The PyCon Ireland organising team are delighted introduce all of our
keynote speakers for PyCon Ireland this October 11th/12th. We have a
great selection of speakers, and a very fascinating range of topics
being covered this year. If you (or someone you know) still haven't
picked up a ticket for PyCon yet, you still have time, and can get them
at http://python.ie/pycon for EUR70. If you are a student, the cost is
just EUR40. The ticket includes entry to the main conference on Saturday
and Sunday, Breakfast, Lunch and a break on both days. If you are
planning on attending the sprints on the Monday and Tuesday, there is
separate free registration for this on
http://python.ie/pycon/2014/sprints/ so we know the number of people to
expect.
/Remember buy your ticket early/, as we expect to sell out again this
year. And now, here are the details of our Keynotes! Check
http://lanyrd.com/2014/pyconie/ for updates.
*/"The Real Unsolved Problems in Data Science/**"* by /Ian Ozsvald/
/Data Science was described as "The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century" by
the Harvard Business Review. Behind the glitter of the Big Data
marketing wave lies a raft of issues that are hard, important and
decidedly unsexy - if they're solved then statisticians and engineers
can apply their organisations' data to solve high value problems./
/Having worked, consulted and trained in the field for 15 years I'll
highlight the gritty problems and propose ways for Pythonistas to tackle
and solve these issues to keep Python as the go-to language for
practical data science work.//
/
//*"Python and the Financial Industry"* by /Dr. Yves J. Hilpisch/
/To be announced.../
*"Building the Medieval Universe in 7 Easy Steps with Scientific
Python**"* by /Brandon Rhodes/
/Ancient scientists decided not want to wait around for Python to be
invented, but went ahead and built a model of the universe using more
primitive means of calculation. But today we can finally bring their
work up to date! By applying data analysis and in-browser visualization
to the best and most accurate modern astronomical data, we will rebuild
the ancient and medieval model of the universe — from the orbit of the
Moon all the way up to the highest heaven. In the process we will see
how vector math, statistical solvers, plotting libraries, and animation
can all be brought together inside of the IPython Notebook./
*"Becoming a Better programmer"* by /Harald Armin Massa/
/You have selected the best possible programming language;////you
learned about object oriented design, functional paradigmas, test driven
development and the Structure and interpretation of computer programs.
You created you own templating engine or two./
//
/What else can you do? Harald did research and experimented outside
computer sciences. What methods and substances are available to tune
your brain for programming? This talk will describe personal experiences
with various motivational, self discipline, learning and information
management techniques; substances and exercises to tune your brains
operating system. There will be expeditions into results from brain
research. Critical judgement, pointing out snake oil and stuff that
worked will be provided as well as motivating jokes./
*"Who's afraid of the big bad 3?"* by/Lennart Regebro///
/Python 3 is often described in scary words, with claims like it being
another language and that is is tearing the community in two etc. If you
believe what some people are saying, it's slow, it's a nightmare,
porting is a pain and you are gonna get eaten alive! The truth is much
less frightening, and this talk will take a high level perspective of
Python 3, and look at my and others experience with supporting it and
tell you how you can switch to Python 3./
*"Beyond the Cathedral & Bazaar: The New Era of Open Source Cross
Community Collaboration"* by /Diane Mueller/
/Cloud Computing has changed everything. It has made creating, deploying
and managing both open source and proprietary software simpler, more
cost effective and secure, and within the reach of mere mortal humans.
It is the driving force behind a series of disruptive positive
transformations to Open Source community interactions. OpenSource
Projects like OpenStack and OpenShift are being built with the help of
numerous other Open Source technology communities; we embed our
resources into other key projects to ensure each others mutual success.
The interdependencies abound as technology borders blur between
projects. We can no longer afford to be isolationists. New models for
community development are emerging to facilitate the new realities. Our
eco-systems support numerous other Open Source projects whom rely on our
stability and openness to ensure their success. And in turn, users of
the services we provide embed their resources into our projects
contributing back, working with peers and ensuring the projects move
forward in directions that enable them to ensure success. In this talk,
Diane will dive into some fundamental shifts that are occurring in Open
Source community development, discuss new models for facilitating
effective cross-community collaboration and talk about her experiences
helping bridge the divides between users, developers, and the
organizations that support them./
*"Rider/coder" *by /Daniele Procida/
/What's special about being a programmer? *Is* there something special
about it?/
//
/What's our relationship with non-coders, who don't understand, who will
never understand, what we do?/
//
/In this talk I consider the mysterious inner life of the coder, and the
tension between programming as a skill, and programming as a vocation.//
/
*"**/To be announced"/* by /Rachel Willmer/
Best regards,
The PyCon Ireland team
Diarmuid Bourke,
PyCon Ireland 2014 Chair.
[email protected]
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