PyData Southampton - 15th Meetup

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

Main Talks
1️⃣ Why I hate JAX, but still choose to use it, Madeleine-Mai Ward
JAX is a powerful tool for scientific computing and machine learning, combining NumPy-like syntax with automatic gradient evaluation, GPU acceleration and just-in-time compilation. This allows JAX to accelerate CPU or GPU code with minimal effort. But working with JAX isn’t always smooth. This talk offers a practical introduction to JAX, highlighting both its core features and the challenges that come with using it in real workflows. We’ll walk through simple examples, discuss common pitfalls and share strategies to make JAX work for you, not against you.

2️⃣ Hybrid Intelligence in Medical Image Segmentation, Namia Ali
Medical image segmentation is essential but often limited by traditional models and manual variability. In this talk, I’ll present HybridMS, a hybrid intelligence model that integrates clinician feedback into the training loop. I’ll cover its learning pipeline, how it refines accuracy through feedback, and its potential to improve clinical workflows.

Lightning Talks ⚡
⚡1️⃣ Can Jupyter, Git & Production Play Nicely? - Nick Thorne
⚡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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