Today NumFOCUS (NF), IBM, and partner academic institutions are announcing the Open Source Science Initiative (OSSci), an impressive NumFOCUS program prioritizing the place of open source software (OSS) in scientific discovery. Review the charter here. OSSci will serve as an avenue for connecting open science stakeholders using and developing open…

Providing Support for Development and Performance of Python-Related Technologies We are proud to announce that Bodo has made a significant contribution to NumFOCUS toward the development of the pandas project, as well as an additional contribution to the NumFOCUS General Fund. Bodo has joined NumFOCUS as a Principal Level…

The talks can be submitted from May 23rd to August 1st The Python at Scale Summit, organized by the leading open-source organization, NumFOCUS, will be held at the Hilton in Austin, Texas, on October 27 and 28, 2022. The conference aims to showcase new and upcoming big data solutions for Python developers and enterprises in a hybrid format via talks, tutorials…

NumFOCUS concluded our 2022 Community Survey earlier this month. Annually we take the opportunity to ask our community members for their honest opinions on how NumFOCUS is serving them. Thank you to all who responded! This year, topics of questions included the use and development of our Sponsored Projects, branding…

Meet the new faces of the NumFOCUS team — Welcome, Bandi Caro, Gayle Ollington, and Jessica Gonzalez! Bandi joins NumFOCUS as a Senior Accountant. In this role, she oversees the organization’s finance team and day-to-day financial operations while providing necessary foundational support to projects. Bandi’s previous professional experience includes working for several non-profits, small government organizations, and real estate companies.

NumFOCUS Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Committee DISC Mission NumFOCUS recognizes that the open-source data science community is currently highly homogenous. We believe that diverse contributors and community members produce better science and better projects. The DISC Committee strives to help create a more diverse community through initiatives and…

Are you passionate about mentoring and supporting others in their professional development while making a difference? Mentoring can help people become even more successful in their careers and lives while transforming their outlook on their professional potential. By joining our program as a volunteer mentor, you will be supporting our…

Azavea is a B Corporation whose mission is to advance the state-of-the-art in geospatial technology and apply it for civic, social, and environmental impact. Their CEO, Robert Cheetham recently sat down with us to share how pandas, Jupyter Notebooks, Matplotlib, and NumPy are empowering their work. Can you give…