🎉 PyLadies Dublin Jan 2023 Meetup
Details
Welcome back! We are very excited to have a couple of speakers to kickoff 2023, and to keep everyone warm on this cold Jan evening, it will be a virtual event.
Note: This is livestreamed on https://youtu.be/kpj7i_sJk7g
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- Coding Grace: Streamyard
- PSF: Meetup
- PyLadies
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🕰 SCHEDULE (*subject to change & in Irish Times)
- 18:30 Event Starts (Get comfy with your fav ☕️, intro yourself on chat)
- 18:35 Announcements by Vicky Twomey-Lee
- 18:45 Update Nested Serializers Fields with Django REST Framework by Uffa Modey
- 19:15 Mitigating Bias in AI by Arthur Lubambo
- 19:35 Q&A for the speakers
- 19:45 Wrap & Event ends
TALK DETAILS
Talk 1: Update Nested Serializers Fields with Django REST Framework
(30 min) While building web API endpoints for CRUDing (creating, retrieving, updating and deleting) data objects in a database using Django REST framework, you will realise that the object fields related to other objects in the database are not CRUDed by default 😰 . They have to be serialized appropriately 💪.
In this talk, we will showcase how data for an employee data management app that stores information (employee id, first name, last name, employment date and certifications) on every employee on the app is CRUDed in the app database. Since every employee, may possess one or more certifications (or even no certifications) we will use a Many-to-One relationship (also known as a foreign key relationship) to map every employee to their certifications in the database.
This talk is a beginner-friendly technical demonstration. Full details for recreating the app will be shared.
About Uffa Modey:
Uffa is a Software Engineer focused on building technologies for the web, AI, and robotics using Python. She is passionate about capacity building for underrepresented communities (predominantly women and youth) to enable them to access the resources they require to become technology industry leaders globally and ultimately bridge inequalities in ICT.
Uffa is a cofounder at Digital Grassroots and an AFRINIC (the regional Internet registry for Africa) fellow. She established the Nigerian Youth Internet Governance Forum and has actively participated in the Mozilla Foundation community since 2018.
Uffa has a Master's Degree in Cybernetics and Communications Engineering and a B.Eng in Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
Talk 2: Mitigating Bias in AI
(20min) This talk will review concepts of:
-BIAS types and Sources
-Examples in World
-Overview Techniques to deal with biased Dataset.
-Fairness Criteria
About Arthur Lubambo:
Arthur is the Director of Engineering and Co-Founder of Inclusio. With a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a background in Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, Data Science, Games, and Software Engineering. Arthur believes Technology should be built for human, societal and environmental wellbeing. He thinks together, we can make a better world, where everyone feels respected and included.
🔍 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. 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
Any questions, email [dublin@pyladies.com](mailto:dublin@pyladies.com)
🎉 PyLadies Dublin Jan 2023 Meetup