From cbc at unc.edu Mon May 6 11:54:48 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 15:54:48 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Two Project Nights this week: Tuesday at Red Hat Annex and Wednesday at RENCI Message-ID: Hiya, it?s one of those weeks where we have back-to-back project nights. Here?s the one on Tuesday in Raleigh: http://tripython.org/Members/kahowell/may-19-rpn/ When: Tuesday, May 7, 6-9pm Where: Red Hat Annex, 190 E Davie St, Raleigh Here?s the one on Wednesday in Chapel Hill: http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/may-19-chpn When: Wednesday, May 8, 6-9pm Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Biltmore Conference Room, 5th Floor, Europa Center, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 590, Chapel Hill What for both: 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. Bring your laptop. Raleigh specific notes: Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Park in the City Center deck behind Red Hat (the Red Hat elevator in the deck goes into the main Red Hat space, not the Annex). Chapel Hill specific note: Chapel Hill Project Night meets on second Wednesdays. Plenty of free after-hours parking is available in the RENCI parking deck. Pizza included. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Hiya, it's one of those weeks where we have back-to-back project nights. Here's the one on Tuesday in Raleigh: [1]http://tripython.org/Members/kahowell/may-19-rpn/ When: Tuesday, May 7, 6-9pm Where: Red Hat Annex, 190 E Davie St, Raleigh Here's the one on Wednesday in Chapel Hill: [2]http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/may-19-chpn When: Wednesday, May 8, 6-9pm Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Biltmore Conference Room, 5th Floor, Europa Center, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 590, Chapel Hill What for both: 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. Bring your laptop. Raleigh specific notes: Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Park in the City Center deck behind Red Hat (the Red Hat elevator in the deck goes into the main Red Hat space, not the Annex). Chapel Hill specific note: Chapel Hill Project Night meets on second Wednesdays. Plenty of free after-hours parking is available in the RENCI parking deck. Pizza included. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. http://tripython.org/Members/kahowell/may-19-rpn/ 2. http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/may-19-chpn From cbc at unc.edu Mon May 6 15:41:29 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 19:41:29 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] May meeting speaker Message-ID: <2F64B42F-D064-4637-A8DD-805C24EE04A3@unc.edu> If you?d like to be the featured speaker at our May 23rd meeting at WebAssign, please sound off here. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- If you'd like to be the featured speaker at our May 23^rd meeting at WebAssign, please sound off here. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 From charlotte.ann.mays at gmail.com Mon May 6 16:25:34 2019 From: charlotte.ann.mays at gmail.com (Charlotte Mays) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 16:25:34 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] May meeting speaker In-Reply-To: <2F64B42F-D064-4637-A8DD-805C24EE04A3@unc.edu> References: <2F64B42F-D064-4637-A8DD-805C24EE04A3@unc.edu> Message-ID: I can't do May 23rd but I'd be happy to reprise the talk I just gave at PyCon (Attracting the Invisible Contributors: How Open Source Projects Can Be More Welcoming to New Coders). Maybe June, if that isn't already claimed? On Mon, May 6, 2019, 3:41 PM Calloway, Chris wrote: > If you'd like to be the featured speaker at our May 23^rd meeting at > WebAssign, please sound off here. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > > Chris Calloway > > Applications Analyst > > University of North Carolina > > Renaissance Computing Institute > > (919) 599-3530 > > > _______________________________________________ > TriZPUG mailing list > TriZPUG at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug > http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group > -------------- next part -------------- I can't do May 23rd but I'd be happy to reprise the talk I just gave at PyCon (Attracting the Invisible Contributors: How Open Source Projects Can Be More Welcoming to New Coders). Maybe June, if that isn't already claimed? On Mon, May 6, 2019, 3:41 PM Calloway, Chris <[1]cbc at unc.edu> wrote: ** **If you'd like to be the featured speaker at our May 23^rd meeting at ** **WebAssign, please sound off here. ** **-- ** **Sincerely, ** **Chris Calloway ** **Applications Analyst ** **University of North Carolina ** **Renaissance Computing Institute ** **(919) 599-3530 _______________________________________________ TriZPUG mailing list [2]TriZPUG at python.org [3]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug [4]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group References Visible links 1. mailto:cbc at unc.edu 2. mailto:TriZPUG at python.org 3. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug 4. http://tripython.org/ From cbc at unc.edu Mon May 6 16:38:42 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 20:38:42 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] May meeting speaker In-Reply-To: References: <2F64B42F-D064-4637-A8DD-805C24EE04A3@unc.edu> Message-ID: Sure. Thanks. