October SoCal Python meetup at Nativo (El Segundo)

Our venue and food sponsor for the last official* SoCal Python meetup of 2018 is Nativo [https://nativo.com] in El Segundo!

<< NOTE >>
This meetup will have special security, you will need to be on the RSVP list, PLEASE have Photo ID and check-in with building security in the lobby of Building 100.

Please be considerate of our resources, and only RSVP "Yes" if you can actually come! Otherwise you are excluding others from the event, and hurting our sponsor's ability to plan for the correct quantity of food and drink they're generously providing us.

AGENDA

<< Talk 1 >>

Michael Gat will be presenting "Beyond Moore's Law: What happens to Pythonistas when the greatest truth of our lives ends?"

He will go over the root issue (slowing of hardware development cycles), a bit of generic solutions (the "crappy computers" and some other ideas) then get into specific ideas and programming solutions (how might we in the Python community adjust our expectations and our focus), while also pointing out that all these are probably the right things to do in any case.

Michael Gat is a Pythonista and data architect who is currently focused on big data initiatives using AWS. He writes occasionally at http://www.michaelgat.com. Follow him @michaelgat everywhere.

<< Talk 2 >>

Kyle Penner will be presenting "Astronomical data analysis using
Python"

"Gauss derived ordinary least squares and the normal distribution to
solve problems in astronomy. 230 years later, about a decade from
now, the Square Kilometer Array will generate "many" petabits per
second of raw data. I will give an overview of the technical aspects
of astronomy---data transformation; statistical analysis; and
prediction---and of the tools astronomers use to accomplish these
tasks."

Kyle got his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and was a
postdoc at CEA Saclay and then at the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory.

<< Lightning talk >>
Mish Lee, QA Software Engineering Manager at Nativo, will be giving a lightning talk about iPython extensions!

<< Parking and logistics >>

Visitor parking entrance is off of N. Sepulveda. Parking will be validated. This meetup will have special security, you will need to be on the RSVP list, have Photo ID and check-in with building security in the lobby of Building 100.

*Stay tuned for more info on an ^unofficial^ social meetup in December!

<< As always >>

Please feel free to reach out via the contact page if you would like to present at future meetups!

Please RSVP only if you can actually attend in person. If your plans change, please kindly remove yourself from the "Yes" list so that those who can attend can RSVP!

Recruiters are not welcome unless they are with the sponsor of our event! Any other recruiters who show up at our meetup will be asked to leave.

SoCal Python abides by this Code of Conduct (https://socalpython.org/code-of-conduct/)