From cbc at unc.edu  Tue Dec  1 12:09:57 2015
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 12:09:57 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Raleigh Project Night
Message-ID: <565DD465.3070609@unc.edu>

I'm really looking to Raleigh Project Night tonight. A lot of people are 
signed up so I might have to get extra pizza. (Don't worry. You don't 
have to sign up on meetup.com to come. But if you do sign up, please 
make sure you are coming. The sign-up counts are often wildly off. So 
sometimes we end up with too much pizza. Not a bad class of problem. But 
a sometimes expensive one.)

http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/dec-15-rpn/

When: Tuesday, December 1, 6-9pm
Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh

"""
Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Have a project you want 
to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done 
surrounded by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project 
night and do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some 
help with Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source 
project, find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! 
The setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you 
show up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing 
help or have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and 
hack. Plenty of free after hours parking is available in the upper level 
of the deck behind WebAssign (turn through the median just before the 
intersection of Varsity and Main Campus Drives). If the door is locked, 
call the number posted on the door.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cscorley at gmail.com  Tue Dec  1 20:03:06 2015
From: cscorley at gmail.com (Christopher S. Corley)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:03:06 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython November 2015 Meeting: Building
 Search Engines with GenSim
In-Reply-To: <564CA9F8.7010304@unc.edu>
References: <564CA9F8.7010304@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <CA+HYPSO5+7brEizd9rcPqGfnLUSRvzL15zoU=W2LSjFPoX7b_A@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

I've uploaded my slides! You can find them here:
http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015

but also as an Jupyter/IPython notebook:
http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015/searching.ipynb

Chris.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

> Remember that in addition to our make-up project night tonight in Chapel
> Hill, we are having a meeting tomorrow at WebAssign in Raleigh on the NCSU
> Centennial Campus that I'm really excited about. Gensim is a very cool
> project.
>
> If you are new to TriPython meetings, they go like this: a few minutes of
> informational announcements, a few minutes of introductions, then a
> featured speaker. If there is time left after the speaker, we have
> extemporaneously volunteered lightning talks. Finally, we adjourn for the
> nearby after-meeting of food, beverage, and networking.
>
> http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/nov-15-mtg
> http://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/226373943/
>
> When: Thursday, November 19, 7-9pm
> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
>        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh
>
> """
> Christopher S. Corley will demonstrate the basic architecture, steps, and
> considerations needed to build a general purpose search engine in Python.
> Gensim will be the framework for this task. Extemporaneous "lightning
> talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also welcome and don't need to be
> pre-announced. Plenty of free after hours parking is available in the upper
> level of the deck behind WebAssign (turn through the median just before the
> intersection of Varsity and Main Campus Drives). If the door is locked,
> call the number posted on the door. An after-meeting location for food and
> beverage will be decided at the meeting (usually BaDa Wings for the
> Thursday night draught specials).
> """
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
> UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
> 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
> (919) 599-3530
>
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   Hello everyone,

   I've uploaded my slides! You can find them here:
   [1]http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015

   but also as an Jupyter/IPython notebook:
   [2]http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015/searching.ipynb

   Chris.
   On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Chris Calloway <[3]cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

     Remember that in addition to our make-up project night tonight in Chapel
     Hill, we are having a meeting tomorrow at WebAssign in Raleigh on the
     NCSU Centennial Campus that I'm really excited about. Gensim is a very
     cool project.

     If you are new to TriPython meetings, they go like this: a few minutes
     of informational announcements, a few minutes of introductions, then a
     featured speaker. If there is time left after the speaker, we have
     extemporaneously volunteered lightning talks. Finally, we adjourn for
     the nearby after-meeting of food, beverage, and networking.

