PyData Dubai Meetup #006

Join us for our August PyData meetup, learn about some of the top open source technologies for data science, and meet other Dubai professionals and enthusiasts in the data industry.

Agenda

• 10:30 Doors open and networking
• 11:00 Let's talk Data Engineering by Vishwas Arunkumar
• 11:30 Refreshments and networking
• 12:00 A deep dive into Ledger Databases by Kamran Ahmad
• 12:30 Networking and end of event

To ensure a welcoming and inclusive community we expect all attendees to respect the PyData code of conduct, which in short means be nice. :) Also, to make sure our community is as diverse as possible, we will prioritize people from underrepresented groups in case the event has a waiting list. Let us know if you should be prioritized.

Session 1: Let's talk Data Engineering

Description:
- What is a data engineer
- Why a data engineer should not just write pipelines
- Picking the right tools
- Model your data
- Best practices

About the speaker: Vishwas Arunkumar is a Data Engineer at River Island. A data engineer with experience in building data platforms and a MSc in Data Science, he enjoys working with data and building simple scalable solutions.

Session 2: A deep dive into Ledger Databases

Description:

What's common between AWS QLDB, Oracle Blockchain Tables and immudb? They're all ledger databases. Ledger (immutable) databases are fast becoming the de-facto way to store immutable data. Although it is a relatively new technology, it's gaining widespread adoption. For example, `immudb`, an open-source immutable database, has 10M+ pulls from Docker Hub and 8K+ stars on Github. Ledger databases are cryptographically verifiable and highly scalable. They can be used both as a relational SQL database or a key-value store. Tamper evidence is built-in by design so in the event of a data breach we know exactly which data was tampered with. This makes ledger databases unique and a clear winner for a number of use cases.

About the speaker: Kamran Ahmad is a software engineer at Microsoft and has been building software for a decade. He's interested in distributed systems and is a Certified Solutions Architect.