Peter Poliwoda is a Senior Software Engineer at Fresha. He has over a decade of software development experience. Peter graduated from University College Cork in Business Information Systems. He has a keen interest in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive solutions, as well as IoT. Peter has been involved in a number of H2020 projects over the years in industries including healthcare, the automotive sector and Internet of Things. He is an advocate of solving problems using technology and innovation. Peter is an avid contributor to the tech community through open-source and by speaking at conferences, seminars and workshops across Europe. He enjoys giving back to the educational system by working together with schools and universities.

user@peterpoliwoda $ cat 'about-me.md'; /
> echo Hi, I'm Peter! _

I play an active role in the tech industry, take part in meetups and hackathons. I enjoy giving back to the open source community by participating in discussions and sharing what I do here, on Chased by Penguins, my Github and others.

I work on a few interesting side projects. Giving them various amounts of love at various times. Stay in touch by subscribing to my page if you want to know more.

I've released a few apps on the Google Play Store too.

If you'd like to buy me a beer, you can get an awesome T-Shirt with some of my designs!

Join my quest for tech on *nix based machines, Node.js and web stuff and maybe you too will get #ChasedByPenguins !

Speaking (Talks, Conferences and Workshops)

I'm involved in talks and speaking at various conferences and meetups throughout Ireland, Poland and the rest of Europe. I find it quite enjoyable!

My latest areas of interest:

I'd be happy to speak at your next conference or meetup. Get in touch with me if you'd like to invite me!

Find my recent and future engagements below:

Upcoming events (0)

To be announced.

Past events (15)

How to make your UX designs less bad*

Centra, (Wrocław, Poland) - 29 October 2022

Technical challenges with real-life AI Projects

Ulster University (Derry / Londonderry, UK) (Online) - February 2021

Big Data 4 Quality of Life

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto nazionale dei tumori (Milan, Italy) - January 2020

Big Data for Health Policy Symposium - 20-21 Jan 2020

MIDAS Project Symposium (Ulster University, Derry / Londonderry, UK) - 20-21 Jan 2020

Watson Assistant and real life use cases for chatbots

ATLANTEC Conf Festival 2019 (Galway, Ireland) - 30 May, 2019
Slides

No, honestly! I really did buy that ebook!

IBM Cloud Meetup (Bank of Ireland Workbench, Trinity College Dublin) - 29 May, 2019
Slides

Conversation Street - An AI-lluring road trip through the corners of chat

Node.js Dublin (Dublin, Ireland) - 28 Feb, 2019
Slides | Video

Inspirational talk about school

Zespół Szkół Salezjańskich 'Don Bosco' (Świętochłowice, Poland) - 3 January, 2018

Animate IT Workshop

UCC PLUS+ Xperience Camp (University College Cork) - June, 2018

These were the droids you were looking for!

NodeJS Dublin (Dublin) - 31 May, 2018
Slides | Video

Automate your life!

Microservices Dublin (Dublin) - 21 March, 2018
Slides | Video

Animate IT Workshop

UCC PLUS+ Xperience Camp (University College Cork) - June, 2017

Animate IT Workshop

UCC PLUS+ Xperience Camp (University College Cork) - June, 2016

Animate IT Workshop

UCC PLUS+ Xperience Camp (University College Cork) - June, 2015

Animate IT Workshop

UCC PLUS+ Xperience Camp (University College Cork) - June, 2014