[In-Person] PyLadies Dublin x Microsoft Ireland - Sep Meetup

🙌 We are excited to announce our second in-person event this year! And we are partnering with Microsoft Ireland who will also be hosting us at their HQ in Sandyford.

💻 Do bring along your laptops if you want to code in between or after the talks, it can be with others attending, trying out code with speakers, it's up to you! 🥰

🆔 Do bring your ID as Microsoft security will be required to check it.

We will have food during the event. Please let us know when you register if you have any dietary requirements.

We would like to thank the following:
Host:

• Microsoft Ireland

Community Partners:

• Coding Grace
• PSF: Meetup
• PyLadies

NOTE: This won't be live-streamed.

⌚️ SCHEDULE
18:00 REGISTRATION
18:30 Event starts - Welcome & Announcements
18:45 Python GIL: What does it solves and why everyone wants to remove it? by Andressa Valadares (Digit Games Studio)
19:15 BREAK - Food / Networking / Code (Feel free to bring your own laptop, share/ask/demo
19:45 HuggingFace NLP models - how to navigate the biggest open source Python collection of natural language processing models by Chiara Cotroneo
20:15 Networking / Code
20:30/45 Event Ends

TALKS
TALK 1: Python GIL: What does it solves and why everyone wants to remove it?
We will see what is the Python Global Interpreter Lock, its importance, which problems does it solves and which problems it causes. Also give a couple of alternative implementations without using GIL and reasons that it wasn't removed from CPython yet.

About Andressa Valadares
Python game developer on paid hours. PyLady and Ultimate frisbee enthusiast on non paid hours.
▶︎ https://www.linkedin.com/in/avaladares/

TALK 2: HuggingFace NLP models - how to navigate the biggest open source Python collection of natural language processing models.
(30 mins) This talk will cover the looks and utility of HuggingFace, the current biggest Python open-source collection of pre-trained AI models. We will focus in particular on some examples of Natural Language Processing applications.

About Chiara Cotroneo
I am a Data Scientist working in London as a consultant in the financial industry. Previous to this, I was a PhD at University College Dublin in biostatistics. Enthusiastic pythonista since 2010.

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📢 CALL FOR SPEAKERS FOR OCT & NOV 2022
Interested in speaking at our upcoming meetups:
https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JaDd_XRCQFKb3cp0akbz8Af1bg5

🔍 FAQ
Q. I'm not female, is it ok for me to attend?
A. Yes, PyLadies Dublin events are open to everyone at all levels.

Q. What do you do at PyLadies Dublin Meetups?
A. We have short (or long talks), demos, folks working on their own projects, ask questions on Python-related topics, work on projects together or generally chit-chat & meet like-minded people.

Q. Do you have a Code of Conduct?
A. Yes, you can find it at dublin.pyladies.com

Q. I am interested in giving a talk, where do I submit my interest and talk details?
A. You can submit your talk details to the following form:
https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JaDd_XRCQFKb3cp0akbz8Af1bg5