IT Lightning Talks: session #26

Friday 9 May 2025, 10:00 → 11:00 Europe/Zurich

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

Pedro Ferreira (CERN), Sebastian Lopienski (CERN), Hugo Gonzalez Labrador (CERN), Elizaveta Ragozina (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

IT Lightning Talks (ITLT) are short presentations on any topic related to computing technology or to the IT department. See more here: https://twiki.cern.ch/IT/LightningTalks/

10:00 → 10:03 Welcome

Speakers: Elizaveta Ragozina (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Hugo Gonzalez Labrador (CERN), Pedro Ferreira (CERN), Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)

10:03 → 10:11 Critical CVE in CVSS=10.0, impact

I recently discovered a critical CVE in a popular open-source project CVSS=10.0 and would like to give a quick talk about it: how I discovered it, the unexpected way I bypassed a function which should've prevented command injections, and the uniquely high possible impact (as the tool is used for red-teaming by cybersecurity teams).

Speaker: Dawid Kulikowski (Twente Technical University (NL))

10:11 → 10:19 OpenMediaVault Storage Solution

I am currently exploring the OpenMediaVault storage solution, and I have set up a personal mini-cloud solution for family and friends into a Raspberry Pi.

Speaker: Alexandros Petridis

10:19 → 10:27 SolidJS and React.js: Two Paths to Reactive UI

At first glance, SolidJS and React.js code appears strikingly similar. However, their underlying mechanisms are vastly different. React.js relies on the Virtual DOM, while SolidJS employs a direct, fine-grained reactivity model, resulting in better performance. In this brief presentation, I'll highlight these key differences and similarities, aiming to introduce React enthusiasts to the performance benefits of SolidJS and spark interest in the broader concept of the reactivity.

Speaker: Karol Jozef Kosek

10:27 → 10:35 From Netflix to Native: Automating French with Sentence Mining

What if binge-watching could make you bilingual? In this lightning talk, I’ll share how I automated my journey to learning French using a technique called sentence mining. By combining tools like subtitle extraction, spaced repetition, and smart automation, I turned every video into a personalized language lesson — all without ever opening a textbook. Whether you're learning a language yourself or curious about building educational workflows, this talk will show you how tech can turn passive watching into active learning.

Speaker: Alexandra Murariu

10:35 → 10:43 Running Local LLMs with Ollama, Open-WebUI, and Browser-Use

Running large language models (LLMs) on your own machine is more accessible than you might think. In this talk, I’ll explain how to use Ollama to run LLMs locally, Open-WebUI as a user-friendly interface for interacting with them, and Browser-Use for working with agent-based LLMs. Installation, model selection, and practical applications like chat interfaces, automation, and local AI-assisted tasks will be covered

Speaker: Dr Igor Jakovljevic (CERN)

10:43 → 10:51 Personal Life Hacks for Windows

Speaker: Siavas Firoozbakht (CERN)

10:51 → 10:59 Mosh - the Mobile Shell

Mosh is a unique remote access shell that aims to be better at surviving in hostile networks that aren't very reliable.

Speaker: Zachary Goggin