussing how these events impact private security and emergency services and what may be the broader requirements and implications. To open the series, which will run regular e…

We speak with Alina Tan, Ethical Hacker and Security Architect based in Singapore. Alina is a former Top 30 Women in Cybersecurity Singapore (now the Top Women in Security ASEAN Region Awards). GISEC Global 2024 attracted more than 20,000 attendees from over 130 countries to the Dubai World Trade Center. Taking place over three days, April 23-25, t…

We speak with Col Francel Margareth Padilla-Taborlupa, Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesperson. A C4S Officer with 27 years experience in Technology and Security, Francel is an International Lecturer, Moderator/Panelist and experienced Information Technology Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Army Management Information…

We speak with THNG, Chin Hwee, Vice President, Public Safety & Security, ST Engineering and NG Yeow Boon, Deputy Chief Executive (Development), HTX at the inaugural Milipol Asia-Pacific - TechX Summit (MAP-TXS) that took place from 3 to 5 April 2024 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore. Co-organised by Singapore’s HTX, GIE Milipol, and Come…

Once a month, in the Foojay Podcast, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, we are in Oberpfalz, Germany, for a particular reason. The organizers of the local JUG are the same people responsible for the JCON conference in Cologne in a few weeks. Let's learn more about the Java community in Germany. Gu…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Bert Jan Schrijver from The Netherlands. Bert is a Java Champion, a leader of the Dutch Java User Group, and the CTO and co-founder of OpenValue that he started in 2017. The conversation spans all of Bert's experiences as a software developer, including hacking and gaming as a six-year old, con…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Richard Fichtner, a Java developer from Germany who is also a JUG leader and an Oracle ACE Pro. The conversation previews the upcoming JCON Europe 2024 Conference in Cologne, which will have 100 sessions of core Java technologies and a thousand Java developers from around the world. Richard and…

About one and a half years ago, ChatGPT was launched. The way we search for information and develop software has changed a lot since then as the use of Artificial Intelligence suddenly became a lot easier. What can we expect in the near future, and how can we program AI ourselves with Java? Let's find out... Guests Lize Raes https://www.linkedin.co…

What are the strategic directions for AI in homeland security. Attending Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024, we speak with Physicist and former Yale University Professor, Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for S&T, US Department of Homeland Security. Nominated by President Biden in 2021, Dimitri Kusnezov was the deputy under secretary for artificial…

With the rapidly evolving challenges in global travel, trade, and security, we speak to Australian Border Force Commissioner, Michael Outram APM at the Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024 in Singapore. We discuss how border security been affected by technology and the current landscape, emerging threats, and the importance of fostering collaboration…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Mohammed Aboullaite, a Java developer from Morocco who is now based on Stockholm, Sweden. The conversation covers how Mohammed first fell in love with Java in college, and he's been contributing to the community ever since. Mohammed says it's "mind blowing" what happens when you get a bunch of …

Pentera is an automated pentesting platform. Validate every attack surface in your network, and test continuously to maintain control over your true security posture. Be proactive in fixing vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, leaked credentials, and privileges before they are exploited. We speak with Jannis Utz, VP Global Sales Engineering at Pente…

In this interview, Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO, Vast Data navigates the dynamic landscape of AI adoption and evolution, tracing its trajectory from the early days in 2016 to today’s diverse applications across various business sectors. Prior to founding VAST, Renen led the architecture and development of an all-flash array at XtremIO, from incept…

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, I'm leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the country where the Red Cross was started, and many international institutions have their headquarters. Let's find out if there is also a big Java communi…

Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with customers and partners in more than 100 countries around world. We speak with Mr THNG Chin Hwee, Vice-President, Public Safety & Security Cluster, ST Engineering about the capabilities on display at Milipol APAC and a must see at Booth 1910. Find o…

Sharat Nautiyal, Director of Security Engineering, APJ, Vectra AI. Sharat has over 15 years of experience assisting organisations in the areas of security architecture, threat detection and threat hunting. He has a strong focus on leading security engineering, security architecture, and the sales engineering team across APJ. The global cybersecurit…

We speak with Grant Wright, General Manager of Marketplace and AI Products, SEEK. Grant leads SEEK's global AI and Analytics teams at SEEK, who build and support the AI services that power SEEK's products including search, recommendations, candidate quality and pricing; and provide internal analytics and experimentation capability to better underst…

Last September, we got Java 21, a Long Term Support (LTS) version with eight new big features and seven incubator or preview features. Does Java 22 also bring that much innovation, or is it just a bug-fix release? And what needs to be done to get such a release published on time? Let's find out... Speakers Loïc Mathieu https://www.linkedin.com/in/l…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Marit van Dijk, a Java Champion and Developer Advocate at JetBrains based in The Netherlands. The conversation covers all things Java — the growing community, the latest features to enable developer productivity, contributing to Open Source, advice for students, and Marit's unique background in…

We speak with Charles Chu, General Manager of Cloud Security at CyberArk in the lead up to his Australian visit in March 2024. CyberArk has advanced capabilities for securing access to cloud services and modern infrastructure for all users, based on the company’s risk-based intelligent privilege controls. The CyberArk Secure Cloud Access solution p…

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. We have a special group in this episode as we visit the virtual Quarkus Club. This initiative started less than a year ago and is already one of the biggest groups in the world dedicated to Quarkus. Links https://discord.com/invite/NUsVvZp7hs http…

Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Jonathan Vila, a Java engineer and Java Champion based in Barcelona, Spain. The conversation covers Jonathan's long career in software development, his love/hate relationship with various languages, his passion for Java, the benefits of contributing to Open Source, and why he loves the Java com…