About us
PyData MCR is the Manchester chapter of the International PyData Community.
For Manchester based data people, to share and learn new things. All open data tooling welcome, we are not python focused.
PyData is dedicated to providing a harassment-free meeting experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of meeting participants in any form.
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.
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Upcoming events
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PyDataMCR March
Krakenflex, 13th Floor, No.2 Circle Square, 1 Symphony Park, Manchester, M1 7FS, Manchester, GBPyDataMCR March Talks
THE TALKS
Garbage Semantics In, Garbage AI Out - Hurma Ehtesham (she/her)
Most conversations about AI focus on models, algorithms, and compute power. In reality, many AI projects fail for a much simpler reason: the underlying data does not mean the same thing to everyone.
In this talk, I will explore how inconsistent definitions, messy business processes, and ambiguous data structures quietly undermine AI systems. Using real examples from industry, I will show how problems in data semantics propagate into analytics and machine learning models, producing results that appear sophisticated but are fundamentally unreliable.
The session will highlight practical steps data teams can take to align definitions, improve data structures, and ensure that AI systems are built on foundations that actually make sense.
Hurma Ehtesham is a Data and Systems Analyst at Civic Engineers in Manchester, where she works on building data platforms, dashboards, and automation systems that help organisations make better operational decisions. Her work focuses on translating messy real-world data into structured systems that people across an organisation can actually use. She also writes about AI, data governance, and the practical challenges of implementing AI in industry.
Mapping the PyData Community - Hugh Evans (he/him)
In this talk I'll be walking through my project building maps of the PyData community using data scraped from Meetup. Featuring fun data preparation, geoencoding. map making with Folium, and a call to support your local PyData group.
I'm a Senior Developer Advocate at Aiven where I help to take care of our Kafka and ClickHouse communities.
Out of office hours I organise AI Signals, a community which hosts talks on real world applications of AI. I'm also a regular volunteer and organiser at PyData London.
I'm a former apprentice and an advocate for vocational learning as a pathway into an IT career
LOCATION
We'll be at Krakenflex, who are also kindly supplying catering. The capacity is limited to 90.After the talks we'll all head somewhere local for some post-event socialising.
EVENT GUIDELINES
PyDataMCR is a strictly professional event, as such professional behaviour is expected.PyDataMCR is a chapter of PyData, an educational program of NumFOCUS and thus abides by the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct
https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct.html
Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with its contents.
ACCESSIBILITY
Under 16s welcome with a responsible guardian. There is a quiet room available if needed. Toilets are accessible.SPONSORS
Thank you to NUMFocus for sponsoring Meetup and further support.
Thank you to Autotrader, Krakenflex and Horsefly Analytics for their ongoing support and sponsorship of PyDataMCR.59 attendees
Past events
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