[PyCon-AU-announce] New special event for PyCon AU 2016: Internet of Things (IoT) Mini-conf

[Brianna Laugher]

The Internet of Things (IoT) mini-conf will be a day devoted to
presentations and demonstrations of how Python powers IoT devices,
applications and services.

The proliferation of distributed devices connected to the Internet has been
an enabler for a variety of new capabilities and services ranging from home
automation, to sensor networks, building management systems and smart
vehicles. This one-day workshop will concentrate on Python applications and
technologies that exploit this global interconnectivity of people, devices,
appliances, vehicles, sensors, embedded controllers, and computation.

Python has a diverse ecosystem of libraries and frameworks that makes it a
great choice for developing IoT devices, applications and services. The
Python ecosystem allows developers to rapidly develop embedded software to
interface with and operate remote devices and applications and manage them
using tools like Salt and Ansible. Data captured from IoT devices can be
analysed using powerful data analytics and artificial intelligence
capabilities provided by Numpy, Scipy, and scikit-learn. Captured data can
be easily presented on dashboards created using Flask and Django.

The Python community is only just scratching the surface of how Python can
power the IoT and this mini-conf will be a great opportunity to discuss and
learn about how Python is, and can be, used to develop and deploy IoT
devices, applications and services.

- Tomas Krajca and Lachlan Blackhall, IoT mini-conf organisers

=== About PyCon Australia ===

PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python programming
community. The seventh PyCon Australia will be held on August 12-16 2016 in
Melbourne, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast
developers with a love for programming in Python. PyCon Australia informs
the country’s developers with presentations by experts and core developers
of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.

To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at
http://pycon-au.org, follow us at @pyconau <https://twitter.com/pyconau> or
e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org.
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