PyData Southampton - 10th Meetup

Venue: Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST
📢 Want to speak 📢: submit your talk proposal

Main Talks
1️⃣ Visual Place Recognition - Emily Miller
Visual Place Recognition (VPR) is a critical task in robotics and autonomous systems, enabling machines to recognise and localise themselves within an environment using visual cues. This talk will dive into the key concepts of VPR, with a focus on Python-based tools and libraries that simplify the implementation of VPR algorithms. We'll explore feature extraction techniques, the role of deep learning in advancing VPR, and practical applications for real-world problems. Whether you're building autonomous drones or smart city solutions, this talk will provide insights on using Python to develop robust and scalable VPR systems.

2️⃣ Faster Models, Faster Answers: Discover Emulation for Your Workflow - Austen Wallis
AI this and AI that, the world in the past couple of years has become overrun with news of Generative AI and the ever-improving odds of a takeover from our new robot overlord, ChatGPT. However, have you ever heard about Generative Modelling? This research field is no longer just about creating pretty pictures and making funky tunes about your favourite branded baked beans. No, step with me into the world of Emulation! We’ll probe how simple generative deep-learning models can improve complex physics simulations to not only be rapid but quick as a flash. So, fasten your seat belts as I take you on an ultra-fast whistle-stop tour exploring the universe of surrogate modelling, neural networks and the latent space. As I showcase the raw power of emulators, we’ll uncover how faster models unlock new answers (and questions) in both Astrophysics and fusion energy. Also, we’ll examine introductory examples of how you can build your own emulator from scratch.

For an evening event, you don’t want to miss, I look forward to seeing you there ... and bring a fire extinguisher; my GPU will be on fire 🔥!

Lightning Talks ⚡
⚡1️⃣ TBD
⚡2️⃣ TBD

Please note:

1. 🚨🚨🚨A valid photo ID is required by building security. You MUST use your initial/first name and surname on your meetup profile, otherwise, you will NOT make it on the guest list! 🚨🚨🚨
2. This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct, please familiarise yourself with it before the event.

If your RSVP status says "You're going" you will be able to get in. No further confirmation required. You will NOT need to show your RSVP confirmation when signing in.
If you can no longer make it, please unRSVP as soon as you know so we can assign your place to someone on the waiting list.

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Code of Conduct:
This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct, please familiarise yourself with it before the event. Please get in touch with the organisers with any questions or concerns regarding the Code of Conduct.
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There will be pizza & drinks, generously provided by our host, Carnival UK.
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Logistics
Doors open at 6.30 pm, talks start at 7 pm. For those who wish to continue networking and chatting we will move to a nearby pub/bar for drinks from 9 pm.

Please unRSVP in good time if you realise you can't make it. We're limited by building security on the number of attendees, so please free up your place for your fellow community members!

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