Date: 24 May 2025 (Sat)
Time: 15:30 - 18:00 *HKT
Coordinator: Alex Au, Sky Ng & Tommy Han
* We are still confirming the actual room in CityU. Stay tuned for the latest news!
Please fill in the form for admission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-53R02nK1r5kSsW9lBn-MUqMIAWANu1u9O7GtvUaAQhSIcw/viewform?usp=sharing
Topic
The Power of Asyncio (David Wan):
- Introduction to asynchronous programming in Python
- Benefits of asynchronous programming
- Real world example of large scale webscraping with asyncio
Revisit Dependency Management with uv (Alex Au, Lightning Talk):
- Comparison between uv and poetry in Dependency Management
- How uv helps drop-in replacement on poetry-maintained projects
Fun Uses of Python in Photography: Geotagging, Metadata and More (Mark Leung):
- Automated Geotagging Workflow for Photos
- Understanding and Manipulating EXIF GPS Metadata
- Creating a Photo Dashboard with Maps and Metadata Analytics
Capacity: 80
Venue Info:
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong
Rundown:
15:30 - 15:50 Registration & Networking
15:50 - 16:00 Upcoming Events Promotion
16:00 - 16:30 Asynchronous Web Programming (Provisional) (David Wan, 5 mins Q&A)
16:30 - 16:35 Revisit Dependency Management with uv (Alex Au, Lightning Talk)
16:35 - 17:00 Break & Networking
17:00 - 17:30 Geotagging Project Sharing (Provisional) (Mark, 5 mins Q&A)
17:30 - 18:00 Closing & Networking
18:00 - Networking Session after Meetup (Outside City University)
Speakers Bio:
- David Wan is a Senior Data Analyst at an multinational insurance firm, where he leverage Python and SQL to extract insights from data. Prior to his current role, he worked as a Quantitative Developer at a proprietary trading firm, where he developed software for quantitative trading strategies.
He will share his experiences with asynchronous programming in Python when connecting to APIs—a technique that has dramatically improved performance when handling large-scale requests.
- Alex Au is a Cloud Platform Engineer who has experiences in Cloud Native Technologies, Software Engineering and NLP Training. As an ex-Silicon Valley engineer, Alex Au has been dealing with AI infrastructure and contributes to training platform for AI engineers in his team.
Outside of work, he enjoys exploring the intersection of technology and creativity, often sharing insights at tech conferences like PyCon HK 2023 & 2024, and several community events.
- Mark's background is in linguistics, UX, and scripting. He builds user-facing workflows using data science/ai, data engineering/cloud, and gui/bi tools. He has 10 years’ experience in startups and large companies, in industries like advertising, consumer electronics, e-commerce, and SaaS.
He currently works at HSBC, turning actuaries’ financial models into automated, extensible, and interactive programs. His hobbies are hiking, photography, and mentoring.
Audience pre-requisite:
- Have basic knowledge about Python
How to join?
- Fill in the form for admission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-53R02nK1r5kSsW9lBn-MUqMIAWANu1u9O7GtvUaAQhSIcw/viewform?usp=sharing
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