From brianna.laugher at gmail.com Fri Mar 4 10:08:01 2016 From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 10:08:01 +1100 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyCon AU 2016: Science and Data mini-conference returns Message-ID: PyCon AU 2016 is excited to announce the third of our special events, the Python Science and Data mini-conference. The Science and Data mini-conference is a one-day forum for people using Python to tackle commercial and research problems in science, engineering and data science. Python is a very popular choice for a wide range of scientific disciplines and has a strong set of libraries, frameworks and tools for scientific computing, including the Jupyter notebook, SciPy, pandas and Scikit (to name just a few). The Science and Data mini-conference is a chance to showcase the use of new and innovative uses for Python in disciplines such as genomics, computer vision, mathematics, high performance numerical computing, fintech, machine learning and data analysis. The mini-conference is also a great opportunity to network with other scientific Python developers and to track some of the emerging trends in scientific Python ecosystem. We look forward to seeing you at the third PyCon AU Science and Data mini-conference on August 12, 2016. - Graeme Cross and Clare Sloggett, Science and Data mini-conference 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 or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianna.laugher at gmail.com Fri Mar 11 09:09:20 2016 From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:09:20 +1100 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] New special event for PyCon AU 2016: Internet of Things (IoT) Mini-conf In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: