February Meetup

= Schedule

• Introduction (15 min)
• Parallelism in Python (20 min)
• Stains in Screen Printing (20 min)
• Networking Tea (30 min)
• vaaku2vec :: first step in indicnlp (20 min)
• Lightning Talks (20 min)

= Parallelism in Python
Speaker: Rounak Vyas

Python has a terrible rep when it comes to its parallel processing capabilities. Ignoring the standard arguments about its threads and the GIL (which are mostly valid), the real problem with parallelism in Python isn't a technical one, but a pedagogical one. The common tutorials surrounding Threading and Multiprocessing in Python, while generally excellent, are pretty “heavy.” They start in the intense stuff and stop before they get to the really good, day-to-day useful parts. In this talk, I'll walk through multi-threading in python, explain GIL(Global Interpreter Lock) and why it is important and give an introduction to multi-processing in python with a hands-on coding session.

= Stains in Screen Printing
Speaker: Vijay Kumar B

The standard approach to string formating and printing has evolved over the years. We will see what were the pitfalls, what we learned from them, and how things came to be the way they are today. The focus will be on the `print` statement / function and the '%' operator.

= vaaku2vec :: first step in indicnlp
Speaker: Selvakumar

A discussion on why public domain datasets are important for the growth and embellishment of regional languages and dialects.

What you can do with just a bunch of news articles. The system is a classic word2vec model trained on news articles. Tamil and Malayalam versions available at the moement.

Demo @ http://w2v.kaatchi.cheyyarivu.org/

= Talk at Chennaipy
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