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/6/19, 4:25 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Charlotte Mays" wrote: I can't do May 23rd but I'd be happy to reprise the talk I just gave at PyCon (Attracting the Invisible Contributors: How Open Source Projects Can Be More Welcoming to New Coders). Maybe June, if that isn't already claimed? On Mon, May 6, 2019, 3:41 PM Calloway, Chris wrote: > If you'd like to be the featured speaker at our May 23^rd meeting at > WebAssign, please sound off here. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > > Chris Calloway > > Applications Analyst > > University of North Carolina > > Renaissance Computing Institute > > (919) 599-3530 > > > _______________________________________________ > TriZPUG mailing list > TriZPUG at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug > http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group > From cbc at unc.edu Mon May 6 16:39:44 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 20:39:44 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Job postings at RENCI Message-ID: <92E71C4B-7EF0-4ABA-88CC-10CC2AB70AB8@unc.edu> Data Analytics Scientist http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161341 Semantics Web Technologist http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161323 -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Data Analytics Scientist [1]http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161341 Semantics Web Technologist [2]http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161323 -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161341 http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161341 2. http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161323 http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/161323 From cbc at unc.edu Tue May 7 12:09:58 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 16:09:58 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Python Crash Course and PyCarolinas Message-ID: Couple of announcements: 1. Rebecca Conley is teaching a Python Crash Course tomorrow at 6pm in Durham. Rebecca says, ?Hey Durham, if you're curious about coding, and you want to check it out, I'm teaching a free Python crash course this Wed. evening at Momentum Learning! Please bring a laptop (any kind will do). I love teaching kids, but this particular event is geared toward grown folks.? Find out more at https://www.meetup.com/Momentum-Learning-Meetup/events/261136530 2. A largish crew of folks convened at PyCon this past weekend for the purpose of launching organizing for a new PyCarolinas 2020 conference following a lightning talk by Andrew Knight. A number of you are already a part of the effort. There is a Slack channel: https://pycarolinas.slack.com. Of course, if you visit that link, it says, ?Contact the workspace administrator for an invitation,? but doesn?t tell you who that is or give contact info. I got an invitation by messaging @automationpanda (Andrew Knight) on Twitter. The Slack organization was created by Joseph Jarriel. I haven?t tried it yet, but I believe I and any other members of the Slack organization are able to send invitations as well. So, if you want an invitation, reply to me off-list and I?ll do my best. Here?s a tweet by Jeff Bradberry with a photo of what looks to be a PyCon Open Space about PyCarolinas: https://twitter.com/jeff_bradberry/status/1125045495079100416. Here?s a tweet by Brian S. Corbin of the Spartanbug, SC Python users group with a photo of what looks to be Andrew Knight?s PyCon lightning talk: https://twitter.com/corbinbs/status/1125029242511687681. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Couple of announcements: 1. Rebecca Conley is teaching a Python Crash Course tomorrow at 6pm in Durham. Rebecca says, "Hey Durham, if you're curious about coding, and you want to check it out, I'm teaching a free Python crash course this Wed. evening at Momentum Learning! Please bring a laptop (any kind will do). I love teaching kids, but this particular event is geared toward grown folks." Find out more at [1]https://www.meetup.com/Momentum-Learning-Meetup/events/261136530 2. A largish crew of folks convened at PyCon this past weekend for the purpose of launching organizing for a new PyCarolinas 2020 conference following a lightning talk by Andrew Knight. A number of you are already a part of the effort. There is a Slack channel: [2]https://pycarolinas.slack.com. Of course, if you visit that link, it says, "Contact the workspace administrator for an invitation," but doesn't tell you who that is or give contact info. I got an invitation by messaging @automationpanda (Andrew Knight) on Twitter. The Slack organization was created by Joseph Jarriel. I haven't tried it yet, but I believe I and any other members of the Slack organization are able to send invitations as well. So, if you want an invitation, reply to me off-list and I'll do my best. Here's a tweet by Jeff Bradberry with a photo of what looks to be a PyCon Open Space about PyCarolinas: [3]https://twitter.com/jeff_bradberry/status/1125045495079100416. Here's a tweet by Brian S. Corbin of the Spartanbug, SC Python users group with a photo of what looks to be Andrew Knight's PyCon lightning talk: [4]https://twitter.com/corbinbs/status/1125029242511687681. