ChiPy __Main__ Meeting


When: March 14, 2019, 6 p.m.

Where: Price Waterhouse Coopers

Attendance:

Topics


  • Python @ Ascent
    By: Spencer Allee
    Experience Level: Intermediate
    Length: 5 Minutes
    Description:

    Ascent uses Python for most of its data science, data engineering, and machine learning / NLP - I'll give an overview of some of our key apps and use cases.

  • Python Powered Business - Quicket Solutions
    By: Bryan Chance
    Experience Level: Novice
    Length: 5 Minutes
    Description:

    Python powered platform at Quicket Solutions.

  • Python@Panopta
    By: Jason Abate
    Experience Level: Intermediate
    Length: 10 Minutes
    Description:

    Python has been one of the fundamental technologies for Panopta's global monitoring infrastructure. I'll cover some of the more interesting ways we've used Python over the years, and our plans going forward.

  • Python at Impossible Objects
    By: Len Wanger
    Experience Level: Intermediate
    Length: 10 Minutes
    Description:

    Impossible Objects is an award winning manufacturer of 3D printers for the industrial market. We use Python extensively throughout the organization from MIS systems, data analysis to preparing models and running our printers. This talk is an overview of how Python is used throughout the organization.

  • Python at Blick Art Materials
    By: Naomi Ceder
    Experience Level: Novice
    Length: 7 Minutes
    Description:

    Blick uses a wide range of technologies across over 70 stores nationwide and on 2 e-commerce sties, and Python (and Flask & Django) powers the systems we use to price our almost 90,000 items competitively.

  • Doctors, Devices, Drugs, and Django - Python at a Healthcare Startup
    By: Scott Sexton
    Experience Level: Novice
    Length: 10 Minutes
    Description: At Lumere, we make software to help hospitals get the clinical data they need to make decisions leading to better outcomes and lower costs. We use python to power our web application, data science tools, and research platform. Why did we decide on python, and how has it enabled us to grow?
  • Python at ActiveCampaign
    By: Ben Levin
    Experience Level: Novice
    Length: 5 Minutes
    Description:

    ActiveCampaign is using Python to transition from a PHP monolith to scalable microservices that can keep pace with the demands of our rapidly-growing customer base, as well as to train and deploy customer-facing ML models.

  • Python at Imaginary Landscape
    By: Noel Taylor
    Length: 10 Minutes
    Description:

    Noel from Imaginary Landscape will discuss, and demonstrate, 'Iscape Search', a homegrown web scraper and search engine designed to replace the discontinued Google Site Search

  • Python at Nielsen
    By: Jordan Bettis
    Length: 10 Minutes
    Description:

    Jordan will discuss how Nielsen uses Python to connect and process massive amounts of data in a next generation environment.

  • Python @ PricewaterhouseCoopers
    By: PwC AI Team
    Length: 5 Minutes
    Description:

    Kay and Kevin from PwC will discuss how they use AI and Python in their every day work to help PwC internally and our external clients to solve their toughest problems with unique solutions.

  • Omega Grid's Python Blockchain
    By: Killian Tobin
    Experience Level: Intermediate
    Length: 8 Minutes
    Description:

    Omega Grid created a python blockchain to help utilities manage all the new solar panels, electric vehicles, and batteries on the grid. We are also running a python backend for our public facing rewards platform. We launched the rewards platform on Jan 1 in Burlington, VT as part of a peak shaving program.