[2022.10] Data Umbrella Newsletter: October
[2022.10] Data Umbrella Newsletter: October
We organize data science events for the community.
About Data Umbrella
Data Umbrella is a non-profit global community for underrepresented persons in data science. We organize online data science events for the community. All levels are welcome, beginners and experts. Our Code of Conduct applies to all of our spaces.
Announcements
Blogs
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Call for Speakers
We are looking for speakers on the following topics. If you or someone you know can speak on these topics, please email us: info@dataumbrella.org
Open Source Literacy (history, challenges, education or other related topics)
How to Debug in Python
Call for Volunteers: Video Timestamps
We are looking for assistance in adding video timestamps.
Timestamps make it easy for viewers to get to the part in the video they are interested in.
Timestamps also help potential viewers find the video based on their search terms.
We have instructions on how you can contribute to this project on GitHub. Help us help the community. Pick a video and get started!
Data Umbrella Impact
Would you like to share an impact that Data Umbrella events and resources have had in your data journey? Send it to us (info@dataumbrella.org), and we will feature it on our Impact Page.
Upcoming Events
How to Make Open Source Contributions to Fastai
Come learn how you can get started with contributing to fastai projects. Contributing to fastai is an excellent way to sharpen your python, engineering and data science skills.
An Overview of 3D Image Processing Using Scikit-image
This presentation will introduce how to analyze three dimensional stacked and volumetric images in Python, mainly using scikit-image. Here we will study how to preprocess data using filtering, binarization and segmentation techniques. Also, we will inspect, count and measure attributes of objects and regions of interest in the data. We will finish the tutorial presenting tools to visualize 3D data.
A Bioimage Data Analysis Workflow with Scikit-image
Scikit-image is a well-established Python library boasting a wide collection of image processing algorithms. We show that it is well-suited for bioimage data analysis workflows by presenting a biological application from the literature. The dataset is a time sequence of microscopy images of human cells. The presentation is intended as a step-by-step, follow-along tutorial.
Recent Events
In case you missed our recent events, the videos have been posted. Subscribe to our Data Umbrella YouTube to receive notifications when the videos premiere.
How to Build Your Personal Brand with Your Customer in Mind
Visionary customer experience leader and Founder/CEO of The Petrova Experience, Liliana Petrova, shares how build your personal brand with your customer in mind. In this conversation, Liliana explains how creating a values-driven, customer-centric culture helps a business of any size (even a one person entrepreneurial endeavor) pave the way for a successful business and happy customers. In this session, you will learn:
1. The basic building blocks of brand-defining culture
2. How to build a personal brand based on values
3. What brand values are, and how they define your personal brand
4. Why those values matter
5. How to live those values in a way that differentiates your brand and serves your customers
Machine Learning in JavaScript: An Introduction to TensorFlowJS (Shivay Lamba)
This workshop gives an introduction about Tensorflow.JS which is an open source Javascript Library that allows running machine learning models on the browser itself and helps integrate the models with web applications.
Community Corner
Conference: All Things Open
Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2022
Virtual + In-person: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
ATO is the largest open source / tech / web conference on the U.S. east coast.
Virtual signup (FREE): Register
In-person ($99-$199): We have some free passes. Contact us at info@dataumbrella.org for more information.
Conference: PyCon Ghana
Data Umbrella is excited to announce our collaboration with PyCon Ghana 2022 as a Community Partner. PyCon Ghana is the annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language to learn, collaborate, and share experiences. It is hosted by the Python Software Community in Ghana, a non-profit organization that seeks to equip and empower society through technology, with Python and other related technologies.
This is an open event for all programming beginners, intermediates, professionals and even industry enthusiasts that love Python. The event will be taking place in Accra, Ghana, on the 13th -15th of October, 2022. To register and find out more information on the event, kindly visit: https://gh.pycon.org/
Early bird tickets are currently up for grabs! So don't wait too long. Also, you have the opportunity to buy a 'Sharing Ticket' and share with others who may like to attend. If you have any questions, you can reach out to the organizers via pycon-organizers@pythonghana.org
Featured Resources
Video Playlists
Animating Visualizations in Python with Plotly, with COVID-19 Data
Plotly is a versatile, open-source python graphing library which lets us make interactive graphs. It is built on top of the Plotly JavaScript library. In this talk, learn how to go from a typical static visualization to one enriched with animations. Get started creating your own animated plots in python!
Data Umbrella Resources
Visit our blog site: blog.dataumbrella.org, and see articles written by our community members on their experience in recent sprints.
We have a Job Board. You can: post jobs (for free), search jobs, subscribe to a weekly update to see postings.
Our Data Umbrella YouTube is growing! Subscribe to our channel to receive notifications of when our event videos are posted.
Accessibility Corner
Accessibility Update: Closed Captioning
Our webinars have closed captioning available! This feature makes our live events more accessible to those with hearing needs and for folks in general who like to see the transcript live during presentation to fully process information.
Connect with Us
dataumbrella.org (*resources*)
Meetup: Data Umbrella & Data Umbrella Africa (*upcoming events*)
YouTube (*past recorded talks*)
Twitter: @DataUmbrella