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. https://www.meetup.com/Momentum-Learning-Meetup/events/261136530 2. https://pycarolinas.slack.com/ 3. https://twitter.com/jeff_bradberry/status/1125045495079100416 4. https://twitter.com/corbinbs/status/1125029242511687681 From brentonmallen1 at gmail.com Tue May 7 14:09:37 2019 From: brentonmallen1 at gmail.com (Brenton Mallen) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 14:09:37 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Speaking Proposal Message-ID: Hi, I'm a data scientist in the area and I'd like to propose a talk, if there is interest in the topic. I'd like to title `Data Science: From Model to Microservice` with the following abstract: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute a the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask and Zappa frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda and API Gateway). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic (https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Please let me know if there are any questions or anything you need from me. Regards, Brenton Mallen (561) 376-6580 | Site | GitHub | LinkedIn -------------- next part -------------- Hi, I'm a data scientist in the area and I'd like to propose a talk, if there is interest in the topic. I'd like to title `Data Science: From Model to Microservice` with the following abstract: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute a the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask and Zappa frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda and API Gateway). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic ([1]https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Please let me know if there are any questions or anything you need from me. Regards, Brenton Mallen (561) 376-6580 |**[2]Site**|**[3]GitHub**|**[4]LinkedIn References Visible links 1. https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data 2. https://brentonmallen.com/ 3. https://github.com/brentonmallen1 4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentonmallen/ From cbc at unc.edu Tue May 7 14:25:42 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 18:25:42 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Speaking Proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3719DC5B-7C90-4382-8991-D16BDF58352A@unc.edu> Brenton, To post to this email list, please subscribe at: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug Your post was held for moderation as a non-subscriber but was approved to forward to the email list. We've had a talk on Zappa on AWS in the past. But the ML angle makes it worth looking at again. Would you be able to present at our May 23rd meeting in Raleigh at WebAssign? We need a speaker for that meeting. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/7/19, 2:09 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Brenton Mallen" wrote: Hi, I'm a data scientist in the area and I'd like to propose a talk, if there is interest in the topic. I'd like to title `Data Science: From Model to Microservice` with the following abstract: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute a the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask and Zappa frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda and API Gateway). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic (https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Please let me know if there are any questions or anything you need from me. Regards, Brenton Mallen (561) 376-6580 | Site | GitHub | LinkedIn From cbc at unc.edu Tue May 7 16:17:10 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 20:17:10 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Python Crash Course and PyCarolinas Message-ID: <5071688E-6D84-4E1C-BA36-ED6DA30E2524@unc.edu> Andrew Knight (new to our list, Hi Andrew!) just added a link where you can invite yourself to the PyCarolinas Slack organization: https://t.co/k4jGcur4oP -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/7/19, 12:09 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" wrote: There is a Slack channel: https://pycarolinas.slack.com. Of course, if you visit that link, it says, ?Contact the workspace administrator for an invitation,? but doesn?t tell you who that is or give contact info. I got an invitation by messaging @automationpanda (Andrew Knight) on Twitter. The Slack organization was created by Joseph Jarriel. I haven?t tried it yet, but I believe I and any other members of the Slack organization are able to send invitations as well. So, if you want an invitation, reply to me off-list and I?ll do my best. From aikimark at aol.com Tue May 7 16:51:51 2019 From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 20:51:51 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [TriPython] possible May 23rd speaker References: <1918249454.2858642.1557262311698.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1918249454.2858642.1557262311698@mail.yahoo.com> I spoke with Andy Knight about doing a soup-to-nuts presentation on testing in a Python environment.? I judged interest in the topic based on the discussion after the two Tim Hopper PyTest presentations. Andy might also be able to do a BDD presentation.? I'd like to introduce BDD to the Python community. Mark -------------- next part -------------- I spoke with Andy Knight about doing a soup-to-nuts presentation on testing in a Python environment. I judged interest in the topic based on the discussion after the two Tim Hopper PyTest presentations. Andy might also be able to do a BDD presentation. I'd like to introduce BDD to the Python community. Mark From cbc at unc.edu Tue May 7 17:07:58 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 21:07:58 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] possible May 23rd speaker In-Reply-To: <1918249454.2858642.1557262311698@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1918249454.2858642.1557262311698.