PyData Cornwall - Meetup #1

Super excited to announce the first PyData Cornwall meetup! We’ve got a couple of speakers visiting from London to share the latest knowledge from the global Python data community.

📯 Want to speak? 👉 Submit a talk here.

Venue
Flowmoco, 11 Trevena Terrace, Newquay TR7 1LJ

Agenda
🍕 Doors open at 6.45pm with drinks, talks start at 7:15pm, pizza arrives at some point and when talks finish we'll move to a nearby pub for drinks.

🎙️ Main Talks (30 mins)

1️⃣ The Art of Storytelling with AI Agents — Ben Gamble.

Learn how to use AI to craft a compelling story in any genre; fantasy, sci-fi, classics, you name it! We’ll cover the structure of what makes a good story then go into how to build autonomous agents that will assist you in creating a new universe with places and characters that convincingly interact with each other. I’ll also share how my learnings from working on video games shaped my thinking and why I wanted to build this system.

2️⃣ Energy Insights from the Edge: Anomaly Detection and Forecasting on Raspberry Pi — Suyash Joshi.

We'll learn how to monitor and analyze energy data from sensors on a Raspberry Pi, simulating solar or wind power systems. Data is streamed into InfluxDB 3 Core (an open source time series database), where we use Python plugins to run Prophet ML for forecasting and River ML for real-time anomaly detection, directly inside the database. You'll see how you can collect and query data from edge devices to deliver smart insights for energy monitoring on the edge.

⚡ Lightning Talks (5 mins)

1️⃣ Python vs Haskell vs Clojure — Ben Whorwood, Rob Harrison, Kevin Bath.

2️⃣ [Free slot] Want to speak? 👉 Submit a talk here.

Notes

• 🍻 Pizza and drinks are provided by the organisers. Please contact us if you’d like to host/sponsor future events.
• ☑️ Please update your RSVP if you can no longer make it so we can estimate food and drinks. We have limited space, so be a pard and free up your place for other fellow community members.
• 🚨 This event follows the PyData Code of Conduct; please familiarise yourself with it before attending the event. To discuss any issues or concerns please get in touch with the organisers.
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