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/ > taking_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. > > > 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. 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/GaelVaroquaux > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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