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1918249454.2858642.1557262311698@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <760A8EF2-ACA8-4285-98AF-9A1F9F341428@unc.edu> Cool. Andy is on this list now. I just had a volunteer for May 23 speaker (see earlier email today, he accepted via private email). A BDD talk would be cool. There are several of us who've been using Robot Framework for years. We had a BDD talk in Raleigh years ago. An updated talk would be welcome. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/7/19, 4:51 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG" wrote: I spoke with Andy Knight about doing a soup-to-nuts presentation on testing in a Python environment. I judged interest in the topic based on the discussion after the two Tim Hopper PyTest presentations. Andy might also be able to do a BDD presentation. I'd like to introduce BDD to the Python community. Mark From cbc at unc.edu Wed May 8 16:13:31 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 20:13:31 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] TriPython May 2019 Meeting: Data Science: From Model to Microservice Message-ID: Please welcome our next speaker, Brenton Mallen, at out next monthly feature speaker meeting at WebAssign in Raleigh. http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/may-19-mtg https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261296108 When: Thursday, May 23, 7pm Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh What: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask (http://flask.pocoo.org/) and Zappa (http://www.zappa.io/) frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda (http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) and API Gateway (http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/)). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic (http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Our speaker, Brenton Mallen (http://github.com/brentonmallen1), is an Ocean Engineer turned Data Scientist. He has spent three and a half years performing in-depth research and building both real-time and batch machine learning systems in the internet bot mitigation space. He is currently a data scientist in the agriculture industry processing satellite images for crop analysis. 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 at Mission Valley). Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Please welcome our next speaker, Brenton Mallen, at out next monthly feature speaker meeting at WebAssign in Raleigh. [1]http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/may-19-mtg [2]https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261296108 When: Thursday, May 23, 7pm Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh What: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask ([3]http://flask.pocoo.org/) and Zappa ([4]http://www.zappa.io/) frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda ([5]http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) and API Gateway ([6]http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/)). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic ([7]http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Our speaker, Brenton Mallen ([8]http://github.com/brentonmallen1), is an Ocean Engineer turned Data Scientist. He has spent three and a half years performing in-depth research and building both real-time and batch machine learning systems in the internet bot mitigation space. He is currently a data scientist in the agriculture industry processing satellite images for crop analysis. 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 at Mission Valley). Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/may-19-mtg 2. https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261296108 3. http://flask.pocoo.org/ http://flask.pocoo.org/ 4. http://www.zappa.io/ http://www.zappa.io/ 5. http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/ http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/ 6. http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/ http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/ 7. http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data 8. http://github.com/brentonmallen1 http://github.com/brentonmallen1 From cbc at unc.edu Thu May 16 16:18:58 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 20:18:58 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Deep Learning RTP Meetup: Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility in Machine Learning Message-ID: The Deep Learning meetup is hosting an event that might be of interest to you. When: June 6, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Topic: Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility in Machine Learning Brian Lee is an excellent speaker and an expert in this topic. It?s a great opportunity to learn from one of the best. RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- The Deep Learning meetup is hosting an event that might be of interest to you. When: June 6, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Topic: Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility in Machine Learning Brian Lee is an excellent speaker and an expert in this topic. It's a great opportunity to learn from one of the best. RSVP here: [1]https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. https://meet.meetup.com/wf/click?upn=pEEcc35imY7Cq0tG1vyTtyN1oZWM8u9SrQtfeTflFY1NaACMf2UpRoxSLIjJv9iGC6eiMo5hjuPseLHyP9NlPVDpKX17dDaK8gK9JCu-2By4o-3D_Kj732diM9M4tRAAyorwPv-2B68wdRYn6aLAdPeH58aZkeyHtdUZzHw-2Bku1E1eF6Dd1cAvJhxD5Apt1YkE0SZlAj7eZYtkcoK4PdoOKben3MzE1ZppShHBrsEwmJypsfgodhIZL6B4r3fK7RBNFrqF9xvlSeDTYBt0kD0AnuqOBdrFHqg4eD2TC4bN0B-2BKXIsw9FPC8By9afmd0n-2Bk4BpLwySXAk-2BZLSPSsmiecym7YRHs-3D From cbc at unc.edu Thu May 16 16:49:42 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 20:49:42 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Deep Learning RTP Meetup: Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility in Machine Learning Message-ID: <0C153BCB-BB24-4150-8D2E-CC922AA346A9@unc.edu> Well, that non-working link certainly didn't look like that when I sent it, nor does it look like that in my sent folder. Here's a working link, I hope: https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/16/19, 4:18 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" wrote: The Deep Learning meetup is hosting an event that might be of interest to you. When: June 6, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Topic: Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility in Machine Learning Brian Lee is an excellent speaker and an expert in this topic. It?s a great opportunity to learn from one of the best. RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 From cbc at unc.edu Fri May 17 15:03:04 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 19:03:04 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Durham Project Night Message-ID: I feel sure Eric is going to have project night at Caktus on Monday after this weekend, so I want to make sure it's on your radar now in time. http://tripython.org/Members/thomson/may-19-dpn When: Monday, May 20, 6-9pm Where: Caktus Group Tech Space, 108 Morris St., Durham What: 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! 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 entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St. Bring your laptop. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- I feel sure Eric is going to have project night at Caktus on Monday after this weekend, so I want to make sure it's on your radar now in time. [1]http://tripython.org/Members/thomson/may-19-dpn When: Monday, May 20, 6-9pm Where: Caktus Group Tech Space, 108 Morris St., Durham What: 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! 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 entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St. Bring your laptop. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. http://tripython.org/Members/thomson/may-19-dpn From thomson at neuro.duke.edu Mon May 20 09:21:11 2019 From: thomson at neuro.duke.edu (Eric Thomson) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:21:11 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Durham Project Night Tonight 6pm @Caktus In-Reply-To: References: , , , , , , Message-ID: Just a reminder that tonight is Project Night in Durham. If you are an absolute beginner just getting started, or have a project well underway you want to tinker with, all are welcome. The setting is informal and there is no set schedule, so folks are welcome to come at any point during the evening (at about 7PM we stop to introduce ourselves and what we are working on). Hope to see you there! Thanks, as always, to Caktus for providing the meeting space and pizza. Details: When: Monday, May 20, 6-9pm Where: Caktus Group Tech Space, 108 Morris St., Durham What: Join us for our monthly project night to tinker, discuss all things Python. If you don't have something specific you are working on, that's fine. If you just need help getting started with Python, bring your laptop and we will help. If you are a veteran programmer, come on by for code and pizza. It's an informal meetup where people work on projects, talk about programming, and give and receive tips on all things Python. From philip at semanchuk.com Mon May 20 15:34:45 2019 From: philip at semanchuk.com (Philip Semanchuk) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 15:34:45 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Open Python engineer position Message-ID: <04E8242E-97BA-450A-AEAA-BDEEA6340EF9@semanchuk.com> Hi all, I had mentioned about a month ago that American Efficient in Durham is looking for someone with robust Python skills. THey're still looking, and now there's a formal job listing to pass along -- https://jobs.lever.co/modern/7501fea6-5d61-44b8-85c9-c3db5619f8be You'd likely be working alongside me and fellow TriPythonista Jeff Trawick. Just to be clear, I'm a freelancer and American Efficient is my client. I don't work for a recruiting agency, nor am I the hiring manager. They're also hiring for a less technical position for which Python is a plus but not a necessity -- https://jobs.lever.co/modern/ba41bb4f-22b9-4e8d-a70d-b665ea76199e Feel free to contact me or Tyler Curtis (tcurtis at americanefficient.com) with questions. Cheers Philip From cbc at unc.edu Tue May 21 10:57:03 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:57:03 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython May 2019 Meeting: Data Science: From Model to Microservice Message-ID: It looks like there will be a good-sized crowd for the meeting on Thursday. Come on out for Brenton's first talk to TriPython, see old friends, and make new friends. Pack a lightning talk in your back pocket just in case. