From dougal at dougalmatthews.com  Tue May 12 16:08:14 2015
From: dougal at dougalmatthews.com (Dougal Matthews)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 15:08:14 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Fwd: [PyConUK-adm] ATTENTION: PyCon UK returns!
 Book tickets and propose talks! Do all the things!!!
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Date: 12 May 2015 at 14:05
Subject: [PyConUK-adm] ATTENTION: PyCon UK returns! Book tickets and
propose talks! Do all the things!!!
To: "pyconuk-adm at python.org" <pyconuk-adm at python.org>, UK Python Users
<python-uk at python.org>, Mailing list for the PyCon UK conference
<pyconuk at python.org>


Hello, World!

PyCon UK 2015 is open! The conference runs between Friday 18th - Monday
21st September 2015 and will be held in Coventry
(http://www.pyconuk.org/venue/).

Book your tickets here: http://www.pyconuk.org/register/

The Call for Papers is Open
===========================

We can't run a conference without talks, tutorials and workshops.

PyCon UK is a community conference, made by people like you!  All talks
and workshops are given by members of the community, and we'd like to
invite you to submit a proposal to present a talk or to run a workshop.

Submit your talks here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/programme/

Sponsorship
===========

Would you or your company like to sponsor PyCon UK?

PyCon UK is a hugely popular and oversubscribed conference that attracts
the very best of programming talent from across the UK, Europe and
elsewhere. Our conference is regularly featured in both the trade and
national press. Why? Because PyCon UK is organised by the Python
community for the Python community with the support of our sponsors
(that's where you come in).

Full details can be found here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/sponsorship/

Community Tickets and Volunteers
================================

Since the early bird ticket was of no benefit to attendees or conference
organisers we've scrapped it. In its place is a reduced rate "Community"
ticket.

By purchasing one of these limited number of tickets you will be
agreeing to contribute to the conference as a volunteer (either as a
session chair, stage hand, meeter and greeter or workshop wizard - we'd
expect around 2 hours of your time as an appropriate contribution).

If your talk is accepted for PyCon UK you will also be offered a
"Community" ticket since you are also contributing to the conference.

Full details can be found here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/volunteer/

Conference Meal
===============

The hugely popular conference meal is no longer included in the cost of
the conference ticket. You'll need to buy a conference meal ticket
separately. We have also had to limited the number of meal places to
150. It's a popular event, so book your place while you can.

Education Track
===============

Once again we have an education track. But this year it's bigger and
better than ever.

We will have the usual teacher's training day on Friday 18th and the
kids' day on Saturday 19th. This year we'll be collaborating with both
the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the Jam Packed "roadshow" to make these
as brilliant, fun and, er, explosive as ever.

In addition, on Friday 18th we will have a Trans*Code
(http://trans-code.org/) hack-day and a Django Girls
(http://djangogirls.org/) workshop. Participants in the Trans*Code and
Django Girls events are eligable for a full conference ticket including
the conference meal  should they wish to stay the full weekend.

To apply for a Trans*Code or Django Girls place please register your
interest via this form:

https://docs.google.com/form/d/1uoGFiJAlwg4r0WycpwdvuveaLq_fIdfU3Dq0SdBgdCQ/viewform

Science Track
=============

>From Saturday 19th will by PyCon UK's first ever Science track for, er,
scientists who use Python! It will feature tutorials, talks and
collaborative coding. The tickets for this event are supported by the
Software Sustainability Institute.

Full details can be found here:

http://www.pyconuk.org/science/

Skeleton Schedule
=================

Want to know how the conference is shaping up? Take a look at the
skeleton schedule for a heads up on all the stuff happening over a very
busy weekend:

http://www.pyconuk.org/schedule/

Code of Conduct
===============

We have one (http://www.pyconuk.org/codeofconduct/) and we expect you to
have read it and follow it whilst engaged with the conference.

Discuss PyCon UK
================

If you want to discuss this year's conference please subscribe to the
official mailing list:

https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyconuk

John Pinner
===========

On Friday evening we celebrate the life, work and friendship of John
Pinner - the founder and chair of the organising committee who
tragically lost his fight with cancer in the spring. We will run a
bring-your-own buffet with an entrance fee of ?5. All proceeds will be
donated to Cancer Research UK.

See you at PyCon UK!

Love and kisses,

The PyCon UK Organising Pixies



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From judy at judy.co.uk  Fri May 22 16:24:27 2015
From: judy at judy.co.uk (Mark Smith)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 15:24:27 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python Edinburgh - Talks on Tuesday
Message-ID: <CA+7EdnnzhBzPwpnNggwOtsQmF=pQybCcbGyd-WQ6SayMTExBKw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Everybody,

Next Tuesday, Miles Gould is giving a talk on linear optimisation in Python
-- something I don't know anything about, so I'll let him describe it:

----
Linear Optimization in Python:
(or, efficiently search absurdly huge spaces using this one weird trick)

Many practical search and optimization problems - such as scheduling
nurses' shifts, laying out components on a chip, or feeding yourself
cheaply and healthily - can be stated as "linear programs" (LPs), which can
be solved by efficient general tools. I'll introduce LPs, give some
examples, and show how to use LP solvers in your Python code - and
hopefully convince you that NP-completeness is not necessarily something to
be feared.
----

I'm really looking forward to learning something new, and I hope you are
too!

The talks will be hosted at FanDuel's offices. Pizza and beer will be
provided (thanks FanDuel!) from 6:30 onwards, and we'll start the talk when
the pizza runs out, or people are full. Due to limited space, please sign
up for a ticket at:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/python-edinburgh-may-talks-tickets-17098710704

Any questions, reply to the list.

Hope to see you there!

--Mark
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From miles at assyrian.org.uk  Wed May 27 00:16:02 2015
From: miles at assyrian.org.uk (Miles Gould)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 23:16:02 +0100
Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python Edinburgh - Talks on Tuesday
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Thanks to everyone for being such a great audience, and for asking such
good questions at the end!

My slides are here:
http://rawgit.com/pozorvlak/linprog_talk/master/index.html#1

Code (including code for the slides) is here:
https://github.com/pozorvlak/linprog_talk

Please sponsor my marathon run here!
http://www.againstmalaria.com/MilesGould

Miles

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Mark Smith <judy at judy.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
>
> Next Tuesday, Miles Gould is giving a talk on linear optimisation in
> Python -- something I don't know anything about, so I'll let him describe
> it:
>
> ----
> Linear Optimization in Python:
> (or, efficiently search absurdly huge spaces using this one weird trick)
>
> Many practical search and optimization problems - such as scheduling
> nurses' shifts, laying out components on a chip, or feeding yourself
> cheaply and healthily - can be stated as "linear programs" (LPs), which can
> be solved by efficient general tools. I'll introduce LPs, give some
> examples, and show how to use LP solvers in your Python code - and
> hopefully convince you that NP-completeness is not necessarily something to
> be feared.
> ----
>
> I'm really looking forward to learning something new, and I hope you are
> too!
>
> The talks will be hosted at FanDuel's offices. Pizza and beer will be
> provided (thanks FanDuel!) from 6:30 onwards, and we'll start the talk when
> the pizza runs out, or people are full. Due to limited space, please sign
> up for a ticket at:
>
> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/python-edinburgh-may-talks-tickets-17098710704
>
> Any questions, reply to the list.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> --Mark
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Edinburgh mailing list
> Edinburgh at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh
>
>
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