From cbc at unc.edu Tue Jul 5 10:16:31 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:16:31 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Raleigh Project Night Message-ID: Quick last minute reminder that pizza and friendship await you at the first Tuesday project night tonight at WebAssign. Show up or leave anytime during the posted hours: http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/july-16-rpn/ When: Tuesday, July 5, 2016, 6-9pm Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus 1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh What: """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 cbc at unc.edu Tue Jul 5 11:41:21 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:41:21 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] PyData Carolinas 2016 In-Reply-To: <57211ADF.2000209@unc.edu> References: <57211ADF.2000209@unc.edu> Message-ID: The call for proposals deadline for PyData Carolinas 2016 has been extended to July 24. Get your talk and tutorial proposals in now! Speakers get in free. On 4/27/16 4:02 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > It is my privilege and honor to be able to announce PyData Carolinas > 2016 to you: > > http://pydata.org/carolinas2016 > > PyData Carolinas is a celebration of Python in data science. PyData > conferences have featured top leaders of Python data science projects > and PyData Carolinas will be no exception. PyData conferences promote > diversity in the Python data science community and are governed by an > inclusive code of conduct: > > http://pydata.org/carolinas2016/about/code-of-conduct/ > > PyData Carolinas will take place Wednesday through Friday, September > 14-16 at the IBM RTP Activity Center with a conference capacity of 400 > attendees. The first day features 12 tutorials in three tracks. The > following two days feature keynotes, lightning talks, and 30 session > talks in three tracks. The event is fully catered and will have two > evening social events in downtown Durham. > > PyData Carolinas is organized by TriPython, PyLadies RDU, Research > Triangle Analysts, Analytics.Club Raleigh, the NCSU Institute for > Advanced Analytics, the UNC Renaissance Computing Institute, Research > Triangle Institute, MaxPoint, MediaMath, the Durham Convention and > Visitors Bureau, DataCrunch Lab, Fidelity Investments, and Bull City > Coworking. Sponsors to date include IBM, Continuum Analytics, the > National Consortium for Data Science, and Issuer Direct Corporation. You > can add your company to that list. > > I'm calling on TriPython members for four actions in conjunction with > PyData Carolinas: sponsor, propose, register, and volunteer. > > Sponsor - PyData Carolinas is produced under the auspices of NumFOCUS > (http://numfocus.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation which sponsors > the Python scientific stack, the Julia language, and some R tools. > That's the same NumFOCUS that sent our own Luke Campagnola to the SciPy > Conference last year which greatly influenced the future of matplotlib. > All proceeds from PyData Carolinas go to support the work of NumFOCUS > from which we all benefit. > > We need sponsors. You can see a list of sponsor benefits at: > > http://pydata.org/carolinas2016/sponsors/benefits/ > > You can do more than attend this conference. You can get your employer > to be a sponsor of PyData Carolinas and get free conference passes with > your sponsorship. If you are interested in sponsoring PyData Carolinas, > please contact: > > sponsorship at pydatacarolinas.org > > Interested community groups (Triangle Julia User Group, I'm looking at > you) may also support PyData Carolinas as community sponsors. > > Propose - You can be a speaker at PyData Carolinas. Proposals for talks > and tutorials are being accepted now at: > > http://pydata.org/carolinas2016/cfp/ > > Proposals are review by a panel of experts. Accepted speakers will be > among the finest company in the Python data science community. And > speakers attend PyData Carolinas for free! > > Register - Early bird registration is open now: > > http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pydata-carolinas-2016-tickets-24406547641 > > Space is limited and this event will sell out. So reserve your spot now. > Early bird ends one week after the conference program is fully published > and who know when that will be. Maybe soon. :) > > Early bird registration fees are: > > All three days (limited to 190), tutorials and talks, September 14-16 > Academic - $150 > Individual - $275 > Start-up - $325 > Corporate - $375 > > Two talk days only (limited to 400), September 15-16 > Academic - $100 > Individual - $225 > Start-up - $275 > Corporate - $325 > > One day tutorial only (limited to 190), September 14 > All levels: $100 > > Volunteer - You can help. All kinds of help are needed. At the > conference we will need to man the registration table, assist with the > exhibit hall, provide session chairs, post greeters, and many other > tasks. Write the committee co-chairs for volunteering your interests: > > sponsorship at pydatacarolinas.org (organizes sponsorships) > communications at pydatacarolinas.org (manages social media) > diversity at pydatacarolinas.org (scholarships and COC enforcement) > hospitality at pydatacarolinas.org (hotels, transportation, social events) > operations at pydatacarolinas.org (volunteers at the conference) > production at pydatacarolinas.org (printed matter, signage, t-shirts) > program at pydatacarolinas.org (proposal evaluation and program schedule) > audiovisual at pydatacarolinas.org (AV reinforcement and recording