VILNIUS, LITHUANIA / ACCESSWIRE / September 13, 2023 / Web scraping, a pivotal tool in today's data-centric world, is evolving rapidly and changing industries every year. Learn more about this transformative technology at OxyCon, the industry's premier conference. Set to unravel today, on 13th September online, OxyCon, hosted by Oxylabs - web intelligence acquisition solution and premium proxy provider - promises a confluence of knowledge from eminent web scraping professionals.
OxyCon's experts will navigate attendees through the intricate maze of data-gathering systems, architectures, and challenges. The sessions, spanning across technological, business, and innovative tracks, aim to shape the future contours of web scraping.
"OxyCon stands as a testament to the evolution and potential of web scraping. This year, we're diving deeper into novel techniques, which help businesses with harnessing the vast potential of web data, and setting our sights on the future of data extraction. It's not just a conference; it's a congregation of the industry's brightest minds and innovators." - Julius Černiauskas, CEO at Oxylabs.
The Developer Track will center on advanced web scraping expertise. Alexander Lebedev, a notable contributor to Scrapy on GitHub and a seasoned expert with six years at Hotjar specializing in web scraping, will delve into the intricacies of creating data-on-demand services.
His presentation will encompass topics such as service architecture, leveraging asynchronous Python libraries, the ethics and efficiency of crawling, and utilizing AWS and Terraform for scalability.
In the Business Track, the focus will be on harnessing the vast potential of web data. Javier Velandia, RA Product Manager at Appgate, will present "Cybercriminal Footprint Erasure: Response Strategies." He will unravel the methods employed by cybercriminals to obscure fraudulent pages from security systems. In addition, he will present strategies to counter these tactics and shed light on the relentless tug-of-war between cyber fraudsters and cybersecurity establishments.
Adding to the roster, Allen O'Neill, Co-Founder at SocialVoice.ai, will illuminate the nuances of gleaning insights from video data. Those in attendance will comprehend the paramount importance of video search, learn key techniques to uncover hidden video narratives and become acquainted with the core engineering and AI dilemmas in video insight analysis.
Meanwhile, the Legal panel will navigate the intricate crossroads of web scraping, AI, and the evolving legal terrains. This enlightening discussion aims to uncover the regulatory challenges and legal perspectives surrounding AI-powered web scraping. Participants will gain insights into the intricacies of budding legal structures and their ramifications on the industry.