

What weโre about
PyData Bristol is the Bristol chapter of the international PyData community.
Material
All the material from previous meetups can be found in this GitHub repository. The material for the workshops can be found in this other GitHub repository.
Call for proposal
If you would like to give a talk (from 5 minutes to 1 hour) please fill this google form with some initial details and we will contact you as soon as possible. The talk could be to present your current work, a topic that you just learned, the reason why you are attending PyData Bristol. As an example, these is a small list with the most mentioned topics from PyData Bristol community: machine learning, data visualisation, python, data science, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, deep learning, neural networks, business, to mention a few. Thanks in advance for your time! :)
What is PyData?
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.
PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. The PyData Code of Conduct (http://pydata.org/code-of-conduct.html) governs this meetup. To discuss any issues or concerns relating to the code of conduct or the behavior of anyone at a PyData meetup, please contact the local group organizers (message us on the meetup page). Please also submit a report of any potential Code of Conduct violation directly to NumFOCUS (https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/ynjGdT).
Twitter: @PyDataBristol
Code of Conduct
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All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks.
Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for PyData.
To discuss any issues or concerns relating to the code of conduct or behavior of anyone at the PyData meetup
Please contact the local group organizers (message us on the meetup page). Please also submit a report of any potential Code of Conduct violation directly to NumFOCUS (https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/ynjGdT).
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See all- PyData Bristol - 26th MeetupAmdaris, Bristol
Join us once again for the next PyData Bristol Meetup!
The PyData community in Bristol continues to thrive with engaging talks, insightful lightning sessions, and lively networking. A massive thank you to our generous hosts, Amdaris, for supplying the venue, Adlib for the scrumptious pizza, and thirst-quenching refreshments, along with additional sponsorship.
Amdaris is our new host!!! Whoop whopp! Happy and excited for a new beginning :)
Sadly we say goodbye to our regular and always open host Cookpad. Thank you for hosting us for almost a year and supplying us with a good atmosphere and good vibe place.Agenda for the evening:
๐ช 6:00 pm - Doors open
๐ก 6:30 pm - Talks commence (sharp!)๐ Two 25-minute talks:
- Talk 1: Natural Language Processing - from Academic Theory to Business Application - Panashe Jerry Mundondo
- Talk 2: Slient Intrusion - How LLM Infiltrating Enterprises - Manish Sharma
๐ Two 10-minute lightning talks:
- TBD
- TBD
๐ข Community announcements
๐ค Relaxed networking over beers and soft drinksInterested in sharing your knowledge or experience at this or a future event? Fill out this form to submit your talk proposal: https://goo.gl/forms/8lsz1WA1986Ahbbs1
We look forward to seeing you there for another fantastic evening of Python, Data Science, and camaraderie!Talks
1. Natural Language Processing - from Academic Theory to Business Application - Panashe Jerry Mundondo
This talk will centre around the contrast between academic data science, as experienced during my MSc in Data Science & AI, and the adaptability required in real-world data scenarios.
Using an NLP tool I developed for Fourth Floor Creative (a video game marketing company) as a case study, I will discuss the challenges in adapting from data science in theory, to the creativity and solution-oriented approach needed in the real world.
The aim of the NLP tool was to evaluate both sentiment and semantic themes in customer comments about specific video games. Initial attempts using off-the-shelf models like TextBlob and Bert were not accurate enough due to the unique language in the gaming domain.
Holding onto my academic mindset, I contemplated creating a bespoke sentiment classifier, only to discover the lack of clean, labelled data specific to my domainโa stark contrast to academic settings. My next step was to ask colleagues at my workplace to label some data, but as they are not data scientists they did not understand the aim and importance of this leading to poorly labelled data.
Ultimately, rather than building a tool from scratch, the solution lay in fine-tuning existing models from Hugging Face, augmenting data with synthetic inputs from LLMs, and capitalising on few-shot classification to address data limitations.
I believe that early-career data-scientists will benefit from this talk. It provides insights into the practical application of data science and NLP in a business context, highlighting the emphasis on speed and efficiency, as opposed to the academic focus on achieving the highest accuracy in a model.# 2. Slient Intrusion - How LLM Infiltrating Enterprises - Manish Sharma
This talk tries to cover the how LLM are becoming need of enterprise but really are enterprises ready for it.
Lightning Talks
# 1. TBD
# 2. TBD
๐ LOGISTICS
Talks kick off at 18:30 sharp; then networking in The Knights Templar from 20:40.
If you realise you can't make it, please un-RSVP in good time to free up your place for your fellow community members.
Follow @pydatabristol (https://twitter.com/pydatabristol) for updates on this and future events, as well as news from the global PyData community.๐ CODE OF CONDUCT
The PyData Code of Conduct governs this meetup (https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct/). To discuss any issues or concerns relating to the code of conduct or behaviour of anyone at the PyData meetup, please contact the PyData Bristol organisers, or you can submit a report of any potential Code of Conduct violation directly to NumFOCUS (https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/ynjGdT).