liaison) > > This is the biggest deal TriPython has ever been involved in to date and > I'm very excited about it. I hope you will participate and experience > the excitement for yourself. Because TriPython is so important to PyData > Carolinas, you are the first organization to get this written > announcement. (It has been very softly released for about two weeks now.) > -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst UNC Renaissance Computing Institute 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 599-3530 From jeremyhwllc at gmail.com Thu Jul 7 13:00:44 2016 From: jeremyhwllc at gmail.com (Jeremy Davis) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:00:44 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Fwd: New Location TriLUG RPi Talks 14 July 7-9pm at RTP Frontier In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 Greetings TriPython! You are invited to join TriLUG for RPi talks. TriLUG's Next meeting is 14 July from 7-9pm and is a series of short talks about Raspberry Pi (also referred to as RPi) and will be at the RTP Frontier location. In the past, the RPi topic attracted perhaps the largest attendance in the history of TriLUG. We are revisiting this topic due to popular demand. We will begin our talks at the level of an advanced 2nd grader Hacking Minecraft Pi. Midway we will learn at the level of a Red Hat Principal Software Engineer on the topic of RPi in the aviation community. Then we shall culminate at the highest levels of academia with a Professor and Textile Engineering Program Director at North Carolina State University on the topic of Real-Time Data Acquisition with the Raspberry Pi. We highly encourage EVERYONE to attend this meeting to check out the new location so we can get everyone?s feedback on holding future meetings there. The RTP Frontier is a great place to mingle and network especially for startups and entrepreneurs. Unrelated to TriLUG, however, in the same location from 430pm-630pm on 14 July there will be free beer served. The RTP Frontier is a large and reputable place and we do not anticipate this will cause any interference with our meeting. If this is a concern for anyone please let the TriLUG Steering Committee know via steering at trilug.org. Details here http://www.rtp.org/event/happy-hour-7-14-16/ Huge thanks to Robert Sherwood for reserving the RTP Frontier meeting space! In return for his good deed, let's be sure to highly recommend Oak City Technology to anyone interested in web design! www.oakcitytechnology.com Jeremy Davis TriLUG PR -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com -------------- next part -------------- [1]http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 Greetings TriPython! You are invited to join TriLUG**for RPi talks. TriLUG's Next meeting is 14 July from 7-9pm and is a series of short talks about Raspberry Pi (also referred to as RPi) and will be at the RTP Frontier location. In the past, the RPi topic attracted perhaps the largest attendance in the history of TriLUG. We are revisiting this topic due to popular demand. We will begin our talks at the level of an advanced 2nd grader Hacking Minecraft Pi. Midway we will learn at the level of a Red Hat Principal Software Engineer on the topic of RPi in the aviation community. Then we shall culminate at the highest levels of academia with a Professor and Textile Engineering Program Director at North Carolina State University on the topic of Real-Time Data Acquisition with the Raspberry Pi. We highly encourage EVERYONE**to attend this meeting to check out the new location so we can get everyone***s feedback on holding future meetings there. The RTP Frontier is a great place to mingle and network especially for startups and entrepreneurs.** Unrelated to TriLUG, however, in the same location from 430pm-630pm on 14 July there will be free beer served. The RTP Frontier is a large and reputable place and we do not anticipate this will cause any interference with our meeting.** If this is a concern for anyone please let the TriLUG Steering Committee know via steering at trilug.org.** Details here [2]http://www.rtp.org/event/happy-hour-7-14-16/ Huge thanks to Robert Sherwood for reserving the RTP Frontier meeting space! In return for his good deed, let's be sure to highly recommend Oak City Technology to anyone interested in web design! [3]www.oakcitytechnology.com Jeremy Davis TriLUG PR -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 [4]www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 [5]www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ [6]www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com References Visible links 1. http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 2. http://www.rtp.org/event/happy-hour-7-14-16/ 3. http://www.oakcitytechnology.com/ 4. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ 5. