For the fourth consecutive year, I was invited to participate as a speaker at JUTI (University Technology Days on Computer Science). This event is held every year at UTN-FRRe and aims to promote new technologies, general innovations, business presentations, ideas, and many other topics related to Computer Science and the Information Systems Engineering degree.
For me personally, this event is very important because at the first one I attended, back in 2000, there were several Linux talks. At that time, I only knew that Linux was “for hackers” :P, and the speakers blew my mind, which led me to pursue the path of free software.
I love participating in these sessions because it feels like a way to give back some of what I’ve received in my professional life and to encourage the research and development spirit in first-year students in the audience.
Putting sentiment aside, my talk will focus on email servers on Linux. We’ll cover basic theoretical aspects of mail servers, then see how to implement them on Linux, review some of the tools I usually use, and discuss external issues not mentioned in any HowTo. For example:
- Which links we can use for a private server
- What to do if we end up on a blacklist
- How to fight spam
- How to help users without causing them frustration
Other talks that seem interesting include:
- Marcos Ibañez, who will speak about MySQL replication
- Andres Rosi, director of Sismo Soft, a company developing Flash video games from Rafaela for the world. I don’t know exactly what he’ll talk about, but listening to him is impressive—the experience he has and his openness to share it make it worthwhile
- Matias Silvero and Gabriel Zabal from Zconsulting, who will speak about IT security management
- Our dear Professor Carlos Perez, who will give a talk on neural networks in mobile devices. Although many criticize his talks, we all know he is a great professional, and his lectures, talks, and hallway discussions always motivate you and give you new perspectives (too bad he’s not a Linux enthusiast :P)
What I don’t like are the recycled talks from Sun, the same ones they brought to Whyfloss, where Ezequiel Singer came just to criticize Linux with poor arguments and barely spoke about Sun, Solaris, or Java. Still, if I don’t have anything better to do that day, I’ll probably check it out, hoping this time he talks about the products of my beloved company.
I hope to see everyone there! Here are a couple of links to get more familiar with the event.