4 days agoOur Year-End Fundraiser Starts Today!You can support open science discovery in 2024 It’s that time of year again! The time to make a difference and support open science discovery by donating to help the individuals tackling some of the biggest problems affecting our lives. Our annual year-end fundraiser has officially started, and we need you to join us by giving and sharing…2 min read2 min read
Nov 20DISC Unconference 2023 — Designing Inclusivity in Open SourceAuthor: Kamila Stepniowska, Project DEI coordinator at NumFOCUS During the second weekend of September, thirty-six DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) and Open Source leaders from all over the world gathered in Amsterdam and online to create DEI-focused guidelines and educational materials to be shared within the Open Source community. …Numfocus5 min readNumfocus5 min read
Jul 24NumFOCUS partners with OutreachyWritten by Anita Opara We are thrilled about our recent partnership with Outreachy, an exceptional open-source platform providing internships in open source and open science. This collaboration has brought us a talented new team member, Anita (Chi Chi) Opara, who is currently serving as an Outreachy intern here at NumFocus. …Outreachy2 min readOutreachy2 min read
Apr 12Now Hiring — Part 2!Join our team as the Project DEI Coordinator. The primary role of the Project DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Coordinator is to work closely with our open-source data science projects on testing DEI best practices and helping to develop a peer mentoring and leadership training program for scientific open-source project…4 min read4 min read
Apr 11Now Hiring!Open Source Science Program Manager The primary role of the Open Source Science Program Manager is to connect open science stakeholders using and developing open source software through the NumFOCUS Open Source Science (OSSci) initiative. You will facilitate networking opportunities that bring together individuals from NumFOCUS projects, academia, government, and…4 min read4 min read
Mar 30Theano UpdateWritten by: Chris Fonnesbeck, PyMC Theano was an open-source Python library designed to optimize and evaluate mathematical expressions that involve multi-dimensional arrays (i.e. tensors). It was developed by a team of researchers at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA), led by Yoshua Bengio, in collaboration with the University of…Theano2 min readTheano2 min read
Feb 2PyData Seattle Returns!It’s been a minute, but PyData Seattle is back, and we couldn’t be more excited! We want to share all the must-know information about the upcoming conference this Spring. It will take place April 26–28 at the Microsoft Conference Center, and early bird tickets are available until February 15. Keynote Speakers Katrina…1 min read1 min read
Jan 18Executives at PyData Global 2022Write-up by: Ian Ozsvald and Lauren Oldja License: Creative Commons, By Attribution (CC BY 4.0) — Event date: 2022–12–01 Abstract: This is the 6th Executives at PyData, a discussion session for anyone in a leadership role who wants to share solutions and discuss issues focused on running successful data science projects. This is the first time we’ve written-up the discussion for wider distribution. A set of questions were discussed during…Pydata11 min readPydata11 min read
Jan 112022 Annual Fundraiser Recap, thank you for your support!2022 was a special year for us at NumFOCUS as it marked our 10th Anniversary. …2 min read2 min read
Dec 13, 2022Meet our New Board Members!We’d like to welcome Larry Gray and Noa Tamir as new NumFOCUS Board of Directors members. As active participants in the NumFOCUS ecosystem, Noa and Larry bring key expertise and experience across critical sectors, including open source project communities, inclusivity, education, and communication. …2 min read2 min read
