[2023.01] Data Umbrella Newsletter: January

We organize data science events for the community.

Jan 03, 2023

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. Our Code of Conduct applies to all of our spaces.

Announcements

PyMC

Congratulations to Sandra Meneses, a Data Umbrella team member, for becoming a core contributor to the PyMC library in December 2022. Sandra joined the Data Umbrella PyMC sprint in February 2022 and was instrumental in refactoring the sprint website for our PyMC Open Source Working Sessions in July-August 2022. Sandra has continued to contribute to the PyMC code base since the sprint sessions.

Call for Contributors

Call for Volunteers: Data Events Board

Data Umbrella is building an event board. If you have skills in React, JavaScript, Django, CSS / HTML or design work, check out our open issues on GitHub.

Call for Volunteers: Data Umbrella Blog

We are making some updates to the format of our blog home page and there are other items on our wish list. If you have skills in: Jekyll, Ruby, Markdown, checkout our open issues on GitHub.

Call for Volunteers: Video Timestamps

We are looking for assistance in adding video timestamps.

We have instructions on how you can contribute to this project on GitHub. Help us help the community. Pick a video and get started!

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
Intro to Julia and Julia Machine Learning Packages

Check out Impact

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.

Join our Meetup!

Upcoming Events (free & online webinars)

How You (yes, you!) Can Contribute to Pandas

Jan 10, 2023

If you work with data, you've probably used pandas. You may even have come across some parts of it which you didn't like, which didn't work as expected, or which were poorly documented. In this talk you'll learn about how you can help improve pandas, and boost your portfolio in the process.

Google Summer of Code (GSOC) Experience

Jan 24, 2023

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. GSoC Contributors work with an open source organization on a 12+ week programming project under the guidance of mentors.
GSoC 2023 application begins in January 2023.

In this panel discussion, we speak with several GSOC alumni of the PyMC project to learn of their experiences including the application process, mentorship experience and post-GSoC open source participation.

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.

Land your First Job in Data Science

In this webinar, we cover topics related to job searching, interviewing, and networking just for you. Speakers answer common questions on how to break into the data field from the perspective of a senior industry professional (Wendy) and a relative career newbie (Stacey). Attendees, no matter their level of data experience, will leave with a plan to discover, prepare for, and land their first career role.

Featured Resources

Video Playlists

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.