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ 6. http://www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com/ From cbc at unc.edu Thu Jul 7 13:09:20 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:09:20 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] MicroPython slides Message-ID: <98e9e211-d5a5-6e73-bd2b-957b8055d62b@unc.edu> Greg Frazier's slides from his MicroPython presentation at the June meeting are now available here: http://tripython.org/meetings/MicroPython-Slides-TriPython-6-23-2016.pdf -- 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 Thu Jul 7 14:04:32 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 14:04:32 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] TriPython July 2016 Meeting: TensorFlow Implementation for Job Market Classification Message-ID: <54b06e1d-274f-4065-a4b8-938a9bd55d73@unc.edu> When: Thursday, July 28, 7-9pm Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Biltmore Conference Room 5th Floor, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 590 Chapel Hill What: """Matching new job titles and descriptions to existing salary data points from labor markets is a time-intensive and manual process, but is necessary to create compensation plans and job offers. This presentation introduces a TensorFlow implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNNs) to classify jobs. We will start with a high level overview of TensorFlow, CNNs, and how to get started. We'll then walk through our system design, code samples and a demonstration of our application. Taras Mitran and Jeff Waller present. Taras and Jeff are software engineers at IVC, Inc. in Cary. 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. Plenty of free parking is available in the RENCI parking deck. The meeting will be followed by our usual after-meeting at a nearby tavern for food and beverage. Come join us for a fun and informative evening.""" -- 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 Fri Jul 8 12:32:24 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 12:32:24 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] PyData Diversity Scholarship Applications Available Now Message-ID: Please help celebrate diversity in data science: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UzgbpOWg3FZgZPg0_CVcUQ0GgniGx7yoaR0pghwb68o/viewform -- 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 Fri Jul 8 12:36:28 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 12:36:28 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] PyData Diversity Scholarship Applications Available Now In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 7/8/16 12:32 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > Please help celebrate diversity in data science: > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UzgbpOWg3FZgZPg0_CVcUQ0GgniGx7yoaR0pghwb68o/viewform PS - That's "PyData *Carolinas* Diversity Scholarship Applications Available Now About PyData Carolinas: http://pydata.org/carolinas2016/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst UNC Renaissance Computing Institute 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 599-3530 From jeremyhwllc at gmail.com Thu Jul 14 16:24:55 2016 From: jeremyhwllc at gmail.com (Jeremy Davis) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:24:55 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] =?utf-8?q?Final_reminder_TriLUG_RPi_Talks_tonight!_We?= =?utf-8?q?_are_giving_away_3d_Printed_TriTux_collector=E2=80=99s_i?= =?utf-8?q?tems!?= Message-ID: Sorry this is last minute.. Try to make it you can. We will be giving away 3d Printed TriTux collector?s items! Courtesy of Brian Henning https://www.3dhubs.com/raleigh/hubs/brian We have a great meeting ready to happen for you all related to Raspberry Pi. Details here at this link: http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 It?s an honor to have Dr. Jasper speaking for TriLUG tonight! Bio: Warren Jasper is Professor and Textile Engineering Program Director at North Carolina State University. https://textiles.ncsu.edu/blog/team/warren-jasper/ This will be 7-9pm at the RTP Frontier, which is an awesome location with plenty of room for everyone. Free admission, free pizza, free drinks, free parking, free software? The Frontier, 800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC Map: RTP Frontier RTP Frontier meeting location courtesy of Oak City Technology http://www.oakcitytechnology.com We look forward to seeing you there! -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com -------------- next part -------------- Sorry this is last minute.. Try to make it you can. We will be giving away 3d Printed TriTux collector***s items! Courtesy of Brian Henning [1]https://www.3dhubs.com/raleigh/hubs/brian We have a great meeting ready to happen for you all related to Raspberry Pi. [2]Details here at this link: **http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 It***s an honor to have Dr. Jasper speaking for TriLUG tonight! Bio: Warren Jasper is Professor and Textile Engineering Program Director at North Carolina State University. [3]https://textiles.ncsu.edu/blog/team/warren-jasper/ This will be 7-9pm at the RTP Frontier, which is an awesome location with plenty of room for everyone. Free admission, free pizza, free drinks, free parking, free software*** The Frontier, 800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC Map: [4]RTP Frontier RTP Frontier meeting location courtesy of Oak City Technology [5]http://www.oakcitytechnology.com We look forward to seeing you there! -- Jeremy Davis @jeremydavis0_0 [6]www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ [7]www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com References Visible links 1. https://www.3dhubs.com/raleigh/hubs/brian 2. http://trilug.org/TriLUG-RPi-Talks-14-July-2016 3. https://textiles.ncsu.edu/blog/team/warren-jasper/ 4. https://goo.gl/maps/g1PbFnLEV4L2 5. http://www.oakcitytechnology.com/ 6. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ 7. http://www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com/ From cbc at unc.edu Sun Jul 17 16:23:11 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:23:11 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Durham Project Night Message-ID: <54eb3e7d-8b2e-3652-c328-9a6735ec17e7@unc.edu> Durham project night is Monday at Caktus: http://trizpug.org/Members/markdlavin/july-16-dpn When: Monday, July 18, 6-9pm Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham What: """Durham Project Night meets on third Mondays. 