congrats!

Ross Barnowski <rossba...@gmail.com> 于2022年12月2日周五 23:45写道:

> This developer-in-residence program is an excellent idea, many thanks to
> everyone who helped launch the initiative.
>
> Congratulations Sayed!
>
> ~Ross
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 5:04 AM Julien Jerphanion <g...@jjerphan.xyz> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to all the NumPy team! 🎉
>>
>> Sayed: I stumbled on a few of your Pull-Requests and your are doing an
>> incredible highly valuable work on NumPy, one of the world cornerstones.
>> 🤝
>>
>> I am learning a lot just by reading your contributions! 💯
>>
>> Julien.
>>
>>
>> ------- Original Message -------
>> On Friday, December 2nd, 2022 at 12:50 PM, Sebastian Berg <
>> sebast...@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > On Fri, 2022-12-02 at 03:42 +0200, Sayed Adel wrote:
>> >
>>
>> > > I feel delighted and more motivated to work. I am now working on
>> > > accepting the new reality and organize the tasks entrusted to me.
>> > > Thanks
>> > > to the NumPy team who supported me from the beginning until now.
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > It is very exciting to have you on the team! Exciting times ahead :).
>> >
>>
>> > - Sebastian
>> >
>>
>> > > Thanks, Sayed.
>> > >
>>
>> > > On 12/2/22 01:03, Brigitta Sipőcz wrote:
>> > >
>>
>> > > > Wonderful news, congratulations Sayed!
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Brigitta
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 13:18, Ralf Gommers ralf.gomm...@gmail.com
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Hi all,
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > I'm excited to be able to share this announcement on behalf of
>> > > > the
>> > > > NumPy Steering Council. We have created a new program, the
>> > > > NumPy
>> > > > Fellowship Program, and offered Sayed Adel the very first
>> > > > Developer in Residence role. Sayed starts his 1 year tenure in
>> > > > that role today, and we are really looking forward to him
>> > > > working
>> > > > on NumPy full-time.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > We wrote a blog post about the program, and why we offered the
>> > > > role to Sayed:
>> > > > https://blog.scientific-python.org/numpy/fellowship-program/.
>> > > > I've
>> > > > copied the blog post content at the end of this email.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > In addition, here is some more detail on NumPy project finances
>> > > > that didn't make it into the blog post (which is likely to have
>> > > > a
>> > > > wider audience than the readership of this mailing list), but
>> > > > is
>> > > > quite relevant to share here:
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Over the past decade, NumPy has accumulated individual
>> > > > donations
>> > > > as well as payments from Tidelift. NumPy has been a fiscally
>> > > > sponsored project of NumFOCUS for a decade - meaning that
>> > > > NumFOCUS, as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, administers funds for NumPy.
>> > > > As
>> > > > a result, NumPy has accumulated funds for a long time - and
>> > > > those
>> > > > are now transparently administered on Open Collective
>> > > > https://opencollective.com/numpy. There you will see a
>> > > > "general
>> > > > fund", currently with a ~$23,000 balance, and two open
>> > > > "projects"
>> > > > with committed funding - one for the active CZI grant we have,
>> > > > and
>> > > > one for this new Fellowship Program. Guidelines for using those
>> > > > funds are described in
>> > > > https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0048-spending-project-funds.html.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Finally it is worth pointing out that we are now able to
>> > > > solicit
>> > > > donations on Open Collective, and have added contribution tiers
>> > > > on
>> > > > the front page of https://opencollective.com/numpy. Until now,
>> > > > we
>> > > > have never actively solicited donations as a project, because
>> > > > the
>> > > > accounting support and transparent financial reporting was not
>> > > > in
>> > > > place. That has changed now though, so we are hoping that with
>> > > > guidelines to spend funds plus a concrete fellowship program
>> > > > that
>> > > > we're expecting to be quite impactful, we are now able to
>> > > > confidently tell people that if they donate to NumPy, we will
>> > > > manage their contribution well and translate it into more time
>> > > > for
>> > > > someone on the NumPy team to make NumPy better.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Cheers,
>> > > > Ralf
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > blog post content:
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > The NumPy team is excited to announce the launch of the NumPy
>> > > > Fellowship Program and the appointment of Sayed Adel
>> > > > (@seiko2plus)
>> > > > as the first NumPy Developer in Residence. This is a
>> > > > significant
>> > > > milestone in the history of the project: for the first time,
>> > > > NumPy
>> > > > is in a position to use its project funds to pay for a full
>> > > > year
>> > > > of maintainer time. We believe that this will be an impactful
>> > > > program that will contribute to NumPy’s long-term
>> > > > sustainability
>> > > > as a community-driven open source project.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Sayed has been making major contributions to NumPy since the
>> > > > start
>> > > > of 2020, in particular around computational performance. He is
>> > > > the
>> > > > main author of the NumPy SIMD architecture (NEP 38, docs),
>> > > > generously shared his knowledge of SIMD instructions with the
>> > > > core
>> > > > developer team, and helped integrate the work of various
>> > > > volunteer
>> > > > and industry contributors in this area. As a result, we’ve been
>> > > > able to expand support to multiple CPU architectures,
>> > > > integrating
>> > > > contributions from IBM, Intel, Apple, and others, none of which
>> > > > would have been possible without Sayed. Furthermore, when NumPy
>> > > > tentatively started using C++ in 2021, Sayed was one of the
>> > > > proponents of the move and helped with its implementation.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > The NumPy Steering Council sees Sayed’s appointment to this
>> > > > role
>> > > > as both recognition of his past outstanding contributions as
>> > > > well
>> > > > as an opportunity to continue improving NumPy’s computational
>> > > > performance. In the next 12 months, we’d like to see Sayed
>> > > > focus
>> > > > on the following:
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > SIMD code maintenance,
>> > > > code review of SIMD contributions from others,
>> > > > performance-related features,
>> > > > sharing SIMD and C++ expertise with the team and growing a
>> > > > NumPy sub-team around it,
>> > > > SIMD build system migration to Meson,
>> > > > and wherever else Sayed’s interests take him.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > “I’m both happy and nervous: this is a great opportunity,
>> > > > but
>> > > > also a great responsibility,” said Sayed in response to his
>> > > > appointment.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > The funds for the NumPy Fellowship Program come from a
>> > > > partnership
>> > > > with Tidelift and from individual donations. We sincerely thank
>> > > > both Tidelift and everyone who donated to the project—without
>> > > > you,
>> > > > this program would not be possible! We also acknowledge the
>> > > > CPython Developer-in-Residence and the Django Fellowship
>> > > > programs,
>> > > > which served as inspiration for this program.
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Sayed officially starts as the NumPy Developer in Residence
>> > > > today,
>> > > > 1 December 2022. Already, we are thinking about opportunities
>> > > > beyond this first year: we imagine “in residence” roles that
>> > > > focus
>> > > > on developing, improving, and maintaining other parts of the
>> > > > NumPy
>> > > > project (e.g., documentation, website, translations,
>> > > > contributor
>> > > > experience, etc.). We look forward to this exciting new chapter
>> > > > of
>> > > > the NumPy contributor community and will keep you posted on our
>> > > > progress.
>> > > >
>>
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