Hi all! Our first Python meetup for 2018 is next week, Monday 5 February. We have three talks planned:
*1. Fred Rotbart: Hierarchical Temporal Memory in Python* (25-30 minutes) "Hierarchical Temporal Memory is a biologically-constrained theory of intelligence originally described in the book *On Intelligence* (Jeff Hawkins & Sandra Blakeslee). HTM is not a Deep Learning or Machine Learning technology. It is a machine intelligence framework strictly based on neuroscience and the physiology and interaction of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex of the mammalian brain." (from numenta.org). *2. Andrew Stuart: **How to run your Python code in a Run-From-RAM operating system in the cloud *(10 minutes) Andrew has built a system called bootrino to boot Run-From-RAM operating systems in the cloud in order to run Python code fast and securely from Google, Amazon or Digital Ocean servers. *3. Ed Schofield: Data classes: what, when, why?* (15 minutes) Data classes will be a new feature of the Python 3.7 standard library that offers types similar to a mutable namedtuple with defaults. They promise to reduce the need for boilerplate code for classes which store multiple properties. We'll review data classes versus the popular *attrs* and *traitlets* projects. *4. Lightning talks & announcements* *When:* 5.45pm for mingling; talks starting at 6pm *Where:* Outcome-Hub Co-Working Space Suite 1, 121 Cardigan Street, Carlton *How to get there:* Walk 12 minutes north from Melbourne Central station. *Afterwards:* general announcements and pizza. Then maybe drinks on Lygon Street. *Sponsorship:* many thanks to Outcome Hub for providing the venue and Python Charmers for ongoing sponsorship. Please RSVP on Meetup.com so we can track numbers: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Python-Meetup-Group/ We hope to see you there! :-D Best wishes, Ed -- Dr. Edward Schofield Python Charmers +61 (0)405 676 229 http://pythoncharmers.com
_______________________________________________ melbourne-pug mailing list melbourne-pug@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
