What we’re about
We are the official Amsterdam chapter of a global non-profit organization PyLadies and we create diversity and inclusion in technology. We welcome members of all Python proficiency levels no matter what label (gender, sexuality, race) society gave you. We highly encourage men to join our monthly workshops, currently attended by 90% of women and other less-represented groups in tech.
What we do differently:
• we use a hands-on approach: workshops, talks about practical experience, hackathons, bootcamps
• we go in-depth with one subject per event
• we provide a safe community space for marginalized genders who is interested in Python
Visit github.com/pyladiesams for the slides and code from all of our events.
Code of Conduct:
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Upcoming events (1)
See all- AI in action: From ML models to gamesPLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, Amsterdam
Let's dive together into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence in game development. This event is a joint effort with PyData Amsterdam community.
Agenda:
18:00-18:20 - Arrival + food
18:20-18:30 - Welcome note
18:30-19:00 - Generating natural landscapes for Go Wayback with pysheds and ML by Joey Faulkner
19:00-19:05 - Break
19:05-19:35 - How to create 'sentient' but coherent NPC with AI by Alisa Dammer
19:35-19:45 - Break
19:45-20:15 - Playing Fair?: GenAI, Game Design, and Inclusion by Siân Brooke
20:15-21:00 - Networking and closingTalk 1 - Generating natural landscapes for Go Wayback with pysheds and ML
In this talk we will take a deep dive into how we setup and train our guided generation system for our upcoming game Prologue: Go Wayback!. Our guided generation system allows creative people to design rough outlines of levels which then create landscapes which retain natural features. This allows us to generate near-infinite varied landscapes but still include creativity from level designers (and even players!). We will go over data preparation with pysheds, training with hugging face diffusers and shipping to users with ONNX.Speaker
Joey Faulkner
Joey Faulkner is a Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer at PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, currently focusing on delivering landscape generation in Prologue. After 10 years working on various Machine Learning focused startups from agriculture to green energy, he has started working in game development, firstly at Epic Games and now at PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions.Talk 2 - How to create 'sentient' but coherent NPC with AI
Main focus of the talk will be on ensuring coherent behavior of the NPC using (pretty much any) LLM. Technology agnostic, this talk presents general problematic and a simple solution.Speaker
Alisa Dammer
Alisa loves coding, technology and data. MLE and MLOps by day, developing her own projects by night. Favorite languages: python and rust ;)Talk 3 - Playing Fair?: GenAI, Game Design, and Inclusion
As generative AI (GenAI) becomes increasingly embedded in the game development pipeline, from character creation to procedural world-building, it brings with it both exciting possibilities and ethical challenges. This talk explores how GenAI tools are shaping the future of games, and asks: Who might be left out of what we are designing? Focusing on issues of gender, queer, neurodiversity and intersectional inclusion, this talk will examine how bias can enter at every stage of the development process and how these biases can impact both players and creators.Speaker
Siân Brooke
Dr Siân Brooke is an Assistant Professor and MacGillavry Fellow at the DLab, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the social implications of AI and digital technologies, with an emphasis on gender, neurodiversity, and inclusion in the field of computing. She earned her PhD from the University of Oxford, where she explored how gendered dynamics shape collaboration in hackathons and open-source software, and her current work investigates how generative AI can be integrated into programming environments to better support neurodiverse women.GitHub Repo:
https://github.com/pyladiesams/ai-in-action-from-ml-models-to-games-jul2025Stream:
https://youtube.com/live/ODnQutDs4Ao📧 Contact
Are you interested in speaking at one of our events? Do you have a good idea for a Meetup topic? Get in touch with us at amsterdam@pyladies.com.💬 Find us on the PyLadies Global workspace:
- https://slackin.pyladies.com enter your email address and accept the email invitation
- Go to workspace https://pyladies.slack.com
- Join channel #city-amsterdam
