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We are excited to be collaborating with Python North West for their August meetup event where we will hear lightning talks from amazing Pythonistas around the theme of Python + Data! (You can RSVP for this event here at HER+Data MCR or on the PythonNW event page here: https://www.meetup.com/Python-North-West-Meetup/events/272322128/)

Python North West (https://www.meetup.com/Python-North-West-Meetup) meet monthly on the third Thursday of each month to discuss all things Python. Open to Pythonistas of all ages and abilities for talks, discussion and programming sessions, come along if you want to learn, teach, or just talk about anything and everything Python related.

Speakers:

  • Dani Papamaximou
    Title: Jupyter Notebooks in Action

Abstract: During this presentation Dani will go through a basic example of data analysis using jupyter notebook. Jupyter notebook is one of the favourite tools in data science, and this presentation will demonstrate why. There will be live coding, live errors, bad jokes, and everything that shall remain behind closed doors during development, giving you a rare opportunity to understand the challenges of the work of a data scientist.

Bio: Dani has been providing advanced numerical solutions in the fields of civil engineering and data science for the last decade. She has two master degrees in engineering and she has spoken at pydata London and at Pycon UK. She is the django girls organiser for Birmingham. She enjoys plain foods -her favourite meal is spaghetti with butter.

  • Cheuk Ting Ho
    Title: Under and Dunder - Python secret functions

Abstract: You may know dunder init (init), but how well do you know about other Python “magic” functions? Why are dunder functions not accessible? in this talk, I am going to show you the secrets of the Dunder functions and what purposes they have. Once the mystery is solved, we will see the beauty of those functions.

Bio: After having a career in data science, Cheuk now brings her knowledge in data and passion for the tech community into TerminusDB as the developer relations lead. Cheuk constantly contributes to the open-source community by giving free tutorials on Twitch and organize sprints to encourage diversity contributions.

  • Kerry Parker
    Title: Data Analysis in Python with Pandas

Abstract: Get started with Pandas by looking at the Palmer Penguin dataset. An introduction to data structures, how to read and write data and quick tips to inspect, better understand and clean data for more efficient data analysis.

Bio: Kerry is a Data Scientist at The Very Group. With a PhD in Particle Physics, she has always enjoyed working with data and solving problems and now mainly uses python for work and for her own passion projects. Kerry also co-organises TechNomads, a meetup group in Liverpool for people interested in learning about new technologies, sharing ideas and networking.

This event is open to everyone! By registering for this event, you agree to abide by the PythonNW Code of Conduct: https://pynw.org/code-of-conduct/

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