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. Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across W. Morgan St. The Caktus entrance on Morris St. is labeled "Suite C1" near the Civil Right's mural. Just knock or 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 cbc at unc.edu Sun Jul 17 16:42:40 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:42:40 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] JupyterDay ATL 2016 Message-ID: <2d3175a9-6eff-b5e1-e437-2f6cb80b50b7@unc.edu> http://jupyterday-atlanta-2016.github.io? Saturday, August 13 at the GTRI Conference Center in Atlanta. I just found out about this at SciPy. It is being organized by the Atlanta PyData meetup. I plan on going down the Friday afternoon before the Saturday event if you want to hitch a ride. """JupyterDay ATL is the first official Jupyter event in the Southeast, and it all happens Saturday, August 13th at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center[1] in the heart of Atlanta. Join us for a day of code, community and collaboration with open source interactive computing in any of the Jupyter languages Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, Spark, and more! We?ll be hearing from members of the local Jupyter community, writing code, looking at data, and generally getting to know each other in a fun, vendor-neutral, and inclusive environment!""" -- 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 Tue Jul 19 17:18:40 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:18:40 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] JupyterHub Online Mini-Workshop Message-ID: <0096c9b4-d303-493e-55dc-5763c341830b@unc.edu> July 22 (Friday): https://github.com/jupyter/jupyterhub-2016-workshop -- 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 Jul 27 11:02:16 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:02:16 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Invitation to TransLoc Grand Reopening Party Tonight Message-ID: <97c20d55-2d6f-045e-637f-ba1643db4605@unc.edu> Sorry this is late notice. But our good friends at TransLoc invite you to a party this evening. Sounds like good food and good times. RSVP required. Hope to see you there. RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grand-reopening-party-game-on-transloc-tickets-26594257139 Party at: TransLoc 4505 Emperor Blvd Suite 120 Durham, NC (That's just past the Sheraton Imperial out in RTP.) """ On behalf of the group sponsors we wanted to extend an invite to a grand opening party for TransLoc on Wednesday night. Here is an invite for you: "Do you want an evening out with a fun, competitive atmosphere for networking. Of course you do, so I want to invite you to our #GameOnTransLoc event, since it is the perfect place to do that. On top of hanging out with some of the TransLoc employees and checking out our new work digs, you get to show off your DDR, shuffleboard, and/or cornhole skills. We?ll be hanging out most of the evening on July 27, but it is a come and go event from 5p - 8p. Of course, we wouldn?t be good hosts if there wasn?t free food and drinks, so we are doing it tailgate food style with some BBQ and hot dogs. I need your RSVP ASAP so we can make sure we have enough food and beer." Feel free to click the link above to RSVP and we will look forward to seeing you there! """ -- 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 Jul 27 11:44:01 2016 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:44:01 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython July 2016 Meeting: TensorFlow Implementation for Job Market Classification In-Reply-To: <54b06e1d-274f-4065-a4b8-938a9bd55d73@unc.edu> References: <54b06e1d-274f-4065-a4b8-938a9bd55d73@unc.edu> Message-ID: <8b679abd-1867-5047-855a-c1c0bef881f6@unc.edu> We have a much anticipated meeting tomorrow night. It looks like there is going to be a big crowd. I'm excited. Also, the-after meeting will likely be at Carolina 1663 at the Sheraton across the street from the meeting so we can sit outside by the swimming pool if we want and if it's not raining. If it's raining, maybe we'll head over to our usual spot at Bailey's Grill. See you there. On 7/7/16 2:04 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > When: Thursday, July 28, 7-9pm > Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) > Biltmore Conference Room > 5th Floor, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 590 > Chapel Hill > What: """Matching new job titles and descriptions to existing salary > data points from labor markets is a time-intensive and manual process, > but is necessary to create compensation plans and job offers. This > presentation introduces a TensorFlow implementation of a Convolutional > Neural Network (CNNs) to classify jobs. We will start with a high level > overview of TensorFlow, CNNs, and how to get started. We'll then walk > through our system design, code samples and a demonstration of our > application. Taras Mitran and Jeff Waller present. Taras and Jeff are > software engineers at IVC, Inc. in Cary. 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. Plenty of free parking is available in the > RENCI parking deck. The meeting will be followed by our usual > after-meeting at a nearby tavern for food and beverage. Come join us for > a fun and informative evening.""" > -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst UNC Renaissance Computing Institute 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 599-3530