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/8/19, 4:13 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" wrote: Please welcome our next speaker, Brenton Mallen, at out next monthly feature speaker meeting at WebAssign in Raleigh. http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/may-19-mtg https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261296108 When: Thursday, May 23, 7pm Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh What: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask (http://flask.pocoo.org/) and Zappa (http://www.zappa.io/) frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda (http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) and API Gateway (http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/)). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic (http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Our speaker, Brenton Mallen (http://github.com/brentonmallen1), is an Ocean Engineer turned Data Scientist. He has spent three and a half years performing in-depth research and building both real-time and batch machine learning systems in the internet bot mitigation space. He is currently a data scientist in the agriculture industry processing satellite images for crop analysis. 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 at Mission Valley). Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 From cbc at unc.edu Thu May 23 12:41:18 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 16:41:18 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython May 2019 Meeting: Data Science: From Model to Microservice Message-ID: <70DA22ED-E2D6-4FF6-A0B9-A942CEE86612@unc.edu> Tonight. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 ?On 5/21/19, 10:57 AM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" wrote: It looks like there will be a good-sized crowd for the meeting on Thursday. Come on out for Brenton's first talk to TriPython, see old friends, and make new friends. Pack a lightning talk in your back pocket just in case. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 On 5/8/19, 4:13 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" wrote: Please welcome our next speaker, Brenton Mallen, at out next monthly feature speaker meeting at WebAssign in Raleigh. http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/may-19-mtg https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261296108 When: Thursday, May 23, 7pm Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh What: This will be a walkthrough of building machine learning model and an associated microservice to execute the model and return its output. The model will be accessible both as a web app as well as a RESTful API. It will be using Python (Flask (http://flask.pocoo.org/) and Zappa (http://www.zappa.io/) frameworks) along with the AWS serverless architecture (Lambda (http://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) and API Gateway (http://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/)). The example case will be the classic Kaggle problem of determining if someone would have survived the Titanic (http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic/data). Our speaker, Brenton Mallen (http://github.com/brentonmallen1), is an Ocean Engineer turned Data Scientist. He has spent three and a half years performing in-depth research and building both real-time and batch machine learning systems in the internet bot mitigation space. He is currently a data scientist in the agriculture industry processing satellite images for crop analysis. 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 at Mission Valley). Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 _______________________________________________ TriZPUG mailing list TriZPUG at python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group From cbc at unc.edu Fri May 24 14:42:51 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 18:42:51 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] Slides from last night Message-ID: <016781A7-DDE7-412D-B66A-3DA8CB07D9E1@unc.edu> Links to Brenton's slides, repo, notebook, and web app from his presentation yesterday may be found here: http://tripython.org/meetings/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Links to Brenton's slides, repo, notebook, and web app from his presentation yesterday may be found here: http://tripython.org/meetings/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 From cbc at unc.edu Fri May 24 14:55:52 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 18:55:52 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] TriPython June 2019 Meeting: Attracting the Invisible Contributors: How Open Source Projects Can Be More Welcoming to New Coders Message-ID: <38CA4E4D-12FE-44E1-B215-7175CC617995@unc.edu> http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/june-19-mtg