     [4]http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/nov-15-mtg
     [5]http://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/226373943/

     When: Thursday, November 19, 7-9pm
     Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
     ? ? ? ?1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh

     """
     Christopher S. Corley will demonstrate the basic architecture, steps,
     and considerations needed to build a general purpose search engine in
     Python. Gensim will be the framework for this task. Extemporaneous
     "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also welcome and don't
     need to be pre-announced. Plenty of free after hours parking is
     available in the upper level of the deck behind WebAssign (turn through
     the median just before the intersection of Varsity and Main Campus
     Drives). If the door is locked, call the number posted on the door. An
     after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
     meeting (usually BaDa Wings for the Thursday night draught specials).
     """

     --
     Sincerely,

     Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
     UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
     100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
     [6](919) 599-3530

References

   Visible links
   1. http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015
   2. http://christop.club/talks/tripython_2015/searching.ipynb
   3. mailto:cbc at unc.edu
   4. http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/nov-15-mtg
   5. http://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/226373943/
   6. file:///tmp/tel:%28919%29%20599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Tue Dec  1 20:46:11 2015
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:46:11 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] TriPython December 2015 Meeting: Chemical Informatics
 with Python and GPUs
Message-ID: <565E4D63.10508@unc.edu>

Fantastic meeting in store for you this month:

http://tripython.org/Members/rpetrusz/dec-15-mtg

When: Thursday, December 17, 7pm
Where: Bull City Coworking, 112 S. Duke St., Suite 6, Durham

"""
Chemical Informatics or Cheminformatics applies and develops methods
in computer science and artificial intelligence to solve problems in
chemistry. It covers a wide range of application areas like prediction
of chemical reactions, computer-assisted structure elucidation,
generation of molecules spaces, and more. Traditionally, there has been 
a focus on the pharmaceutical drug development pipeline. Because of the
dramatic growth of biological and chemical data, often referred to as
"Big Data", the applicability of computational methods like data mining
and machine learning has been extended to nearly every corner of
chemical sciences. Application of GPU accelerators enable computational
researchers to push the boundaries of discovery with processing this
"Big Chemical Data". In this introductory talk, Dr. Olexandr Isayev 
presents an overview of these developments, platforms, and early 
successful applications in his lab as well as in the field.

Dr. Isayev is a Research Scientist at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2008, he received his 
Ph.D. in computational chemistry from Jackson State University. He was 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Case Western Reserve University and 
a senior scientist at the US Army ERDC before joining UNC in 2013. Dr. 
Isayev received the ?Emerging Technology Award? from the American 
Chemical Society (ACS) and the GPU Computing Award from NVIDIA in 2014. 
His research interests focus on making sense of chemical data with 
molecular modeling and machine learning.

Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also 
welcome and don't need to be pre-announced. Lightning talks are for you 
to "show and tell" something you've learned about Python recently, no 
matter how small. We all use Python, therefore, we are always learning 
something new about Python that we can tell others. Please see the 
parking instructions on the BCC website. A wide variety of possibilities 
for the after-meeting are within steps of BCC.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From matthew at leafstorm.org  Mon Dec  7 19:32:40 2015
From: matthew at leafstorm.org (Matthew Frazier)
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:32:40 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] TriLUG Holiday Party - Thursday at 7pm, Raleigh
Message-ID: <1449534760.2105088.460966433.79D2FAE9@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Greetings, TriPython,

Everyone is invited to the TriLUG (Triangle Linux Users Group) Annual
Holiday Party - a great time of delicious food, cool demos, and
socializing with other FOSS enthusiasts. This year, we're at the Red
Hat Annex in downtown Raleigh. It's this Thursday, and if you want
to come, we need to know ASAP. (Specifically, by 5 pm on
Wednesday, Dec 9.) You can RSVP here:
http://goo.gl/forms/OdfkC787Li

When: Thursday, 10 December 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Red Hat Annex, 190 E Davie St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Map: http://osm.org/go/ZYRWIZRdc?m=

Demos of all kinds are welcome. It can be as simple as a cool piece of
software you found on the Net, or as complicated as a 3-D printed
electronic Halloween costume. Just let us know in the signup form. And
food is provided! The party is being catered by Neomonde, and if you
want to bring something else in addition, feel free! (Again, just let us
know on the signup form.)

See you there,
Matthew Frazier
PR Officer, TriLUG
https://www.trilug.org/

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Dec 14 19:41:20 2015
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:41:20 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython December 2015 Meeting: Chemical
 Informatics with Python and GPUs
In-Reply-To: <565E4D63.10508@unc.edu>
References: <565E4D63.10508@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <566F61B0.5010801@unc.edu>

Let's get together one more time in 2015 for what is shaping up to be a 
well attended talks on Cheminformatics with Python and GPUs on this 
Thursdays. I've been anticipating this talk ever since meeting Olexandr 
since months ago. You meet the most interesting people at TriPython 
meetings. See you there.

