Cloud is everywhere. It is one of the most crucial technologies of today, used both by huge enterprises worldwide, and by us, every single day. Would you like to dive into the details of why using cloud is advantageous over traditional approaches, how cloud works, and how can the knowledge of cloud help your professional career? Then this event is perfect for you! Besides getting familiar with the theoretical foundations of this technology, during the session you will be introduced a usecase that can be implemented using cloud and you will also be able to get some hands on experience with AWS and GCP - some of the biggest cloud providers in the world. And finally, you will be presented some possible career opportunities one can explore in Cloud and what would be first steps towards achieving this goal.

No preliminary experience with Cloud is required, the event is suitable for all students, however an understanding of how the internet and digital systems work on an abstract level is highly recommended to benefit the most from the material. Topics that students can read to prepare if they like, include but are not limited to: 3 tiered application architecture, IP addresses, relational/non-relational databases, virtual machines. These topics will not be explicitly explained at the lecture.