PyData @ OfferZen - MLOps edition: Testing on data in prod & security principles

PyData Amsterdam is back again! Join us on June 29th at 18:00 and enjoy food, drinks, and excellent talks! We'll be hosted by OfferZen at their office at TNW City (Singel 542, 1017 AZ Amsterdam). Our first speaker is Sebastian Zeef, with practical security tips and information on what you as a developer can do to keep software secure. Our second speaker Luuk van der Velden will share his setup for MLOps and simplifying integration tests at the Dutch Railways.

Schedule
18:00: Welcome (🍕 & 🍺)
19:00: Sebastian Zeeff: Don’t Panic! A developer’s guide to security
19:45: Break
20:00: Luuk van der Velden: Secure MLOps with MLFlow simplifying integration tests at NS
20:45: Networking + Drinks

Sebastian Zeeff: Don’t Panic! A developer’s guide to security
You play a crucial role in the security of your projects, but how do you know if what you're doing is enough? Luckily, you don’t have to be a security expert to contribute to the security of your projects. Instead, you can use industry standards as a guide for your approach to security.
In this talk, Sebastiaan will talk about why developers play an important role in security and introduce you to the OWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model, a standard that can help you contribute to security without feeling overwhelmed. He will also talk about what you can do as a developer if the organization around you doesn't act as if security is a priority. By the end, you should know enough to get started with a systematic approach to security.

About Sebastian:
Sebastiaan is a senior software engineer for the Ordina Pythoneers and a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation. He has a passion for teaching Python and writing clean code. Sebastiaan is also active in the Python community, as the Financial Aid lead for EuroPython, open-source contributor, Python educator, and founder of Python Discord. As a public speaker, Sebastiaan makes frequent appearances at Python conferences, including PyCon US, EuroPython, PyCon APAC, FOSDEM, and various regional PyCons.

Luuk van der Velden: Secure MLOps with MLFlow simplifying integration tests at NS
Cloud security teams want us to duplicate our resources across subscriptions and environments for security and privacy reasons. Datascience applications struggle to be tested in the absence of real world production data. At NS we performed integration tests on non-production data, but this broke down often and it was costly to maintain two separate data lakes (staging, production). Here I present our open source MLFlow client that allowed us to reduce the complexity of our test setup and reduce maintenance costs.

About Luuk:
Luuk obtained his PhD in Neuroscience at the UvA, where he measured synchrony within biological neuronal networks in the midbrain. He switched to Python engineering working at a.o Ahold Delhaize. He combined his experiences setting up AI teams at de Volksbank and Nederlandse Spoorwegen building AI platforms, setting MLOps best practices and creating AI products for millions of customers. Currently, Luuk is a Azure Solution Architect at Ahold Delhaize.

Fun fact:
Besides engineering Luuk is also a drummer in the progressive metal band Hologram Earth, who just finished mastering their sophomore album.

About OfferZen
OfferZen is a community-first developer job marketplace that connects top developers in Africa and Europe with over 2000 companies that are growing their teams. We cut the noise from job searching: Companies reach out to candidates directly with upfront role and salary information. Our mission is to help people unlock their potential by helping them build awesome software.