https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261738077/ When: Thursday, June 27, 7pm Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham What: Many new coders seek out open source projects, intending to contribute, and then get overwhelmed and leave. Project maintainers often want the help, but don?t realize how they are inadvertently appearing unwelcoming. Charlotte Mays will discuss some of the most common complaints she's heard from new coders who tried to contribute but left in frustration, and ways that these can be addressed without putting too much burden on the maintainers. Our speaker, Charlotte Mays, is passionate about open source and making tech accessible to all who take an interest. Charlotte contributes to open source projects such as BeeWare and helps organize her local chapter of PyLadies. When not busy with those contributions or her day job at Red Hat, she can often be found working on fiber crafts. 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. Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across W. Morgan St. The after-meeting will be around the corner at Bull McCabe's Irish Pub. Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- [1]http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/june-19-mtg [2]https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261738077/ When: Thursday, June 27, 7pm Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham What: Many new coders seek out open source projects, intending to contribute, and then get overwhelmed and leave. Project maintainers often want the help, but don't realize how they are inadvertently appearing unwelcoming. Charlotte Mays will discuss some of the most common complaints she's heard from new coders who tried to contribute but left in frustration, and ways that these can be addressed without putting too much burden on the maintainers. Our speaker, Charlotte Mays, is passionate about open source and making tech accessible to all who take an interest. Charlotte contributes to open source projects such as BeeWare and helps organize her local chapter of PyLadies. When not busy with those contributions or her day job at Red Hat, she can often be found working on fiber crafts. 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. Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across W. Morgan St. The after-meeting will be around the corner at Bull McCabe's Irish Pub. Come join us for a fun and informative evening. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/june-19-mtg 2. https://www.meetup.com/tripython/events/261738077/ From cbc at unc.edu Wed May 29 10:42:04 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 14:42:04 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] PyCarolinas News List Signup Message-ID: <92ABAC6D-9A0A-44C5-ACB6-0B8663719640@unc.edu> Got word of this by way of Caktus: https://mailchi.mp/8ad40e1455a4/pycarolinas-news -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- Got word of this by way of Caktus: [1]https://mailchi.mp/8ad40e1455a4/pycarolinas-news -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 References Visible links 1. https://mailchi.mp/8ad40e1455a4/pycarolinas-news From cbc at unc.edu Wed May 29 11:34:34 2019 From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris) Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:34:34 +0000 Subject: [TriPython] PyCarolinas meetup tonight Message-ID: This is tonight in Durham: https://www.meetup.com/Developers-RTP/events/261483123/?_xtd=gqFyqTIxMTM5OTc4OKFwp2FuZHJvaWQ&from=ref -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 -------------- next part -------------- This is tonight in Durham: https://www.meetup.com/Developers-RTP/events/261483123/?_xtd=gqFyqTIxMTM5OTc4OKFwp2FuZHJvaWQ&from=ref -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway Applications Analyst University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute (919) 599-3530 From mkoistinen at gmail.com Thu May 30 10:05:36 2019 From: mkoistinen at gmail.com (Martin Koistinen) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 10:05:36 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Actively seeking developers Message-ID: Greetings fellow TriPUGers! The company I work for is seeking more developers! In particular, Senior Software Engineers for our growing team. We use a number of languages and technologies but the best candidates will be willing to apply their experience in any languages required. I know that we're currently using Python, C++, Java and other languages in various parts of the business. *I can tell you that if you are an experienced Python developer, you will probably be prioritized! More-so still if you have Django experience.