PyDataMCR - Episode 0 - NUMFOCUS with Dr Gina Helfrich

PyDataMCR - Episode 0 - NUMFOCUS with Dr Gina Helfrich

Welcome to the official PyDataMCR podcast, In this episode we give an introduction to PyData,NUMFOCUS and some of the organisers.

The mission of NumFOCUS is to promote sustainable high-level programming languages, open code development, and reproducible scientific research. We accomplish this mission through our educational programs and events as well as through fiscal sponsorship of open source scientific computing projects. We aim to increase collaboration and communication within the data science and scientific computing community.

PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. PyData provides a forum for the international community of users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The global PyData network promotes discussion of best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. PyData communities approach data science using many languages, including (but not limited to) Python, Julia, and R.

Dr Gina Helfrich is the Communications Director and Program Manager for Diversity & Inclusion at NumFOCUS, a non-profit that supports better science through open code.

Show notes:
Why Women Are Flourishing In R Community But Lagging In Python - https://bit.ly/2EacceY
Discover Cookbook - https://bit.ly/2PLJyS5
Numfocus blog - numfocus.org/blog
Numfocus donation link/membership - https://bit.ly/2S4JDSH
Corporate sponsor - numfocus.org/sponsors
Conda-forge - conda-forge.org
ropenSci - ropensci.org
QuantEcon - quantecon.org
OpenJournals - www.theoj.org
Astropy -astropy.org
Cantera -cantera.org
jump built with Julia - juliaopt.org/JuMP.jl/0.17/quickstart.html
Schoolbus project - https://bit.ly/2LkfUm0
Google slides transcription - https://bit.ly/2PJSkzE
Safia Abdallah - twitter.com/captainsafia
Stuff Mom Never Told You episode featuring Gina - stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/podcasts/spill-your-salary-secrets.htm
Mesa - github.com/projectmesa/mesa
Book recommendation from Bertil and David: https://amzn.to/2QB6HMg

Our Sponsor
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Contact
Twitter - twitter.com/pydatamcr
Slack - bit.ly/2v60ieu
Meetup - meetup.com/PyData-Manchester/