Pattern Mining Workshop

Organizers: Kyle Brown, MaryLynn Manns, and Joseph Yoder
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Abstract:  Pattern mining techniques include ways to extract valuable seeds of patterns from proven experiences. In this workshop, you’ll learn about Patterns and learn techniques for identifying patterns and writing patterns and pattern languages.  Learn from experts in the field how to discover patterns, identify how patterns relate to each other in a pattern language or pattern catalog, and participate in interactive exercises that will show you how to write your own patterns and pattern languages.

The workshop consists of a mix of discussion, group pattern writing, pattern mining practice - not necessarily in that order. Part of this will include a discussion on the relationship between patterns, and the priority of the patterns. This can include looking at pattern maps and sequences of using the patterns. The only requirements are an open mind, ready to absorb the patterns experience, and ideas for patterns. If you wish, you can bring any pattern ideas you may want to brainstorm, such as Organizational, Teams, Software, Agile, Change, etc.

Date: April 12-13 2022; 3:00-5:00 pm Chicago timezone.
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Details: This will be a two-day mini-workshop (2 hours per day, online). 
             No technical expertise or previous patterns expertise required.

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Organizers' Bios
Kyle Brown is an IBM Fellow and Vice President and the CTO to the CIO of IBM. He has over 25 years of experience in designing and implementing large-scale systems. Kyle leads a team responsible for helping our customers adopt IBM’s cloud technologies and build applications using IBM's cloud products and he is a world-recognized expert on topics in the cloud, Java, and software architecture. He publishes often, conducts webinars, and is the author of ten books including the recent "Cloud Adoption Playbook" published in 2018 by Wiley. You can find all of his publications linked at http://www.kyle-brown.com.
MaryLynn Manns, PhD is the co-author of two books, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas, 2005 (also published in Japanese and Chinese) and More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen, 2015, and a Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. She has given numerous presentations on change leadership at events throughout the world and in many organizations that include Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Avon, and Amazon.
Joseph (Joe) Yoder (agilist, computer scientist, speaker, and pattern author) is the founder and principal of The Refactory (www.refactory.com), a company focused on software architecture, design, implementation, consulting, and mentoring on all facets of software development. Joe is also the president of The Hillside Group, a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life of everyone who uses, builds, and encounters software systems. Joe has presented many tutorials and talks, arranged workshops, given keynotes, and helped organize leading international agile and technical conferences. He is best known as an author of the Big Ball of Mud pattern, which illuminates many fallacies in software architecture. Joe teaches and mentors developers on Agile and lean practices, architecture, building flexible systems, clean design, patterns, refactoring, and testing.

Dialogue workshop for using Pattern Languages for supporting everyday life

Organizers: Takashi Iba

Dates: September 20th, 2022

Abstract: Pattern language, which was originally invented in the field of architectural design, applied to software design, and then developed into the design of actions and activities, has recently expanded into the area of lifestyle and life design. In this PLoPourri, we will take up some of the pattern languages recently created by Iba Lab and use them in a Dialogue Workshop. IN the Dialogue Workshops, we will talk together about experiences of the participants themselves that are connected to the patterns, and use this as a reference for our own pattern practice by learning about the actual practice and gaining a deeper understanding of the content of the patterns. The following patterns will be covered in this session (participants will choose one of the patterns to participate).

• A Pattern Language for Nurturing an Exciting Life
• A Pattern Language for Nature-based Child Care
• A Pattern Language for Living and Caring Together

Those who wish to attend should register using the form that will be set up about two months before the event. Shortly before the event date, we will send you a summary of each pattern language. The workshop will be held via Zoom.

More details about this and other PLoPourri activities can be found here

Organizers' Bios
Takashi Iba is a Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He received a Ph.D. in Media and Governance from Keio University. He is the president of CreativeShift Lab Inc., a board member of The Hillside Group, and a board member of MITSUKARU+WAKARU. Dr. Iba creates numerous pattern languages related to creative human actions in collaboration with his students: Learning Patterns, Presentation Patterns, Collaboration Patterns, Words for a Journey, Project Design Patterns and so on. He writes academic books in Japanese, such as Pattern Language, Creative Learning, Social Systems Theory, and Introduction to Complex Systems.