2017-06-15 9:57 GMT+02:00 Kiko <kikocorre...@gmail.com>: > > > 2017-06-15 9:43 GMT+02:00 Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoqu...@normalesup.org>: > >> +1 >> >> In my experience, there is a lack of deep understanding of numpy works, >> and people are happy to learn. >> >> Gaël >> >> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 09:38:08AM +0200, Jaime Fernández del Río wrote: >> > I ended up going to the PyData event in Barcelona last month and >> running a >> > workshop there. The notebook I used can be found here: >> >> > https://github.com/jaimefrio/pydatabcn2017/tree/master/takin >> g_numpy_in_stride >> >> > I was afraid that the content would be too technical, but all the >> feedback I >> > got from attendees was that they very much enjoyed it and want more of >> this >> > deep technical dives into the belly of the beast. >> > When the content is deeply technical and the teacher can really convey its more hidden details, that says a lot about the teacher :) We routinely have very good feedback from a similar tutorial run by Stéfan van der Walt at our ASPP annual event:
https://github.com/ASPP/2016_numpy but again, this is just a proof of another top-notch teacher in action. > >> > Of course IRL, contrary to the internet, it is easier to approach >> someone to >> > tell them you like what they presented, than to tell them they suck. So >> maybe >> > this is just a biased illusion, but until proven wrong I am encouraging >> anyone >> > with the knowledge and the opportunity to go ahead and organize a >> similar >> > workshop in any conference they go to. >> > > Jaime, as you know I was there and I really enjoyed the workshop (and the > talk). I've also received positive comments from others there. > > Maybe it is not and ad-hoc workshop for a PyData these days where all the > buzzwords are Spark, TensorFlow, DeepWhatever,..., but, again, I think it > was great and it was one of my reasons to go to PyData Barcelona. > Exactly, and IMO it is precisely this balance between teaching fundamentals and new technologies what makes a conference to stand out and fullfill different expectations. And I must say that PyData Barcelona was pretty good at that. Francesc > > Thanks for the workshop. > > >> >> > Jaime >> >> > P.S. I also got a chance to catch up with Francesc Alted and Travis >> Oliphant, >> > which is always great! >> -- >> Gael Varoquaux >> Researcher, INRIA Parietal >> NeuroSpin/CEA Saclay , Bat 145, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France >> Phone: ++ 33-1-69-08-79-68 >> http://gael-varoquaux.info http://twitter.com/GaelVaroqua >> ux >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > -- Francesc Alted
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