* *Other requirements:* - Clear and concise, written and verbal communication skills. - Mentor and support a team of passionate technical professionals fostering a high-performance culture. - Cloud experience; preferably in Amazon Web Services. - Experience with Linux operating systems in production environments - Containerized development using Docker - Familiar with Domain-Driven Design - Familiar with Event Driven and Reactive distributed systems - Understanding of SDLC and Agile development methodologies. - Experience with Git, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery mechanisms. - RDBMS experience; Postgres, MySQL. - NoSQL experience; DynamoDB, Mongo. - Experience with concurrency and parallel processing - 5+ years as a focused software engineer. - Bachelor?s degree preferred or relevant experience. Now, from my experience here, I can tell you that the company offers competitive salaries and a pretty decent gamut of benefits including 401(k) matching amongst many other things. *This is a REMOTE position* too! I work from home! The company is located in another US State. Alternatively, if you're willing to relocate, they'd probably like that too. (NOTE, this position is for US persons only) Sound like you might be a good fit? Please reach out to me @ mkoistinen at gmail.com. Note, I am a developer at this same company. I am not a recruiter. Please do not contact me unless you are a developer interested in these positions. Please do *not* contact me if you are a recruiter. Thank you! -------------- next part -------------- Greetings fellow TriPUGers! The company I work for is seeking more developers! In particular, Senior Software Engineers for our growing team. We use a number of languages and technologies but the best candidates will be willing to apply their experience in any languages required. I know that we're currently using Python, C++, Java and other languages in various parts of the business. I can tell you that if you are an experienced Python developer, you will probably be prioritized! More-so still if you have Django experience. Other requirements: * Clear and concise, written and verbal**communication skills. * Mentor and support a team of passionate technical professionals fostering a high-performance culture. * Cloud experience; preferably in Amazon Web Services. * Experience with Linux operating systems in production environments * Containerized development using Docker * Familiar with Domain-Driven Design * Familiar with Event Driven and Reactive distributed systems * Understanding of SDLC and Agile development methodologies. * Experience with Git, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery mechanisms. * RDBMS experience; Postgres, MySQL. * NoSQL experience; DynamoDB, Mongo. * Experience with concurrency and parallel processing * 5+ years as a focused software engineer. * Bachelor***s degree preferred or relevant experience. Now, from my experience here, I can tell you that the company offers competitive salaries and a pretty decent gamut of benefits including 401(k) matching amongst many other things. This is a REMOTE position too! I work from home! The company is located in another US State. Alternatively, if you're willing to relocate, they'd probably like that too. (NOTE, this position is for US persons only) Sound like you might be a good fit? Please reach out to me @ [1]mkoistinen at gmail.com. Note, I am a developer at this same company. I am not a recruiter. Please do not contact me unless you are a developer interested in these positions. Please do not contact me if you are a recruiter. Thank you! References Visible links 1. mailto:mkoistinen at gmail.com From jadevinson at gmail.com Fri May 31 14:05:41 2019 From: jadevinson at gmail.com (Jade Vinson) Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 14:05:41 -0400 Subject: [TriPython] Thursday June 6 12pm: MiniGo talk by Brian Lee Message-ID: Dear TriPython, A friend of mine, Brian Lee, is visiting the area and giving a talk next week on MiniGo at the Deep Learning RTP Meetup. It may be of interest to others on this list with an interest in Machine Learning/AI. Signup is via meetup.com. Thanks for considering. Jade ---------- https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility for Machine Learning Thursday June 6, 12-2pm The Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Drive, Durham AlphaGoZero is an incredible accomplishment in machine learning - using pure reinforcement learning to learn to play Go from scratch. Minigo is a project that reproduces the AlphaGoZero paper. In this talk, Brian Lee will discuss the difficulties encountered in reimplementing AlphaGoZero, and the lessons to be learned in machine learning research, publication, and productionization. Schedule of events 12:00 - 12:15 pm - Gather and introductions 12:15 - 1:00 pm - Featured Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Questions and Networking -------------- next part -------------- Dear TriPython, A friend of mine, Brian Lee, is visiting the area and giving a talk next week on MiniGo at the Deep Learning RTP Meetup.** It may be of interest to others on this list with an interest in Machine Learning/AI.** Signup is via [1]meetup.com.** Thanks for considering. Jade ---------- [2]https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/ Minigo: An Exercise in Reproducibility for Machine Learning Thursday June 6, 12-2pm The Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Drive, Durham AlphaGoZero is an incredible accomplishment in machine learning - using pure reinforcement learning to learn to play Go from scratch. Minigo is a project that reproduces the AlphaGoZero paper. In this talk, Brian Lee will discuss the difficulties encountered in reimplementing AlphaGoZero, and the lessons to be learned in machine learning research, publication, and productionization. Schedule of events 12:00 - 12:15 pm - Gather and introductions 12:15 - 1:00 pm - Featured Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Questions and Networking References Visible links 1. http://meetup.com/ 2. https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-RTP/events/261403811/