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Micropython wiggles a mustache By: Andrew Wingate
Date: Nov. 10, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

Show off a micropython framework for my mini mustached robot. It's the same robot the I showed the last time, but now it has code and works!

 

Topics include:
event loop

anyncio

state machines

synchronous event management

web hosted interface with repl like repl thing

Micropython turns on a light By: Carl Karsten
Date: Nov. 10, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

 

 

Last time I talked about Micropython I didn't show any code. 

This time I have code:

>>> from machine import Pin
>>> p=Pin("D13", Pin.OUT)
>>> p.value(1)

That turns on an LED.  We will talk about what that means, how it happens and the implications of this is the software that makes electronics happen.

There are a few more lines of the same nature: check the state of a switch gives is the I in IO.  For extra credit, we will ...

Building Machine Learning Apps with Gradio By: Freddy Boulton
Date: Nov. 10, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

The best way to share machine learning models is through interactive web applications that let stakeholders try the models for themselves. By playing with the model through a graphical interface, stakeholders can develop an intuition for how the model works in a way that would be impossible by analyzing average performance metrics or hand-picked examples.

Building web applications for machine learning requires significant knowledge of web development (css, js) and web hosting which are not in the typical data scientist's tool box. 

In this talk, we will introduce a gradio, an open source python library for building and sharing machine learning applications entirely in python. 

Life without pip install 😱 By: Aly Sivji
Date: Oct. 13, 2022, 6 p.m.

The world has lost the ability to pip install... what do we do?!?! This talk explores a hypothetical Doomsday Scenario where the Python Package Index has gone offline. We examine three ways we can import libraries we have not installed.

After this talk, attendees will have a better understanding of what happens when a package is imported into Python.

Introduction to dependency injection and testable code By: Adrian Garcia Badaracco
Date: Oct. 13, 2022, 6 p.m.

Isn't dependency injection a Java thing? Not really!

Have you used Pytest? Fixtures are a form of dependency injection. What about just passing in file-like object to `json.load`? Also dependency injection! There's also FastAPI, one of the most popular Python web frameworks now days, that has depedendency injection as one of it's key features.

You see, dependency injection is very widespread in the Python world, it just looks so natual because of lack of a `new` keyword and first-class function support that you might not even know you are using the technique. Nonetheless it can help to be aware of the theory and jargon around it, which is what we'll explore in this talk by way of a joint refactoring exercise.

What's new in Python 3.11 By: Phil Robare
Date: Oct. 13, 2022, 6 p.m.

The Python core developers keep pushing out new functionality every six months.  Python 3.6 just went out of support and Python 3.11 is in pre-release.  This talk will look at the new features promised for 3.11 and maybe provide some opionated views on their usefulness or their potential to make Python code harder to understand.

Optimizing Python Code By: Anna Astori
Date: Sept. 8, 2022, 7 p.m.

Have you experienced issues with your Python code while wrangling new data sets and crunching big numbers? Have you wondered what are the places where you could make your Python scripts run faster? Let's talk! Today, I will cover a few options to speed up your data processing operations. This talk can be especially valuable for those who are just starting out in Data Science and Python 
development. Nonetheless, everyone interested in efficient Python is welcome!

How to build a Recommender System from scratch in (mostly) Python By: Aabir Abubaker Kar
Date: Sept. 8, 2022, 7 p.m.

A recommender system (recsys) is a no-brainer investment for any service that offers users a wide choice of items. This talk will teach you how to design and build one yourself, informed by lessons learnt shipping a recsys to 5 million MAUs. We'll start with the simplest heuristics and ML models that do the trick, focusing significantly on system design. We'll discuss how to compute, store, and serve recommendations - and also how to build a robust data system with long-term value. We can also nerd out about machine learning and idea jam at the end.

I write at bakerwho.github.io and tweet at @bakerwhodata sometimes. HMU

MicroPython for industrial robots By: Carl Karsten
Date: Aug. 11, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

The MicroPython part of Evezor Modular Automation System.

or how to link an input device to a liniar actuator over CAN Bus.

 

I will maybe spend 5 min talking about my anser to  "What is / Teach me programming?" 

For sure I will spend a few moments talking about Python on FPGAs like Fomu and have a few to give out.


https://micropython.org

https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython

https://github.com/evezor/Edge_Boards

https://github.com/CarlFK/px/blob/master/For_Teachers.md

https://tomu.im/fomu.html

Getting Started with Prefect By: George Coyne
Date: Aug. 11, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

Prefect is air traffic control for the modern data stack. Monitor, coordinate, and orchestrate dataflows between and across your applications. Build pipelines, deploy them anywhere, and configure them remotely. You might just love your workflows again.

Learn how to get up and running with Prefect!