On 12/1/2015 8:46 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
> Fantastic meeting in store for you this month:
>
> http://tripython.org/Members/rpetrusz/dec-15-mtg
>
> When: Thursday, December 17, 7pm
> Where: Bull City Coworking, 112 S. Duke St., Suite 6, Durham
>
> """
> Chemical Informatics or Cheminformatics applies and develops methods
> in computer science and artificial intelligence to solve problems in
> chemistry. It covers a wide range of application areas like prediction
> of chemical reactions, computer-assisted structure elucidation,
> generation of molecules spaces, and more. Traditionally, there has been
> a focus on the pharmaceutical drug development pipeline. Because of the
> dramatic growth of biological and chemical data, often referred to as
> "Big Data", the applicability of computational methods like data mining
> and machine learning has been extended to nearly every corner of
> chemical sciences. Application of GPU accelerators enable computational
> researchers to push the boundaries of discovery with processing this
> "Big Chemical Data". In this introductory talk, Dr. Olexandr Isayev
> presents an overview of these developments, platforms, and early
> successful applications in his lab as well as in the field.
>
> Dr. Isayev is a Research Scientist at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy,
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2008, he received his
> Ph.D. in computational chemistry from Jackson State University. He was
> Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Case Western Reserve University and
> a senior scientist at the US Army ERDC before joining UNC in 2013. Dr.
> Isayev received the ?Emerging Technology Award? from the American
> Chemical Society (ACS) and the GPU Computing Award from NVIDIA in 2014.
> His research interests focus on making sense of chemical data with
> molecular modeling and machine learning.
>
> Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also
> welcome and don't need to be pre-announced. Lightning talks are for you
> to "show and tell" something you've learned about Python recently, no
> matter how small. We all use Python, therefore, we are always learning
> something new about Python that we can tell others. Please see the
> parking instructions on the BCC website. A wide variety of possibilities
> for the after-meeting are within steps of BCC.
> """
>


-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Dec 16 18:09:53 2015
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:09:53 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Pandas Presentation to RTA
Message-ID: <5671EF41.4070805@unc.edu>

It has come to my attention that my Pandas presentation to Research 
Triangle Analysts last July was video-recorded and is available on 
YouTube. It is probably not as advanced as Melodie Moorefield-Wilson's 
awesome Pandas presentation to TriPython. My talk is pretty painfully 
pendantic (and long), as I made no assumptions about what people at the 
talk might know about Python. But that might be more useful to people in 
this group new to Python. So here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiyFjMby9A

The video projection was also strangely malfunctioning in a psychedelic 
way, cycling red to blue to green background. Maybe that makes is more 
interesting to watch.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From fogleman at gmail.com  Mon Dec 28 16:50:55 2015
From: fogleman at gmail.com (Michael Fogleman)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:50:55 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] New Meetup Group: Triangle Open Source Open Mic
Message-ID: <CAB4a7v_JYhYp+MF9k4V3S8wfoy9T61o3hQ+VwPjjvpOvfeH+Dg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Just wanted to send a quick note about a new meetup group that I and others
have started.

http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Open-Source-Open-Mic/

Our meetups are always based on 5 - 10 minute lightning talks. You can hear
lots of tech-related talks in one sitting and you don't need to work hard
on a long 30 - 60 minute presentation to share something. No need for
advance notice to give a talk. Chat after the talks to learn even more.
Food and drinks provided.

Our first round of lightning talks will be Thursday, Jan 14 at 7pm.

Michael
-------------- next part --------------
   Hello,
   Just wanted to send a quick note about a new meetup group that I and
   others have started.
   [1]http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Open-Source-Open-Mic/
   Our meetups are always based on 5 - 10 minute lightning talks. You can
   hear lots of tech-related talks in one sitting and you don't need to work
   hard on a long 30 - 60 minute presentation to share something. No need for
   advance notice to give a talk. Chat after the talks to learn even more.
   Food and drinks provided.
   Our first round of lightning talks will be Thursday, Jan 14 at 7pm.
   Michael

References

   Visible links
   1. http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Open-Source-Open-Mic/