Python Presentation Night @ Virtual (PPN #116)

We're virtual-only this month.

• Location: Google Meet (link available in Meetup)

Agenda

7:00 - Meetup opens live.

7:15 - Formal program (in-person and online)

• Opening remarks
• Speakers (see below)
• Feel free to bring any brief Python tidbits, experiences, or job openings you'd like to share with the group.

9:00 - Wrap up and Disperse

Questions will be collected from the Google Meet chat or Slack #general channel and answered live.

Speakers/topics

• David Radcliffe -- Exploring number theory with Python.
In 1769, Euler conjectured that it is impossible to express an nth power as the sum of less than n nth powers. This conjecture was disproved in 1966, using a CDC 6600, which found 27^5 + 84^5 + 110^5 + 133^5 = 144^5. In this beginner-friendly talk, I will demonstrate how to find this solution in a few seconds using Python. I will also explain how beginners and experts alike can contribute to mathematical research (and get published!) by contributing Python scripts to the On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

• John Tramell -- Testing conversational AI behavior with pytest

• We need speakers at future meetups. Please volunteer at https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. At the last meetup there was some suggestions of possible talks related to a college Python/AI project, using GitHub Copilot, Geopandas, and others, for example.

• Space for spontaneous questions, announcements, sharing of tidbits from anyone.

Additional Details

• We follow the PSF Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/
Please treat your fellow Pythonistas with respect.

• Please remember to update your meetup RSVP if you change your mind about attending.

• Volunteers to speak, host, and greet are needed for future meetups. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7

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